If stock Android looked like this, we wouldn’t need “skins”.

Android has been receiving an increasing amount of flack as of late for the surging use of custom, 3rd party skins. The developers of the skins say they aid in usefulness to the customer as well as making Android look better. The former is mildly debatable while the latter is a blatant lie. I have yet to see an Android skin that makes me want it in return for slowed and delayed updates.

But Google could easily fix this problem — outlaw custom skins and make manufacturers leave Android untouched. Google king pin, Eric Schmidt has already stated that they won’t do that. Soooo we can only hope Android 3.0′s claimed redesign is good enough manufacturers leave their hands off. A dreamer I may be. But if stock Android looked anything like this MIUI ROM (available for Nexus One) we may just see the end of custom skins. Before you judge a book by it’s cover, make sure you watch the video inside first…