Andriod

WHAT IS ANDRIOD ?

              Android is the name of the mobile operating system made by American company; Google. It most commonly comes installed on a variety of smartphones and tablets from a host of manufacturers offering users access to Google’s own services like Search, YouTube, Maps, Gmail and more.

HISTORY:

                           In 2003, four technology experts joined forces to establish Android Inc. of Palo Alto, CA: Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White. The four worked to create an operating system for mobile devices which could be aware of both a user’s location and their personal preferences. At first, the Android team wanted to implement the system into digital camera devices, creating cameras which could access computer services. However, the company recognized that there would be low demand for such a computer camera, so the development activities switched to a focus on cellular phones.

In August 2005, Android very quietly became the property of Google, which purchased the start-up firm for an undisclosed price which is estimated to be about $50 million. Although few people at the time thought that the move would result in Google’s dominance of the mobile operating system, most understood that Google was trying to make a serious foray into Web-based services on mobile platforms.

Collaboration of 34 companies with google:

                              The major milestone in the development of the Android system occurred on November 5th, 2007. On this day, Google unveiled the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), a consortium of technology manufacturers that would work together to create open mobile device standards. At the outset, 34 companies were involved in the consortium. The companies included in the collection at that point included wireless telecommunications providers (T-Mobil), mobile handset makers (Motorola, HTC) and chipset makers (Texas Instruments, Qualcomm).

FIRST Andriod (HTC DREAM ,T-MOBILE G1):  

                               As this announcement indicated, Android would be much different the iPhone system in that it wouldn’t be limited to simply one device from one manufacturer; this would be very important as the first Android device developed by Google would not be released for a couple of years yet. In October 2008, the HTC Dream, the first Android smartphone, would be made commercially available.