[citation][nom]Kami3k[/nom]Isn't the latest version, 8, not going on previous phones?[/citation]
You have a point, but the latest version, 8, will last a couple years for any device using it. They do not consider every .x a major update. Everything that is 2.x should run anything 2.x on Android, but it doesn't. Everyone using a 4.0 device should have 4.2 already, but they do not. Every single little update to Android seems to cause them to consider it a new upgrade that "may not work on all devices". This trick in numbering prevents consumers from being able to tell there are FAR more than 4 versions of Android actually out.
Why is this action even being taken now? Wasn't fragmentation supposed to be fixed 2 whole versions ago? Why are developers being targeted? This sounds more like a shot at people who mod the system than a blow towards fragmentation. The one strength of Android is it's customizability and modded ROMs. Take that away, and we might as well just head over to MS/Apple.
So tired of these corporate giants, the bigger they get the more they copy the neighbors. Didn't your mother ever tell you to just be yourself?