Fragmentation blues: Google's Android vs. Apple's iOSTwo charts illustrate a key difference between the two leading mobile operating systems.
<p>FORTUNE -- The chart at right, taken from the Wikipedia entry for Android version history, illustrates the problem app developers call Android fragmentation -- the splintering of Google's (GOOG) installed base into incompatible fragments. Applications that run on one combination of hardware and software don't necessarily run on others.</p>
<p>Wikipedia doesn't offer a similar chart for Apple (AAPL) iOS, and the graphic
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Fragmentation blues: Google's Android vs. Apple's iOS
