,.Interesting Facts You Need To Know About Android -

Today, it is more difficult not to know
android than it is to know the most popular
operating system in the smartphone world.
Google has brought the operating system a
long way to make it the market leader in a
very tight market which has surpassed the
feature phones.
With a market share of 81.9% in the
smartphone market in the last quarter
(according to Gartner), it is safe to say
Android is dominating the smartphone
market. However, there are some facts you
may not have heard before about Google’s
operating system.
Google did not start Android
The Android operating system was
developed by Android Inc. which was
established in October 2003. Android Inc.
which was founded by Andy Rubin, Chris
White, Nick Sears and Rich Miner was later
bought by Google who had been backing
the company all along. The deal was struck
in August 2005 at a price of $50 million.
Android officially launched in 2007
Google officially launched the operating
system in November 2007. The operating
system had initially been developed for
cameras but Google saw a potential in the
usage of the OS on smartphones which has
come to pass today.
First Smartphone
The first ever smartphone to run on the
Android operating system was the HTC
Dream or T-Mobile G1 which was launched
into the market in 2008.
Android has over a billion activations
Google’s Vice President for Android,
Sundar Pichai, announced earlier in
September this year that the Android
operating system has attained over a billion
activations on devices ranging from
smartphones to tablets.
Naming
Apart from Android 1.0 and 1.1, all other
Android versions have been named after
sweet treats. Cupcake, Donut, Ice Cream
Sandwich to name a few.
Naming Order
Android versions have been following an
alphabetical order in their naming but
many have failed to notice this. Android
Astro (1.0) was followed by Bender (1.1)
followed by Cupcake (1.5). This was
followed by Donut (1.6), Éclair (2.0), Froyo
(2.2.x), and Gingerbread (2.3.x). This was
before Honeycomb (3.x), Ice Cream
Sandwich (4.0.x) and Jelly Bean (4.3)
entered the equation. Google announced
the KitKat (4.4) recently as its latest OS. L..?
Android is open source
With Google being a member of Open
Handset Alliance (OHA), android has given
users or interested party access to modify
the source code of the operating system.
This has allowed users and smartphone
manufacturers great flexibility in adding
features to the operating system.
Android is free
Google offers Android operating system to
smartphone manufacturers without
payment for its license.
Google gains from Android
Despite offering the Android software free
to smartphone manufacturers, Google will
likely achieve its aim of becoming the
mobile advertising king through android
devices. Google makes its biggest revenue
from advertising and this will pay off in the
big way with the exodus of users from PCs
to smartphones and tablets. It must be
noted that Android dominates both
categories.
There you have it, what do you think about
these facts? What other interesting fact do
you know about Google’s Android that we
have omitted?
Source: lolade.com

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