0 Know the various generations of android

Now, who is not familiar with the term Android, almost everyone is familiar with the term because android is a mobile operating system that has been widely used by mobile phone vendors, especially for smart phone products.

Android operating system is not tied to one brand of mobile phone, a few well-known vendors who have been using Android including Samsung, Sony Ericsson, HTC, Nexus, Motorola, and others. The main advantage of Android is free and open source, which makes Android smartphones sold cheaper than the Blackberry or iPhone while features (hardware) offered a better Android.

Some of the features relied upon by android such as WiFi Hotspot, Multi-touch, multitasking, GPS, accelerometers, java support, supports multiple networks (GSM / EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE & WiMAX) as well as basic skills phones in general.

The following are various versions of android, ranging from first to most recent:

Android version 1.1
On March 9, 2009, Google released the Android version 1.1. Android version is equipped with an aesthetic update to the application, alarm clock, voice search (search sound), sending messages to Gmail, and email notification


Android version 1.5 (Cupcake)
In mid-May 2009, Google re-released mobile phone using Android and the SDK (Software Development Kit) with version 1.5 (Cupcake). There are several updates including the addition of several features in this mobile version of the ability to record and watch videos with the camera mode, upload video to YouTube and pictures to Picasa directly from the phone, A2DP Bluetooth support, the ability to automatically connect to a Bluetooth headset, animation screen, and on-screen keyboard that can be customized by the system.


Android version 1.6 (Donut)
Donut (version 1.6) was released in September by displaying the search process better than before, battery usage indicator and control applet VPN. Another feature is the gallery that allows the user to select the photos to be removed; cameras, camcorders and interface the gallery; CDMA / EVDO, 802.1x, VPN, Gestures, and a Text-to-speech engine; ability to dial contacts, technological change text to speech (not available on all phones; procurement VWGA resolution.


Android version 2.0/2.1 (Eclair)
On December 3, 2009 re-launched Android phones with version 2.0/2.1 (Eclair), changes made are hardware optimization, improved Google Maps 3.1.2, change the UI with a new browser and support for HTML5, the new list of contacts, support flash for the camera 3 , 2 MP, digital zoom, and Bluetooth 2.1.

To move quickly in the competition next generation devices, Google held a competition to invest with the best mobile applications (killer apps - leading applications). This competition with prizes $ 25,000 for each selected application developers. The competition was held over two stages each step selected 50 best applications.


With the growing rise and increasingly growing number of Android handsets, the more interested third parties to distribute their applications to the Android operating system. Well-known application of modified into the Android operating system is Shazam, Backgrounds, and WeatherBug. Android operating system in the Internet site is also considered important to create native Android applications, for example by MySpace and Facebook

Android version 2.2 (Froyo: Frozen Yogurt)

On May 20, 2010, the Android version 2.2 (Froyo) was launched. These changes are generally against previous versions include support for Adobe Flash 10.1, speed performance and application of 2 to 5 times faster, integration V8 JavaScript engine that used Google Chrome that speeds rendering capability in the browser, the application installation in SD Card, WiFi capabilities portable hotspot, and the ability to auto update in the Android Market.

Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread)

On December 6, 2010, the Android version 2.3 (Gingerbread) was launched. General changes obtained from the Android version, among other upgrades games (gaming), improved copy and paste function, the display interface (User Interface) redesigned, support for video formats VP8 and WebM, new audio effects (reverb, equalization, headphone virtualization, and bass boost), support the ability of Near Field Communication (NFC), and the number of cameras support more than one.

Android version 3.0/3.1 (Honeycomb)

Is a version of Android intended for gadgets / devices with large screens like the Tablet PC; Honeycomb new feature is support for multicore processors and graphics hardware acceleration (the first tablet that uses Honeycomb is the Motorola Xoom which was released in February 2011).

Google decided to temporarily close access to the Honeycomb source code, this is done to prevent the vendor of mobile phones to install Honeycomb on a smartphone. Because many companies in the previous version to install Android into the tablet PC, allowing you unsatisfied and eventually make Android image is not good.

Android version 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was announced on May 10, 2011 in the event Google I / O Developers Conference (San Francisco), and officially released on October 19, 2011 in Hong Kong. "Android Ice Cream Sandwich" may be used either in the smartphone or tablet. The main features of ICS Android 4.0 was Face Unlock, Android Beam (NFC), major changes in the User Interface, and a standard screen size (native screen) resolution 720p (high definition).

Well, here's the latest android version is now competing fiercely with other mobile operating systems, especially with iOS and Windows Mobile.

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