The Features of ANDROID

Android is a powerful operating system competing with Apple 4GS and supports great features, few of them are listed below.

1.Beautiful UI

Android OS basic screen providers a beautiful and intuitive user interface.

2.Connectivity

GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DOUMTS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE, NFC, and WiMAX.

3.Storage

SQLite, a lightweight relational data base, is used for data storage purposes.

4.Media Support

H-263, H-264, MPEG.4SP, AMR, AMR-WB, AAC, HE-AAC, AAC 5.1, Mp3, MIDI, Ogg vorbis, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF, and BMP.

5.Messaging

SMS and MMS

6.Web browser

Based on the open-source Web Kit layout engine, coupled with chrome's V8 Java script engine supporting HTML5 and CSS3.

7.Multi-Touch

Android has native support for Multi Touch which was initially made available in handsets such as the HTC Hero.

8.Multi-Tasking

User can jump from one task to another and same time various application can run simultaneously

9.Resizable Widgets

 Widgets are resizable, so users can expand them to show more content or shrink them to save space.

10.Multi-Language 

Supports single direction and bi-directional text.

11.GCM

Google Cloud Messaging (GCM).Is a service that lets developers send short message data to their users on Android devices, without needing a proprietary sync solution.

12.Wi-Fi Direct

A Technology that lets apps discover and pair directly, over a high bandwidth peer-to-peer connection.

13.Android Beam

A popular NFC-based technology that lets users instantly share just by touching two NFC-enabled phones together.

By AJAF

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