Every Android Version Ever!

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[@BohdanChub]

Autofill is the best feature that was introduced in Android 8 Oreo. Can't imagine my app logins without it.

[@_Joebuntu]

I too cant imagine your app logins! such a brilliant feature!

[@neneseal5182]

Man I miss naming new android version after a sweet treat, it was a big thing guessing what the next version will name after. Froyo is when most people start getting their first smartphone. Honeycomb is for tablet. Lollipop is what define Android as we know it today. I remember all of that. Now It's just cold hard version number that doesn't really mean anything.

[@SomeDanishDude1]

Android 13 got a cake name

[@tangoalpharome0]

Just like Fedora Linux

[@Mystixor]

I absolutely agree with you perception of those early versions. I still remember fondly how I was awaiting Lollipop to release for my Samsung Galaxy S5 mini, and when it did it was an amazing step into the world of Android as it is today. Every version after it had some nice tweaks of course but nothing ever came close to upgrading to 5.0

[@TheROOTminus1]

They got scared by the letter Q, I guess Quality Street is too regional, because Nestlé played ball with KitKat. Don't know what else they could have used

[@Kogami]

I know all versions even after removing the sweets name still use them internally, and I still look them up just for self-reference lol. It's sad that no one will get it anymore though if I called Android 12 as Snow Cone.

[@EliteProductions3129]

Growing up to see and use most of these: ICS and Lollipop were game-changing updates. Marshmallow refined Material Design set by Lollipop and, imo, was the Pinnacle Android experience.

[@Alias_Anybody]

Nougat was also mostly a refinement of 5 and 6. No idea why they HAD to change design again with Oreo. Took until 11 to mature - just to be thrown out once again for 12. Thanks Google.

[@EliteProductions3129]

@@Alias_Anybody Do you remember the integrated lock screen music controls that would chang your lockscreen wallpaper to the cover art of whatever you were listening to? WHERE DID THAT GO? I feel like Android used to be so much more cohesive back in 2014-2015. I have a Pixel 6 now and I'm appalled at Android 12. It's like they designed it for 6 year olds. Edit: Apparently the version of that I really like was from KitKat. It was perfect

[@Alias_Anybody]

@@EliteProductions3129 I think some designers really have to justify their own jobs by starting from scratch as soon as the current design is finished and cohesive.

[@vgamesx1]

Remember when kitkat and I think one other version had a more comprehensive permissions/privacy settings in App Ops? After a few years we kinda have it back, but it's still a toned down version compared to what they originally shipped, you could technically say it's better simplified as it is, but the easy solution there is to just offer an advanced mode with all options, also rooting old phones generally seemed easier, I mean a good number of older phones even had simple one-click root tools and I'm talking real permanent root not stuff like kingroot.

[@CapTVchilenaShootingStarMax]

I was so salty that my first Android, a crappy Motorola one, would not receive ICS and was stuck on Gingerbread. Though ICS and Lollipop felt at first like some sort of the Windows Vista in the Android world.

[@LeBeautiful]

Jellybean and Kitkat, both my favorite versions EVER. Would love a short video on the evolution of LineageOS/Cyanogenmod and custom ROMS.

[@elbeetlebeasto]

Paranoid Android and AOKP were awesome on Jellybean! So many features that were ahead of it's time and Google even ripped off a few later on. That was back when you could use ANY credit or debit card with Google Wallet, but the problem was barely anywhere accepted NFC payments at the time. I stopped using custom ROMs when Google started breaking NFC payment functionality if it detected a non-factory image was being used

[@JoseFloresEC]

I'd love to see a "samsung" vs android, bc I think Galaxy phones got many of those futures 1-2 years before Android natively supported it.

[@KyleDavis328]

Was gonna say, the reason James was probably so confused about how late some of the features came to Android is because they were implemented by phone OEM's in their custom Android flavors first, and then moved into the main branch later. One of the recent ones I can think of is the device control area of the notification center added in Android 11 was in Samsung's OneUI version built on top of Android 10 (if not earlier)

[@neil_rahmouni]

Yeah but the implementation in Android is often much "deeper" implemented as it works with apps too. It's not really a good comparison when the features are radically different. It would be a better comparison if it were between brands like OnePlus vs Samsung or something like that

[@lonewolfsstuck]

A lot of features were introduced by LG phones. Then lg never did anything with them. Like lg being the first to have a capacitive touch screen, or the first company to have a quad dac, or QHD screens! Too bad they didnt advertise and their mobile division is bunk now. Still love my LG Wing tho!

