Wednesday 10 April 2013

Inception of Android Kingdom



 
Android is referred as a mobile operating system which is widely used all around the world. Today Android mobile operating system is the laureled mobile operating system in the smartphone industry due to its open source technology. This never diminishing dominance of Android in smartphones begun with the launch of Android 1.5, let’s have look back at some of the new features added in Android at that time.
Android 1.5 was a major upgrade on the platform, some of the new capabilities and functions were added which no other rival mobile platform had at that time. With some nice-to-have features such as Home screen widgets, Virtual Keyboard, Google voice search, and Live Folder, Android 1.5 made its impressive launch.
The platform was shifted on Linux Kernel 2.6.27 which assured stronger security, stability, and enhanced range of core applications. It also came with auto-checking and repairing of SD cardfile-system and packed SIM Application Toolkit 1.0. Likewise iPhone OS 3.0, Android 1.5 featured SDK 1.5 to add new APIs to help developer creating new and better third party Android mobile Apps.

This version of Android also featured some eye candy flashier features to add more punch such as animated window transition, more polished and shiny user interface elements, and application rotation between landscape and portrait modes was turned into accelerometer-based.
The new Android 1.5 featured built-in voice search, Home screen widgets and Live Folder; with these capabilities the new version leapfrogged the iPhone OS 3.0. With such capabilities and enhanced functionality, Google brought the end user a sleeker and more streamlined experience which made sure that Apple’s iPhone didn’t steal the show.

Let have a look at some of the highlighted functions that Android 1.5 Featured
Virtual Keyboard
The addition of virtual keyboard was a major upgrade for the device running under the platform of Android. Now the users are capable of using whichever input method fits them in specific scenarios because of its support for both physical and virtual keyboards. Both landscape and portrait orientation were offered and was good to go in any application including some of the widespread Google products like Gmail, Browsers, SMS and more importantly in most of the third-party programs.Let not forget auto-correct and suggestions, unlike the rivalry mobile platforms, Android 1.5 had no restrictions on installation of third-party virtual keyboards.

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