http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/ Engadget Comments for Entelligence: Will Android fragmentation destroy the platform? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 5th 2010 10:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
Choice is ALWAYS a good thing.]]>Mar 6th 2010 10:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 5th 2010 8:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
I concur!]]>Mar 5th 2010 8:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
Barely a year old and the platform is starting to fall apart. I thought it would take at least two years for that to happen. It sounds scary for buyers. Dozens of Android hardware manufacturers all trying to add their own special touch on the user interface. Google releasing OS updates where some work on some devices but not others. This is only the beginning. When the Chinese starting pumping Android certified devices into the mainstream all hell is going to break loose. There should be absolutely no reason why the OS version that works on the Nexus One doesn't work quite right with the Droid, if that is actually the case. They should both be updated immediately.

These results might not be catastrophic for the Android platform but it will sure cause a lot of confusion. It won't stop the growth of Android devices either because most users won't even notice their OS is not up to date unless someone tells them. I feel sorry for the developers on this platform because they may have to build apps for one device at a time and that would be rather costly.]]>Mar 5th 2010 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
"I recently tried to install one of the few good Android games and found it won't work on Nexus One as it has a nonstandard screen resolution."

Who's to blame for that? There's no such thing as a "nonstandard screen resolution." To claim otherwise is to assert that we're forever stuck with a finite number of canned resolutions and aspect ratios on all devices. Idiotic. Sounds more like amateur-hour programming.

Seems like Android has proven to be a bit of a fraud in terms of its "open source" PR. If 2.1 is out, then why can't everyone just download it and install it on their device? The fact that they can't shows up the platform as somewhat half-assed.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
Furthermore, things like different screen resolutions, etc.. are probably what's stopping big gaming companies like EA Mobile from porting over some of their graphic intense games over to Android devices, as they'd have to customize a different version for each resolution.

But I believe Google, consumers and developers will figure it out as long as they can position themselves to the average user that it's as easy to use as WebOS or iPhone OS.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
I think of the iPhone as the 'do everything under apples control, there's an app for that' device.

I think of the Pre as the 'awesome os, solid phone, that your mom would fall in love with if she learned out to use it' device.

I think of Android as the 'swiss army knife, if you're here using Android you're probably already digging deeper to see what this OS can really do' device. ]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 5th 2010 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
You had one app not run because the app developer didn't consider the possibility of different display resolutions, and that means the whole platform is falling apart? Ridiculous. Yes, there are several different versions of Android, but it's not like any of them are BAD. I can't get anything newer than 1.6 on my G1 and you know what? It's not really a problem.

It shipped with 1.0, and now I'm on 1.6. That's 6 free updates in a year and a half. Compare that to a WiMo phone which will get exactly zero updates for the life of the phone. Even the iphone rarely gets more than one update per year, and the older models don't get any of the features in the new versions. I think you're expectations are absurd.]]>Mar 5th 2010 9:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
Everybody is being way too clever comparing linux desktop and Android. First of all, that's not "why" linux didn't take over the desktop world. There's a whole lot more going on there. Second, different distros (Fedora, Ubuntu) does not mean different OS's (Linux, BSD).

There's a world of difference between having more than one version of the OS, having some different desktop skins, and having actually forked Androids. Different versions of the OS (or ANY OS) is par for the course. Is it a bad idea for companies to put out new devices with 1.5 and 1.6? Sure. Shame them with your powerful gadget site. I bet that has more effect than anything else. Is it a little annoying that different companies paint their crappy vision of software interaction on everything (uh, HP and Dell, leave your laptops alone)? Yes. Does that mean your average Android app simply won't work? No. And you know that. The point of this article should be, "Hey, Moto and HTC, clean up your act a bit". However, its not like the world is going to fall into chaos.

The game manufacturer that couldn't handle a slightly different resolution needs to get its act together. I do agree that Google should have pressured more to get and stick with fewer standard resolutions. However, the FUD associated with the article is trumped up, IMHO.

