Android release roadmap
Within the space of a year in 2010, Google released three Android updates which form the backbone of the vast majority of present day Android smartphones:
Android 2.1 - January 2010
Android 2.2 - May 2010
Android 2.3 - December 2010
In terms of overall market share, Android 2.2 (Froyo) retains a commanding position (59.4%) as the most popular China Android Smart Phone OS in the world, however the latest version of Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) is enjoying tremendous growth (17.6%) as users upgrade in significant numbers to benefit from the latest and greatest features.
As the needs of the users evolved so did Android, with key developments providing gradual improvements across the entire range of features from simple interface updates to browser performance to memory management.
So what were the main differences between Android 2.1, 2.2 and the latest 2.3? And what were the key benefits that users could enjoy? Continue reading this article to find out!
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Android 2.1 (Éclair)
Éclair provided users with a new and improved experience compared to Android 1.6 (Donut). With its debut on the Nexus One handset, the major change from Android 1.6 was the improvement to the virtual keyboard with multi-touch support. Other improvements included improved speed, better screen size resolution and contrast ratio, HTML 5 support, Google maps 3.1.2, MS Exchange Server integration, Flash for camera and Bluetooth v2.1 functionality.
Additionally, Live wallpapers were also introduced for the first time to provide even more eye candy, while the front end was significanly upgraded: five home screens were provided instead of three, home screen navigation was updated for easier access, a new Android app launcher gave a smoother user experience, new default widgets were available for the home screen and a 3D photo gallery developed with Cooliris showed all your photos in a slick scrollable 3D view.
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