THE FACTS ABOUT ANDROID THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW

THE FACTS ABOUT ANDROID THAT YOU SHOULD KNOW.???

1. The android operating system was developed by android incoporation in 2004 backed by google,later google bought it in 2005 at a price of $50 million.

2. android operating system ,wasdeveloped as a platform for digital cameras,but the makers later changed their focus to smart phones as they saw its potential.

3. google launched android operating system in november 5 ,2002,which is a linux based software system.

4. htc dream or t mobile g1is th first ever smartphone to run on the android operating system,this mobile phones was released in the year 2008.

5. googles android operating system,has attained over a billion activations on devices like smartphones and tablets.

6. except android 1.0 and 1.1,all the other android versions are named after sweet treats like jelly bean,ice cream sandwich,honeycombs to name a few.

7. android operating system has been released in a lot of versions,where every releas e has been following an alphabetical order in naming.

                                      The names are:

⦁ android astro [1.0]

⦁ bender[1.1]

⦁ cupcake[1.5]

⦁ donut[1.6]

⦁ eclair[2.0]

⦁ froyo[2.2.x]

⦁ ginger bread[2.3.x]

⦁ honeycomb[3.0]

⦁ ice cream sandwich[4.0.x]

⦁ jelly bean[4.x]

⦁ kitkat[4.4]

⦁ lollipop[5.0-5.1.1]

⦁ marshmallow[6.0-6.0.1]

⦁ nougat[7.0-7.1.1]

⦁ oreo[8.0-8.1.1]

                    and

⦁ pie[9.0].

8.       do you know that adroid is a open source ??since google is a member of open handset alliance [oha]modify source code of the os .this has allowed manufacturers to add features to the os.

9.         human with a robot appearance is the meaning of the word  android ,it refers to a male robot.gynoid is the female looking robots.

10.      android is andy rubin who is the co-creator of android,it was  the name given to him at apple before joining google,for his obsession and love for robots.

11.       there is a android running device in space NASA equipped floating space robots with nexus S handsets these devices run on android ginger bread.

12.       most of the people think that the name of androids logo character is also android,but its not true. the actual name of android mascot is bugdroid,though this is not official,google team call it by this name.

13.        one of the best parts of being an android owner is its apps ,its app store "google play"has more than 48 billion app installs, of which most of them are free.

14.         now android is used to power devices like google glass,watches and so on.

15.          for the launch of its latest version,it took a proper brand name.

 

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