History Of Android
History of Android
Android, Inc. is created by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White in Palo Alto, California in October 2003. Android was first developed for digital camera usage. However after found that market of digital camera is not large enough, Android, Inc. decided to produce smartphone to compete with Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile. In 17, August 2005 acquired Android Inc. Android had come up with various versions. Names of android versions are basically given based on sweets name.
List of Android version Alpha (1.0)
Beta (1.1)
Cupcake (1.5)
Donut (1.6)
Eclair (2.0–2.1)
Froyo (2.2–2.2.3)
Gingerbread (2.3–2.3.7)
Honeycomb (3.0–3.2.6)
Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0–4.0.4)
Jelly Bean (4.1–4.3.1)
KitKat (4.4–4.4.4)
Lollipop (5.0–5.0.2)
The first version of android is Alpha 1.0. Alpha was released on 23 September 2008. This version consists of few features. Camera support, access to web email server update via android, Google Talk and Google Sync are some of the features available in Alpha 1.0. Next version is Beta 1.1 which release on 9 February 2009. Few updates were included in this version. Longer in-call screen timeout default and ability to save attachment in messages are features of Beta 1.1. Cupcake 1.5 was released after few months of development of previous one. 27 April 2009 is when Cupcake version released. Features of Cupcake 1.5 are animated screen transition, auto-rotation transition and ability to upload video. Donut 1.6 is next version which released on 15 September 2009. Gesture framework and turn by turn navigation are some of the features available in this version. 26 October 2009 is when 2.0 version released. Éclair 2.0’s features are updated UI, consist live wallpapers and digital zoom in camera. Éclair 2.0.1 was release on 3 December 2009 with minor API changes, bug fixes and framework behavioral changes. With minor amendments to API and bug fixes Éclair 2.1 was release on 12 January 2010. Froyo 2.2 is released on 20 May
Android, Inc. is created by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White in Palo Alto, California in October 2003. Android was first developed for digital camera usage. However after found that market of digital camera is not large enough, Android, Inc. decided to produce smartphone to compete with Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile. In 17, August 2005 acquired Android Inc. Android had come up with various versions. Names of android versions are basically given based on sweets name.
List of Android version Alpha (1.0)
Beta (1.1)
Cupcake (1.5)
Donut (1.6)
Eclair (2.0–2.1)
Froyo (2.2–2.2.3)
Gingerbread (2.3–2.3.7)
Honeycomb (3.0–3.2.6)
Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0–4.0.4)
Jelly Bean (4.1–4.3.1)
KitKat (4.4–4.4.4)
Lollipop (5.0–5.0.2)
The first version of android is Alpha 1.0. Alpha was released on 23 September 2008. This version consists of few features. Camera support, access to web email server update via android, Google Talk and Google Sync are some of the features available in Alpha 1.0. Next version is Beta 1.1 which release on 9 February 2009. Few updates were included in this version. Longer in-call screen timeout default and ability to save attachment in messages are features of Beta 1.1. Cupcake 1.5 was released after few months of development of previous one. 27 April 2009 is when Cupcake version released. Features of Cupcake 1.5 are animated screen transition, auto-rotation transition and ability to upload video. Donut 1.6 is next version which released on 15 September 2009. Gesture framework and turn by turn navigation are some of the features available in this version. 26 October 2009 is when 2.0 version released. Éclair 2.0’s features are updated UI, consist live wallpapers and digital zoom in camera. Éclair 2.0.1 was release on 3 December 2009 with minor API changes, bug fixes and framework behavioral changes. With minor amendments to API and bug fixes Éclair 2.1 was release on 12 January 2010. Froyo 2.2 is released on 20 May