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Android phones, like this Nexus S running Replicant, allow installation of apps from the Play Store, F-Droid store or directly via APK files.. This is a list of notable applications (apps) that run on the Android platform which meet guidelines for free software and open-source software.
This is a list of Android distributions, Android-based operating systems (OS) commonly referred to as Custom ROMs or Android ROMs, forked from the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) without Google Play Services included officially in some or all markets, yet maintained independent coverage in notable Android-related sources.
One UI is a user interface (UI) developed by Samsung Electronics for its smart devices, including Android devices from at least late 2016 or early 2017 running Android 9 (Pie) and later. Succeeding Samsung Experience , it is designed to make using larger smartphones easier and be more visually appealing.
Java support While most Android applications are written in Java, there is a Java virtual machine in the platform and Java byte code is not executed. Java classes are compiled into Dalvik executables and run on using Android Runtime or in Dalvik in older versions, a specialized virtual machine designed specifically for Android and optimized for battery-powered mobile devices with limited ...
Android Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, in October 2003 by Andy Rubin and Chris White, with Rich Miner and Nick Sears [13] [14] joining later. Rubin and White started out build an Operating System for digital cameras viz FotoFrame. The company name was changed to Android as Rubin already owned the domain name android.com.
Model number [1] Fab CPU () GPU Memory technology Wireless radio technologies Released Utilizing devices μarch Cores Freq. () Cache SC5735A [15]: ARM Cortex-A7
Updating Android software is done over GSM where the SIM Toolkit may install automatically with new software regardless of automatic install applications. Change in applications and menus stored on the SIM is difficult after the customer takes delivery of the SIM and sometimes may be recognized as surveillance software.
HP-UX has used (U)EFI as its boot mechanism on IA-64 systems since 2002. OpenVMS has used EFI on IA-64 since its initial evaluation release in December 2003, and for production releases since January 2005. [123] OpenVMS on x86-64 also uses UEFI to boot the operating system. [124] Apple uses EFI for its line of Intel-based Macs.