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-Recent news concerning Google’s Nexus line of smartphones and tablets is not too good for owners. As Ars Technica’s Andrew Cunningham reports, “The Nexus 5 and 2013 Nexus 7 won't receive the Android 7.0 Nougat update from Google today.” (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/android-nougat-drops-support-for-nexus-5-and-2013-nexus-7/). We are talking about devices that, in some cases, have been released less than three years back.
+**Recent news concerning Google’s Nexus line of smartphones and tablets is not too good for owners. As Ars Technica’s Andrew Cunningham reports, “The Nexus 5 and 2013 Nexus 7 won't receive the Android 7.0 Nougat update from Google today.”  We are talking about devices that, in some cases, have been released less than three years back.
-Unfortunately, not supporting electronic devices for a long period of time has become the norm. Apple’s line has better support than most, but even for iPhones there comes a cut-off point from which the operating system cannot be upgraded. It is even worse for many models of Android devices, specially when considering lower-priced items. In some cases, no operating system upgrades have been made available at all to device owners. This has personally happened to me twice.
+Unfortunately, not supporting electronic devices for a long period of time has become the norm. Apple’s line has better support than most, but even for iPhones there comes a cut-off point from which the operating system cannot be upgraded. It is even worse for many models of Android devices, specially when considering lower-priced items. In some cases, no operating system upgrades have been made available at all to device owners. This has personally happened to me twice.**
+Des nouvelles récentes sur la gamme de smartphones et tablettes Nexus de Google ne sont pas bonnes pour les propriétaires. Selon Andrew Cunningham d'Ars Technica, « Le Nexus 5 et le Nexus 7 de 2013 ne recevront pas aujourd'hui la mise à jour vers Android 7.0 Nougat de Google. » (http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2016/08/android-nougat-drops-support-for-nexus-5-and-2013-nexus-7/). Nous parlons de dispositifs qui, dans certains cas, sont sortis il y a moins de trois ans.
+Malheureusement, il est devenu courant de ne pas prendre en charge des dispositifs électroniques sur un long laps de temps. La gamme d'Apple a une meilleure prise en charge que d'autres, mais, même pour les iPhones, une date butoir existe au-delà de laquelle le système d'exploitation ne peut pas être mis à jour. C'est encore pire pour de nombreux modèles de dispositifs Android, surtout pour ceux qui ne sont pas très coûteux. Dans certains cas, aucune mise à niveau du système d'exploitation n'a été rendue disponible aux propriétaires du dispositif. Cela m'est arrivé, à moi personnellement, deux fois.
 Running the latest and greatest version of an operating system may not be a priority for many users. However, keeping (relatively) safe from hacking and malware does mean upgrading the applications - and app developers tend to have limited resources. It would be unreasonable to ask them to make sure their applications run on ten or twenty past versions of each operating system; limiting support for earlier versions runs, at best, to two or three versions back. So upgrading an operating system is, in fact, a crucial part of the modern user’s strategy to avoid digital mishaps.
-The prospect of having to retire a smart device within a two-to-three year time period does not strike me as smart at all. In fact, it makes no economic sense for the user. The device’s battery may well require more frequent charging, but replying to a voice call or watching kitten videos on Youtube should be well within the capabilities of a three-year-old device.
+**The prospect of having to retire a smart device within a two-to-three year time period does not strike me as smart at all. In fact, it makes no economic sense for the user. The device’s battery may well require more frequent charging, but replying to a voice call or watching kitten videos on Youtube should be well within the capabilities of a three-year-old device.
 On the bright side of things, Google’s Nexus line of devices were known for their unlocked bootloaders. This is the bit of software that plays about the same part as the BIOS on a computer. Specifically, it allows the device to be booted in a special mode, from which another version of the operating system can be installed, a process known as flashing the device. This can be done without needing the approval of the previous system or the help of its update application.