[@lilyflowerangel]

multi activity view and windowed activity view was already in samsung's 5.1 android before it came to android 7 main branch?

[@ChilokRoblox]

I use Samsung and powered by Android

[@jrozmeira]

The year was, 2011, its my first ever android phone. How time flies fast. I miss my Xperia Pro Mini. Its sleek style is always a catcher whenever I pull it out then use the keyboard.

[@morganfreeman8208]

I remember back to honeycomb. Don’t even use android anymore. It flies ⏳

[@allen0hu]

I think it’s Xperia mini pro, also my first android phone.

[@jrozmeira]

That 512 ram would pull your hair out how to maximize game apps so you "modify" it to Cyanmogen

[@savagecomanche]

It's been 15 years already????

[@nerdoutside6545]

I miss the old version naming

[@devnol]

system notifications like charging status on modern android versions has a little icon that is the letter of the current version codename (R for 11, S for 12, T for 13 maybe Q has it too) They still keep the codenames around internally, though they're different than public releases after 4.4.4 (Q is Quince Tart, R is Red Velvet Cake, S is Snow Cone and T is Tiramisú)

[@GSBarlev]

The HTC "G1" really earned the name "Dream." It was my first smart phone during a time when I already had an iPod Touch, and I loved everything about the Android, from its physical keyboard (and nub-like mouse-ish thing!) to the fact that it had a MicroSD card and a user-replaceable battery, to the fact that you could sideload apps without jailbreaking! It looked, felt and worked like a TNG-era tricorder (and yes, I had the app for that) and felt like a real and unique tech device for nerds, unlike the iPhone clones that would come along to dominate. I upgraded to the HTC "G2," which was very much a thematic successor, with that tricorder feel but sleeker, slimmer and faster, and that was and still is my favorite phone I've ever owned. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

[@BlueKnight87]

"And you could even play GIFs (yes i say gifs)" you and me both James 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Photo0021]

Followed Android since the beginning, every older version is nostalgic to me for different reasons lol

[@guddu612]

Remember the dandelion live wallpapers every one was going crazy about.

[@BrainPermaDeD]

I remember playing old af games like nova 3 in my android 4.2.2 tablet. Those games are just gone now.

[@CardmanOfficial]

I started on Android 4.4 KitKat and have tons of fond memories playing mobile games like Angry Birds and Geometry Dash on it 😀

[@internetdumbass]

fun fact, they still have dessert names, they're just used dev side and not used as part of the marketing. android 10 was called "quince tart" and 11 "red velvet cake/rvc". you can see why they didn't use them for marketing lol also keep in mind this is just what an engineer said on podcast, but it *seems* legit

[@JohnPaulBuce]

🆗🆒

[@Falco95]

That's true actually, you can see these names using apps like AIDA64. Also A12 (S) is snow cone and A13 (T) is Tiramisu.

[@arctic215]

Ahh why dont they just start doing those again, it would have been so nice telling anyone who asks what version you have - quince tart, red velvet cake, snow cone or tiramisu :(

[@fuseteam]

ah quince tart, i thought it was Queen Cake xd

[@Poetry4Peace]

@@arctic215 ikr just cherish old mems

[@dan_loup]

I'm waiting for Android 16/17/18 because things will be quite fun. 13 is not that bad, with the trucker hat and all, but movie characters don't quite count

[@blindpackrat9882]

I got that reference.....

[@iChimbo]

i understand that reference

[@iChimbo]

18 or 21 for me.

[@fakuri913]

Android 18 tho 🥵

[@stephenmartin8331]

Now I know to go back to 4.4 to get rid of all the ridiculous notifications

[@Krunkeridleios]

This is much more of a stock video feel than a informative video about how the UI changed or how the actually ram management change or anything else more informative

[@melvinluner1454]

Apple was justing sitting and dubbing all android features like face unlock and pip and multitasking 😂 etc

[@bandito241]

Did it 100x better though.

