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Android represented a whopping 46.4 percent of global smartphone shipments in Q2 2011, with 34 percent of Android's total coming from Samsung, putting it a close second behind Apple, says ABI Research.

Interesting Android Code Name

Android is the most popular mobile operating system initiated by Android which is acquired by Google sooner.

Android has released a number of updates since its launched.Generally each update is developed under a code name based on a dessert item, such as Android 2.1 is named at Eclair and Android 3.0 at Gingerbread. The code name of Android 4.0 is  Ice Cream Sandwich,which complies the Alphabetical order.

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Android 1.0 Angel Cake

Released 23rd September 2008. This is where the dream began. The world’s first open source mobile OS gave manufacturers, developers and bedroom coders carte blanche to get creative with user-interface designs, widgets and apps. At this stage Google didn’t have an obsession with giving each OS release a cake-based moniker, so in the name of continuity we christen Android 1.0…Angel Cake.

Android 1.1 Battenberg

Released 9th February 2009. Again the alphabetical dessert OS nicknames hadn’t kicked in yet, so we’re calling 1.1 Battenberg. This update didn’t really bring many new stellar features to the table, instead just a few tweaks here and there, ironed out those pesky bugs and glitches and improved overall performance.

Android 1.5 Cupcake

Released 30th April 2009. This is where the updates started to get serious and Google raided its patisserie dictionary for OS codenames. Cupcake delivered video recording capabilities, the uploading of videos and snaps to YouTube and Picasa, Stereo Bluetooth (aka A2DP) so you can wirelessly stream music to compatible headphones or speakers, while the onscreen keyboard got text prediction.

Android 1.6 Donut

Released 15th September 2009. Donut brought more major features enhancements the biggest of which was Google Maps with turn-by-turn navigation for gratis. The Android Market became a friendly place to shop for apps while voice and universal search facilities were sharper – to name but a few.

Android 2.0/2.1 Éclair

Released 26th October 2010. The naughty-but-nice-Éclair, didn’t serve up too many headline features but there was still enough to get excited about. The UI and browser were giving a revamp, phone cameras could now take snaps in lowlight thanks to built flash support and live wallpapers tarted up your homescreens with animation.

Android 2.2 Froyo

Released 20th May 2010. Froyo, short for Frozen Yogurt, broke the cake nickname rule (what was wrong with Fairy Cake or French Fancy?) but along with a general performance retune to improve the OS speed and support for hi-res, hi-def screen resolutions the two key feature introductions were USB tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot plus support for Adobe Flash 10.1 for watching videos from the phone’s web browser.

Android 2.3 Gingerbread

Released 6th December 2010. After the detour with frozen dairy products we’re back to familiar biscuit based OS upgrades with Gingerbread. The newest smartphone OS release sees Google introduce the much touted NFC (Near Field Communications) tech that will let you make mobile payments or swipe a poster tag to receive info and free goodies for example. Elsewhere internet calling contacts are integrated into your phonebook, app management has been improved while the virtual QWERTY is redesigned for more accurate typing.

Android 3.0 Honeycomb

 Released 2nd February 2011.It is an incremental release that adds several new capabilities for users and developers. Highlights include optimization for a broader range of screen sizes; new "zoom-to-fill" screen compatibility mode; capability to load media files directly from the SD card; and an extended screen support API, providing developers with more precise control over the UI.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich 

 

"One OS that runs everywhere." There you have it, folks! Google intends to meld its Honeycomb tablet wares and Gingerbread smartphone software into one delicious Ice Cream Sandwich. Maybe that's why the "sandwich" bit is in the name, eh? Either way, it'll be a universal OS that runs on everything from teeny tiny Android phones to 10-inch tablets and will intelligently adapt to each form factor with things like a resizable status bar. Some other fancy new additions were demonstrated during Google's I/O 2011 keynote, including face-tracking and camera focus shifting based on voice recognition, but most of the salient details remain under lock and key for now. We'll be sure to dig around Mountain View campus fridges in search for more clues about the next major iteration of Android.