Features of different Android OS

Logo of various Android version

Android Version 4.4 (KitKat)

Android devices ship with additional Google software that is proprietary. Additionally, Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of devices, written primarily in a customized version of the Java.

The latest version Android 4.4 is designed to run fast, smooth, and responsively on a much broader range of devices than ever before - including on millions of entry-level devices around the world that have as little as 512MB RAM.

• New NFC capabilities through Host Card Emulation- for secure payments.

• Integration of its app to print now print any type of content over Wi-Fi or cloud-hosted services such as Google Cloud Print.

• Storage access framework via cloud or local storage services.

• Low-power sensors through Sensor batching and Step Detector and Step Counter

• New media Capabilities- screen recording, resolution switching through adaptive playback, http live streaming, audio monitoring, and loudness enhancer.

• Enhanced in Graphical User Interface, with simplicity tin accessibility.
• New ways to build beautiful app- Good news for android developers.

• Security enhanced- SELinux

Android Version 4.3 (Jelly Bean)

• More features of restriction and control added.

Android Version 4.2x (Jelly Bean)

• More speed and simplicity optimization.

Android Version 4.1x (Jelly Bean)

• Google Now, an assistant tool that displays relevant information based on your search history and location data.

• A higher frame rate makes moving through menus and home screen fell buttery smooth.

• View photos you've taken quickly by swiping from camera to film-strip view.

• Widgets and apps politely move out of the way when you add new ones.

• Notifications now include more information, such as photos or subject lines emails- you don't have to open to read received files..

• Search results can now display answers to questions, rather than a simply list of Google weblinks.
• A new gestures mode to improve accessibility for blind users, letting you navigate the User Interface(UI) using touch and swipe gestures, in combination with speech output.

• Security enhanced- SELinux

Android Version 4.0.3 -4.0.4 (Ice cream)

• Refined, evolved User Interface- makes common actions more visible and lets you navigate with simple, intuitive gestures.

• Home screen folders and favorites tray- make multitasking easily.

• New lock screen action.

• Resizeable widgets.

• Quick responses for incoming calls.

• Swipe to dismiss notifications, tasks, browser tabs and improved text input and spell-checking.
• Powerful voice input engine, face recognition for unlocking your phone, control over network data, powerful fast web browsing.

• And most fun of all,addition of live video effects.

Android Version 3.0(Honey comb)

• Power management life.
• Linux kernel upgraded to2.6.35
• The hardware button(home and back), have been moved on to the screen as you virtual buttons that move with you as you rotate your tablet. Meanwhile, the app is repositioned to the upper right-hand corner. There's also a new button thatt fires up a ist of current running apps, visible as thumbnail images. 
•  Key apps, such as Gmail and YouTube, are heavily redesigned to take advantage of the space available.
• The web browser introduces tabbed browsing feature, familiar from desktop browser such as Chrome.
• Widgets are bigger and bolder to suit the tablet-size screen.
• Home screen appear to rotate on a 3D view as you tilt or swipe through them.
• A large, multi-touch keyboard lets you hold down multiple keys to temporary switch between letters and numbers.

Android Version 2.3.0 -2.3.7 (Ginger Bread)

• User interface elements, such as the notification bar, go from grey to black, in a bid to avoid screen burn-in.

• The on-screen keyboard gains number shortcuts across the top, and a cursor helps to select and copy text.

• NFC theoretically lets you wave your phone in front of an NFC-enabled emitter to make things happen, whether it's buy a train ticket or check out a website. But, until more NFC systems are in place in the UK, this perk of Gingerbread won't affect us much.

• Apps are juggled more adeptly in the background, saving battery and processing power.

• Support for a front-facing camera for video calling and your emo self-portrait.

• An easy download manager so you can keep your eye on everything you've downloaded.

Android Version 2.2 (Froyo) -virtually outdated.

Android Version 2.0 - 2.1 (Eclair) -virtually outdated.

Android Version 1.6 (Donut) -virtually outdated.

Android Version 1.5 (Cupcake)- virtually outdated.


