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this episode of Android Weekly is brought to you by domain.com alright so some surprising and fun facts about our beloved Android and we take a poll on the possible next name for the next version of Android it's the letter M so what's it gonna be milky way mocha or my wife's favorite malted milk balls I swear to God I didn't think that one of myself so that you think that Android was Google's baby no Google didn't create Android they bought it the company was named Android apparently after one of its founders nicknames given to him due to his obsession with robots this is Andy Rubin now did you think that Android originally held the vision of a mobile operating system no it was meant to be an operating system for cameras Android co-founder Andy Rubin said that the operating system now a dominant force in the smartphone market was actually built for digital cameras but when smartphones took off the Android team decided to pivot and change the system accordingly the Android founders claimed that they intended to develop a camera platform with cloud storage for your online photos the cameras would be connected to your personal computer and then synced up within Android data center but five months into the original plan the team decided to pivot and design a mobile operating system for smartphones now who designed the now famous Android logo the Android logo was designed by arena block for Google in 2007 it's surprising to note that the inspiration for the logo is the human symbol on restrooms which was modified into the shape of a robot now there's also a rumor to suggest that the logo was based off an Atari video game called the gauntlet the third encounter now who made the first Android device hint it wasn't a nexus that distinction goes to HTC it was the HTC dream or also known as the HTC g1 it was the first ever Android smartphone it was running Android 1.6 or donut version it came with a three point inge capacitative screen and a slider QWERTY keyboard now the next surprising fact about Android is sort of a myth that I want to debunk the myth is that Android is open and free and yes it is open and free anyone can download it on their devices and then even sell them and you don't have to pay anything to Google but there's a very big catch you have to pay for Google services you know kind of the core apps that and what everyone loves about an Android phone Gmail Google now Google Maps all that kind of stuff so it's kind of like saying hey you can come live in my house for free open and free no problem never pay a dime but if you want to use the toilet appliances water or any of the lights you gotta pay me a hefty fee yeah not exactly free and open now when we say android is a dominant force and it's the most popular mobile operating system in the world it's true it's everywhere it's even in space there is an Android device running in space NASA has equipped a floating space robot with Nexus S handsets these devices run on Android Gingerbread that's kind of scary I don't remember Gingerbread being that stable now let's talk naming conventions and you know lollipop and KitKat and you might even know Ice Cream Sandwich but do you know all the naming conventions right back to the beginning Android 1.0 was Android Astro then bender cupcake donut Eclair Froyo gingerbread honeycomb Ice Cream Sandwich jelly bean KitKat and of course now lollipop now the next fun fact about Android is the fact that it is based on a Linux kernel and that's just not geek speek that actually matters the Android core runs on a Linux kernel this monolithic kernel enables the us to make multitasking a breeze you don't have to quit applications running in the background to make this system smooth Android kills the background apps that are not in use for a long time and provides a lag free interface now I think this is worth a t-shirt for those of you who can connect with me on Twitter or Google Plus with the most accurate naming convention for the next 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and there's lots of stuff going on so we're gonna have huge releases out in just a few hours and it's gonna be crazy you want to watch the channel very closely you don't to forget about my brothers in Android Josh Joe in the technics you Kevin Lonnie Chris Gary Nash and Taylor all working real hard to deliver the very best content on the web I shall see you very soon on Android Weekly