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    Ice Cream Sandwich Used on 2.9% of Android Devices, Gingerbread Still Dominant

    android phonesA large majority of active Android devices run Android 2.3 or Gingerbread, while the latest version of Android, 4.0 or Ice Cream Sandwich, is still used on a relatively small number of devices.

    According to new data about the number of active devices running different versions of the Android platform, various Gingerbread iterations are used on 63.7% of devices. Android 2.2 or Froyo is used on 23.1% of devices, and Ice Cream Sandwich is used only on 2.9% of devices.

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    In a way, the picture looks better than ever, as Android has at times been much more fragmented than it is now. For example, in January a large number of devices were still running the ancient Android 2.1; its market share has now shrunk from 8.5% to 6%, while even older versions of Android are almost out of the picture.

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    The slow adoption of ICS is a bit worrying, though. Luckily, 2012 will abound with ICS-based devices - including the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S3 and HTC Edge - and ICS adoption rates should increase significantly by the end of the year.

    This story originally published on Mashable here.

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