An operating system is a suite of programs that powers a device and tells it what to do. The Android OS is a mobile operating system that is developed by Google Inc. for use on their Android devices. The most common way one will encounter the Android OS is on an assortment of mobile devices from a variety of different companies that are all part of the Open Handset Alliance. These devices provide many services and features such as access to the net, use of GPSs, sending emails and instant messages. Devices that use the Android OS allow for very easy modification and thereby any user can vary and adjust their device to align with their own style and tastes. In order to have their tablets on the market so early however some of the original ones were launched with systems that were designed for phones, such as the Samsung Galaxy Tab, which ran the Froyo version of Android 2.2. Later tablet devices were launched with a tablet-specific OS called Android 3.0, Honeycomb meaning that many older tablets were not able to take advantage of certain differences like apps specific to tablets. Steps have been taken however to combat fragmentation. Google launched Android 4.0 named Ice Cream Sandwich on.

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