Brief History Of Bitcoins

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><div dir="ltr" style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><b>It is quite strange to read history of an event that took place not more then a decade ago. But the journey from 1$=</b><b>1,309.03Bitcoins to touching the mark of 1bitcoin=1000$+ is not a short journey lets revisit few Important events happened in this short period.</b></span></span><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Knmzu7NZ96c/Uu_pPISGn3I/AAAAAAAAACg/RPVISZdZ6DM/s1600/satoshi-nakamoto.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #5eb3ee; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><img border="0" height="184" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Knmzu7NZ96c/Uu_pPISGn3I/AAAAAAAAACg/RPVISZdZ6DM/s1600/satoshi-nakamoto.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="320" /></a><br /><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">It all started back in 2007</span><span style="font-size: x-small;">when Satoshi Nakamoto began working on the Bitcoin concept. While he/they is/are on record as living in Japan, it is speculated that Nakamoto may be a group of people.</span></b></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: x-small;"><br /></span><br /><ul style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">August 18, 2008 Bitcoin.org is registered  </span></span>The domain was registered at anonymousspeech.com, a site that allows users to anonymously register domain names and currently accepts Bitcoins.<br /></b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><b>January 12, 2009</b></span></span><b><br />The first transaction of Bitcoin currency, in block 170, takes place between Satoshi and Hal Finney, a developer and cryptographic activist.</b><br /><br /> </b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"> <span style="font-size: medium;">October 5, 2009 An exchange rate is established</span></span><br />New Liberty Standard publishes a Bitcoin exchange rate that establishes the value of a Bitcoin at US$1 = 1,309.03 BTC, using an equation that includes the cost of electricity to run a computer that generated Bitcoins.</b></span></li></ul><div class="text"><div class="container"><ul style="margin-bottom: 20px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 0px; padding-left: 40px;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s5nHpsdhS_0/Uu_pkgy8BMI/AAAAAAAAACs/X-Zx-4Hxq0Q/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #5eb3ee; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><img border="0" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-s5nHpsdhS_0/Uu_pkgy8BMI/AAAAAAAAACs/X-Zx-4Hxq0Q/s1600/images.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">May 22, 2010<br />10,000 BTC spent on pizza.</span></span><br />The first, real-world transaction using Bitcoins takes place when a Jacksonville, Florida programmer, Laszlo Hanyecz, offers to pay 10,000 Bitcoins for a pizza on the Bitcoin Forum. At the time, the exchange rate put the purchase price for the pizza at around US$25.<br /></b></span></li><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;">August 15, 2010 Exploit generates 184 billion Bitcoins<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0YDEq9ZJpQR_px1me2c6hTfwHBJLvFFLYd8BidlCQvkjmBkhkw8mSNNW7a_sB2zlFqYHBJAd4sYXV6YOjsn7h24-PD0Ust1DhOuQANRvCJI6z9SQoBHI2GIfh82REg3DW3fbVLvQBXyL/s1600/Bitcoin+won%2527t+hide+you+from+the+NSA%2527s+prying+eye+-+New+Bitcoin+World%252C+Latest+Bitcoin+News%252C+Free+Bitcoins+info%252C+ASIC+Mining+Info%252C+Bitcoin+videos.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #5eb3ee; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><img border="0" height="133" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0YDEq9ZJpQR_px1me2c6hTfwHBJLvFFLYd8BidlCQvkjmBkhkw8mSNNW7a_sB2zlFqYHBJAd4sYXV6YOjsn7h24-PD0Ust1DhOuQANRvCJI6z9SQoBHI2GIfh82REg3DW3fbVLvQBXyL/s1600/Bitcoin+won%2527t+hide+you+from+the+NSA%2527s+prying+eye+-+New+Bitcoin+World%252C+Latest+Bitcoin+News%252C+Free+Bitcoins+info%252C+ASIC+Mining+Info%252C+Bitcoin+videos.jpg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" width="200" /></a></div></span></span>A vulnerability in the Bitcoin system that causes Bitcoins to be improperly verified is discovered and exploited, resulting in the generation of 184 billion Bitcoins.<br /></b></span></li><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">February 9, 2011 Bitcoin reaches parity with US dollar</span></span>Bitcoin touches US$1.00/BTC at MtGox[C</b><b>urrency Exchange], reaches parity with the US dollar for the first time.<br /></b></span></li><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;">April 16, 2011 TIME publishes article on Bitcoin</span></span>TIME magazine publishes an article about Bitcoin, Online Cash Bitcoin Could Challenge Governments, Bank.<br /></b></span></li><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span><li><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;">September 3, 2012 Bitfloor hacked for 24,000 BTC</span></span><br />The fourth largest US Bitcoin exchange, Bitfloor, is hacked and loses 24,000 BTC (valued at approximately US$250,000 when the theft took place), which was the majority of the on-hand Bitcoins. Compromised servers result in access to encrypted backup files of wallet keys. All exchange operations are paused.<br /><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><br /></span></b></span></li><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"></span></span><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="color: #3d85c6;">April 2013 Bitcoin surpasses $100</span><br /> <span style="font-size: x-small;"> The value of Bitcoin on MtGox and other exchanges surpasses US$100<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AN1SyxJoU_3PhH9WFPyrl9pnS5b_9OrE3VoszleDzmukj9F_A0EWhULWs8GNnIfNNNBWKPsEvL8fc5j_aN-jCxHcU3a5FrIMRXpt49n10aob03-l7p8gzHx-FfqBMxgrkwXRFZFxbOAI/s1600/images.