Get to know the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

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It is no doubt that the Android operating system is the world’s most popular mobile platform today.  The IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker reported that the Android cornered 68.1 percent market share of all smartphones shipped during the second quarter of 2012, while BlackBerry and Symbian reached just 4.8 percent and 4.4 percent respectively.

Its latest version, the Android 4.1, Jelly Bean, is the fastest and smoothest Android yet. Compared to the Android 4.0, the Jelly Bean is noticeable for its simplicity and beauty, carries the new Google search experience and boasts a host of other exciting features.

With much improved touch responses, the screens moves fast, fluid and in one smooth motion.  The experience is not different when switching between apps.  Plus, the moment you touch the screen your device’s CPU instantly boosts and turns down on its own extending battery life.

While Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, made snapping photos a breeze, Jelly Bean is on the same speed but made the viewing photos more fun. From the camera, simply swipe photo to filmstrip view and view the photos you just took.  Put away those you don’t like in one quick swipe, too.

Share your photos and videos with just a simple tap with Android Beam on Jelly Bean.  You can also share contacts, web pages, YouTube videos, directions, and apps. By touching two NFC-enabled Android devices back-to-back, materials on the screen will be beamed to the other screen with a single tap.

Of course, the Android helps you get connected with e-mails, calls and Google+ without fail.

For blind users, the Android hosts the 'Gesture Mode' to reliably navigate the UI using touch and swipe gestures in combination with speech output. Jelly Bean also adds support for accessibility plug-ins to enable external Braille input and output devices via USB and
Bluetooth.

With Jelly Bean it's even easier and more fun to customize the home screen.  Widgets adjust automatically to make room for other widgets or apps.

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Encoding information on Android is made more accurate and relevant with its dictionaries. Users find the language model in Jelly Bean adapting over time, and making smart guesses the next word that will be typed.  With improved text-to-speech capabilities, voice typing is better even when there is no data connection, so you can type with your voice wherever you are.