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Introduction to Android
What is Android ?
Mobile OS are keep on introducing from Palm OS in 1996 to Windows pocket PC in 2000 then to Blackberry OS and Android. One of the most popular used mobile OS now a days is ANDROID. There are around 2.0 lack+ games, application and widgets available on the market for Android users. Android is a powerful Operating System supporting a large number of applications in Smart Phones. These applications make life more comfortable and advanced for the users. Android is a Linux-based operating system designed for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. The Android is a light weight OS and can easily embedded into different hardware devices like networking equipment, smart TV systems including set top boxes and built in systems and various devices like as house hold appliances and wrist watches.
The Android platform is open and free software stack that includes an operating system, middleware services and also key applications for use on mobile devices. The Android environment uses the Linux operating system at its core. Middleware Services makes it easier for software developers to perform communication and input/output, so that developers can concentrate on the specific purpose of their application without need of concentrating on input output resource coding of device. Android provides a middleware layer including libraries that provide services such as data storage, screen display, multimedia, and web browsing. Because the middleware libraries are compiled to machine language, services execute quickly. Android also provides an application framework that developers integrate into their applications for application development.
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14) Java Support, so can develop Robust applications. 15) Multilanguage support 16) Multitask Support, i.e Android phone can run different applications simultaneously, which obviously makes it easier to multitask and improves the overall functionality of the phone.
History of Android ?
United States in October, 2003 by Andy Rubin : co-founder of Danger (Danger Incorporation was a company exclusively in platforms, software, design, and services for mobile computing devices). From starting Android Incorporation operated secretly, expose only that it was working on mobile softwares. On that same year, Rubin had some sort of financial problems, then he tied up with Google Corporation which is the Software development member of android development. Google took over Android Incorporation in August 2005, main employees of Android Incorporation, including Andy Rubin taken as main employees in Google. After that on 12, November 2007 Android beta SDK was released. Simply the Android SDK is used to development mobile apps. On 23 September, 2008 the first Android device is launched, that is HTC Dream G1 which operates Android 1.0.
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On November 5, 2007, the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of several companies which include Broadcom Corporation, Google, HTC, Intel, LG, Marvell Technology Group, Motorola, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and Texas Instruments unveiled itself. The goal of the Open Handset Alliance is to develop open standards for mobile devices. On the same day, the Open Handset Alliance also unveiled their first product, Android, a mobile device platform built on the Linux kernel version 2.6. On December 9, 2008, 14 new members joined, including ARM Holdings, Atheros Communications, Asustek Computer Inc, Garmin Ltd, Huawei Technologies, PacketVideo, Softbank, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corp, and Vodafone Group Plc
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