this is interesting... moga2 fragmentation yg selama ini ada di Android bisa teratasi.. :D
On Tue, Mar 30, 2010 at 9:43 AM, Agus Hamonangan <[email protected]>wrote: > Google continues to gobble up large chunks of smartphone market share, > but offering four different versions of the same operating system will > eventually stunt that growth by derailing customer purchase plans. > After all, why buy a new device with an earlier version of Android — > say, version 1.6 — if the better hardware and software is devoted to > version 2.1? > > Such fragmentation is running rampant on the platform, which has only > been shipping products since October 2008, leaving the owners of older > handsets pining for apps that their friends with newer phones can run, > or wishing for advanced native functions like multitouch capability. > Developers, meanwhile, are challenged by having to build different > Android apps for different versions. Luckily, Google appears to have a > strategic plan to address these problems, Engadget reports today. > > Thanks to conversations at last week’s CTIA, as well as some follow-up > information, the site says it has “reason to believe that the company > will start by decoupling many of Android’s standard applications and > components from the platform’s core and making them downloadable and > updatable through the Market.” In other words, only the base Android > functionality would be in the hands of carriers and handset makers, > while third-party developers — and Google itself — would expand > Android functionality through downloadable software. > More on Mobile Apps > > * Android This Week: Enter the EVO; Samsung Does Android; Nexus > One a Success Tech Insider > * Skype Is Now Available on Verizon Tech Insider > * Why the OS Is Hot at CTIA — and What It Means Tech Insider > * Android This Week: Nexus One for All; Buzz Hits Android; Google > TV Tech Insider > > The expectation is that this effort will take place over the next two > Android updates, codenamed Froyo and Gingerbread respectively. By > managing the fragmentation in-house and divesting core apps from base > Android functionality, Google regains control: It can move key > applications to its Android Market, and reduce the carrier influence > over what apps can or can’t be on the phone. The approach fits nicely > with the Google Nexus One strategy Colin Gibbs outlined at GigaOM Pro > (subscription required) as Google attempts to wrest control from the > cellular network providers. > > Back in February, I noticed subtle signs of a shift to address the > Android fragmentation issue, and rumors at the time were indicating > that Google could try to migrate all existing handsets to Android 2.1. > That’s a tough road to hoe because here in the U.S., carriers decide > what software is pushed to handsets on their network. A notable > exception to that practice is Google’s own Nexus One which accepts > software updates directly from Google — cutting the carrier out of > such a role. Still, the first whisperings of a solution were heard, so > I kept my eyes open. > > Three weeks later, my watching paid off — I noticed that Google’s > software strategy had shifted over time. Instead of the latest and > greatest native apps making their way to Android 2.1 only, functions > were filtering into older versions of Android not long after release. > Google’s new Gesture Search, for example, appeared on Android 1.6 > devices only two weeks after debuting on Android 2.x phones. > > From a consumer standpoint, separating core handset functionality from > applications can reduce buyers’ remorse as Android matures. That > doesn’t mean that every Android application in the future will run on > the handset you just bought, but the functional base between various > Android devices should be much more similar. And if Google can get a > more standardized version of Android across its handsets, developers > won’t be as challenged to port code between various SDKs and feature > sets. Happy developers ought to make for happy customers and help > continue Google’s path towards mobile dominance in the smartphone > market. > > http://gigaom.com/2010/03/29/android-fragmentation/ > > -- > Salam, > > > Agus Hamonangan > > Japri: [email protected] > > -- > "Indonesian Android Community [id-android]" > > Join: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android/subscribe?hl=en-GB > Moderator: [email protected] > ID Android Developer: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-dev > ID Android Surabaya: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-sby > ID Android on FB: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112207700729 > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to id-android+ > unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE > ME" as the subject. > -- regards, Bayu Wicaksono -- "Indonesian Android Community [id-android]" Join: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android/subscribe?hl=en-GB Moderator: [email protected] ID Android Developer: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-dev ID Android Surabaya: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-sby ID Android on FB: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112207700729 To unsubscribe from this group, send email to id-android+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
