Wednesday, December 12, 2012

History of Android

Contrary to what you might expect, Android did not originate with Google. Android was initially developed by Android, Inc., a small Palo Alto, California - based startup company.

Google bought this company in July 2005 and released a preview version of the Android SDK in Novemver 2007.

In mid - August, 2008, Google released the Android 0.9 SDK beta, and subsequently released the Android 1.0 SDK one month later.

Starting with version 1.5, each major release comes under a code name that is based on a dessert item.
Cupcake - 1.5
Donut - 1.6
Eclair - 2.0/2.1
Froyo - 2.2
Gingerbread - 2.3
HoneyComb - 3.x
Ice cream sandwitch - 4.0.x
Jelly bean - 4.1/4.2

These updates are typically fix the bugs and add new features. 

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