Android JellyBean now at 10 percent devices

All sweets which Android versions are named to be sticky, but the Gingerbread remain so far the largest number of Android users stick.

The latest version of the Android operating system, Jellybean, has now - six months after the official launch - a market share of 10 percent, according to figures from Google. Gingerbread, that especially in many forerunners of the real smartphone is included, still has a market share of 47.6 percent. Even Froyo, the forerunner of Gingerbread, still has a market share of 9 percent.

Gingerbread was also on new phones come long after the modern versions as Android Honeycomb and Ice Cream Sandwich available.

Telecom Providers slow modernization
Android does not have the automatic upgrade system such as Apple iOS has. Telecom providers have the opportunity own customized versions of Android version to distribute the devices that they issue. It is much cheaper for them even older Android versions to deliver the adjustments which they have carried out, soon after the introduction of a new Android version to develop a custom version.

Moreover, the precursor of Android Jelly Bean, Ice Cream Sandwich, there are 9 months to get a market share of 10 percent to reach. The flow seems better to get started. That's good news for developers of Android apps, not only with a highly fragmented market hardware to do but also take into account at least 5 different versions of the operating system.