Smartphones Android Os - What Are The Differences?

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Android release roadmap

In the course of a year in 2010, Google released Android three patches that form the backbone of the vast majority of today's Android smartphones:

* Android 2.1 1 (Clair) C January 2010
* Android 2.2 2 (Froyo) C, 2010
* Android 2.3 3 (Gingerbread) C December 2010

In terms of overall market share, 2.2 Android 2 (Froyo) retains a commanding position (59.4 4%) as the most popular Android smartphone OS in the world, but the latest version of Android 2.3 3 (Gingerbread) enjoy tremendous growth (17.6 6%) as users upgrade in significant numbers to take advantage of the latest and best features.

As the need developed so users did Android, with important developments that provide successive improvements in the whole range of functions from simple interface updates browser performance memory.

So what were the main differences between Android 2.1 1, 2.2 2 and the latest 2.3 3? And what were the key benefits that users can enjoy? Read this article to find out!

Choose a flavor

Android 2.1 1 (Clair)

Clair provide users with a new and improved experience ...
... compared to Android 1.6 6 (Donut). With his debut at Nexus a handset, the major changes from Android 1.6 6 was the improvement of the virtual keyboard with multi-touch support. Other improvements included improved speed, better screen resolution and contrast ratio, 5-HTML support, Google maps 3.1 1.2 2, Microsoft Exchange Server integration, flash for camera and Bluetooth v2.1 1 functionality.

In addition, Living wallpapers also introduced for the first time to provide even more eye candy, while the front end significanly were upgraded: Five home screens were provided instead of three, was the start screen navigation updated for easier access, a new Android app launcher gave a smoother user experience, new standard widgets were available for the home screen and a 3D photo gallery developed by Cooliris viewed all your photos in a smooth scroll through the 3D view.

Android 2.2 2 (Froyo)

I Eclair coud be argued to have a basic, albeit important, features that are needed in a smartphone, improved Froyo on it with even more features, new features, functions, developers, API changes and bug fixes. Froyo brought a polished, more responsive experience with some serious under-the-hood improvements for users to enjoy, especially thanks to the optimized code compiler, which provides a 2x -5x performance boost to CPU-intensive code.

The other major differences offered by Froyo includes support for high DPI screens (320 dpi), such as 4 720P, USB tethering, WiFi Hotspot, Adobe Flash 10.1 1 support, integration of Chrome V8 JS engine, general speed improvements, and performance optimization.

Android 2.3 3 (Gingerbread)

Android 2.3 3 (Gingerbread) introduces many new features and applications for users to experience a fuller, richer multimedia environment. New platform technologies and APIs for developers was to use the high-definition big screens, improved processing speed and memory to create a great gaming experience.

Other new features offered by Android 2.3 3 under a sophisticated UI interface, improved keyboard, improved copy and paste support WEBM video playback, Internet telephony and NFC (Near Field Communication). These features come in addition to the popular Android features multi-tasking and Wi-Fi hotspots, Adobe Flash 10.1 1, and support for additional high-DPI displays.

Android 2.3 3 has also inseparable part of the application platform that Google mobile apps and a redesigned YouTube. In a world of connectivity, the Internet requires a particularly attractive feature for users. Android 2.3 3 provides dedicated support for SIP audio and video calling in addition to standard voice calls. Another important aspect of the mobile operating system is power management. Gingerbread handled it in a better way, the management of applications and application daemon running in the background and closing unnecessary applications that consume more power.

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