Google Gesture Search Rekindles Android Fragmentation Debate

Google’s Gesture Search feature for Android smartphones reignited the complaint about fragmentation and inconsistency among Google’s mobile operating system platform because it only works on devices running Android 2.0 or greater, such as the Motorola Droid and Google Nexus One. Laptop Magazine’s Mark Spoonauer said this means Google is favoring newer versions of its OS, punishing owners of devices running older flavors of Android, as well as Google’s partners. Kevin Tofel tried to diffuse the situation by arguing that Google isn’t the only mobile platform maker that faces this quandary.
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News Analysis: When Google
released its Google Gesture Search feature for Android smartphones March 3, it
fanned the flames of a long-standing complaint about fragmentation and
inconsistency among Google’s mobile operating system platform.
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