Android Honeycomb
Android operating system releases are all given dessert code names. The names are also in alphabetical order, so you can tell which release is more recent. A and B are reserved names, so the Android versions released to the public are Android 1.0 (no code name), Cupcake (1.5), Donut (1.6), Éclair (2.0 and 2.1), Froyo (2.2), Gingerbread (2.3), and Honeycomb (3.0 and 3.1). The next release is Ice Cream Sandwich, which was introduced in October 2011.
Android Honeycomb is the most significant release for tablet users because it's the only release Google explicitly intended for use on tablets, and it has full access to the Android Market. I'll discuss the Android Market in more depth in Chapter 13: “The Android Market.” Ice Cream ...
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