The 39th vlog from www.clove.co.uk -This vlog considers how the fast evolution of Android has caused and is exaggerating the fragmentation of Android.
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July 2, 2012 By
Clove Vlog #39 – Google Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) & Fragmentation
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Never knowing when to stop, he spends too much time in the office! He's very organised; writes lists, reports, spreadsheets, you name it, he's on to it!! When he does relax, however, he can be found driving his pride and joy (his Range Rover Sport), walking his Dog, down the pub or at a local restaurant. He does too like the finer things in life and often lives beyond his means, only the best hotels will do.
Well, ICS is 8 months old now, so an upgrade is timely. Yes, the early adopters will be screaming for it until hardware manufacturers release it onto their devices, but if nothing else, it’s a good motivation for Samsung, HTC et al to pull their fingers out. As you point out, some manufacurers have been awfully sluggish about updates, so the more motivation they have to apply what is, on the face of it, a fairly small upgrade in functionality is worthwhile. Google could have slipped it out without a fanfare, but the core Android fanbase would still have noticed and be champing at the bit for it, so I think this is pretty much the only way they could have done things. At least now, everyone knows that fruity-style smoothness is on the way, and since the manufacturers have supposedly had the source for a few months, hopefully it won’t take too long. At least they didn’t call it Android 5.0, that would have started riots…