GOOGLE INTRODUCES A NEW OS WITH SINGLE PLATFORM TO DEVELOPERS.

Recently, Google announced a
revamped version of Android
operating system named Ice Cream
Sandwich.
The idea in Google’s labs is clearly
demonstrated in the software
capabilities.
Ice Cream Sandwich is a system that
will power both android phones,
tablets of all sizes and any other
android mobile device.
The Android OS versions have a
notable naming style that follows the
alphabet and names of edible
goodies.
At Google’s Android labs, letters C, D,
E, F, G, H and now letter ‘I’ respectively
stand for, Cupcake, Donut, Éclair,
Foroyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb,
and Ice Cream Sandwich.
For Kenyan customers, the taste of
‘Foroyo’ is quite evident from the
Android gadgets like the Samsung
Galaxy Tab and the Android smart
phones.
The performance of ‘Foroyo’ or
Android Version 2.2, which runs the
Galaxy Tab, has placed the gadget in a
very competitive position in the tablets
race. Besides, there are expectations
of ‘Honeycomb’ later this year.
The simple goal behind Google’s Ice
Cream Sandwich is an operating
system that works well on any mobile
device.
Technically, the move to develop it
has a genesis in the pains of
fragmentation that dogs new version
of Android.
Google has more than 300 models of
Android devices that run on eight
different versions of Android OS.
Among them are, the Samsung Galaxy
Tab 1000, an array of Android smart
phone and the Huawei S 7 tab, which
are available in the Kenyan market.
A unified operating platform like the
Ice Cream Sandwich has a greater
appeal to the palates of developers
and consumers.
Software developers for smart devices
are sensitive to the future of the
particular device and version of
operating system.
The Android family has OS versions
like ‘honey comb’ specifically for
tablets, ‘Gingerbread and ‘Éclair’ for
mobile phones, ‘Foroyo’ ,and Donut
among others, with each version
having been designed for a specific
line of gadgets.
In the Android ecosystem, the earlier
versions do not support a number of
features and Apps hence reducing the
extra functionalities.
The idea of a single platform is a big
step into Google’s future and
competitive survivability.
Ice Cream Sandwich will bring a
number of features to android devices
while at the same time addressing the
trouble of fragmentation amongst the
various Android versions.
Some which come along with the new
version include, superior multitasking
capabilities, streamlined user
interfaces (UI), scalable widgets,
diverse multimedia support, USB
hosting and Near Field
Communication integration among
others.
The new Operating System will also
allow the common utilisation of
features and Apps that had initially
been dedicated to Android 2 and
Android 3- based devices.
As seen from Apple’s growing pains
with iOS, the remedy for operating
system (OS) fragmentation is critical
for the entire ecosystem of
developers, consumers and device
manufacturers.

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