So then does the dashboard count each MEID/IMEI connecting within the given time period only once, regardless of how many times it connects and reconnects to the Market? If not, then no, it is not "pretty much the exact data they want", because it is skewed by how often devices connect and disconnect, or by how many apps they download.
The vague language used on the dashboard, saying evasive-sounding things like "relative number of access devices" and "based on the number of Android devices that have accessed" do NOT answer this question, they leave a LOT of room for doubt. On Jul 9, 5:48 pm, Dianne Hackborn <hack...@android.com> wrote: > On Fri, Jul 9, 2010 at 2:25 PM, Indicator Veritatis <mej1...@yahoo.com>wrote: > > > Why, even the figure Google likes to use, the source for my 45% using > > 1.5 or 1.6, is far from ideal: but it is almost certainly a better > > measure of the number of phones out there with given version# than > > downloads of even a wildly popular app. > > The Google numbers are based on the total count of all devices running > Market... which, for people publishing apps to Market, is pretty much the > exact data they want. > > -- > Dianne Hackborn > Android framework engineer > hack...@android.com > > Note: please don't send private questions to me, as I don't have time to > provide private support, and so won't reply to such e-mails. All such > questions should be posted on public forums, where I and others can see and > answer them. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
