Tag: fragmentation of Android

Indeed, fragmentation of Android has forced me to ponder about the OS. I have obsessed with the OS whether its fragmentation is really ominous for Google. There’s sufficient data available on the distributions of Android version accordance to users' base. However, the company has also been providing the data since the beginning of 2010. The graph (below) has been...

There has always been a linger discussion over Apple’s iOS and Android OS that which one is better. A portion of folks prefer iOS platform, while other portion want to work on Android platform. But, a recent report has elaborated that developers more prefer iOS platform to work rather than Android. Apple has better development tools as well as...

In Q4 last year, Apple was best selling handset brand, sold 37 million Smartphone. In number of shipment, none of Android-based Smartphones were close to iOS-based iPhone in Q4 last year. But, a leading market research company NPD has reportedly stated that Android was real winner in Q4 last year. The research firm stated, in all Smartphone buyers, Android...

There’s always been leapfrog game between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android. It’s pretty clear that none of the competitors are weaker in any way. When time comes to announce the number of iOS device activated, Apple has always emphasized on the larger number by including its iPod. The quotation “bigger the activation number, bigger the potential market” seems noteworthy...

The discussion over the fragmentation of Android has been most marinated hearsay for last couple of weeks. Undoubtedly, Android is more open than iOS or Windows Phone, but Google’s pretension about Android OS openness is worthless. Google has permitted to manufacturers to use Android OS for their devices and also allows to customize according to their quirks. But, Google’s...