[@melvinluner1454]

@@bandito241 how multitasking on iOS is total garbage 🗑 😂 but the improved Face ID I agree on that

[@bandito241]

@@melvinluner1454 how is it garbage? It’s very good. The main issue people have is that is too static, no windowed mode like desktop OS or able to have more than 2 apps open (like you could on the Galaxy Fold). So compared to the Fold is not as good but calling it garbage? Damn.

[@melvinluner1454]

@@bandito241 but I thought you said apple did it 100x better 🤷‍♂️ so yea they didn’t

[@re.liable]

Around Lollipop was peak Android for me. I REALLY loved Material Design. It was so sleek. It moved Android from looking like a borderline bootleg device to a truly modern phone

[@christiancancino2253]

ART and Material was the biggest game changers of android in the actual life.

[@Eli-zb2yj]

Next video: every android easter egg

[@MrGerry111]

Back in the 7th grade/Honeycomb days, my group made a presentation about android at school for a project in computer class. I'm now in college majoring in computer engineering. Man, how far has android come :D

[@JeskidoYT]

It would have been nice to see more pictures of each version

[@Harrison.13]

Yeah.. would have been much more interesting and relevant than some stock footage candy.

[@Poetry4Peace]

@@Harrison.13 ikr

[@BlueMoon1890]

He didn't say anything about each version's easter eggs! Iconic and integral to the Android experience

[@Moshthun]

Yes, like the built in Flappy Bird!

[@Justintro]

@@Moshthun yea in lollipop version i think

[@psychomaniac189]

0:54 I still use beautiful widgets on my main screen!

[@XzTS-Roostro]

Y'all should've also mentioned that the initial version of Android was in development earlier and longer than iOS, but they had to go back to the drawing board to make some improvements.

[@glorytoarstotzka330]

I came here to see more about android history, ended up watching mostly for the sweets in the illustrations

[@Starfals]

I still use 4.2 Android tablet and its amazing. I love how cool the UI looks. They kept dumbing it down after that version I feel like. VIsuals wise of course, altho I do like how clean (and simplistic) the new version can look too.

[@GhostRider-jk4eo]

I have a 4.4.4 KitKat tablet from Samsung and I have to say that TouchWiz looks terrible. One UI looks and feels way better.

[@Starfals]

@@GhostRider-jk4eo I have LG and Sony stuff. Those always looked good back then. I dunno about Sammy, people always seem to dislike their UI, and the bloatware. I'm not sure how much of that is true tho

[@NexusXP]

@@GhostRider-jk4eo I think stock 4.4.4 looks looks better than TouchWiz

[@Poetry4Peace]

@@NexusXP touch wi z sounds like a meeme 😂🤣😭😅 i remember using s3, s4, s5 maybe s6 can't remember funny times i made s5 bandaid battery go thick n wanting to blowup lol 😂🤣

[@AadidevSooknananNXS]

I still remember being blown away when updating my LG G2 from Kit-Kat to Lollipop by the material design!

[@cloudyview]

I forgot I had a G2. Great phone for its time 👍

[@elbeetlebeasto]

I remember upgrading from 2.2 to 2.3 on my OG Motorola Droid. It was like having a whole new phone. And I loved the built-in ringtones, especially the heavy metal guitar one lol, I can still hear it in my head

[@shiroiidakku]

And i still having LG L3 E400. The issues just a battery

[@DustyTheDog]

I upgrade my phone so infrequently that I went from Android 6 on my Note 4 to Android 11 on my current Galaxy S20 FE 5G(now at Android 12). WOWEE what a difference. I had a Samsung Tab 7 (the one form 2011) that had 3.0 on it. I didn't really like it, and wished it was more like my phone, since I used the phone more.

[@JosueeOriginal]

flashbacks of my previous phones on 1 video, the nostalgia! My first phone was Android Gingerbread, what was yours?

[@xp8969]

A pager and a payphone in 1993 lol

[@hellomine2849]

nokia

[@fakuri913]

My first phone is a Nokia, but my first android is Gingerbread too

[@hayden.A0]

The Nokia N8, it was pretty cool at the time, but Symbian definitely dragged it down. Lots of memories playing The Sims 3 on it though lol

[@elbeetlebeasto]

Eclair on my Motorola Droid. I'm still in collections w/ VZW for not paying off that phone lol

[@abaneyone]

My favorite was Kitkat, that's when I learned to root.

[@Mike504]

I switched with the Samsung Note 2 running Jellybean and haven't seen anything compelling in iOS to make me want to switch since.

