The Android platform is an operating system originally developed by Android Inc. mobile phone. Less than two years of age, the Palo Alto, California Android Inc. possessed much knowledge of the mobile device. Recognizing the potential of the market of mobile devices Google acquired the company in 2005. The operating system is based on a modified version of the operating system of Linux open source applications written in different programming languages like Java, Python and Ruby. Android has become one of the most popular mobile operating systems along with Blackberry, iPhone, Apple, Symbian and Microsoft Pocket PC and now phone 7.
Google and the Open Handset Alliance further developed the Android operating system. Open Handset Alliance includes companies such as Intel, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Samsung Electronics, Nvidia, LG, Qualcomm, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. November 5, 2007, Google and Open Handset Alliance announced that they were working on a set of mobile devices of open standards and it has Android. In a little more than one year ARM Holdings, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corp, Asustek Computer Inc, Garmin Ltd and Vodafone joined the Open Handset Alliance.
In August 2008 rumors began to circulate that a new cell phone was prepared to be released with the Android operating system. In October of the same year, T-Mobile G1 Android 1.0 powered Smartphone presented. The new phone was initially priced at $129.99 with a two year contract. The phone was built by HTC and presented a slide with keyboard design. The G1 screen was a diagonal 3.2 inch screen with a resolution of 320 x 240 pixels. The G1 had access to Google ran Android Market, where customers can install third party applications. The market only about thirty to forty applications appears at the time.
The operating system Android continued development with later versions being named after deserts. The following list shows the platform designations 1.0, 1.1, 1.5 (Cupcake), 1.6 (Donut), 2.0/2.1 (pepito), 2.2 (Froyo), 2.3 (ginger bread) and 3.0 (honeycomb). Version 3.0 honeycomb designed for Tablet PCs taking advantage of the largest capacities of hardware and size screen.
Many Android phones have been launched since the launch of the T-Mobile G1 original. Every major carrier in the United States now offers that developed Android cell phones. With the increase of devices has grown so has the number of Android applications. At the time of writing this article the Android Market offers more than 200,000 applications. One can only wonder is what held the future mobile devices.
This article was written by Steve Gallien. More information is available cellular Android and devices include specifications and capabilities in http://androidsection.com. We offer a glossary of technical terms and free blogs!
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