Of much greater concern are the patent battles, and the ridiculous move of putting Yahoo search on AT&T's first Android device. Thats a joke, and frankly hurting the unsuspecting consumer.]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
I'm not sure why people think a G1 should have the latest Android, it's old tech. I don't care what the iPhone does, it's basically the same phone slightly upgraded and 3.0 runs like ass on the 2G.]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
Device vendors don't give a hoot about this supposed fragmentation because Android gives them two things they totally love: a royalty-free platform, and an OS that with the right engineers can be molded onto just about any hardware they care to pick. Do you honestly think Motorola or HTC give a damn about a few whining nerds on some tech blogs while laughing all the way to the bank? As far as they're concerned they'll have Google's babies.]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Whichever way you look at it, this fragmentation is what will lead to bad user experience in the end. Many months ago I had posted here that Android is going to face the same issues which Symbian faced till now and sadly that is becoming true. Unfortunately unlike Google, Nokia has been-there-and-done-that which explains their heavy investment in Qt based UI frameworks and why they are moving full-speed towards unifying app development on both their platforms.

Hopefully for Google, they will learn the ropes of mobile device software quickly otherwise Android will become the next WinMo.]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Sigh...

How is Android being open source a fraud? It is either open source or not. And right now it is open source. You can go download the source code and use it for whatever device you want. That is the definition of open source; don't project your own definition.

Also don't expect for it to just "install" on any phone (even an Android one). In case you haven't noticed, every phone out there needs to be flashed (even for updates). There is no such thing as "installing" an OS on a phone, nor a standard BIOS that allows you to install an OS. Also, you are forgetting about drivers. Can phone makers reasonably expect consumers to deal with installing drivers? I don't think so, which means they built the drivers into the OS, thus there isn't a single build that will work on all Android phones.]]>Mar 5th 2010 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/blame the coders for locking their programs to 320x480, every good programmers knows to use variables that will scale accordingly]]>Mar 5th 2010 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
Actually, I'd argue the exact opposite. What this "fragmentation" enables is people getting a device that's tailored to their needs. What I mean by that, is it enables $15 phones that have low class hardware and $300 phones that have the top of the line, latest greatest to run the same base OS. What that means, is MOST of the applications (ones that are supported by both devices) will work just fine on both...

The market system is REALLY powerful (It won't show you applications that your device can't run). If a game didn't work, that's the fault of the developer for not specifying the required resolution in the app manifest. It's not a problem inherent to the development model.

This enables developers to write their applications, and let the system decide if it can run. No more if (hasCamera) { do this } else { do that} unless you need it. It's actually rather trivial to make an application that's completely cross platform (well, between an API range, so 1.6 to 2.1). You just don't use the features that were added in newer versions.

And to the bit about the manufacturers adding UI elements on top, so what? It may make the "experience" a little bit different between each phone, but from a programmatic standpoint, it doesn't change a dam thing. 99.9% of apps that run on the base OS will run on one using Sense... And that 0.1% that everyone's claiming is causing this fragmentation, it's a modification that directly modifies the UI, and hence you WOULDN'T want it to work!

People are jumping on this fragmentation bandwagon for one of a few reasons. Maybe they are scared of the rate that the platform is growing. Maybe they have no idea how the ACTUAL development model works, and are just making "logical conclusions" based on guesses. Maybe they don't like Android to begin with and are looking to put it down. Maybe they enjoy being listened to. Maybe they don't like Google. Or, perhaps they are just out of touch with the realities of the software world we live in...

Just my $0.02...]]>Mar 6th 2010 12:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
It also doesn't help that Google was internally quoted to have said "who needs a FPU on a mobile?" during the HTC/Qualcomm Kaiser driver debacle. That's the kind of attitude that's going to kill Google here.

