The Android History

October 2003: Android, Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, United States by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White

August 2005: Google acquired Android Inc.

5^th Nov 2007: The Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of several companies was formed.

12^th Nov 2007: Android Beta SDK Released

23^rd Sept 2008: The first Android device, the HTC Dream(G1), featuring Android 1.0

• Integration with Google Services.
• Web browser to show, zoom and pan full HTML and XHTML web pages, multiple pages show as windows.
• Android Market app downloads and updates.
• Multitasking, Instant Messaging, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

9^th Feb 2009: Android 1.1 update for Android was released for T-Mobile G1 only

30^th Apr 2009: Based on Linux kernel 2.6.27, the official 1.5(Cupcake) update for Android was released.

• Quick Search box and Voice Search
• Integrated camera, camcorder and gallery. Toggle between still and vide capture modes
• Batter usage indicator
• CDMA Support
• Multilingual text-to-speech function.

26^th Oct 2009: Based on Linux kernel 2.6.29, the 2.0 (Éclair) SDK was released

• Multiple accounts for email and contact synchronization
• Microsoft Exchange Support for saying of e-mail.
• Bluetooth 2.1 support
• New Browser User Interface and support for HTML5
• New Calendar features

3^rd Dec 2009: The 2.0.1 SDK was released

12^th Jan 2010: The 2.1 SDK was released

20^th May 2010: Based on Linux kernel 2.6.32, the 2.2(Froyo) SDK was release.

• New tips widget for homescreen
• Improved Exchange support
• Hotspot support.
• Multiple keyboard support
• Adobe Flash 10.1

6^th Dec 2010: The 2.3 (Gingerbread) SDK was released

• UI refinements for simplicity and speed
• New keyboard for faster text input.
• One-touch word selection and copy/paste
• Near Field Communication (NFC).
• Internet Calling.

22^nd Feb 2011: Based on Linux kernel 2.6.35, 2.3.3 SDK released.

22^nd Feb 2011: Based on Linux kernel 2.6.36, the 3.0(Honeycomb) SDK was released for tablets.

• Specifically optimized tablets and devices with larger screen sizes.
• Refined multitasking, rich notifications, home screen customization, widgets
• Bluetooth tethering
• Built-in support for Media/Picture Transfer protocol.

10^th May 2011: The 3.1 SDK was released.

10-11 May 2011: Ice Cream Sandwich was announced at Google I/O.

18^th July 20011: The 3.2 SDK was released.