Check out the article for interactive charts of the fragmentation of Android. Fascinating... shows the manufacturers, many models, screen sizes, and versions of Android that developers have to contend with in developing and supporting their apps. There is both negative and positive in this article from one of the most popular Android App's developer. Worth a look.
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An Android developer has produced an interactive map of Android fragmentation... fascinating. It also has some information on the comparison to the "fragmentation" of iOS screen sizes—PING!
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2 posted on
05/17/2012 10:02:02 AM PDT by
Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
We have lots of Gingerbread, some Froyo, and ~5% ICS on the market today, with Jellybean coming out again this summer.
What I fail to understand it that each new release is not at all backwards compatible with the previous release.
3 posted on
05/17/2012 10:04:40 AM PDT by
Hodar
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This map is interactive on the link above... and shows all 3997 Android devices that have downloaded OpenSignalApp. Relative size represent the number of devices represented. The large Green box is the Samsung Galaxy IIs.4 posted on
05/17/2012 10:06:51 AM PDT by
Swordmaker
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To: Swordmaker
The fragmentation is annoying for those who like to have great devices with the most current OS. Sure, it caters to the “hacker” but they represent a minority.
Couple the fragmentation with the reality that Google makes very little money on Android and you have a model that is not sustainable in the long-term.
5 posted on
05/17/2012 10:11:15 AM PDT by
Erik Latranyi
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To: Swordmaker
Aaaaaaaand the phone-buying public does not care.
But please, iOS users, keep entertaining us with our beating of that rotting equine carcass.
7 posted on
05/17/2012 10:40:11 AM PDT by
VanDeKoik
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