[@Kyurem_originale_Form]

0:03 "...Android..." *shows iPhone 😂

[@HawkOnHOG]

I still have my original HTC Incredible, rooted of course. Nowadays it's out to pasture and simply serves as an FM transmitter when I want to listen to local sports in my living room.

[@JohnMushitu]

That jump from KitKat to Lollipop will never cease to amaze me

[@andrewt9204]

I had the Samsung Epic with 2.1 Éclair as my first Android phone. And first OLED. That phone made me realize how great OLED was. Gingerbread was I think the biggest update for mass marketability. That was a turning point for a lot of app support and UI experience I feel like. Very few apps made after Gingerbread ran on 2.2 or earlier. KitKat/Lollipop was for sure the evolutionary change where android really felt good and smooth and much more iOS like in just kind of working on everything.

[@user-pw8wo7hf3b]

It's been almost 5 years since the release of Android Oreo 😶 I feel old

[@kevinvelasquez6753]

It's 4 years actually. Considering it was released in late 2017. And probably you only got it in 2018 when manufacturers started updating their phones to that version.

[@nevinjc]

Ivdem malayali 🤣

[@user-pw8wo7hf3b]

@@nevinjc aarodum parayanda 👍🏿

[@TheRoniverseOfficial]

I miss being super hyped for new Android releases with my friends. I still remember when one of my buddies came to school one day with his new Jellybean phone and we were all major envious~

[@scottheller5705]

I always love fooling around with the Easter eggs in the different version numbers from gingerbread on

[@tozrimondher4250]

My last android phone before switching to iPhone was Galaxy’s S3 Android 4

[@BrainPermaDeD]

Sad my friend. Anyways good luck not being a pirate.

[@squishimochi9257]

I'm so early, Taran still work for LMG

[@scottcole1881]

Spectacular as always James!

[@rasmusjensen4683]

The double finger touch and tilt the phone to zoom in on Photos was an EPIC feature

[@MarioRobles93]

I remember seeing the upgrade from ICS to KitKat then Lollipop and Marshmallow, each of them impressed me with how much better the experience was. Even bringing my Nexus 5 at the time more life with smother animations. After that I went to Oreo and that felt like another huge leap. However after that, to me it has felt like a smaller jump. Which I understand the system is very mature now and rather than leaps its more like refinements. I do hope we later see big leaps again.

[@MsMRkv]

Marghmallow was just Android 5 with small changes. I kinda hate this version because it's the version Google decided to change the naming scheme of Android to keep the consumerism wheel going.

[@CrispyHulk1]

Awesome throwback!

[@ConsensusX]

Only OGs remember having to go into the settings app (or widget) to change [Screen Brightness].

[@-itzwillow-]

I love how most of the versions are foods and candy names imao

[@faraz1604]

My favourite was Nougat and Oreo that brought almost all the features I needed and still use

[@realbenactually]

It’s good to see James doing something other than an ad

[@cuteraptor42]

4:50 "by holding down the power button" why don't we just remove this neat feature on the next version?

[@vladislavkaras491]

Was interesting to see. Thanks!

[@ianntmy]

Great explanation! Thank you!

[@Zippy_Zolton]

me and my dad started with Android 3 or 4 on a super old samsung phone, we always loved that purple dynamic theme

[@johnbrooks6243]

A - Angel cake B- Battenburg C- Cupcake D- Donut E- Eclair F- Froyo, Frozen yogurt G- Gingerbread H- Honeycomb I- Ice-cream sandwich J- Jellybean K- Kitkat L- Lollypop M- Marshmallow N- Noughout O- Oreo P- Pie ... There u go, hella diabetic list

[@ende_ohne]

Small spoiler for Android 13: I saw in Android Studio that the next version of Android is called "Tiramisu" and is available as a beta today in Android Studio ... The latest release is mostly like Android 12 but even in the new version, it's called "Tiramisu"...

[@SomeDanishDude1]

Was looking for this comment to make sure i wasn't crazy about android 13 getting a cake name

[@antiisocial]

Lol. I still have my wife and I T-Mobile G 1s. I guess they were called dreams in Canada or something?