There's only one iPhone platform and it succeeds because it's modeled after consoles whom also build only one and build on it for a few years. Following the Window Mobile model is only fail.]]>Mar 6th 2010 12:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/The author has obviously worked hard to find the apps that won't work on the Nexus One. He is forgetting about the whole lot of apps that work across various versions of the Android platform. Remember the old saying, its how you look at the glass: "half empty, or half full".
Some counter thoughts:
1. There is something called differentiation. It calls for some amount of differentiation in the ability of the phones (both hardware and software).
2. There is a compatibility suit which ensures that all implementations of a particular version of the Android will be compatible despite being implemented differently by different manufacturers. I hope he knows about it.
3. New Apps not running on old versions of the OS is a natural thing because they exploit some new features added to the later version. (This happens with PC software also). This does not mean that different versions of the Android OS have become completely incompatible.
4. Google's job is to innovate rapidly and launch new versions of the OS. It is the manufacturers job to integrate it to their hardware.
5. As regards the possibility of this rapid development leading to deterring new customers, there is no sign of that. In fact, Android is continuing to add more and more customers and vendors.

The article's Apple centric view is fixated with the single manufacturer , single OS model with no differentiation by way of different versions of the OS.

Hey Google, just do your job, don't get distracted by these archaic views.
]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
you can update any device to 2.1. The problem is that the drivers for every handset aren't baked in, so stuff may stop working. It's the manufacturers that haven't released the drivers/modified source back Open. Google's Nexus One source is fully available in code.google

Droid- not so much. But the kernel is available.]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/"Does that mean your average Android app simply won't work? No. And you know that."

It's doesn't mean that your AVERAGE app won't work, but it DOES mean that many apps won't work. This is the same situation I had to endure in WinMo, and I hated it. Sometimes you would find a cool app and find out that it didn't support your screen resolution or OS version (which often wasn't user-upgradeable, just like Android). Will it kill Android as a platform? Of course not, that's just silly. But it will definitely hamper adoption and possibly relegate Android to the role of "Linux of mobile phones" in the sense that consumers may avoid Android if the perception arises that only advanced users can make heads or tails of hardware and software compatibility.]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
The first Android phone (T-mobile G1) was released on October 22, 2008: http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/t-mobiles-g1-gets-release-date-and-pricing/
And technicaly, the OS is just over two years old: "The unveiling of the Android distribution on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 47 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.[9][10] Google released most of the Android code under the Apache License, a free software and open source license.[11]" via http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_android

That being said, I think that Android is obviosly going through growing pains of fragmentation, but I believe that we are going to now, or very soon, see some sort of leveling as far as multiple versions go. If not, it is very likely that Android will fall the way of desktop Linux.

I will still buy only Android handsets, even if that happens, for the record. I am a dedicated Linux user for several years now. Hate Windows, Don't care for OSX. Curently on Ubuntu Studio and will stay with the platform for my personal use indefinatly.

(Just giving a shout out to the few, proud Tux supporters out there)]]>Mar 6th 2010 1:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/


]]>Mar 6th 2010 2:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
So this is hardly unique to Google or MS. It's pretty much a fact of life when you have more than one phone running your OS out there, and it affects Apple the same way it affects the other guys.]]>Mar 6th 2010 2:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 6th 2010 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/That is only due to different hardware features (for example, GPS). Obviously, there is no way in the known universe to design an operating system such that old hardware will be able to take advantage of new hardware features. Aside from that, all iPhone apps will work with all iPhones. It's interesting to note that Microsoft is following Apple's lead on this one in that they are putting stricter controls on the hardware. I'm sure that has something to do with the lessons they learned in the fragmented WinMo world - lessons which Google has yet to learn.]]>Mar 6th 2010 4:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
This article actually holds a lot of truth. I used the Droid as my primary phone for 2 months and was a big Android fan before. But with the announcement of the Google "super phones" and with the obvious fragmentation that's crippling the Android experience across all devices, it's looking like Google's gotta do something real quick to save its OS.

