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===Update history===

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Android has seen a number of updates since its original release. These updates to the base operating system typically fix bugs and add new features. Generally each update to the Android operating system is developed under a code name based on a dessert item. The code names are in alphabetical order.

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The '''2.1''' SDK was released on 12 January 2010.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.1.html |title = Android 2.1, Release 1 |work = Android Developers |accessdate =2010-01-17}}</ref>

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! 2.2 (Froyo)<ref name="froyo-dev-blog"/><br />Based on Linux Kernel 2.6.32 <ref name="froyo-highlights"/> (2.2.2 latest release)

|| On 20 May 2010, the 2.2 (Froyo) SDK was released.<ref name="froyo-dev-blog">{{cite web |url = http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2010/05/android-22-and-developers-goodies.html |work = Android Developers Blog |title = Android 2.2 and developers goodies |publisher = [[Google]] |accessdate = 2010-05-20 |first = Xavier |last = Ducrohet |date = 20 May 2010}}</ref> Changes included:<ref name="froyo-highlights">{{cite web |date=20 May 2010 |url=http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.2-highlights.html |title=Android 2.2 Platform Highlights |work=Android Developers |accessdate=2010-05-23}}</ref>

* General Android OS speed, memory, and performance optimizations<ref name="unofficial-froyo-features">{{cite web |url =http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/20/exclusive-unofficially-confirmed-froyo-features-post-day-1-of-google-io-google-io-blitz-coverage-day-1/ |title = Unofficially Confirmed Froyo Features, Post-Day-1 Of Google I/O |work = Android Police |accessdate =2010-05-20}}</ref>

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|date=10 September 2010

|accessdate=27 January 2011

}}</ref> and planned to be supported by the operating system in Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).<ref name="honeycomb-highlights"/> Microsoft Smooth Streaming is planned to be supported through the awaited port of Silverlight plugin to Android.

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! Additional hardware support

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==Software development==

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[[Image:Android mobile phone platform early device.jpg|thumb|200px|Early Android device.]]

The early feedback on developing applications for the Android platform was mixed.<ref name="MixedFeedback">{{cite web |url=http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20071219-google-android-plagued-by-dysfunctional-development-process.html |title=Developing apps for Google Android: it's a mixed bag |accessdate=2007-12-19 |last=Paul |first=Ryan |date=2007-12-19 |work=[[Ars Technica]]}}</ref> Issues cited include bugs, lack of documentation, inadequate QA infrastructure, and no public issue-tracking system. (Google announced an issue tracker on 18 January 2008.)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2008/01/you-cant-rush-perfection-but-now-you.html |title=You can't rush perfection, but now you can file bugs against it |work=Android Developers Blog |first=Dan |last=Morrill |date=18 January 2008 |accessdate=2009-09-03}}</ref> In December 2007, MergeLab mobile startup founder Adam MacBeth stated, ''"Functionality is not there, is poorly documented or just doesn't work... It's clearly not ready for prime time."''<ref name="Bugs">{{cite web |url=http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB119800856883537515-lMyQjAxMDE3OTE4ODAxMDg4Wj.html |title=Glitches Bug Google's Android Software |accessdate=2007-12-19 |last=Morrison |first=Scott |date=2007-12-19 |work=The Wall Street Journal |publisher= }}</ref> Despite this, Android-targeted applications began to appear the week after the platform was announced. The first publicly available application was the [[Snake (video game)|Snake game]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.android-freeware.org/download/snake |title=Snake |accessdate=2008-01-26 |work=Android Freeware Directory}}</ref><ref name="Snake">{{cite web |url=http://www.mobiles2day.com/2007/11/14/first-android-application-snake/ |title=First Android Application&nbsp;— Snake |accessdate=2008-01-07 |date=2007-11-14 |work=Mobiles2day |publisher= }}</ref>

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|author=James Niccolai

|date=2010-08-12

|accessdate=2010-08-20}}</ref>

Specifically the patent infringement claim references seven patents including United States Patent No. 5,966,702,