[@SuperSpajky]

HTC Dream, yeah

[@follyfoxy707]

Weird that I recognized the names so much more than I would for any numbered version

[@Deliveredmean42]

Man Jellybean and Kitkat brings me back. I can't believe it has been several iterations since then...

[@ash36230]

"Not everyone wanted an easily breakable sliding screen" And yet they're fine with a foldable screen that clasps shut on itself now XD

[@greatwavefan397]

Ikr what the hell is wrong with people's logic bro

[@SimonVideo]

Android jelly bean was my first version.. that and KitKat was definitely my favorite

[@awaisahmed9418]

We need a list of all android features that was a cool idea but got scrapped after beta stages of android were over.

[@doodskie999]

I remember updating from gingerbread to ice cream sandwich with my galaxy s2, it was mindblowing.

[@ConsensusX]

Only OGs remember using your screen as a flashlight with an app.

[@Forlong21]

You should a video about the apple versus Android patent wars... like auto rotate etc

[@astral_haze]

when i saw the title i had to guess if this was about whats the same in every version, or about whats different

[@J0E69]

I was watching techquickie when this hoped in my notifications

[@pgplaysvidya]

I honestly can't remember anything before ICS. I remember a friend constantly harping about how great it was which was why I started paying attention. it's possible prior to that release i was still on flip phones. oh well. back in those days i thought that smart phones were unnecessary. who needs to have internet everywhere all the time? ha-ha-ha

[@blvdes]

ics was crazy back in the day. I remember downgrading later devices so I could still one click root them

[@zfbx]

Soo.. I had the G1.. it was a tank.. and I loved it.. the sliding keyboard was so cool and satisfying to use. I also got the later G2 (the one with the sliding keyboard, not the brick one) and loved that one too

[@SDRIFTERAbdlmounaim]

i hit Arrow Right "to skip" instantly now whenever i hear words like *You know what isn't annoying !?* i kinda can now smell sponsor messages from a mile away lol

[@callitagain]

You forgot to mention the dalvik jit optimisations in eclair/froyo. Was game changing at the time. At least it was on my milestone/droid

[@jacobmarzynski7719]

“Make your phone less annoying” -Immediately goes to sponsor So much for that

[@muneerfaizal4073]

My 1st ever smartphone phone was the Samsung galaxy note 1 and it was way ahead of its time it had split screen function and an amazing stylus support feature even running android ice cream sandwich it did do a lot of things that was impossible to do in phones at the time

[@haroonmalik6682]

One feature that I miss in my android 10 phone that existed in my earlier phone with android 7 is clearing cache of all apps with one tap.

[@Fish9133]

00:31 I kind of want that phone to be honest, the click of the screen slotting into place😁

[@roachxyz]

I had and loved the Turbo not long ago and loved it. I'm going to go back to it for my next phone.

[@LegoTechnicsRule]

I had a Samsung tablet running jelly bean and has been working since 2013. I still have it today.

[@Camelotsmoon]

2:46 Jellybean, lets gooo! My first version of android, and I've used it ever since. I remember always wanting to move to android from iOS because of the widgets, and I still haven't looked back, haha.

[@cupdashind]

I'd love to see a history detailing the changes of iOS and Android and how they tried to compete with one another.

[@gulengz5643]

Oh how you just said Giff and then Jinjerbread right after that is so ironic.

[@Ducktility]

Maybe it's just my opinion, but I think that it was Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, that initiated the Android experience that we are now used to

[@cyjanek7818]

I remember waiting for updates like crazy and willl never forget samsung which said Galaxy mini 2 and ace 2 will get android 4.1.4 or 4.1.6 and neither got them in reasonable time (I think ace 2 got it later). However - thank to some guy who made custom cyanogen mod for galaxy mini 2 - I could run android kit kat on phone that officially ended on 2.3.6. Crazy stuff and I even managed to softlock myself.

[@Heisenberg355]

I love android modding :D CyanogenMod was BEAST, I bought only phones that were supported by them 😂 To this day, i only buy phones that are officially supported by LineageOS :D

[@cyjanek7818]

@@Heisenberg355 I really liked them and I was rooting (heh) for their first official phone. I was too young to know that once they get to big google will just kick them out of bussines. On one hand I missed the fun I had with that but on the other hand my next phone was Sony and it was so bad that it made me forgot about anything android related for long (it stayed in official repair shop for 2 moths 3 times).

