Android operating system one of the latest and popular mobile phone operating system, comes with many exciting features. Here I will discuss some of the Android operating system’s features.
Following are the Android operating system’s features:
- It support SQLite relational database, for database storage function.
- GSM/Edge, CDMA, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, WiMax, etc. are the technologies which are supported connectivity provided by Android.
- Facility of SMS and MMS are provided for text messaging, in which threaded text messaging is given and now C2DM [Android Cloud to Device Messaging Framework] is also provided by Android Push Messaging service.
- It supports multiple human languages, which are increased from 2.3 Gingerbread versions onwards.
- WebKit which is android based is provided for web browser.
- It supports media files like, mp3, mp4, 3GP, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, etc.
- Android comes with multi-touch support.
- For applications, multitasking facility is provided.
- Tethering is supported by Android by which you can use your phone as wireless/wired Wi-Fi hotspot.
- Touch screens, GPS, accelerometers, pressure sensors, camera, etc. are additional hardware supports given by Android operating system.
- It provides graphics which are powered with custom 2D graphics library. 3D graphics are also supported which are based on OpenGLES 1.0 specifications.
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