Comments on: Android Steps Closer to Fragmentation http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/ Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:42:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Wind River Announces Android Platform | Android http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/#comment-232496 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:32:59 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=84583#comment-232496 [...] what implications might things like this have on the Android platform as a whole? That’s a healthy debate worth [...]

]]> By: Anonymous http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/#comment-232495 Wed, 09 Dec 2009 07:10:29 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=84583#comment-232495 Standardization should be driven by the volume of ODMs, which is precisely my point. Linux operates at its core through commercialization partners that make it easier for solution providers to focus on what they do best. The marrying of the apps to the OS through the WR platform should continue to enable the open development for apps, unique user experiences and device components, like radios and screens and battery life. What WR can bring to the table is the ability to deeply integrate key enablers – like flash, video codecs, DRM, and graphics processors – into the Android stack so more vendors don’t have to re-invent the wheel for each Android device. A vendor can still pick and choose what to support in their go-to-market product. But the WR toolkit might make it easier for them to get products to market faster.

]]> By: Planet Android » Blog Archive » Wind River Announces Android Platform http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/#comment-232494 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:50:50 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=84583#comment-232494 [...] what implications might things like this have on the Android platform as a whole? That’s a healthy debate worth [...]

]]> By: Wind River Announces Android Platform | Android Mobile Device http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/#comment-232493 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:06:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=84583#comment-232493 [...] what implications might things like this have on the Android platform as a whole? That’s a healthy debate worth [...]

]]> By: Android Becoming More Fragmented | CoolTechZone.com - Know Technology http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/#comment-232492 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:30:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=84583#comment-232492 [...] Gigaom reports that Google’s Android is gaining a commercial version of the mobile platform through the efforts of Wind River. Unlike the iPhone that is working to provide a singular product to meet the needs of everyone, Google’s open source approach to the mobile world appears to be fragmenting Android between different user markets. [...]

]]> By: deitomu http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/#comment-232491 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:01:23 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=84583#comment-232491 I would like to add to douglasawh’s point. This should reduce fragmentation, not add to it.
A company like WR is leveraging their platform supplier role across many OEM’s/operators/suppliers, by fixing+hardening the common Android layers and offloading that effort.
Wind River was the first “OHA commercialization partner”, right? I’m sure this is what Google had in mind. A relatively small number of qualified integrators helping to make Android work well on various hardware platforms, so that the OEM’s and carriers can differentiate without fragmenting.

]]> By: Wind River Announces Android Platform | The Androider http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/#comment-232490 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:07:37 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=84583#comment-232490 [...] what implications might things like this have on the Android platform as a whole? That’s a healthy debate worth [...]

]]> By: Wind River Announces Android Platform | Technology Nerd Blog http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/#comment-232489 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:49:15 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=84583#comment-232489 [...] what implications might things like this have on the Android platform as a whole? That’s a healthy debate worth [...]

]]> By: Wind River Announces Android Platform | Android Phone Fans http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/#comment-232488 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:04:30 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=84583#comment-232488 [...] what implications might things like this have on the Android platform as a whole? That’s a healthy debate worth [...]

]]> By: Colin Gibbs http://gigaom.com/2009/12/07/android-steps-closer-to-fragmentation/#comment-232487 Tue, 08 Dec 2009 11:56:28 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=84583#comment-232487 @ douglasawh — You’re right that Wind River’s product isn’t, in itself, a fork. But it makes it that much easier for ODMs to create their own versions of Android, which I think takes us one more step in the direction of splintering the OS.

@ Gearhead Gal — I think it could be great for Android’s long-term prospects if the OHA could settle on a common middleware layer. But with 11 ODM members of the alliance (and counting), I think there are too many players vying for space for a true standardized layer to emerge.

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