ANDROID FEATURES

• Storage: uses SQLite (a lightweight RDBMS) & file handling for data storage.

• Connectivity: Supports GSM/EDGE, CDMA, UMTS, HSPA, Bluetooth, WiFi, LTE & WiMAX.

• Messaging: Supports SMS & MMS.

• Web Browser: based on the open-source WebKit.

• Media Support: H.263, H.264, MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB, AAC, HE-AAC, MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF & BMP.

• Hardware Support: Accelerometer Sensor, Camera, Digital Compass, Proximity Sensor & GPS.

• Multi-touch

• Multi-tasking

• Flash support: Android 2.3 onwards versions support Flash 10.1

• Tethering: Supports sharing of Internet connections as a wired / wireless hotspot.

Android Introduction

WHAT IS ANDROID?

•  Android is a mobile Operating System.

•  Based on a modified version of Linux.

•  Was originally developed by Android Inc. in 2005 before Google purchased it.

•  Android is open & free : so most of the Android code was released under the open-source Apache License.

•  Vendors can freely download the Android source code but need to add their own proprietary extensions to the software & customize it to differentiate their products from others.

•  For Android developers, a unified approach to application development is offered : developers only need to develop for Android, and their applications should be able to run on numerous devices.

•  Scale of Android is huge… Google activates One Million Android devices every day (as on June 27th 2012)!

   

  

  ANDROID VERSIONS