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Download BBM on Andriod in 3 steps

There have been complains lately on how to download the Blackberry messenger App on Android. We decided to make it as simple as ABC... Three(3) steps Only

As at 31st October 2013, The Blackberry Community Released the first true-real version of the BBM on Android phone.The Android version accesible tothe BBM is Andriod 4.0(ice cream), Android 4.1 -4.3 (Jelly Bean), and the latest version- Android 4.4(kit kat)

1. Go to your phone browser(not opera or any browser you have installed),Type in bbm.com and press Enter(ok)
2. It loads and brings up (complete action using), SELECT Play Store.
3. Click Install.

That's all.........

Fill in the required details given by the Bbm app as you launch....

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What is Android? What features do various version have?

Android is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones andtablet computers. Initially developed by Android, Inc., which Google backed financially and later bought in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance: a consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.

The user interface of Android is based off direct manipulation, using touch inputs that loosely correspond to real-world actions, like swiping, tapping, pinching and reverse pinching to manipulate on-screen objects. Internal hardware such as accelerometers, gyroscopes and proximity sensors are used by some applications to respond to additional user actions, for example adjusting the screen from portrait to landscape depending on how the device is oriented. Android allows users to customize their homescreens with shortcuts to applications and widgets, which allow users to display live content, such as emails and weather information, directly on the homescreen. Applications can further send notifications to the user to inform them of relevant information, such as new emails and text messages.

Android is open source and Google releases the code under the Apache License. This open-source code and permissive licensing allows the software to be freely modified and distributed by device manufacturers, wireless and enthusiast developers. However, most Android devices ship with additional Google software that is proprietary. Additionally, Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of devices, written primarily in a customized version of the Java programming language.

Various Android Version as at 31st October, 2013. 
From oldest to Newest

Android Version 1.5 (Cupcake)
-Released April 30, 2009.
-Application Programming Interface (API) level 3

Android Version 1.6 (Donut)
-September 15, 2009
-Application Programming Interface (API) level 4

Android Version 2.0 - 2.1 (Eclair)

-Released October 26, 2009.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 7

Android Version 2.2 (Froyo)

-Released May 20, 2010.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 8

Android Version 2.3 - 2.3.2 (Gingerbread)

-Released December 6, 2010.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 9

Android Version 2.3.3 - 2.3.7 (Gingerbread)

-Released February 9, 2011.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 10

Android Version 3.1 (Honeycomb)

-Released May 10, 2011.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 12

Android Version 3.2 (Honeycomb)

-Released July 15, 2011.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 13

Android Version 4.0.3 - 4.0.4 (Ice cream Sandwich)

-Released December 16, 2011.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 15

Android Version 4.1x (Jelly Bean)

-Released July 9, 2012.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 17

Android Version 4.2x (Jelly Bean)

-Released November 13, 2012.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 19

Android Version 4.3 (Jelly Bean)

-Released July 23, 2013.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 17

Android Version 4.4 (KitKat)

-Released October 31, 2013.

-Application Programming Interface (API) level 19

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Apple, Microsoft beefs

Apple says Microsoft is "confused." Microsoft gives a Apple a definition of "Surface".

Apple, Microsoft beefs

Apple's CEO Tim Cook made a thinly disguised dig at Microsoft this week. Here's what he said (without mentioning Microsoft by name) at Apple's event this week in San Francisco.

"They're confused; they chased after netbooks. Now they're trying to make tablets into PCs and PCs into tablets. Who knows what they will do next...what I can tell you is that we have a very clear direction."

Invoking netbooks is a nice rhetorical knack as that conjures up crummy devices driven by bloated Microsoft software.

Here's what Microsoft's Vice President of corporate communications said about Surface (responding to Cook's criticism).

"We saw too many people carrying two devices around (one for work and one for play) and dealing with the excess cost, weight and complexity...That's what Surface is. A single, simple, affordable device that helps you both lean in and kick back. Let's be clear -- helping folks kill time on a tablet is relatively easy. Give them books, music, videos and games, and they'll figure out the rest...But helping people be productive on a tablet is a little trickier. It takes an understanding of how people actually work, how they get things done, and how to best support the way they do things already".

hmm...a Microsoft's definition about surface and the presume capabilities of Microsoft multi-functional two-in-one gadget.

Only time will TELL

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