From: Sascha H. <sa...@xm...> - 2010-06-23 09:47:11
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Actually Arno just answered my question on another thread, so never mind! :) On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:45 AM, Sascha Haeberling <sa...@xm...>wrote: > I don't know how it works for the iPhone, but at least for Android you can > develop an app that makes use of features of newer APIs while still > supporting old phones. So at least this is not an issue, unless your app > heavily depends on some new feature. > > // Sascha > > > On Wed, Jun 23, 2010 at 11:27 AM, Dr. Alexander K. Seewald < > al...@se...> wrote: > >> Concerning which devices are in the market... I don't know this for >> iPhone, but Android has a nice current overview at >> http://developer.android.com/resources/dashboard/platform-versions.html >> >> It used to be 1:1:1 for 1.5, 1.6 and 2.1 a few months ago, but now >> it is 1:1:2. So taking away support for 1.5 would correspond to a >> reduction in market share of about 25%. That said, the first >> version of devices did not always have useful update paths (e.g. >> the Samsung i7500 cannot be updated...) and are significantly >> different in hardware capabilities (e.g. far less control in camera >> interface), so there would be some rationale in removing them. >> >> Does anyone has any numbers? Which proportion of the iPhones >> currently out there are not updateable to iOS 4? >> >> Best, >> Alex >> -- >> Dr. Alexander K. Seewald >> >> Seewald Solutions >> www.seewald.at >> Tel. +43(664)1106886 >> Fax. +43(1)2533033/2764 >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate >> GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the >> lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: >> http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo >> _______________________________________________ >> xmlvm-users mailing list >> xml...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xmlvm-users >> > > |