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No Android forks here

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 6, 2011

[ Thanks to sjvn for this link. ]

Yes, Android has a forking problem. Google forked its
mobile, open-source operating system into two versions: Android 2.x
for smartphones and Android 3.x for tablets earlier this year. It
also doesn’t help Android any that there are so many different
supported versions out in the market. But, what Amazon and Baidu
are doing with their forthcoming tablets has nothing to do with
forking Android.

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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