Introduction to android
It most commonly comes installed on a variety of smartphones and tablets from a host of manufacturers offering users access to Google’s own services like Search, YouTube, Maps, Gmail and more.
What can an Android phone do?
Android phones are highly customisable and as such can be altered to suit your tastes and needs with wallpapers, themes and launchers which completely change the look of your device's interface.
You can download applications to do all sorts of things like check your Facebook and Twitter feeds, manage your bank account, order pizza and play games. You can plan events on from your phone's calendar and see them on your computer or browse websites on your desktop and pick them up on your phone.
What apps can I get on an Android phone?
Android Updates
Android 1.6 Donut - SEP 2009
Android 2.1 Eclair - OCT 2009
Android 2.2 Froyo - MAY 2010
Android 2.3 Gingerbread - DEC 2010
Android 3.2 Honeycomb - MAY 2011 - The first OS design specifically for a tablets, launching on the Motorola Xoom
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich- OCT 2011 - The first OS to run on smartphones and tablets, ending the 2.X naming convention
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean- DEC 2011 - Launched on the Google Nexus 7 tablet by Asus
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean: Arrived on the LG Nexus 4
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
Android 4.4 KitKat - OCT 2013 - Launched on the LG Nexus 5
Android 5.0 Lollipop - NOV 2014 - Launched on the Motorola Nexus 6 and HTC Nexus 9\
Android 6.0 Marshmallow - AUG 2015 - DEV PREVIEW
- Android provides a rich application framework that allows you to build innovative apps and games for mobile devices in a Java language environment.
- One of the most widely used mobile OS these days is ANDROID.
- Android is a software bunch comprising not only operating system but also middleware and key applications.
- Android Inc was founded in Palo Alto of California, U.S. by Andy Rubin in 2003.
- Later Android Inc. was acquired by Google in 2005.
It most commonly comes installed on a variety of smartphones and tablets from a host of manufacturers offering users access to Google’s own services like Search, YouTube, Maps, Gmail and more.
What can an Android phone do?
Android phones are highly customisable and as such can be altered to suit your tastes and needs with wallpapers, themes and launchers which completely change the look of your device's interface.
You can download applications to do all sorts of things like check your Facebook and Twitter feeds, manage your bank account, order pizza and play games. You can plan events on from your phone's calendar and see them on your computer or browse websites on your desktop and pick them up on your phone.
What apps can I get on an Android phone?
- There are hundreds of thousands of apps and games available to download from the Google Play store (formerly the Android Market).
- There are camera apps that allow you to take pictures with artistic effects and filters on them and music players which allow you to stream music from the web or create playlists.
- You can customise the appearance of your Android handset with a number of wallpapers based on pictures you’ve taken yourself or downloaded from the internet too.
Android Updates
- Google is constantly working on new versions of the Android software. These releases are infrequent; at the moment they normally come out every six months or so, but Google is looking to slow this down to once a year.
- Versions usually come with a numerical code and a name that’s so far been themed after sweets and desserts, running in alphabetical order.
Android 1.6 Donut - SEP 2009
Android 2.1 Eclair - OCT 2009
Android 2.2 Froyo - MAY 2010
Android 2.3 Gingerbread - DEC 2010
Android 3.2 Honeycomb - MAY 2011 - The first OS design specifically for a tablets, launching on the Motorola Xoom
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich- OCT 2011 - The first OS to run on smartphones and tablets, ending the 2.X naming convention
Android 4.1 Jelly Bean- DEC 2011 - Launched on the Google Nexus 7 tablet by Asus
Android 4.2 Jelly Bean: Arrived on the LG Nexus 4
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
Android 4.4 KitKat - OCT 2013 - Launched on the LG Nexus 5
Android 5.0 Lollipop - NOV 2014 - Launched on the Motorola Nexus 6 and HTC Nexus 9\
Android 6.0 Marshmallow - AUG 2015 - DEV PREVIEW
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