Android had a respectful beginning in 2008, but over the year this operating system has acquired its position in the market. Google has also sharpened its humor skills with the Android division. Most of its versions are named after various desserts and the names were in alphabetical order like CupCake, Donut, FROYO, GingerBread, HoneyComb, IceCream Sandwich, Jelly Bean and now KitKat.
2. Android had a respectful beginning in 2008, but
over the year this operating system has acquired its
position in the market. Google has also sharpened
its humor skills with the Android division. Most of
its versions are named after various desserts and
the names were in alphabetical order like CupCake,
Donut, FROYO, GingerBread, HoneyComb,
IceCream Sandwich, Jelly Bean and now KitKat.
3. The beginning of the History
Android was founded in October 2003. The initial
plan of the company was to build an advanced
operating system for digital cameras. However,
they soon realized that, the market for such devices
was not large enough; hence, they diverted their
efforts in building Smartphone operating system to
rival with Symbian and windows.
4. Google acquired Android on August 17th, 2005, after
this, it was assumed that Google was planning to
enter the mobile phone market with this move, to
launch a direct challenge to the Apple iPhone, but
rather the company simply released a Linux based
open source mobile operating system called
”Android”. Android is the first open and
comprehensive platform for mobile devices,
including an operating system, user-interface and
applications – all of the software to run a mobile
phone.
5. Just about in a year after Android hit the market, HTC was
launched with the first ever Android based device, the T-
Mobil G1. This yielded an idea to the world of what
Android was capable of serving on a real-life Smartphone.
Google further encouraged the software development
companies to develop innovative and useful third-party
applications for this platform.
6. • The core android operating system was developed
from Linux Kernel. Google has made immense
changes that have been tailored to the needs of the
market that Android has surpassed the original
foundation of a Linux kernel.
7. • Android has come a long way since its first Smartphone
launch and has also become very popular out there. Android
phones are so customizable that, devices with the same
features can also turn out to be completely different from
each other in terms of interface and outlook. A person may
use the same phone in a number of ways possible because of
its versatility. Moreover the features like, accelerometer,
gyroscopes and proximity sensors have made the devices
more responsive and closer to the real world interactions.
Likewise, these features have also caused the devices to
become capable of hosting motion sensor games, which can
be played by just by the movement of device.
8. Anyone can upload a third-party application to the
market place; one does not need to be a part
Google to do so. This is one of the major
differences between other application market of
another operating system and Android Market,
now called “Google Play”.
Android is upgrading furthermore, and will come
up with more advanced features, which will
directly or indirectly influence our lifestyles.
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