The Advantages of Current Android Features and Specifications

Since the arrival of Android OS many people have been privileged to carry a smartphone and allows them to take completely advantage of smartphone capabilities and support features.

Apart from many of the great benefits of the OS, Android gives its fanbase a wide choice takes advantage of hardware across a wide variety of manufacturers. From my own point of view, below are all features great in-built advantage makes Android very superb.

The Advantages of Current Android features and specifications:

1. Handset layouts : The platform is adaptable to larger, VGA, 2D graphics library, 3D graphics library based on OpenGL ES 2.0 specifications, and traditional smartphone layouts.
2. Storage : SQLite, a lightweight relational database, is used for data storage purposes.
3. Connectivity: Android supports connectivity technologies including GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE, NFC and WiMAX.
4. Messaging : SMS and MMS are available forms of messaging, including threaded text messaging and now Android Cloud To Device Messaging (C2DM) is also a part of Android Push Messaging service.
5. Multiple language support : Android supports multiple languages.
6. Web browserThe web browser available in Android is based on the open-source WebKit layout engine, coupled with Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. The browser scores 100/100 on the Acid3 test on Android 4.0.
7. Java support : While most Android applications are written in Java, there is no Java Virtual Machine in the platform and Java byte code is not executed. Java classes are compiled into Dalvik executables and run on Dalvik, a specialized virtual machine designed specifically for Android and optimized for battery-powered mobile devices with limited memory and CPU. J2ME support can be provided via third-party applications.
8. Media support : Android supports the following audio/video/still media formats: WebM, H.263, H.264 (in 3GP or MP4 container), MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB (in 3GP container), AAC, HE-AAC (in MP4 or 3GP container), MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP.
9. Streaming media support : RTP/RTSP streaming (3GPP PSS, ISMA), HTML progressive download. Adobe Flash Streaming (RTMP) and HTTP Dynamic Streaming are supported by the Flash plugin. Apple HTTP Live Streaming is supported by RealPlayer for Mobile, and by the operating system in Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).
10. Additional hardware support : Android can use video/still cameras, touchscreens, GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, barometers, magnetometers, dedicated gaming controls, proximity and pressure sensors, thermometers, accelerated 2D bit blits (with hardware orientation, scaling, pixel format conversion) and accelerated 3D graphics.
11. Multi-touch : Android has native support for multi-touch which was initially made available in handsets such as the HTC Hero. The feature was originally disabled at the kernel level (possibly to avoid infringing Apple‘s patents on touch-screen technology at the time). Google has since released an update for the Nexus One and the Motorola Droid which enables multi-touch natively.
12. Bluetooth; Supports A2DP, AVRCP, sending files (OPP), accessing the phone book (PBAP), voice dialing and sending contacts between phones. Keyboard, mouse and joystick (HID) support is available in Android 3.1+, and in earlier versions through manufacturer customizations and third-party applications.
13. Video calling : Android does not support native video calling, but some handsets have a customized version of the operating system that supports it, either via the UMTS network (like the Samsung Galaxy S) or over IP. Video calling through Google Talk is available in Android 2.3.4 and later. Gingerbread allows Nexus S to place Internet calls with a SIP account. This allows for enhanced VoIP dialing to other SIP accounts and even phone numbers. Skype 2.1 offers video calling in Android 2.3, including front camera support.
14. Multitasking of applications is available.
15. Voice based features: Google search through voice has been available since initial release.Voice actions for calling, texting, navigation, etc. are supported on Android 2.2 onwards.
16. Tethering: Android supports tethering, which allows a phone to be used as a wireless/wired Wi-Fi hotspot. Before Android 2.2 this was supported by third-party applications or manufacturer customizations.
17. Screen capture: Android natively supports the ability to capture a screenshot by method of pressing both the power and volume-down buttons at the same time on an Android device. This native support was first included within the Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) update, which is first seen on the Galaxy Nexus smartphone. Previously, Android did not feature native support for screen capturing which would have likely been due to security concerns. Furthermore, prior manufacturer and third-party customizations as well as using a PC connection (DDMS developer’s tool) were the only known methods of capturing a screenshot on Android.

Android 4.0.1 Ice Cream Sandwich is the latest Android version that is available to phones. The source code of Android 4.0.1 was released on November 14, 2011 compared to other mobile phones, it has a great feature. The core OS is a huge improvement. It is really powerful android mobile advantages and charm. Yes, there are even a really great advantage features. The reason, Latest Mobile device can take advantage of the features in Android by attempting to put onto smartphones a version of Android intended for tablets. Only Android has provided this opportunity so far.

That is all my opinions. I’m not trying to sway anyone away from other platform, and I’m not looking to Android fanboys. I just one man who likes gadgets and decided to conduct an experiment.

But if you want to complain about this, show me where in my assessment is wrong. So I can reevaluate these things.