1. Android and Android Phones

2. History of Android
 Android, This word means a lot in present High-Tech World. Today
Smartphone are known for its operating system which is Android. Earlier there
is no option for operating systems like Android in mobile, as usual there are
symbian, java featured operating systems but today things had changed a lot,
everyone wants a Smartphone which is functioned on Android only.

3.  What is this Android actually? Android is a software cluster for mobile devices
that includes an operating system OS, key applications and middleware. The
Android SDK provides the tools and APIs required to begin developing
applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language.

4.  About the design, Kernal of Android is based on Linux kernal and further
furnished by Google.

5.  Android Incorporation was founded in Palo Alto, California, 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),
Rich Miner : co-founder of Wildfire Communications, Incorporation, Nick Sears : once
VP at T-Mobile, and Chris White : headed design and interface development at Web TV.

6.  From starting Android Incorporation operated
secretly, expose only that it was working on mobile
software’s. On that same year, Rubin had some sort
of financial problems and Steve Perlman gave him
$10,000 cash in an envelope and refused a stake in
Android Incorporation.

7.  Google took over Android Incorporation in August
2005, making Android Incorporation a entire owned
property of Google Incorporation main employees of
Android Incorporation, including Andy Rubin, Rich
Miner and Chris White, stayed at the company after
the possession of Google.

8.  Not much was known about Android Incorporation
at the time of the acquisition, but people conclude
that Google was planning to penetrate the mobile
phone market with their weapon i.e Android.

9.  After that on 12, November 2007 Android beta SDK
was released. Many of you thinking what is SDK? its
a Software Development Kit which gives you
platform to make new applications, games and other
softwares.

10.  On 23 September, 2008 the first Android device is
launched, that is HTC DREAM G1 which operates
Android 1.0,and after that android shows 1.1 update
which was released for T-Mobile G1 only.

11.  On November 5, 2007, the Open Handcent Alliance, a bunch 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 expose
themselves in front of media itself.

12.  The aim 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 which is
built on the Linux kernel (version 2.6).

13.  On 9 December, 2008 14 new members accompany,
including ARM Holdings, Asustek Computer Inc,
Garmin Ltd, Huawei Technologies, PacketVideo,
Atheros Communications, Vodafone, Sony Ericsson,
Toshiba Corp.

14. Android, the world’s most popular platform
 Android powers hundreds of millions of mobile
devices in more than 190 countries around the
world. It's the largest installed base of any mobile
platform and growing fast—every day another
million users power up their Android devices for the
first time and start looking for apps, games, and
other digital content.
 Android gives you a world-class platform for creating
apps and games for Android users everywhere, as
well as an open marketplace for distributing to them
instantly.

15.  Global partnerships and large installed base
 Building on the contributions of the open-source
Linux community and more than 300 hardware,
software, and carrier partners, Android has rapidly
become the fastest-growing mobile OS.

16.  Android’s openness has made it a favorite for
consumers and developers alike, driving strong
growth in app consumption. Android users
download more than 1.5 billion apps and games from
Google Play each month.

17.  With it's partners, Android is continuously pushing
the boundaries of hardware and software forward to
bring new capabilities to users and developers. For
developers, Android innovation lets you build
powerful, differentiated applications that use the
latest mobile technologies.

18.  Android gives you everything you need to build best-
in-class app experiences. It gives you a single
application model that lets you deploy your apps
broadly to hundreds of millions of users across a
wide range of devices—from phones to tablets and
beyond.

19.  Android also gives you tools for creating apps that
look great and take advantage of the hardware
capabilities available on each device. It automatically
adapts your UI to look it's best on each device, while
giving you as much control as you want over your UI
on different device types.

20. Example of Android Phones: