history of android os

droidman123

This is a very interesting article about the history of android,anyone remember "cupcake" or "donut"? Fascinating stuff.

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/new-to-android-welcome-heres-a-brief-intro/


There's also some good hints and tips.

Kenny Logins

I remember waiting for 2.2 for Flash and WiFi hotspot, but not much before that.

chrislad

Here's something a bit more in depth if that link gets you interested.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2014/06/building-android-a-40000-word-history-of-googles-mobile-os/

Andrew 83

I remember updating from 1.6 to 2.1 and the jump was huge, was like having a new phone. Don't think any other update for a phone has ever felt like such a jump for me.

Mantis Toboggan

For me the biggest update was from gingerbread to ice cream sandwich. Wasn't on anything before that.

droidman123

Buddy Holly wrote: »

For me the biggest update was from gingerbread to ice cream sandwich. Wasn't on anything before that.

same here, gingerbread was my first android, before that I was on the old nokia Symbian for years.