>"The basic stance from Google’s perspective is that the Android platform has a significant market share and volume."
There is a bit of jumping to conclusions here.
Given that Schmidt was talking about ICS rather than Android in general and the proportion of Android devices not intended to facilitate OS upgrades, the market for ICS specific applications may not be so well established as to make the author's conclusion the slam dunk as which it is presented.
In other words, Android's existing market share is predominately running pre ICS versions and ICS only fragments it further.
There is a bit of jumping to conclusions here.
Given that Schmidt was talking about ICS rather than Android in general and the proportion of Android devices not intended to facilitate OS upgrades, the market for ICS specific applications may not be so well established as to make the author's conclusion the slam dunk as which it is presented.
In other words, Android's existing market share is predominately running pre ICS versions and ICS only fragments it further.