[@Sandwich4321]

@@Heisenberg355 my current phone is running 3 android versions above what it's ment to and with loads more features. I'll be getting a poco f3 soon enough mostly for all the roms

[@Heisenberg355]

@@Sandwich4321 LOL. I own that exact phone. xD official LOS 19 about to drop soon for it

[@SomeDanishDude1]

I'm sure i have read that android 13 got a cake name on almost 10+ sites

[@the_mariocrafter]

Tiramisu

[@RealAaron317]

I had the very first Andriod phone back in the day had a Dongo to use headphones

[@davey_projects2977]

I still have a HTC desire in the draw. The original one with the scroll sensor. What a phone!

[@BLCK_BX]

My little brother came in while I was watching the first phone with android part, and asked: "Is that how old phones used to look like". And something died inside me a little, especially cause he's not wrong

[@zzzacksnacxx1407]

Man I remember working as a kid to get my first android device iPhone and black berries were wayyyy to expensive for a little kid and I couldn't get the games I wanted cause I had jellybean not KitKat man those were the times.

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

Split screen and picture-in-picture... ideas stock Android took from Samsung's custom Android. 😁

[@BrainPermaDeD]

Samsung still sucks even if it is true.

[@androidoneiu5206]

@@BrainPermaDeD samsung is the best experience right now

[@X41N3]

I still have good memories about 4.4 kitkat on the oneplus one

[@astral6749]

Gingerbread is the most memorable for me. First Android phone I got ran it. I learned rooting back when I was around 12 because I got jealous of the new flashy phones being released while my phone was just a mere Samsung Galaxy Y. I also learned about overclocking, flashing, recovery, and so much more as I continue down the rabbit hole. Now, I'm 21 years old and studying computer science in uni.

[@Moshthun]

HTC Touch pro was my first ever smartphone. It was an actual brick and would get too hot to hold. I spent hours on that thing, watching Yogscast (Bluexephos) and TB videos on KZbin. It ran on a form of windows, but I remember having a special launcher that would run android on it. Then eventually I got to inherit my siblings' beat up samsung galaxy 1, and boy, did a new world open up for me. Sometimes, perusing old backup folders, I see images from apps in 2012, and I feel the nostalgia. Fun times, lovely to reminisce.

[@justpoppinthings]

I've been an android user since like day of the release of the HTC G1, love it

[@randomonlinename2941]

All that talk of food has made me hungry

[@le1er133]

Not only will this video not play without an ad but he aslo has a sponsor , choose either ads or sponsors not both

[@Jeoparys]

Thanks~for watching and don't forget to hit the like button and if you want

[@hernanhernandez6567]

Oh I remember the days of old of boot unlocking all my phones to oblivion. Lol It all started with the T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 for me. A windows mobile phone, and the geniuses at XDA-Developers being able to create a custom kernel to be able to dual boot into a custom version of Android at the time. Then I got my G1 after. Mine did suffer from the screen crapping out from the sliding. A couple of other phones, till I got a Nexus one. I loved the Nexus like so much. Stuck with my Nexus 1 with a custom ROM till gingerbread days. Then I got a Nexus 4, and then a Nexus 6 (What a chonky bastard even by today's standards), and then a Nexus 5X. That was the last phone I ever did a boot unlock to. After that is when I got the Pixel XL (still have it), and that's when I decided to try to live the peasant life on non root. Lol Pixel 2XL, Pixel 3XL, and now the Pixel 6 Pro. Really the 3 phones that stood out to me were the Nexus one for it's track ball, notification LED, and custom ROMs that were available for it. Nexus 4 for being able to root the phone to unlock LTE for it since they didn't officially release it here in the states. And Nexus 5x. The type C port being a game changer, and just a solid phone experience with it.

[@gamerhat4840]

2015 lollipop had touch id support

[@DeetexSeraphine]

Good on ya, James. Proper hard -G there!

[@ZackHab]

its hilarious that ios doesnt have lots of these features still even though they came out in 2015

[@aeueeaia]

This video made me feel old.

[@belgariontheking1]

I have to admit I bought the Motorola Droid as I was heading to college. I have fond memories of that phone. Also remember being hyped for Froyo so I could watch flash videos on my phone.

[@MarwanMahdy]

Every iOS version video would take about 10 seconds: 2008: Smart phone with touch screen 2021: added widgets