Android 2.2 Will Decide Google's Mobile Success: 10 Reasons Why
By Don Reisinger  |  Posted 2010-09-13  Android 2.2 Will Decide
Google's Mobile Success: 10 Reasons Why  Android 2.2 is now
running on 28.7 percent of all Android-based smartphones,
according to recent market estimates. About 70 percent of all
Android-based devices are now running Android version 2.1 or
higher. For now, that's quite good news for Google. It means
that consumers are buying the new devices, and they're becoming
more likely to want the latest version of the company's mobile
operating system.   But the pressure on Google to succeed in
this critical technology sector is only going to increase. It
has gone from being a small mobile competitor to a leader in the
space. The mobile-OS market crown is now Google's to lose.
Because of that, it's becoming increasingly clear just how
important Android 2.2 really is. After all, it's the OS that
Google and its vendors are pushing; it gets most of the
attention. Perhaps most important of all: I