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; color: #5eb3ee; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; outline-color: initial; outline-style: none; outline-width: initial;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_AN1SyxJoU_3PhH9WFPyrl9pnS5b_9OrE3VoszleDzmukj9F_A0EWhULWs8GNnIfNNNBWKPsEvL8fc5j_aN-jCxHcU3a5FrIMRXpt49n10aob03-l7p8gzHx-FfqBMxgrkwXRFZFxbOAI/s1600/images.jpeg" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-left-style: none; border-left-width: 1px; border-right-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-right-style: none; border-right-width: 1px; border-top-color: rgb(238, 238, 238); border-top-style: none; border-top-width: 1px; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;" /></a></div><br />.</span></b></span></li><li><span style="font-size: medium;"><b><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #3d85c6;"><span style="font-size: medium;">November 19, 2013 Bitcoin goes above $1000<br /> </span></span> Bitcoin price surges to a record of US$1242 after Senate hearings.</span></b></span></li></ul></div></div></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px;"></div><div class="postmeta-secondary" style="background-color: white; color: #7e7e7e; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 20px; padding-bottom: 15px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px;"><br /></div></div>

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A brief history of Android releases

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><h3 style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Oswald, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 1.2; margin-bottom: 1.6rem; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; text-align: center;"><img alt="android_versions_to_43" class="attachment-blog-post-thumb-inside wp-post-image" src="http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/android_versions_to_43-600x300.png" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="android_versions_to_43" /><ins style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; color: white; display: inline-table; height: 60px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; visibility: visible; width: 468px;"><ins id="aswift_1_anchor" style="background-color: transparent; border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; display: block; height: 60px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px; position: relative; text-decoration: none; visibility: visible; width: 468px;"><iframe allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="60" hspace="0" id="aswift_1" marginheight="0" marginwidth="0" name="aswift_1" scrolling="no" style="display: block; left: 0px; position: absolute; top: 0px;" vspace="0" width="468"></iframe></ins></ins><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">With Android 4.4 KitKat now officially outed by Google we are looking ahead to learning about the details and intricacies of the next release of the platform. 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According to Google, the goal with KitKat is to “make an amazing Android experience available for everybody”.</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Some interpret this to mean older phones and tablets while others look for products like smartwatches and wearable tech.  But, before we get ahead of ourselves, why not take a quick jaunt through time and reflect on some of the key moments in the various iterations of Android releases.</div><a name="more"></a><br /><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;">Note that we’ll not hit you over the head with every single detail and that more of the back-end developer stuff could be glossed over. The reason? Our site is aimed at existing users and those considering Android purchases down the road. The average AndroidGuys reader doesn’t care much for that deep dive stuff.  Our focus, rather, will be more on user-facing features that rolled out over time.</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img alt="android_cupcake" class=" wp-image-59352 aligncenter" height="300" src="http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/android_cupcake.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" title="" width="300" /></div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 31.5px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 40px;">Android 1.5 Cupcake</span></div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Introduced</strong>: April 30, 2009</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Key features in this version of Android</strong>: Integration of home screen widgets, support for folders on home screen, stereo Bluetooth support, copy/paste in web browser, video recording and playback.</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Notable devices of the day</strong>: HTC Hero, T-Mobile G1, T-Mobile Cliq, Samsung Moment, LG Eve, Motorola Backflip</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img alt="android_donut" class=" wp-image-59353 aligncenter" height="300" src="http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/android_donut.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></div></h3><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 31.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Android 1.6 Donut</h2><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Introduced</strong>: September 15, 2009</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Key features in this version of Android</strong>: Quick search box, updated interface for camera, camcorder, and gallery, updated Google Play (Android Market), battery usage indicator, text-to-speech engine,</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Notable devices of the day</strong>: LG Optimus, Motorola Devour, Samsung Behold II, Samsung Galaxy, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Garminfone</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img alt="android_eclair" class=" wp-image-59354 aligncenter" height="300" src="http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/android_eclair.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 31.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Android 2.0 – 2.1 Eclair</h2><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Introduced</strong>: October 26, 2009</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Key features in this version of Android</strong>:  Google Maps Navigator (beta), updated browser, support for multiple accounts, improved keyboard, SMS search, Exchange support</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Notable devices of the day</strong>: Motorola Droid, Motorola Charm, Motorola Flipout, Samsung Galaxy S, Acer Liquid E, HTC Desire</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img alt="android_froyo" class=" wp-image-59355 aligncenter" height="300" src="http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/android_froyo.