 Thread beginning with comment 523955 Segmentation v.
Fragmentation by wocowboy on Wed 27th Jun 2012 10:47 UTC Member
since:  There is a difference between segmentation and
fragmentation, as the article suggests. Can't all the Apple
iPhones sold today run the latest iOS? Apple sells the 3GS, 4,
and 4S right now and I think they all can run the latest version
of iOS, though an individual model might not support all the
functions that are, say, in the iPhone 4S. This is an
illustration of segmentation.  Can all Android phones sold today
run ICS? Can ICS be installed on every Android phone sold today?
Not all Android phones have the same functions and capabilities
built into them, same as with Apple phones, but can the OS be
installed on all of them? I think the answer is no. Are the
carriers preventing this? Are the individual manufacturers
preventing this? Regardless of which is at fault, this is an
example of fragmentation, keeping the OS completely off a model,
rather than segmentation, allowing the OS to be