Thursday, January 13, 2011

The rise of Android....

As we know, smartphones are getting more and more ordinary these days, and also more affordable. Hence, I would like to go through one of these popular OS in smartphones.




According to polls conducted in late 2010, Google's Android is fast gaining popularity among the smartphone's OS. One of the reasons to this gaining popularity maybe is that Android being open source, in contrast with other OS like iOS which controls everything through the iTunes market. Android also provide firmware updates over time, which enables user to upgrade without having to change phone everytime.


Another amazing thing about Android is that its OS versions are named alphabetically, from:

Android 1.5 (Cupcake)
Android 1.6 (Donut)
Android 2.1 (Eclair)
Android 2.2 (Froyo)
Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

Android 3.0 is rumoured to be coming out soon, nicknamed Honeycomb. =)

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