Posts Tagged ‘android’

Aside from Android being an open source operating system, middleware and key mobile applications, it is also equipped with specifications that could cater to your everyday needs. The Android platform is capable of supporting to larger VGA, 2D and 3D graphics library which is based on OpenGL ES 1.0 specifications and traditional smartphone layouts. For data storage purposes, Android supports the database software SQLite. Among the connectivity technologies that Android supports are GSM/EDGE, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Messaging features are also lined up including SMS, MMS and threaded text messaging. Web browsing using Android is catered by the open-source WebKit application framework. Android supports media formats like MP3, MP4, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF and BMP.

The following are Android’s additional hardware support: video/still cameras, touchscreens, GPS, accelerometers, magnetometers, accelerated 2D bitblits and accelerated 3D graphics. As for the development environment, it has a tool that supports debugging, memory and performance upgrades, and included a device emulator. You can also find cell phone numbers using an option directory of phone numbers application. Multi-touch is also supported by Android which is now available in newer handset models such as HTC Hero. Google opened the entire source code under the Apache Licence as a form of Android’s licensing standards. The HTC Dream was the 1st phone to utilize the Android operating system.