Kevin C. Tofel argues that the Android fragmentation problem is getting better — but not really because of anything Google is doing, but more so because of what they’re not doing: rapidly releasing new versions of Android. 

He also lumps Android 2.2 and 2.3 together since they’re not that different — which is mostly fair, I think. The problem is that Android 2.2 was first released 16 months ago. So it took almost a year and a half for the latest versions of Android to get on the vast majority of handsets out there. 

If you count Android 2.3 as a different version — which is also fair, I think, because it does have improvements that users will want over 2.2 — it has been out for over 9 months now and still has just 30 percent share.

That remains pathetic. As does Google’s lack up updates on the update alliance situation.

And don’t forget: Ice Cream Sandwich will be out soon. Let’s see how long it takes handsets to update…