The mobile operating system of the search giant Google named Android has undergone tremendous changes since its debut. Which, by the way, cannot be said about its main rival iOS, whose history is also quite remarkable. The era of the Android platform began on October 22, 2008, with the debut of the T-Mobile G1 in the United States. And we have to step by step to trace the milestones in the development of the world's most popular mobile OS.
In the history of the Earth, there has not yet been a technology that would be as rapidly spread as smartphones. And Android has risen on the crest of this giant wave, which has left in the past the past ideas about how to be a telephone.
Many functions, without which a modern smartphone can not even be imagined, were simply absent from the T-Mobile G1. He was deprived of an on-screen keyboard, multitouch support, and paid applications. This device is interesting by the fact of the debut of the updated "Android". It appeared on it that some of those features that are known to current users of "android" tablets and smartphones.
A drop-down notification window. iOS took three years to group user notifications from applications no less convenient. This was implemented on G1 in the form of a status panel, “pulled down” by the user down to view all notifications in the form of a single list. These notifications included: test messages, voice mail and calls. This fundamental concept remains relevant and familiar to every Android user.
Home screen widgets. Even now, wide support for widgets remains an undoubted advantage of Android over its main rivals, iOS and Windows Phone. Google had big plans for widgets right from the start. But initially this opportunity was not quite complete. The developers did not have the ability to create their own widgets for the "android" mobile platform.
Deep Gmail Mail Integration. At the time of the release of G1, mobile email could access Gmail via POP and IMAP. None of them provided support for the unique features of Gmail, such as the archive and message tags. With the arrival of Android 1.0, these difficulties are a thing of the past. Gmail has been integrated into the operating system.
Android Market. Today it is difficult to even imagine a smartphone without a centralized app store for it. But before that, things were different. The Android Market in the first G1 had very little to do with the current state of this mobile app store. It contained only a handful of applications. And nothing else from the emerging ecosystem was to be expected. He did not have any payment system at all. This problem was solved only in 2009.
Interestingly, the user interface of Android 1.0 was developed using the Swedish design firm The Astonishing Tribe (TAT). To a certain extent, it was she who laid the foundation for the appearance of the “Android”, which has become attractive for millions of users. Traces of this company for some time could be found in the mobile platform. From versions 1.0 to 2.2 in the widget of an analog clock (closer to the bottom) the inscription “Malmo” displayed in the smallest light gray letters. This is the name of the Swedish city where the TAT is located. The firm was to be purchased by RIM and focus exclusively on the BlackBerry and BBX platforms. As a result, Google’s collaboration with TAT has ceased.
Yes, there were days in the history of BlackBerry, when its mobile platform surpassed the similar offer of Google. Today it is not easy to believe. The triumphant dominance of the "android" operating system is undoubted, both for experts and for ordinary users. This is how things are today, when this operating system is about to celebrate its fifth anniversary.
Read continuation: 1.x: Sweet names
The contents of the cycle "History of Android":
[1] T-Mobile G1 starts counting: 1.0
[2] 1.x: Sweet Names
[3] 2.0 and 2.1: Digital cake
[4] 2.x: Many small things
[5] 3.x: Honeycomb conquers tablets
[6] 4.0: Ice cream is learning the language
[7] 4.1: First in the Jelly Bean family
[8] 4.2: Care for the visually impaired
[9] 4.3: Modular Philosophy
Based on TheVerge.com
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