INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANDROID PART 1

INTERESTING FACTS ABOUT ANDROID 

•  Do you know Google did not create Android, they bought the company in 2005 

• I think  you don't  know Android was originally created as an operating system for digital cameras
• It is based on the open source operating system Linux 
• It controls 88% of the world smartphone market
• The first Android prototype looked a lot like a Blackberry
• Microsoft makes an astounding $2 billion a year from Android in the form of patent royalties 
• Over 1.4 billion people are now using Android 
• Samsung had the opportunity to buy Android in late 2004 but passed the opportunity because they did not see any potential in it 
•  In 2007, when Android was unveiled, Nokia made a statement “we don’t see this as a threat” 
• The word Android refers only to a male robot, whereas a female robot is called “Gynoid” 

•  Google has statues outside its HQ for each version of the Android OS
•  Apart from Android 1.0 and 1.1, all other Android versions have been named after sweet treats or desserts 
•  Android versions are named in Alphabetical order

Below are the names of various Android versions:

• • Cupcake – Android 1.5
  • Donut – Android 1.6
  • Eclair – Android 2.0
  • Froyo – Android 2.2
  • Gingerbread – Android 2.3
  • Honeycomb – Android 3.0
  • Ice Cream Sandwich – Android 4.0
  • Jelly Bean – Android 4.1 – 4.3.1
  • KitKat – Android 4.4 – 4.4.4
  • Lollipop – Android 5.0 – 5.1.1
  • Marshmallow – Android 6.0 – 6.0.1
  • Nougat – Android 7.0 – 7.1
  • Oreo-Android 8.0-8.1
  • Pie-Android 9.0
  
  
• The very first Android phone from 2008 had no headphone jack and required an adapter
• In 2010, Anssi Vanjoki, CEO of Nokia, said that using Android is like a Finnish boy peeing his pants to stay warm 
•  Google Maps calculates traffic by tracking how fast Android devices are moving on the road
• Android Logging System has a method called wtf() which stands for “What a Terrible Failure” 
•  Android devices sell more than Microsoft Windows, iOS, and Mac OS X devices combined
• In each Android version, an Easter egg can be revealed by continuously clicking the version number in the “About” screen.
• In late 2008, many critics thought Android would fail miserably 

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