I know it'll be hard for you Android fan boys to grip that fact and I know that this author hasn't always written the best articles (actually, the worst articles), this one is pretty spot on.]]>Mar 6th 2010 4:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 6th 2010 6:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Just not major ones]]>Mar 6th 2010 6:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Andorid is going down really really fast ;)

"Android Gains Market Share, Apple iPhone Slips"
http://www.pcworld.com/article/190853/android_gains_market_share_apple_iphone_slips.html]]>Mar 6th 2010 7:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Besides the fact that is stupid to think that every one will want to the same phone with the same form factor with the same background that can not be customised at all.......Let's see how Apple will handle the new iPhone generation when they will be obliged to increase the screen resolution....they already did it very very bad with the iPad :)...who wants to ran a small application with no multitasking in the middle of a huge 10" device :))]]>Mar 6th 2010 7:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
It's good to see the theories lended some support by fact.]]>Mar 6th 2010 7:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Not officially you didn't. And unless it's official, it doesn't exist when it comes time for support.]]>Mar 6th 2010 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
Michael Gartenberg is completly on a wrong path. Linux has fragmentation, BUT the Linux Standard Base has none. The Android Stock itself has no fragmentation, too. Only all this cruddy Sense and Blur implementations are fragmenting Android's expierience.

Use Debian or Ubuntu instead of smaller distrubutions. Use the Nexus One instead of disfigured devices.]]>Mar 6th 2010 8:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 6th 2010 8:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 6th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
You are correct. Android is definitely aimed at geeks. But you can't sustain this many phones from this many manufacturers on a demographic of geeks alone. Google needs the mainstream user.

I've thought this was going to be a problem from day one when Google announced Android will be open source and manufacturers and carriers will be free to change anything they like. Its a great idea in theory. The reality is so often a giant confusing mess. If Google doesn't watch it Android could become so fragmented that the name will cease to mean much of anything.

And I don;t have much faith in Google's ability to manage this either. They are not exactly known for their follow thru abilities. So much of what they introduce makes them look like a bunch of ADD rich kids who tinker with projects for a while, get bored and then move onto something else... never really finishing what they started.]]>Mar 6th 2010 10:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
That's 3. ]]>Mar 6th 2010 10:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
wow. you actually believe it's falling apart? that's unbelievable that any of you can even imagine that. if you look at the actual figures, there is a MASSIVE increase of android users. and as far as this article, go write an article on windows mobile fragmentation if you're so worried it's going to destroy a platform and stop ragging on only Android.
]]>Mar 6th 2010 11:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
It's also *not* just down to certain apps requiring features that older iPhones don't have, because as I said in my example, AroundMe wasn't working on *newer* iPhones for a while. And it doesn't rely on the compass or GPS, it uses triangulation like most iPhone apps do (and that's been an iPhone feature since day 1).]]>Mar 6th 2010 12:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
i totally agree that it's not a huge problem right now, but it has the potential to get worse as more updates go out to some phones, but not others.

People do not want to check their OS version every time they want an app for their phone. Its not a computer, it shouldn't be that complicated. If android wants this to remain a valid phone OS, they need to either solidify their updates from here on, or never change too much with updates so all apps will be compatible with all versions now AND in the future.]]>Mar 6th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 6th 2010 2:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
The whole idea of the android is that applications are portable, but some developers tend to abuse the functionality they are given.]]>Mar 6th 2010 3:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 7th 2010 12:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 7th 2010 4:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
Help, I can't install crysis on my window 95 pc. microsoft are fragmenting too much with windows 7 and all these other stuff that means I can't install the latest games and apps on my computer.

/sarcasm]]>Mar 7th 2010 5:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Whoever wrote this article, sounds like they are learning about android while they're writing it. And not very well]]>Mar 7th 2010 7:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/Mar 7th 2010 10:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/
I hear what you're saying but Google doesn't want to be the iphone and soon to be windows phone series 7 equivalent, it wants Android to be "Symbian esque" dominant i.e all things to all men on all devices. Until the iphone came out there had always been different levels for different devices running the same OS. I for one don't see the problem. ]]>Mar 7th 2010 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/05/entelligence-will-android-fragmentation-destroy-the-platform/You bought a Droid in December and a Nexus One a month or two later? Then you say the Droid is a fine phone? Why in the world did you get the Nexus One then? You being a techie might be cool with that, but most consumers would have buyers remorse.

I do agree that 3.0 runs really slow on the 2G, but I would also throw in the 3G. The 3GS runs it perfect, but the rest... well... they are hurting.]]>Mar 7th 2010 12:28PM