2. What is an Android?
 Android is the world's most popular mobile
platform. With Android you can use all the
Google apps you know and love, plus there
are more than 600,000 apps and games
available on Google Play to keep you
entertained, alongside millions of songs
and books, and thousands of movies.
Android devices are already smart, and will
only get smarter, with new features you
won't find on any other platform, letting you
focus on what's important and putting you
in control of your mobile experience.

3. Android an Operating System
 Android is a Linux-based operating system
designed primarily for touchscreen mobile
devices such as smartphones and tablet
computers. Initially developed by Android, Inc.,
which Google backed financially and later
purchased in 2005, Android was unveiled in
2007 along with the founding of the Open
Handset Alliance: a consortium of hardware,
software, and telecommunication companies
devoted to advancing open standards for
mobile devices. The first Android-powered
phone was sold in October 2008.

4. ANDROID as a DEVICE

5. History of ANDROID
 Android was relatively unknown to most
consumers throughout its early years. It
has since then taken the market by
storm, flooding shelves with
smartphones running on all kinds of
„desserts‟. From Cupcake to Jelly Bean,
we take a look at the Android operating
system in depth, analyzing its rise from
anonymity to the world‟s most popular

6. Version of ANDROID

7. Different Versions
 1.0 – Android beta.
 1.5 – Android Cupcake.
 1.6 – Android Donut.
 2.0/2.1 – Eclair.
 2.2.x – Froyo.
 2.3.x – Gingerbread.
 3.x – Honeycomb (used mainly for tablets.)
 4.0.x – Ice Cream Sandwich (both for
phones and tablets.)

8. More of ANDROID’S history
 Android, Inc. was founded in Palo Alto,
California in October 2003 by Andy Rubin
(co-founder of Danger), Rich Miner (co-
founder of Wildfire Communications, Inc.),
Nick Sears(once VP at T-Mobile), and
Chris White (headed design and interface
development at WebTV) to develop, in
Rubin's words "smarter mobile devices that
are more aware of its owner's location and
preferences".

9. Pre- Google
 Android,Inc. was co-founded by Andy Rubin, Rich
Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White. Their company
set out to create a smartphone OS that was, “more
aware of its owner‟s location and preferences.” Their
operations were mostly concealed, with there not
much known about what was being developed
internally. On August 17, 2005, Google announced it
had bought Android Inc. Key executives and
employees transferred to Google after the acquisition,
but others decided it wasn‟t in their best interests to
work for Google. With the purchase, many analysts
saw this as a move for Google to enter the mobile
market. For the next few years, Andy Rubin and Co.
worked hard at creating a mobile operating system
based on the Linux kernel.

10. ANDROID 1.0
 Android 1.0 was released on September 23,
2008. It was dominated by Google services
and apps, listing from Google Calendar to
Google Talk. Google made a key focus to
integrate their services tightly with Android,
which allowed easier sync between
services and ultimately resulted in a much
better experience. Some other notable
features were the Youtube application,
Google Maps with GPS, and the presence
of the Android Market, which was relatively
new at the time.

11. THE ANDROID 1.0

12. ANDROID 1.5 Cupcake
 Cupcake was an essential,yet minor, upgrade over
1.0 simply because it allowed users to place
interactive widgets on their home screen. This is still
one of the greatest advantages Android has to date.
Gone were the days of opening the browser to check
stocks or going into the weather app to check the
temperature outside. The widgets self-refresh,
bringing a wide range of information to your
homescreen in an intuitive and unobtrusive manner.
Some other changes were the inclusion of copy and
paste in the browser and auto-rotation of the screen.
Albeit a minor upgrade, Cupcake still had some
sought-after features that no other competitor had

13. ANDROID 1.5 CUPCAKE

14. Android 1.6 Donut
 Donut was also another minor update. It
included text-to-speech which gave
developers the ability to enable their apps
to „speak‟ a line text. Another major
inclusion was the support for WVGA
resolution. This allowed screen sizes to get
slightly bigger and better in resolution.
Donut also kicked off the trend of the „large
screen‟ phone. From here on, phones
would only increase in size.

15. ANDROID 1.6 DONUT

16. Android 2.0/2.1 Eclair
 Android 2.0/2.1 is arguably Android‟s most important
update. Eclair was introduced to the world through
the Motorola Droid. The success of Android and
Motorola was hinging on this one device. Google,
Verizon, and Motorola bet big and it paid off. The
marketing team was brilliant at advertising all that
„Droid Does‟, which included but wasn‟t limited to:
live wallpapers, turn by turn directions, high
resolution screen (at the time), HTML 5, and tighter
integration of Exchange and Google services. Luckily,
the Droid was a hit, and ultimately got Android
thrown into the spotlight. This was the first legitimate
competitor to the iPhone.

17. Android 2.0/2.1 Eclair

18. Android 2.2 Froyo
 On a side note, Android was
increasingly getting popular for
customers looking for a low-tier to
midrange phone for under a $100. With
Froyo, Google‟s Android Market was
becoming more and more populated
with quality apps, flocking developers
(and consumers) to Android.

19. Android 2.2 Froyo

20. MORE TYPES OF ANDROID
 Android 2.3 Gingerbread
 Android 3.0 Honeycomb
 Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
 Android 4.1 Jellybean