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Lamayo - Features of Android

Android OS provides a beautiful user interface, supports connectivity technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, uses SQLite for data storage, supports various media formats, includes a web browser based on WebKit and Chrome's V8 engine, has native multi-touch support, allows multi-tasking, features resizable widgets, supports multiple languages, and includes technologies like GCM, Wi-Fi Direct, and Android Beam.

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Lamayo - Features of Android

Android OS provides a beautiful user interface, supports connectivity technologies like Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, uses SQLite for data storage, supports various media formats, includes a web browser based on WebKit and Chrome's V8 engine, has native multi-touch support, allows multi-tasking, features resizable widgets, supports multiple languages, and includes technologies like GCM, Wi-Fi Direct, and Android Beam.

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Lamayo, Carlos Ian L.

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Beautiful UI
Android OS basic screen provides a beautiful and intuitive user interface.

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

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

Media support
H.263, H.264, MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB, AAC, HE-AAC, AAC 5.1, MP3, MIDI, Ogg

Web browser
Based on the open-source WebKit layout engine, coupled with Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine
supporting HTML5 and CSS3.

Multi-touch
Android has native support for multi-touch which was initially made available in handsets such as the

HTC Hero.
Multi-tasking User can jump from one task to another and same time various application can run
simultaneously.

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

Multi-Language
Supports single direction and bi-directional text.

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.

Wi-Fi Direct
A technology that lets apps discover and pair directly, over a high-bandwidth peer-to-peer connection.

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

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