Venue and Android 5.0 Lollipop

I can't get Whatsapp on a tablet, and I don't have a Facebook.  Pretty much I've only used it for music, browsing, and Gmail.  My Samsung Galaxy S4 runs normally with much more stuff running, including  Samsung apps, Whatsapp, AT&T apps, games, multiple email addresses, updates, etc.  The Dell Venue 8 should not be that much worse than my phone that it needs me to disable everything.  I like Chrome on my phone.  Why can't Chrome or any other app be normal on the Venue 8?  Why is it that it won't let me type normally and that I can only use your very lightweight browser?  And is Dell ever going to update the thing?

I very much regret paying 100 dollars for it.  Probably should have gotten the 7 for free instead.  I sent it in to Dell and they didn't fix it.  All they did was another reset.  If they think I'm dumb enough to not see that...  Sad.

But you are missing an important point - these products have insufficient hardware resources to run even the older versions of Android well. Therefore it is very unlikely that they will work well with a new version. Once you have upgraded it, it is probable that even the few apps you are able to run on it now will stop working acceptably, and multi-tasking will be completely out of the question.

If it were just a question of money, they would pay for it themselves, because it would enable them to continue selling these otherwise obsolete units.

They have insufficient hardware period.  That tablet can't load an app for it's life.  I doubt the specs are actually true.  It even told me it didn't have enough RAM when the same supposed amount of RAM (1 Gb) can run the much heavier Windows 7 or 8 well.

Dell - please say it ain't so?! (Six months later...is this still true?)

Yup.

Pls when will lollipop come for Dell venue 8 3830

I have dell venue 8 when will it get the lollipop update?  I was told I would get it in may or June...