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Various Versions Released For Android

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What is Android?

It is an operating system that is used on smart phones, lap tops, tablet computers and so on. Android mobile applications are a group of software that includes operating system, key applications and middle-ware. With an open and flexible Android development platform Android developers will be able to build rich, innovative and interesting applications. Google took over the Android Inc in 2005 and thereafter released android code under the name of Apache License. Android developers write the applications in customized version of JAVA. This was listed as the top selling Smartphone application in 2010 by the C analysis and still the most sought after android mobile applications.

Features:

Android Mobile Applications comes with loaded features that are sure to take the android developers by storm. The features include:

  • Better connectivity using CDMA, Blue tooth, Wi-Fi, NFC, WiMax, GSM, LTE etc
  • Android push messaging service which is a part of Android Cloud to Device Messaging Framework also known as C2DM
  • Supports numerous human languages
  • Adapts to both traditional smartphones as well as VGA, 2D graphics, etc
  • Better and greater storage medium
  • Supports audio/video formats like JPEG, GIF, BMP, AMR, AAC, MPEG-4, WebM, MIDI, WAV, PNG etc
  • Contains web browser base on Web-Kit, Chrome’s V8 Java script engine which is the best
  • Is capable of multi tasking and multi-touch options
  • Supports hardware like touch screens, accelerometers, barometer, magnetometers, pressure sensors, thermometers, 3D graphics and many more
  • Also supports tethering that helps in the phone being used as wireless Wi-Fi spot

Recent Releases and their added features:

There have been various versions of android mobile applications that have been released with the intention of fixing some particular bugs of previous version and also adding to the list of new features. The various versions show the continuous android development that makes the component and its features customer friendly and flexible enough for easy and efficient usage. The following are the latest versions of android:

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Sun Microsystems Reduces Open Source Java Barriers

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It is now much simpler for Java developers to create Open Source programs based on various Java versions and as well as fulfill the Sun Microsystems compatibility needs, however this is only for those that are directly involved in Sun Microsystems open source projects.

For those involved in the Java software offered by Sun open-source, can now have access to their Compatibility Kit related to Java development technology. Java developers will find this kit handy as it lets you test the compatibility of your projects with reference to Java specifications.

If the project passes these compatibility tests then you are allowed to use none other but the official Java logos and it’s all for free. Earlier only those Java developers who had Java licences were authorised to use this kit and therefore it applied only to larger players and certain non-profit groups. But now that it’s let out for use by every programmer, there’s lots of improvements in-store and we’ll be witnessing an avalanche of great projects being released with each of them displaying the official Java logo.

What is the Java platform all about?

This platform is one of the most important platforms available to Java developers, it boasts of a wide array of software that allow programs written in Java codes to run on almost every computer without the need of specific alterations and translations. There is an inbuilt program namely Java virtual Machine that is backed up by exquisite libraries of already written codes, these help translate the programs so that they can easily run on any computer without any compatibility problems.

Since this program is now available to every Java developer, loads of open-source programmers will come forward and partake in various projects taken up by Sun’s own open-source Java Projects, i.e. OpenJDK.

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