මොකද්ද මේ "ඇන්ඩ්‍රොයිඩ්"- 02 කොටස

 

කලින් දාපු post එකේදි අපි නැවතුනේ Android Froyo ලඟින් ඊළඟට ගොඩාක්ම දියුණු තත්වයේ version එකක් තමයි එන්නෙ. මේකෙ නම තමයි

Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)

මේක ගැන කියනව නම් 2011 වර්ෂයේ නිශ්පාදනය වුණ ගොඩාක් Android phone වලට ආවෙ මේ version එක තමයි.  HTC Sensation, Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Wildfire S, Google Nexus S, LG Optimus , SonyEricsson XPERIA වගේ Phone ලෝකයේ විශාල පෙරලියක් කරපු phone වලට ආවෙ මේ version එක තමයි. Multi-tasking, Browsing, Notifications and Customization වගේ user friendly features ගොඩකුත් මේ version එකේ තියෙනවා.

 

මෙන්න මේ version එකේ තිබුන features.

Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
- Native support for more sensors
- UI refinements for simplicity and speed
- New keyboard for faster text input
- One-touch word selection and copy/paste
- Near Field Communication (NFC), Improved power management
- New Download Manager, Internet Calling
- New audio effects such as reverb, equalization etc.
- Support for WebM/VP8 video playback, and AAC audio encoding

Android 2.3.3
- Included several improvements and API fixes

Android 2.3.4
- Support for voice or video chat using Google Talk

Android 2.3.5
- Improved network performance for Nexus S 4G
- Fixed Bluetooth bug on Samsung Galaxy S
- Shadow animations for list scrolling
- Camera software enhancements
- Improved battery efficiency

Android 2.3.6
- Fixed a voice search bug

Android 2.3.7
- Introduced Google Wallet support for the Nexus S 4G

මීලඟට Android ලෝකයට එන්නෙ
Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)

 

මේ version එක ගොඩාක්ම ජනප්‍රිය වුනේ නෑ. මොකද කියනවා නම් මේ OS එක design කලේ ගොඩාක්ම Tablet PCs නැත්තම් ව් වලට. ටිකක් ලොකු screen තියෙන device සඳහාම නිර්මාණය වුන එකක් නිසා screen size එක පොඩි smart phone පාවිච්චි කරන අයට කලින් ආපු Gingerbread සංස්කරණයේම ඉන්න වුනා.

මෙන්න මේකෙ තිබුන features ටික

Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)
- Specifically optimized for tablets and devices with larger screen sizes
- Hardware acceleration, Support for multi-core processors, Ability to encrypt all user data
- Refined multitasking, rich notifications, home screen customization, widgets, Redesigned keyboard
- Support for video chat, Multiple browser tabs, form auto fill, new “incognito” mode allowing anonymous browsing
- Bluetooth tethering
- Built-in support for Media/Picture Transfer Protocol
- New two plane contacts and Email UI
- Ability to view albums and other collections in full-screen mode
Android 3.1
- UI refinements
- Connectivity for USB accessories
- Expanded Recent Apps list
- Resizable Home screen widgets
- Support for external keyboards and pointing devices, joysticks and gamepads, FLAC audio playback
- High-performance Wi-Fi lock, HTTP proxy for each connected Wi-Fi access point

Android 3.2
This update first appear on Huawei’s MediaPad tablet. Changes included:
- Improved hardware support, including optimizations for a wider range of tablets
- Increased ability of apps to access files on the SD card
- Compatibility display mode for apps
Android 3.2.1
- Bug fixes and minor security
- Stability and Wi-Fi improvements
- Update to Android Market with automatic updates and Google books
- Improved Adobe Flash support and Chinese handwriting prediction
Android 3.2.2
- Included bug fixes and other minor improvements for the Motorola Xoom 4G

ඔන්න මී ළඟට එන්නෙ

Android 4.0 (Ice-cream sandwich)

 

 Smart phones වලට හිතාගන්න බැරි අළුත්ම features ගොඩාක් එක් කරපු version එකක්. මොකද HoneyComb එකටත් මාරු නොවුන smart phone users ලාට අළුත්ම අළුත් අත්දැකීමක් වුණා. Multitasking, Web Browsing, වලට අමතරව Camera Apps,Re-sizable Widgets, Video calling වගේ ගොඩක් හොඳ දේවල් අළුතින් දාල තිබුනා. කලින් version වල හොඳ features ඔක්කොම වගේ මේකට එකතු කරපු නිසා ටික දවසක් යනකොට හොඳ ප්‍රතිචාරත් ලැබුනා. 

මෙන්න මේකෙ තිබුන features 

Android 4.0 (Ice-cream sandwich)
- Increase in speed and performance
- Virtual buttons in the UI
- Separation of widgets in a new tab
- Easier-to-create folders with a drag-and-drop style
- A customizable launcher, Resizeable widgets
- Improved visual voicemail with the ability to speed up or slow down voicemail messages
- Pinch-to-zoom functionality in the calendar
- Offline search, a two-line preview, and new action bar at the bottom of the Gmail app
- Ability to swipe left or right to switch between Gmail conversations, Automatic syncing of browser with users’ Chrome bookmarks
- Integrated screenshot capture (accomplished by holding down the Power and Volume-Down buttons)
- Improved error correction on the keyboard, Real-time speech to text dictation
- Ability to access apps directly from lock screen
- Improved copy and paste functionality
- Face Unlock : New feature that allows users to unlock handsets using facial identification software
- New tabbed web browser (allowing up to 16 tabs)
- Modern Roboto font
- Data Usage section in settings that lets users set warnings when they approach a certain usage limit, and disable data use when the limit is exceeded
- New Ability to shut down apps that are using memory in the background
- Improved camera app with zero shutter lag, time lapse settings, panorama mode, ability to zoom while recording, 1080p video recording for basic Android devices
- New gallery layout, organized by location and person, Built-in photo editor
- Android Beam, a Near Field Communication (NFC)

Android 4.0.2
- Fixed minor bugs on the Verizon Galaxy Nexus
Android 4.0.3
- Bug fixes and optimizations
- Improvements to graphics, databases, spell-checking, Bluetooth functionality
- Calendar provider enhancements, new camera apps enhancing video stabilization and QVGA resolution
- Accessibility refinements such as improved content access for screen readers

 මේ post එකත් ගොඩාක් දිග වුනා. ඉතින් මොනව කරන්නද? තාම ඉවර නෑ. තව එක version එකක් තියෙනවා ඒ Android 4.1 (Jelly Beans) මේක කරලියට ආවෙ මේ අවුරුද්දෙ ජුනි මසෙ ඉතින් ඔන්න මේ ගැනත් ඉක්මනටම post එකක් දාන්නම්.