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 31.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Android 2.2 – 2.3 Froyo</h2><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Introduced</strong>: May 20, 2010</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Key features in this version of Android</strong>: Support for Adobe Flash, portable hotspots, multiple keyboard languages, speed and performance improvements, enhanced Microsoft Exchange support</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Notable devices of the day</strong>: Nexus One, HTC EVO, Droid Incredible, Droid X, Samsung Droid Charge, Sidekick 4G</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img alt="android_gingerbread" class="aligncenter wp-image-59357" height="300" src="http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/android_gingerbread.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 31.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Android 2.3 – 2.3.7 Gingerbread</h2><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Introduced</strong>: December 6, 2010</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Key features in this version of Android</strong>: UI refinements, NFC support, native support for SIP VOIP, faster/more intuitive text input, enhanced copy and paste</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Notable devices of the day</strong>: Nexus S, HTC Sensation, HTC EVO 3D, Motorola Droid Razr, Samsung Galaxy S II, Sony Xperia Play</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img alt="android_honeycomb" class="aligncenter wp-image-59358" height="300" src="http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/android_honeycomb.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 31.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Android 3.0 – 3.2 Honeycomb</h2><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Introduced</strong>: February 22, 2011</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Key features in this version of Android</strong>: Revamped (holographic) UI designed specifically for tablets, action bar, improved multi-tasking, updated standard Android apps, better copy/paste, redesigned keyboard</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Notable devices of the day</strong>: Motorola Xoom, Eee Pad Transformer, Samsung Galaxy Tab</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img alt="android_ice_cream_sandwich" class="aligncenter wp-image-59359" height="300" src="http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/android_ice_cream_sandwich.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span style="color: inherit; font-family: inherit; font-size: 31.5px; font-weight: bold; line-height: 40px;">Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich</span></div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Introduced</strong>: October 19, 2011</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Key features in this version of Android</strong>: improved multi-tasking, face unlock, resizeable widgets, Android beam, enhanced email options, improved text and voice input, soft buttons can replace hard keys</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Notable devices of the day</strong>: Galaxy Nexus, HTC One X, LG Optimus G, Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1, Motorola Droid Razr M, Sony Xperia T</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img alt="android_jelly_bean" class="aligncenter wp-image-59360" height="300" src="http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/android_jelly_bean.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 31.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Android 4.1 – 4.3 Jelly Bean</h2><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Introduced</strong>: July 9, 2012</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Key features in this version of Android</strong>: larger, rich, and actionable notifications, Google Now, offline voice dictation, streamlined UI, performance improvements “Project Butter”, smart widget placement, multi-user profiles for tablets (4.2), lock screen widgets (4.2), daydream (4.2),  OpenGL ES 3.0 (4.3), Bluetooth Smart Ready (4.3), restricted user profiles for tablets (4.3)</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Notable devices of the day</strong>: Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, Motorola Moto X, LG G2, Sony Xperia Z, HTC One, Motorola Droid Razr Ultra</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px;"><img alt="android_kitkat" class="aligncenter wp-image-59361" height="300" src="http://www.androidguys.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/android_kitkat.jpg" style="border-bottom-width: 0px; border-color: initial; border-image: initial; border-left-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-style: initial; border-top-width: 0px; display: block; height: auto; margin-bottom: auto; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: auto; max-width: 100%; vertical-align: middle;" width="300" /></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: Oswald, 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 31.5px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 40px; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-rendering: optimizelegibility;">Android 4.4 KitKat</h2><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Introduced</strong>: TBD</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Key features in this version of Android</strong>: TBD</div><div style="-webkit-hyphens: auto; background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Open Sans', 'Droid Arabic Kufi', Helvetica, Georgia, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 10px; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><strong>Notable devices of the day</strong>:</div></div>

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