Improvement History of Android’s Features
Faxiao Xu
Colorado State University
CIS606
Abstract
Android is becoming the most used smartphone operating system all over the world since the first version of Android was released at 2008. In this research paper, I systemize most important milestones from Android 1.0 to Android 6.0 based on the description from Google Inc. During the collection of Android versions, I highlight the most influential changes for Android’s development.
Keywords: Android, feature, history
1. Introduction
According to Kidman. A (2014), the most popular smartphone operating system globally is Android, and it has about 80.6% of market share. People may want to know how Android becomes the most used
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2.1.1 Quick Search Box. As people all know, the major character of Google is its searching function. Android’s Quick Search Box is ubiquitous. User can use this function to get search results from both phone local content and website at once. It highly improves processing efficiency. Quick Search Box created the idea that make smartphone as a convenient device.
2.1.2 Screen Size Diversity. People are more likely to use big screen phones than small screen phones. Before the period of big screen phones, people used to use screen size around 2.4 inches. After iPhone comes, people seem like to use big screen phones than before. However, the phone’s featuring displays was limited by 320*480 portrait. Because of the featuring displays limitation, it is hard for manufactories to make big screen phones. Thanks to capabilities launched with Donut which allowed Android to run on a variety of screen resolutions and aspect ratios. This opened the door for phones featuring displays other than 320*480 portrait. With the higher portrait, manufacturers can design bigger screen phones with an acceptable and distinct definition.
2.1.3 Android Market. Android Market is the predecessor of Google Play. Because of the invention of Android Market, user can install applications by
And the front is more attractive too” (Crothers). The new transformation of the iPhone 5 in 2012 still has many people turning their heads and observing the phone. When people look past the functionality of the phone and see the design for its aesthetic beauty and design, it is a no-brainer that the iPhone’s sharp yet soft appearance can attract so many people to buy the phone. Apple completely redesigned the iPhone when the iPhone 5 was released and this only has strengthened Apple and has brought many people to turn away from Android. The design is very sharp and razor like at the edges but the center is soft and a great contrast to the edge. The thinness of the phone is spectacular and also strengthens the clarity of the phone’s sharpness. The iPhone also has a retina display that is designed to create optimal viewing of a screen with the right amount of PPI (pixels per inch), so the view is never distorted but crystal clear. A sharp design and crystal clear screen has aided the iPhone and showed many that the iPhone is clearly crafted better than an Android device.
Abstract- The usage of smart phones is increasing nowadays, so the need for mobile applications has also increased as they make the life of end users easy. Android platform is one of the platforms that make the usage and development of these applications easy. As android is open source and the development of application and its usage is easy these features make android platform one of the popular platforms for a mobile application. [Ref-4]
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