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Eclair and Froyo claim over 75 percent of Android market share
All is not lost, however, as the latest Android Market analytics from big G show devices running Android 2.1, Eclair, rocking a 40.8 percent share, while Android 2.2, Froyo, comes in a close second with 36.2 percent. The latest data originates from the last two weeks (ending on November 1st), but previous records show a steep climb for Froyo over the last three months. That's definitely good news for developers, but it still goes to show how divided Android really is, with Android 1.5 and 1.6 still claiming a significant percentage of the market share. It's also important to note that this data comes purely from access to the Android Market, and therefore doesn't include any of the excluded custom forms of Android running on non-Google integrated devices.
Here's hoping that Gingerbread brings greater version unity for the high-end Android phone, when it eventually arrives, and leaves Froyo to take care of the lower-end of the market.
[Via Gizmodo]
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Subscribe to commentsJordanNov 2nd 2010 2:03PM
Wait, wait, wait, are we still assuming Gingerbread is still only for high-end devices? Even with Froyo, Google has said that its source CAN be built for any device all the way back to the G1. So why should Gingerbread be aimed at high-end devices? Are we still thinking of the squashed rumor in which Gingerbread was purported to be only for 1 GHz procs, with a certain screen size and amount of RAM, etc?
Samuel GibbsNov 3rd 2010 5:14AM
IMHO, I doubt many, if any, of todays devices will get the bump to 3.0. It doesn't make sense for manufacturers to continue to update older models. It costs them money, causes support issues, and frankly, cuts into their bottom line for new models. Given that going forward, most new devices will clock in at the faster end of the spectrum, those devices running Gingerbread, at least initially, are likely to be high end devices. Whether we'll see lower end devices out with 3.0 - pass. But my money would be on no.
SilverWaveNov 2nd 2010 2:56PM
Anything running 1.6 is probably worth binning so I wouldn't call this fragmentation rather obsolescence.
Samuel GibbsNov 3rd 2010 5:16AM
True, but tell that to the people who have them, and developers who want to make their apps available to them for purchase. Mind you, if you haven't upgraded by now, you're probably unlikely to spend money on apps. Though I could be wrong.
GlennNov 3rd 2010 1:33PM
What gets me about OS updates is that, unlike upgrading from XP to Win7, that unless you root your phone you're at the mercy of whatever provider you choose for service to push the upgrade to you. T-Mobile says they're going to upgrade the OS on older devices (I have 1.6) but I'll believe it when it happens. This makes me the most peeved when I like an app that only works with 2.1 or above (e.g., Winamp).