Android fragmentation poses a difficult atmosphere for application developers. There are currently dozens of Android phones on the market, but nearly all of them are different. As time goes on, hardware specs on each phones improves. This leaves anyone who owns an older phone out in the cold. In the case of Angry Birds, there are nearly 20 phones that aren’t officially supported.

Nintendo recently conducted a web poll concerning the GameBoy and, whether I fit some key demographic profile or it was a lucky pick of the draw, I happen to be selected to partake in the survey this weekend (January 20, 2008).

I was sent an email link to a survey site that was marked with the Nintendo logo and featured a few questions about handheld gaming in general, followed by five or six screens of questions specifically about the Nintendo GameBoy Advance SP, followed by several screens of DS Lite questions. Bascially, the tone of the survey pretty much pitted the GameBoy against the DS. (Note that at one point the survey indicated all references to “GameBoy” were meant to be “GameBoy Advance SP”).

A few of the GameBoy-related questions in the survey include…

As of November 22, 2007, more than 1 million redesigned PSPs (aka PSP Slim & Lite or the PSP-2000) have sold in Japan. Originally released on September 20, 2007, the PSP Slim & Lite is a redesigned version of the Sony PSP and offers gamers a more compact and lightweight handheld as well as improved more »

According to Evan Wilson, an analyst at Pacific Crest Securities, the Nintendo DS may be receiving another facelift. In his latest investor’s note, Wilson claims that Nintendo has completed a redesign of the prized handheld. Wilson indicates that the new DS has on-board storage and larger screens, but more surprising is its purported lack of more »