Android The New Generation Of The Mobile World

Android is an advanced mobile operating system launched by Google. Android is used in many smart phones. The operating system of Android was built on the open Linux kernel.

Android is an open source operating system which means developers can modify and customize it according to their needs.

Hence, phones that were built on Android may have various Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) even though they use the same OS.

Birth & Life Of Android:

• Android birth place is California in United States on October 2003.


• It is an operating system and software platform for smart phones.


• Built by Linux Kernel


• It was developed by four fathers (Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, & Chris White).


• Google have purchased Android in August, 2005 for 50 million $.


• Android has a good universal growth in upcoming years with more new sweet version.

Features And Specification:

Smart Phone applications are supported by Android. There are applications that give a life of comfort to its users.

ARM architecture platform of hardware supports android devices and increasingly other hardware manufacturers are starting to support it too.

• Application Framework Enable reuse, replacement of components.


• Dalvik Virtual Machine has been optimized for a mobile device.


• Integrated Browser is based on the web kit engine source.


• Optimized Graphics is powered by a custom 2D graphics. The 3D graphics based on the open GLES 1.0 specification.


• Sqlite relative database management system has C programming in its library.


• Media Support runs classes which manage many media interfaces in audio and video.


• GSM Technology is a mobile digital telephony system that has been used all over the world.
  


• Bluetooth, Edge, 3G, Wi-Fi is a wireless technology that use to share data’s from one device to another.
  


• Camera, GPS, Compass etc., are the additional features and specification added in an android smart phones.

Android Features And The Applications Depend On Operating System

Limitations:

• Creating source code to be available to everyone inevitably invites the attention of hackers.


• Android operating system uses more amount of battery charge as compared to normal mobile phones.


• We call android is a world of applications and we continuously need to connect with the internet which is not possible for all the users.

Tasty Versions Of Android:

Versions Of Android (History):

• Version of Pre-Commercial

1.1   Alpha

1.2   Beta

• API Level Version History

2.1 Android 1.0 (API level 1)

2.2 Android 1.1 (API level 2)

2.3 Android 1.5 Cupcake (API level 3)

2.4 Android 1.6 Donut (API level 4)

2.5 Android 2.0 Éclair (API level 5)

2.5.1 Android 2.0.1 Éclair (API level 6)

2.5.2 Android 2.1 Éclair (API level 7)

2.6 Android 2.2-2.2.3 Froyo (API level 8)

2.7 Android 2.3-2.3.2 Gingerbread (API level 9)

2.7.1 Android 2.3 3-2.3.7 Ginger bread (API level 10)

2.8 Android 3.0 Honeycomb (API level 11)

2.8.1 Android 3.1 Honeycomb (API level 12)

2.8.2 Android 3.2-3.2.6 Honeycomb (API level 13)

2.9 Android 4.0-4.0.2 Ice Cream Sandwich (API level 14)

2.9.1 Android 4.0.3-4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich (API level 15)

2.10 Android 4.1-4.1.2 Jelly Bean (API level 16)

2.10.1 Android 4.2-4.2.2 Jelly Bean (API level 17)

2.10.2 Android 4.3-4.3.1 Jelly Bean (API level 18)

2.11 Android 4.4-4.4.4 KitKat (API level 19)

2.11.1 Android 4.4W-4.4W.2 KitKat with wearable extensions (API level 20)

2.12 Android 5.0-5.0.2 Lollipop (API level 21)

2.12.1 Android 5.1-5.1.1 Lollipop (API level 22)

2.13 Android 6.0-6.0.1 Marshmallow (API level 23)

New Launch:

Google is planning to launch another version named as Android M 6.0 because they are launching every version in alphabetical order.

Android has become the most-widely used Operating System in the World