>>Of course the manufacturers want that. How much do they make on the sale of a new phone compared to an OS upgrade? But again, the point is, you often get a "new every two" with one or two OS upgrades during that time. But, to totally orphan a device during that time is just plain wrong.
"Wrong" you say? Wrong for who? Maybe users really would prefer to upgrade their device and be done with it. And unless a major security hole opens, maybe it's a nit anyway. Certainly the only reason I apply OS upgrades to my notebook is for security.
>>I still don't understand how the Windows Phone market is fragmented.
I still don't understand why you think anybody said it is. ;-)
"... They ne'er cared for us
yet: suffer us to famish, and their store-houses
crammed with grain; make edicts for usury, to
support usurers; repeal daily any wholesome act
established against the rich, and provide more
piercing statutes daily, to chain up and restrain
the poor. If the wars eat us not up, they will; and
there's all the love they bear us."
-- Shakespeare: Coriolanus, Act 1, scene 1
