We discuss how portable Windows 10 PCs have underwent a transformation in the past year or two on our show. Also, Android O's fragmentation magic wand!
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Hardware fragmentation is as big or a bigger problem these days than software, and it just shouldn't be. OEMs need to push the same device everywhere.
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The dreaded “F” word. In tech circles, we throw around “Fragmentation” as a slight against any ecosystem where the number of choices begins to degrade the user experience. A prime example cited is the current state of Android. Google has released the newest version of the Android operating system, but how many people are actually able to upgrade their phones to run it? In this instance, one of Android’s greatest strengths (diversity of hardware options) has the potential to degrade a consumer’s individual experience (ability to run newest software).
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Major improvements are coming to iOS in this tenth iteration of the operating system. Apple delivered a number of updates to lifestyle features which were well received. iMessage overhauls, Siri improvements, a top to bottom new Apple Music, and we saw a brief glimpse at the future of how we’ll navigate our devices through improvements to gestures and 3D Touch.That last point leaves a small community of iPhone users in the lurch however as not all brand new iPhones will be able to take advantage of force pressing through shortcuts and menu options. It shouldn’t come as much of ...
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Long ago, when Google was a rising star giving “everything” away for free, Apple was busy revolutionizing the mobile industry with the iPhone. Google fought back, not by creating the “Google Phone”, but by acquiring the Android operating system, spinning up a consortium of carriers, OEMs, and technology providers, and rolling out a massive initiative that has finally surpassed Apple in number of handsets in use. That strategy, and the momentum behind it, has one flaw that self-professed pundits continue to proclaim: Android fragmentation.Android Fragmentation
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There are two numbers that are quite telling of the state of the mobile playing field these days: the amount of Android-powered smartphones and tablets compared to iOS-powered devices, and the numbers of devices that each version of Android is being used on. These are two very dissimilar topics, but they’re very intertwined. Let’s jump right in! What is the state of Android fragmentation today, and why does it mean that Android may have already won? First, what do I mean by Android “fragmentation”. Not long ago we talked about how, from one perspective,
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It seems like every time a new version of iOS or Android is announced, we hear the same mantra of “Android fragmentation” coming from various media outlets and fan-boys. I’ll be the first to admit, there are several versions of Android running on literally hundreds of models of Android-powered phones and tablets compared to only a very small percentage of iOS users running anything other than the latest version. But iOS suffers from something potentially worse: feature fragmentation. Feature Fragmentation From this year’s WWDC we learned quite a bit about iOS 7. It ...
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