One of the most used words when someone wants to criticize Google’s Android OS is the “fragmentation.” So it’s very convincing that the Ice Cream update of the popular operating system will address the issue. According to Bloomberg Business Weekreport posted last week, Mountain View, California will limit smartphone manufacturers and wireless carriers from tweaking the open-source Android operating system, obviously to stop the growing fragmentation.
What does this report means? Well, Google will try its very best to give their mobile and tablet operating system a solid barrier from “designers.” Apparently, some manufacturers are not updating their Android smartphones to sell more phones. I don’t need to name some of them because it will eat half of this post.
Anyway, the report added that if a manufacturer wants to license Android, they need to receive approval from a now-strict curators of Android. Oops! Goodbye TouchWiz and HTC Sense?
Surprisingly, Google’s search engine is now celebrating the tasty Ice Cream sundae’s 119th year anniversary. Is this a big sign that this quarter will be the start of a cleaner, and a more unified Android operating system? One of the best signs that Android is trying its best to end fragmentation is the list of the upcoming Android devices that will arrive this year. Most of them (like the HTC Thunderbolt, Motorola Atrix 4G) are using FroYo version, which is not the latest version of the fast-growing OS.
According to our very own Carlo Diokno, the Android Ice Cream update might hit some smartphones this quarter, the same quarter that the rumored Apple smartphone will arrive, the iPhone 5 (although some are speculating that Apple might delay the iPhone 5 until next year).
Aside from Apple’s iOS devices, Google is also facing another rival coming from Microsoft, the Windows Phone 7, that will soon get a best friend from Europe, the hardware-popular smartphone maker Nokia.
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