It is number of unique devices. It wouldn't be a count of each connection. That would be... stupid.
On Sat, Jul 10, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Indicator Veritatis <mej1...@yahoo.com>wrote: > 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<android-developers%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > -- 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
