Quite interesting about Android is their version code naming. You may notice that their version code names are based on dessert names. Here is a brief summary of the features of each version.
v1.5 (Cupcake) - This is the first major platform release for phones.
- Ability to record and watch videos through camcorder mode
- Uploading videos to YouTube and pictures to Picasa directly from the phone
- A new soft-keyboard with text-prediction
- Bluetooth A2DP and AVRCP support
- Ability to automatically connect to a Bluetooth headset within a certain distance
- New widgets and folders that can populate the Home screens
- Animated screen transitions
v1.6 (Donut)
v2.1 (Eclair)
- An improved Android Market experience
- An integrated camera, camcorder, and gallery interface
- Gallery now enables users to select multiple photos for deletion
- Updated Voice Search, with faster response and deeper integration with native applications, including the ability to dial contacts
- Updated search experience to allow searching bookmarks, history, contacts, and the web from the home screen
- Updated technology support for CDMA/EVDO, 802.1x, VPNs, and a text-to-speech engine
- Support for WVGA screen resolutions
- Speed improvements in searching and camera applications
- Gesture framework and GestureBuilder development tool
- Google free turn-by-turn navigation
v2.1 (Eclair)
- Optimized hardware speed
- Support for more screen sizes and resolutions
- Revamped UI
- New Browser UI and HTML5 support
- New contact lists
- Better contrast ratio for backgrounds
- Improved Google Maps 3.1.2
- Microsoft Exchange Server by Exchange ActiveSync 2.5 support
- Built in flash support for Camera
- Digital Zoom
- MotionEvent class enhanced to track multi-touch events
- Improved virtual keyboard
- Bluetooth 2.1
- Live Wallpapers
v2.2 (Froyo)
- General Android OS speed, memory, and performance optimizations
- Additional application speed improvements courtesy of JIT implementation
- Integration of Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine into the Browser application
- Increased Microsoft Exchange support (security policies, auto-discovery, GAL look-up, calendar synchronization, remote wipe)
- Improved application launcher with shortcuts to Phone and Browser applications
- USB tethering and Wi-Fi hotspot functionality
- Added an option to disable data access over mobile network
- Updated Market application with batch and automatic update features
- Quick switching between multiple keyboard languages and their dictionaries
- Voice dialing and contact sharing over Bluetooth
- Support for numeric and alphanumeric passwords
- Support for file upload fields in the Browser application
- Support for installing applications to the expandable memory
- Adobe Flash 10.1 support
- Support for extra high DPI screens (320 dpi), such as 4" 720p
v2.3 (Gingerbread)
- Updated user interface design
- Support for extra-large screen sizes and resolutions (WXGA and higher)
- Native support for SIP VoIP telephony
- Support for WebM/VP8 video playback, and AAC audio encoding
- New audio effects such as reverb, equalization, headphone virtualization, and bass boost
- Support for Near Field Communication
- System-wide copy–paste functionalities
- Redesigned multi-touch software keyboard
- Enhanced support for native code development
- Audio, graphical, and input enhancements for game developers
- Concurrent garbage collection for increased performance
- Native support for more sensors (such as gyroscopes and barometers)
- A download manager for long-running downloads
- Improved power management and application control
- Native support for multiple cameras
- Switched from YAFFS to the ext4 file system
v3.0 (Honeycomb)
- Optimized tablet support with a new user interface
- Three dimensional desktop with redesigned widgets
- Refined multi-tasking
- Browser enhancements including tabbed web pages, form auto-fill, bookmark syncing with Google Chrome, and private browsing
- Support for video chat using Google Talk
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