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Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by CODEEATER(m): 8:11pm On Dec 27, 2013
• It wasn't Google's idea: Android was the brainchild of Andy Rubin, who founded Android Inc. in October 2003 with the aim of creating a new mobile platform. Google later bought Android Inc. and hired Rubin and others in August 2005.
• It almost didn't work out: Android almost immediately ran out of cash after its founding, only to be saved, according to the Businessweek, by Steve Perlman.

• The Nexus line was a hot rumour years before the Nexus One: People started predicting about the "gPhone" as early as 2007 though Nexus came out in 2010.

• Microsoft thought it would be a non-event: Microsoft's Scott Horn, then head of the Windows Mobile marketing team, had told Engadget after Android's release, "I don't understand the impact they are going to have."

• Resolution scaling was introduced in Version 1.6: The ability to automatically scale images based on display size appeared in Donut, or Android 1.6, paving the way for the huge range of device form factors on the Android market today.

• There's an Android phone in space: A British firm launched a Nexus phone on Space, to control a satellite as part of an experiment and see how well consumer-grade electronics stand up to the rigors of space.

• Every app you run on your Android phone gets its own virtual machine: Each active app on an Android device runs in its own Dalvik VM, which keeps it safe and separate from core functions. This improves battery life and boosts performance of the phone.

• The first official version code name was NOT a dessert: Google's Dan Morrill confirmed in January that the very first alpha version of Android released to internal developers was R2-D2.

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Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Youngsage: 8:40pm On Dec 27, 2013
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by samnificent(m): 8:49pm On Dec 27, 2013
reserved space
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by destino24(m): 9:24pm On Dec 27, 2013
R2-D2
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by guy1234: 9:24pm On Dec 27, 2013
samnificent: reserved space
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Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by kpaft: 9:28pm On Dec 27, 2013
,,, .
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Sodiq3(m): 9:42pm On Dec 27, 2013
Spreads mat........
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Francheezy(m): 9:46pm On Dec 27, 2013
ANDROID

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Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Icudkill: 9:52pm On Dec 27, 2013
Wat dont i already knw bout android,. Err urmm.,, natin.
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by adefemi007(m): 10:07pm On Dec 27, 2013
Sodiq3: Spreads mat........
abeg shift small for me

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Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by adeoladrg(m): 10:07pm On Dec 27, 2013
This won't make FP anymore. Smh. comman carry ur mats oo
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Olugbenger(m): 10:11pm On Dec 27, 2013
I knew all these before, from a previous but similar thread. undecided

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Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by UchihaItachi(m): 10:58pm On Dec 27, 2013
R2-D2? grin
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Nobody: 11:03pm On Dec 27, 2013
booked
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Guykhena(m): 11:04pm On Dec 27, 2013
If u knw u completely read the post,,do explain to me,,cus I no look am at all
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Nobody: 11:06pm On Dec 27, 2013
Guykhena: If u knw u completely read the post,,do explain to me,,cus I no look am at all
who cares.read from A-z
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Nobody: 11:42pm On Dec 27, 2013
Android was originally developed for cameras
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Decapo: 11:48pm On Dec 27, 2013
Military Zone



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Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Akshow: 7:45am On Dec 28, 2013
adefemi007:
abeg shift small for me
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Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Guykhena(m): 8:25am On Dec 28, 2013
EMMAUGOH: who cares.read from A-z
. What is this one saying Na d person wen gv u phone I blame
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Nobody: 8:36am On Dec 28, 2013
Android is technically not an OS
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Nobody: 9:11am On Dec 28, 2013
Brainrex: Android is technically not an OS

Windows is technically what?
Apple is technically what?
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by tosnat: 9:26am On Dec 28, 2013
Brainrex: Android is technically not an OS

A robot abi
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Nobody: 6:56pm On Dec 28, 2013
tosnat:

A robot abi

Rudebwoy:

Windows is technically what?
Apple is technically what?

Android is just a Dalvik VM running on Linux Kernel
tongue
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Nobody: 6:58pm On Dec 28, 2013
^^ Or ART tongue
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by swaystunna(m): 7:52pm On Dec 28, 2013
Is dat so ?!

Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Defaramade(m): 11:20pm On Dec 28, 2013
Brainrex: ^^ Or ART tongue
Abeg brainrex, what does ART mean??
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Nobody: 11:41pm On Dec 28, 2013
Defaramade: Abeg brainrex, what does ART mean??
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=What+does+Android+ART+mean

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Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Olarewajub: 12:24am On Dec 31, 2013
Hmmm
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Morgan1092(m): 1:16am On Dec 31, 2013
Old news
Re: Facts About Android You Probably Didnt Know by Kaybaba5(m): 7:03am On Dec 31, 2013
Old news indeed

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