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Nokia’s Stephen Elop is Clueless
and Living in 2009, Still Talking
Android Fragmentation
So this story from Pocket-Lint is
floating around the web today
that quotes Nokia’s CEO Stephen
Elop. Not that this should surprise
anyone coming from the guy that
is betting the bank on Windows
Phone 7, but he of course
referenced Android and this
mythical fragmentation problem
it has. He is quoted as saying that
he doesn’t want fragmentation
“being introduced” to Windows
Phone because “we are” starting
to see it “become a problem” in a
“certain other eco-system.” And
time for a rant…
I could go into how idiotic the
CEO of one of the biggest
companies in the world sounds
when making this argument, but
I’ll instead just throw some
numbers at you and let them do
the talking. According to
January’s Android distribution
chart, 86% of Android users are
running two variations of the
operating system: Gingerbread
and Froyo. The other 14% is a
mix of pre-Froyo phones that are
2-3 years old and will soon vanish
from the face of the Earth along
with Honeycomb that will also
disappear since this version of
Android essentially will no longer
be supported going forward. All
Honeycomb tablets will be
upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich
making the 3.0+ category in this
distribution chart go bye-bye.
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