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ANDROIDAndroid is a mobile operating system.
It is based on the famous open source operating system called LINUX
Android is designed primarily for touch screen mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers,
with specialized user interfaces for televisions (Android TV), cars (Android Auto), and wrist watches (Android
Wear).
ANDROID
Andy Rubin RICH MINER
Android, Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White to develop, in Rubin's words,
"smarter mobile devices that are more aware of its owner's location and preferences".
ANDROIDTHEY FIRST DECIDED TO MAKE THAT
OPERATING SYSTEM FOR CAMERAS, THEN THEY FOUND OUT THE TARGET GROUP WASN’T LARGE ENOUGH, SO
THEN THEY SHIFTED THEIR CONCENTARTION TOWARDS MAKING AN
OPERATING SYSTEM FOR A SMART PHONE
ANDROIDGoogle acquired Android Inc. on August 17, 2005; key employees of Android Inc., including Rubin, Miner, and White, stayed at the company after the acquisition.
ANDROID76% OF THE APPS FOUND IN GOOGLE
PLAY ARE FREE.
POPULAR WITH CORPORATIONS BECAUSE OF IT BEING A READY-MADE,
LOW-COST AND CUSTOMIZABLE OPERATING SYSTEM FOR HIGH TECH
DEVICES
ANDROIDHAS OPENED A NEW DIMENSION FOR
DEVELOPERS
AS DEVELOPERS FIND IT EASY TO MAKE APPS AND GAMES ON ANDROID PLATFORM, LOTS OF VERSATILE APPS AND GAMES KICK IN PLAY STORE EVERY DAY WHICH ATTRACT A LOT OF
CONSUMERS
Versions Of ANDROID
• Android Beta First Version of Android. The focus of Android beta is testing
incorporating usability.
• Android Astro 1.0
First full version of android. Released on September 23, 2008. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support.
• Android Version 1.5 Released on April 30, 2009. Added auto-rotation option. Copy and Paste feature added in the
web browser.
• Android Version 2.2 Released on May 20, 2010. Support for Adobe Flash 10.1
• Android version 2.3
Released on December 6, 2010.
Updated User Interface with high efficiency and speed
Internet calling
• Android Version 3.0
Released on February 22, 2011.
Support for multi-core processors
• Android Version 4.0
Released on November 14, 2011.
Virtual button in the UI.
• Android version 4.1
Released on June 27, 2012. Latest version of Android. Smoother user interface.
ANDROID
BATTERY LIFE
Applications run background constantly which decreases the battery life, sometimes applications don’t turn off even if the phone enters sleep mode which results in the draining of the
battery life when it wasn’t supposed to
ANDROID
NEEDS CONSTANT INTERNET CONNECTION
CONSTANT INTERNET CONNECTION IS A MUST FOR GETTING THE MOST OUT OF AN ANDROID PHONE WHICH IS A MAJOR
DRAWBACK FOR THIRD WORLD AND DEVELOPING COUNTRIES IN THIS ERA OF TECHNOLOGY