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Looking for help with Android? Look no further! Android Tips has several tips and tricks to optimize and safeguard your Android phone.Keep checking for more android tips..What is Android:In Short, Android is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Initially developed by Android, Inc., which Google backed financially and later bought in 2005, Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance: a consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices. The first Android-powered phone was sold in October 2008In October 2012, there were approximately 700,000 apps available for Android, and the estimated number of applications downloaded from Google Play, Android's primary app store, was 25 billionAs per WikiUsage share of the different versions collected during a 14-day period ending on March 4, 2013Usage share of the different versions as of March 4, 2013. Over half of Android devices in 2013 2Q still run a pre 4.x OS version -mostly 2.3 Gingerbread that was released on December 6, 2010, due to many lower-end devices still being released with it.Version Code name Release date API level Distribution (March 4, 2013)4.2.x Jelly Bean November 13, 2012 17 1.6%4.1.x Jelly Bean July 9, 2012 16 14.9%4.0.x Ice Cream Sandwich December 16, 2011 15 28.6%3.2 Honeycomb July 15, 2011 13 0.9%3.1 Honeycomb May 10, 2011 12 0.3%2.3.3–2.3.7Gingerbread February 9, 2011 10 44%2.3–2.3.2 Gingerbread December 6, 2010 9 0.2%2.2 Froyo May 20, 2010 8 7.6%2.0–2.1 Eclair October 26, 2009 7 1.9%1.6 Donut September 15, 2009 4 0.2%Keywords: Android Optimization, Android Tips