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When you dig around in Android history, you're bound to uncover some spectacular treasures.
That's what happened to me while I was deep in the digital archives doing research for my recent story about Android versions. From the memory-jogging screenshots to the many forgotten milestones, I came across more buried gems than I could possibly squeeze into a single story. And you know what? Some of the nuggets that didn't end up fitting into the final piece were among the most amusing discoveries of all.
So let's set the scene for a few standout examples: The year was 2009. Cupcake was the Android release o' the moment — the first Android version to sport a tasty-sounding name, not to mention an on-screen keyboard and then-revolutionary-seeming support for third-party widgets.