-Having an open bootloader is quite a big deal. An alternative version of the device’s operating system can be installed, if available. So can Ubuntu Touch, if the device is on the list of supported hardware (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices). And, as we all know, Ubuntu has a good record of providing support for each version, and of carrying on support for specific hardware from one version to the next.
+Having an open bootloader is quite a big deal. An alternative version of the device’s operating system can be installed, if available. So can Ubuntu Touch, if the device is on the list of supported hardware (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices). And, as we all know, Ubuntu has a good record of providing support for each version, and of carrying on support for specific hardware from one version to the next.**
+La perspective de devoir mettre un dispositif intelligent au rebut dans un délai de deux à trois ans ne me semble pas intelligente du tout. En fait, c'est économiquement illogique du point de vue de l'utilisateur. La batterie du dispositif devra sans doute être rechargée plus fréquemment, mais répondre à un appel ou regarder des vidéos de chatons sur YouTube devrait être tout à fait possible avec un dispositif de trois ans.
+Côté positif, la gamme de dispositifs Nexus de Google était connue pour leur chargeur de démarrage déverrouillé. Il s'agit d'un petit logiciel qui joue à peu près le même rôle que le BIOS sur un ordinateur. Plus précisément, il rend possible le démarrage du dispositif dans un mode particulier, à partir duquel une autre version du système d'exploitation peut être installée, autrement dit, le flashage du dispositif. Cela peut se faire sans l'accord du système précédent, ni l'aide de son application de mise à jour.
+Avoir un chargeur de démarrage ouvert est vraiment quelque chose d’extraordinaire. Le cas échéant, vous pouvez installer une version alternative du système d'exploitation du dispositif. Ou Ubuntu Touch, si le dispositif figure sur la liste des matériels supportés (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Touch/Devices). Et, comme nous le savons tous, Ubuntu peut se targuer de fournir une prise en charge pour chaque version et continue le support de matériels spécifiques d'une version à la suivante.
+**In any case, I had bought a 2013 Nexus 7 tablet mainly to test out Ubuntu Touch. It has worked flawlessly for me, both under Android 5 and 6, and under Ubuntu. Going forward, I will be able to continue enjoying it and using it with an up-to-date Internet browser beyond the famous three-year limit – but only under Ubuntu. That’s fine with me, and more so as it saves me from the cost of having to replace a perfectly functional device.
+When, eventually, I need to replace one of my smart devices, I will insist on having an open bootloader on the new one. Being locked into one company’s plans for device turnover is something I will no longer stand for. **
-In any case, I had bought a 2013 Nexus 7 tablet mainly to test out Ubuntu Touch. It has worked flawlessly for me, both under Android 5 and 6, and under Ubuntu. Going forward, I will be able to continue enjoying it and using it with an up-to-date Internet browser beyond the famous three-year limit – but only under Ubuntu. That’s fine with me, and more so as it saves me from the cost of having to replace a perfectly functional device.
+Quoi qu'il en soit, j'avais acheté une tablette Nexus 7 de 2013 principalement pour essayer Ubuntu Touch. Il fonctionne sans problème aucun pour moi, à la fois sous Android 5 et 6 et sous Ubuntu. À l'avenir, je pourrai continuer à en profiter avec un navigateur Internet mis à jour au-delà de la fatidique limite des trois ans - mais uniquement sous Ubuntu. Ça me va, d'autant plus que je n'aurai pas à payer pour remplacer un dispositif qui est parfaitement fonctionnel.
-When, eventually, I need to replace one of my smart devices, I will insist on having an open bootloader on the new one. Being locked into one company’s plans for device turnover is something I will no longer stand for.
+Quand, à la longue, j'aurai besoin de remplacer un de mes dispositifs intelligents, je stipulerai qu'il m'en faut un avec un chargeur de démarrage déverrouillé. Je ne vais plus accepter d'être prisonnier des projets d'une société pour le renouvellement fréquent de ses dispositifs.