How to Dual Boot Multiple ROMs on Your Android Phone. The History of Android [INFOGRAPHIC] Android's box of sweets has gotten much more diverse since launching its first dessert-themed operating system, Cupcake, in 2009.
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Mobile app developers [x]cubelabs have laid out a timeline of these versions — from Cupcake to Ice Cream Sandwich — in the infographic below. What updates do you think were most influential? At what point did you decide that Android was or wasn't the right OS for you? Are We In A Tech Bubble? Here's The History [INFOGRAPHIC] We've spent the past year wondering whether we're currently in a tech bubble akin to the last decade's dotcom boom.
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Mashable has offered facts and opinions on both sides of the question. We've heard that the current boom is much different from the heyday of the late 1990s and that we have cause for confidence. PayPal on Android To Start Hassle-Free NFC Payments. PayPal is preparing to release an update to its PayPal Mobile app that will allow Android users to make peer-to-peer payments using near field communication (NFC).
The technology will allow Android users with a NFC-enabled phone (right now that means the Samsung Nexus S) to initiate payments with one another by tapping their devices together. PayPal demoed the new feature Wednesday at MobileBeat 2011. PayPal Mobile has supported bump-style mobile peer-to-peer payments in its iPhone and Android apps for quite some time, but what makes the NFC implementation different is in its ease and speed of use.