Presentation about the introduction of android and some advantages and disadvantages

1. A brief about Android.

2. Contents
 History
 Introduction of android
 Android versions
 Features of android
 Advantages of android
 Disadvantages of android

3. HISTORY OF ANDROID
 Android Inc.founded in Palo Alto,california ,united
states in October 2003 by Andy Rubin[co-founder of
danger ],rich miner[co-founder of wildfire
communication Inc.],nick sears[once VP at T-mobile],
and Chris white[headed design and interface
development at web TV] to develop.

4. WHAT IS ANDROID?
• It is a open source software platform and operating system
for mobile devices
• Based on the Linux kernel
• Developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance
(OHA)
• Allows writing managed code in the Java language
• Android has its own virtual machine i.e. DVM(Dalvik Virtual
Machine),which is used for executing the android
application.
• Google purchased the initial developer of the software ,
android incorporated in 2005.

5.  Open Handset Alliance (OHA) included
several companies

6. Android Versions

7. Android Application Support

8. Features
 Can adapt to traditional smartphone layouts, as well
other VGA, 2D, and 3D graphics libraries.
 Additional Hardware Support.
 MMS and SMS are available for Android, as well as
threaded text messaging.
 Supports a wide range of audio, video, media, and still
formats.
 Supports a wide variety of technologies, including
Bluetooth, WiFi, GSM/EDGE, and EV-DO.
 Uses SQLite to store all its junk-- I mean, information.

9. Advantages
 Android is open. It allows you to access core mobile device
functionality through standard API calls.
 Android phones can run many applications, it means you
can browse while listened to the song.
 Can install a modified ROM.
 Widget in home screen is awesome.
 Easy and cheap development services for developers.
 Many more…

10. Disadvantages
 A disadvantage of open-source development is that anyone can
scrutinize the source code to find vulnerabilities & write
exploits
 Platform doesn’t run on an encrypted file system & has
vulnerable log-in.
 Google Play Store is full box of malwares.
 Android more wasteful than any other operating system.
 There will always be ads on display, either the top or
bottom of the application. LOL