Comments on: Jelly Bean continues slow climb as Android OS balance shifts

By: Tom Nelson

Tom Nelson — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 16:15:00 +0000

Yeah I have it loaded just wish it was still in the Play store since that’s how majority of users get their apps.

By: Good ol' JS

Good ol' JS — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:51:00 +0000

You can still have native flash support. Just load the flash app. Google search for it and sideload the app.

By: YellowApple

YellowApple — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:40:00 +0000

My Samsung phone, having been upgraded successfully from its stock ROM, begs to differ with that notion.

Even without official upgrades, there are still plenty of upgrade opportunities if you’re willing to install a custom ROM.

By: Tom Nelson

Tom Nelson — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:13:00 +0000

“Google’s numbers stand in stark contrast to those of Apple, which saw 15-percent of iOS devices upgrade to iOS 6 within 24 hours of its release.” Wow so a device that is only made by one person has a higher percent of people upgrading…. thanks lou.
JB doesn’t have that many features that warrant someone to upgrade, everyone that can’t upgrade are not missing out on anything with their phone so why upgrade? My wife’s S2 works just fine with ICS on it, would it be nice to get an update? I guess but it’s not affecting the way she uses the phone. Most apps work fine with a ICS or Gingerbread. I wish my Transformer pad wouldn’t have forced me to go to JB or I would have stayed with ICS so I could have native Flash support.

By: AaronD12

AaronD12 — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 15:00:00 +0000

Users on older versions of Android aren’t “resolutely fixed on the OS they’re currently running”, they’re STUCK on the current version they’re running. So many Android devices are not upgradeable to the latest version of Android. This fragmentation will continue to fester until manufacturers start making upgradeable devices. Samsung is the worst offender by far.

By: companyemails

companyemails — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:52:00 +0000

And that is why you buy Nexus devices or as close to vanilla android as possible. I currently have 3 android devices (GN, TP and N7) all running JB.

By: Good ol' JS

Good ol' JS — Tue, 02 Oct 2012 14:12:00 +0000

By the end of this year when all the Gingerbread device users are getting handset upgrades to an Android 4.0 or better phone these stats will change. It’s like the adoption of Win7 over XP. Sometimes all it takes is a buttload of hardware upgrades.