One of Android’s biggest criticisms is the level of fragmentation in the platform. Rich Miner, co-creator of Android, thinks a bit differently, though.
On Tuesday he had a few words to say about Android fragmentation problems, which was mostly that he considers it to be an “overblown issue,” and with 1.5 million Android phones being activated every day, the fragmentation isn’t affecting sales much. He also made a few good points that the average consumer doesn’t actually know what kinds of features they’re missing out on because their phone isn’t updated. As long as the phone works and does what they want, most people are happy with phones regardless of what version of software they think they’re running.
Obviously, this doesn’t mean fragmentation is a complete non-issue. Security threats are problems that take longer to solve because of Android’s open nature, as we’ve recently seen. For the most part, though, Google has taken steps towards minimizing those risks, and so far Android’s strategy has been working pretty well.
source: xconomy
via: Phone Arena
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