wraggster
March 25th, 2013, 23:39
http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2013/03/cmf.jpgLess than two years after the CyanogenMod (http://www.engadget.com/tag/CyanogenMod/) founder was scooped up (http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/16/cyanogenmod-founder-joins-samsung-mobile-promises-to-make-andro/) by Samsung to improve Android's veneer, Steve Kondik has decided to depart for greener pastures. In a Google Plus posting, the software engineer shared his mostly positive impressions forSamsung's Galaxy S 4 (http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/14/samsung-galaxy-s-4-preview/), casually mentioning that he'd departed the Korean behemoth's embrace. The one thing that came in for a bashing was TouchWiz's (http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/03/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-software-hands-on/) updated UI, that he says "feels like it has been sent back a few years in time to the Froyo days." Responding to a comment, Mr. Kondik said that nothing in particular had prompted his departure beyond a desire to "do something new," but given the man's pedigree, we can only assume it'll be somehow related to the little green droid (http://www.engadget.com/tag/android/) that could.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/25/cyanogenmod-founder-kondik-leaves-samsung/
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/25/cyanogenmod-founder-kondik-leaves-samsung/