History of Andriod OS and Andriod TV Today

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History of the Android OS and Android TV today

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Introduction

• As of Sept. 3, 2013 1 billion Android devices
  have been activated. For such a popular operating
  system, there is a lot about it you might not
  know. Android is open source and considered a
  Linux-based system. You might assume Android was
  always a Google product, but this is not the
  case. The original Android operating system was
  in development as early as 2003, and back then it
  was owned by a company known as Android Inc.
  Google backed the project initially and later on
  bought the company many believe this was a way
  to compete with the iPhone. The Android operating
  system was originally revealed in 2007, though
  the first phone running it wasnt released until
  2008 and you can buy with cool gadgets.

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The Start

• In 2008, Android 1.0 came out on the HTC Dream.
  It introduced the Android Market, though at the
  time there werent many applications available.
  While the media player was considered to be
  pretty terrible and you couldnt even copy and
  paste information, it did have Google Sync. This
  was a major selling point for a lot of people as
  it allowed you to sync all your Google services
  with your phone.
• Version 1.1 followed in February 2009 and mostly
  focused on bug fixes. The first major update came
  in April 2009 when version 1.5 was released,
  dubbed Cupcake. This release brought with it the
  introduction of widgets and allowed for
  copy-pasting within the web browser. Donut 1.6
  came out in September 2009 and came with a free
  turn-by-turn navigation app using Google Maps.

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Continued..

• 2.0 was released as soon as October 2009 and
  added HTML5 support as well as Bluetooth 2.1
  support. It also allowed support for multiple
  screen resolutions. By May 2010, 2.2 was released
  and named Froyo, short for frozen yogurt. This
  came with the JS V8 engine in the Chrome browser,
  making it quite fast. There was also Adobe Flash
  support, voice dialing, and Android Cloud to
  Device messaging. Gingerbread was version 2.3 and
  came out December 2010. It brought Near Field
  Communication (NFC), making it easy to swap data
  between phones. Video chat using Google Talk was
  now possible as well.
• Honeycomb was considered version 3.0 and came out
  in February 2011, though it was exclusively
  developed for tablet devices. Ice Cream Sandwich
  4.0 changed that in October 2011, becoming the
  operating system that could be used on both
  tablets and phones. Jellybean 4.1 was announced
  in June 2012 and was released to the Android Open
  Source Project July of that year. It had better
  performance than previous versions, added triple
  buffering in graphics pipelines, and added the
  Google Now search app.

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Andriod Tv Future

• With the latest Android KitKat, you have features
  that work with your TV. Android TV box will help
  you watch your favorite movies with ease and do
  more with your television.
• Yes, now, Android TV boxes are being introduced
  by many providers out there. Foremost among these
  companies is Amazon which is believed to come out
  with its own Android TV box for internet
  connected television. It has to be remembered
  that Google and Apple have already come out with
  an Android TV box of its own.
• The question today thus is, what all are we going
  to see in an Android TV box? Well, for one with
  Android TV Box, you will not just watch
  television but play games, mail people, browse
  internet and a lot more!