Tuesday 03 April 2012

Android Fragmentation: Just 2.9% Using Latest Version    [ 03-04-2012 21:05 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: BGR     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Google's latest statistics for Android show a massive leap in adoption for Android 4.0 aka Ice Cream Sandwich. In the past month ICS has managed to see it share of the Android userbase more than double. If that sounds impressive it isn't quite since even after the doubling ICS still only accounts for a paltry 2.9% of all Android users. Even adding this figure to that of Honeycomb we arrive at just 6.2%. Yes folks, it's time for Android fragmentation again!

Gingerbread, which came out a solid 15 months ago, is still the front runner by far. It accounts for a whopping 63.7% of Android devices. The second most popular Android version in use is even older, Froyo at 23 months ols, and which has a 23.1% share. Just to reinforce the point that ICS and Honeycomb are still lagging in adoption it is interesting to note that Eclair has a 6% share of Android users, whcih is almost as much as ICS and Honeycomb combined, despite Eclair having been released way back at the end of 2009!

Rumour has it that Google is planning on releasing a new version of Android as early as this summer although many are looking at the third quarter as a more likely release date. A vaid question would be whether Google's release cycle is just too fast given that by the time the enxt iteration of Android is unveiled Ice Cream Sandwich might just be finding its footing and seeing widespread adoption. On the other side of the coin it is important to point out that there is still debate over just how much Android fragmentation actually effects the platform and developers. Nevertheless it is still true that Android isn't operating as a single entity at the moment in the way that iOS does. Not that this fragmentation has had any adverse effect on Android's ability to capture marketshare seeing as it has just pased the 50% marker in the U.S.

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Arizona Passes Law To Ban Trolling    [ 03-04-2012 20:34 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: Kotaku     Translation by: Paul Smith     

The state of Arizona in the United States has passed a bill that would effectively outlaw internet trolling. Officially it's designed to stop cyberbuling by extending provisions already in place to counter telephone harassment to the internet and other electronic communication methods. It sounds good in practice, but obviously there are various areas that will almost certainly pose problems and come in for criticism. For example, some are already saying that it is so vague in its wording that it could be applied to just about anything and see people come in for prosecution over posts on message boards like Reddit. Even so the legislation is awaiting a signature from the governor, after which it will become law. If it is signed into law anyone prosecuted under it will face a Class 1 misdemeanor, which means they could face a $2,500 fine and/or 6 months in prison.

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Android Takes More Than 50% Of U.S. Market    [ 03-04-2012 19:44 ]

Author: Serge Novikov   Source: ComScore     Translation by: Paul Smith     

Another round of figures from ComScore related to the American market have just been released. Samsung is the top manufacturer Stateside with a 25.6% share of the market followed by LG on 19.4%, Apple comes third with 13.5% and Motorola is in fourth with 12.8%. Now that's all very well and good, but of more interest in these figures is the fact that within the last month an extra 4 million Americans have become smartphone users for a total of 104 million people. That's a pretty impressive jump for just one month and cements the view that the modern mobile market is relentlessly marching towards the smartphone.

Speaking of smartphone Android was standing at 46.9% of the American market back in November of last year. That figures has now increased to 50.1%, giving Google just over half the smartphone market in America. Apple shouldn't be too disappointed by this turn of events though as their own share increased from 28.7% to a still very respectable 30.2%. Where are these rises coming from? Well, in short, RIM and Microsoft. Both of those companies saw their own market hare declining by 2-3%. Microsoft might be able to see a reversal in its fortunes thanks to Nokia, but RIM faces a rather more bleak future.

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