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Title: Fragmentation blues: Google's Android vs. Apple's iOS Post by: HCK on December 13, 2013, 11:40:21 pm Fragmentation blues: Google's Android vs. Apple's iOS
Two 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 MORE (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/12/13/apple-ios-android-fragmentation/)<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=tech.fortune.cnn.com&blog=8466345&post=129108&subd=fortunebrainstormtech&ref=&feed=1" width="1" height="1" /><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/fortuneapple20/~4/3ctnKSEXukc" height="1" width="1"/> Source: Fragmentation blues: Google's Android vs. Apple's iOS (http://rss.cnn.com/~r/fortuneapple20/~3/3ctnKSEXukc/http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/12/13/apple-ios-android-fragmentation/#commentshttp://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2013/12/13/apple-ios-android-fragmentation/feed/atom/) |