The history of Android, as told through 5 legendary launchers

Android is special not because of what it is, but what you can turn it into. This was especially true in the early days, when the out-of-the-box experience was quite rough, and you needed to install a custom launcher to get the most out of your device. For those of us who lived through it, we can remember different eras of Android based on which custom launchers were dominant at the time.