by Robert Triggs, 6 days ago

Fragmentation can be a pain, especially when you’re waiting on your carrier to update its bloat-ware when all you want it to get your hands on the latest Android features and bug fixes. However, it…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 1 month ago

Ever wonder why not all carriers release their mobile devices at the same time? Or how about Android updates? While Google is now at version 4.2.2, some smartphones are still getting updates older than this…

by Nate Swanner, 3 months ago

In trying to name off all the operating systems for mobile devices, it feels a bit like Christmas. It seems as though we’re naming reindeer rather than platforms. As we consider each of them, and…

by Chris Smith, 8 months ago

One of the valid arguments behind adopting an iOS device is the fact that Apple’s devices are always receiving updates on time and that carriers have no say in when these updates are rolled out…

by Mike Andrici, 1 year ago

Before we get into dissecting a recent report from the Open Signal Maps database, here is what you need to know about the originators of this report: the Open Signal Maps database is an open…

by Adrian Diaconescu, 1 year ago

Android fragmentation is a huge problem. Or at least, that’s what we all think after listening to technology experts, web developers, game developers, and simple technology geeks, all talking about fragmentation as if were a…

by Aerol Bibat, 1 year ago

Android is quickly becoming one of the most popular operating systems around and this is mostly because of its open nature. However, not all is as it seems. Many open-source advocates have criticized Google for…

by Darcy LaCouvee, 2 years ago

Google is preparing to showcase the next generation of Android, dubbed Honeycomb. Not content with merely releasing the Android 3.0 SDK, Google’s invited a smattering of press to its Mountain View campus on Feb. 2…

by James Tromans, 2 years ago

The official Android Developers website has recently released an updated metrics report on the currect distribution of the Android platform. Android 1.5 3 12.0% Android 1.6 4 17.5% Android 2.1 7 41.7% Android 2.2 8…

by James Tromans, 2 years ago

Over at the Android developers blog, Google have released the statistics of Android version usage. The data were collcted over a two week period ending on June 16, 2010. The figures reveal that 50.4% of…

by James Tromans, 2 years ago

According to Google’s open source and compatibility program manager for Android, Dan Morrill , the ‘fragmentation’ that people talk about with Android is just a ‘bogeyman, a red herring’. In a rather long blog post,…

by James Tromans, 3 years ago

We recently published an article that detailed how Google plan to stop the massive variability found between what version of their Android OS people run. In our previous post, it was made evident that there…

by James Tromans, 3 years ago

Engadget are reporting that the forthcoming version of Google’s Android operating system will make headway in starving off the fragmentation that started to develop last year. As you will know, Google have been burning through…