We’re delighted to see that Android has built yet more momentum behind Eclair since its last platform version distribution report two weeks ago, moving the mark from 45.1 to an even 50 percent of all devices in the field (that doesn’t include 2.0 or 2.0.1, which have been swiftly banished from relevance now that all 2.0 devices have received 2.1 updates). Unfortunately, Cupcake and Donut — versions 1.5 and 1.6, respectively — simply refuse to die, together accounting for basically all of the remaining half. That’s down a little under 5 percent from the beginning of June, though, so at least we’re moving in the right direction — and a couple well-placed OTAs from HTC, Motorola, and Samsung would obliterate most of the remainder, we figure. Version fragmentation is an enemy of this platform, regardless of what Google says — so let’s just fast-track a bunch of Froyo ROMs and put all this talk behind us, alright?
[Thanks, Drew]
Android 2.1 picks up steam in latest platform stats, 1.5 and 1.6 still contenders originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 16 Jun 2010 22:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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