Then we can certainly agree that the dashboard figures are a much better measure of how many 1.5 and 1.6 devices are out there than the downloads of any one popular app.
And yes, that other count would have been stupid; but I have seen even more stupid things hidden under such vague language as "relative number of access devices" and "based on the number of Android devices that have accessed". So if you agree that that would be stupid, then you should also agree that such vague language is also stupid. Please see what you can do to get it changed. On Jul 10, 11:03 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > It is number of unique devices. It wouldn't be a count of each connection. > That would be... stupid. > > On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Indicator Veritatis > <mej1...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > So then does the dashboard count each MEID/IMEI connecting within the > > given time period only once, regardless of how many times it connects > > and reconnects to the Market? If not, then no, it is not "pretty much > > the exact data they want", because it is skewed by how often devices > > connect and disconnect, or by how many apps they download. > > > The vague language used on the dashboard, saying evasive-sounding > > things like "relative number of access devices" and "based on the > > number of Android devices that have accessed" do NOT answer this > > question, they leave a LOT of room for doubt. > > > On Jul 9, 5:48 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > > > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Indicator Veritatis <mej1...@yahoo.com > > >wrote: > > > > > Why, even the figure Google likes to use, the source for my 45% using > > > > 1.5 or 1.6, is far from ideal: but it is almost certainly a better > > > > measure of the number of phones out there with given version# than > > > > downloads of even a wildly popular app. > > > > The Google numbers are based on the total count of all devices running > > > Market... which, for people publishing apps to Market, is pretty much > > the > > > exact data they want. > > > > -- > > > Dianne Hackborn > > > Android framework engineer > > > hack...@android.com > > > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > > > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > > > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see > > and > > > answer them. > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > Groups "Android Developers" group. > > To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
