Android History

Android inc. was founded in Palo Aulto,California,US by Andy Rubin,Rich Miner,Nicker Seaers and CHris WHite, in October 2003. Google acquired Android Inc. in August 2005.\


Android Beta SDK Released in 12 November 2007.


Android 1.0: The firest android device the HTC Dream(G1),featuring Android1.0. 23 sep 2008.

• Integration with Google services
• Web browser to show, zoom and pan full HTML and XHTML webpages,multiple pages show as windows
• Android Market app downloads and Updates
• Multitasking,Instant Messaging, WiFi and Bluetooth.

Android1.1 update for Android was released for T-Mobile G1 only. 9 th feb 2009.

Android1.5:(Cupcake) based on Linux kernel 2.6.27, 30th april 2009.

• Faster camera startup and Image capture.
• Much faster acquisition of GPS location(power by SUPL AGPS).
• On screen soft keyboard.
• Directly upload videos to you tube and picassa.

Android 1.6(Donut): based on Linux kernel 2.6.29, 15th sep 2009.

• Quick search box and voice search
• integrated camera, camcorder, and gallery, toggle between still and video capture modes
• battery usage indicator
• CDMA Support
• Multilingual text to speech function

Android 2.0(Eclair): based on Linux kernel 2.6.29, 26th october 2009.

• Multiple accounts for email and contact synchronization
• Microsoft exchange support for sync of email
• Bluetooth 2.1 support
• new browser user interface and support HTML5
• new calendar features

Android 2.0.1 SDK was released on 3 December 2009.

Android 2.1 SDK was released on 12 January 2010.

Android 2.2(Froyo): based on Linux kernel 2.6.32 on 20 may 2010.

• New tips widget for homescreen.
• improved exchange support.
• Hotspot support
• Multiple keyboard languages
• Adobe FLash 10.1

Android 2.3(Gingerbread): based on Linux kernel 2.6.35,  6 December 2010.

• UI refinements for simplicity and speed
• New keyboard for faster text input
• One touch woed selection and copy/paste
• Near field communication(NFC)
• Intenet Calling.

Android 3.0(Honeycomb): based on Linux kernel 2.6.36 for tablets on 22 february 2011. version 3.1SDK released on 10 may 2011. SDK 3.2 was released on 18 july 2011.

• Specially optimized for tablets and devices with larger screen sizes.
• Refined multitasking, rich notifications, home screen customization, widgets.
• Bluetooth tethering
• Built in support for media/picture transfer protocol

Android 4.0(Ice Creame Sandwich): Released on 19 oct 2011.

• New type interface called Roboto.
• New Face Unlock feature
• Android Beam- A secuer NFC powered content sharing platform.
• Re arrangeable folders,favourites Tray, screenshots.
• Swipe to dismiss notifications,tasks,and browsers tabs
• WI-FI Direct and Bluetooth HDP support.