INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
What a long, strange trip it's been.From its inaugural release to today, Android has transformed visually, conceptually and functionally
Google's mobile operating system may have started out scrappy, but holy moly, has it ever evolved.Here's a fast-paced tour of Android
version highlights from the platform's birth to present.Android versions 1.0 to 1.1: The early days
Android made its official public debut
in 2008 with Android 1.0 — a release so ancient it didn't even have a cute codename.Things were pretty basic back then, but the software
did include a suite of early Google apps like Gmail, Maps, Calendar and YouTube, all of which were integrated into the operating system —
a stark contrast to the more easily updatable standalone-app model employed today.
