Android is Linux based operating system for mobile devices.

2.  INTRODUCTION
 ORIGIN OF ANDROID
 FEATURES OF ANDROID
 VERSION OF ANDROID
 ADVANTAGE OF ANDROID
 DISADVANTAGE OF ANDROID
 LIMITATIONS
 WHAT MAKES AN ANDROID
SPECIAL

3. oAndroid is Linux based operating system for mobile devices.
oAndroid specially developed for applications
oThere are more than 4,00,000 apps in android market
o The android is an open source

4. o Android was purchased by the GOOGLE in AUGUST, 2005 for 50 million $
o Android was founded in Palo Alto, California in October 2003 by Andy
Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White who work at “Google” to
develop. Andy Rubin
o The open handset alliance, a group of several companies was formed - 5
November 2007 Android beta released-12 November 2007

5. o Android can run multiple apps at the same time
o Also support optimized graphics VGA, 2D graphics and 3D graphics.
o Android has better app market.
o Android lets you change your setting faster.
o It gives you more options to fit your budget
oAndroid keeps information visible on your home screen.
o Android also support java applications.

6. oAndroid 1.5 (Cupcake)
o Android 1.6 (Donut)
o Android 2.1 (Éclair)
o Android 2.2 (Froyo)
o Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
o Android 3.0 (Honeycomb)
o Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
o Android 4.1,4.2,4.3 (Jelly bean)
o Android 4.4 (Kitkat)
oAndroid 5.0,5.1,5.1.1 (Lollipop)
oAndroid 6.0 (Marshmallow)
oAndroid 7,also called Android N (Nougat)
oAndroid 8, also called Android O genann

7.  The ability for anyone to customize the Google Android app development
platform
 It gives you better notification.
 It lets you choose your hardware.
 It has better app market(1,80,000 application)
 A more mature platform
 With the support of many applications, the user can change the screen
display.
 With Google chrome you can open many window at once.
 Supports all Google services: Android operating system supports all of
Google services ranging from Gmail to Google reader. all Google services
can you have with one operating system, namely Android.

8. Development requirements in
o Java
o Android SDK
o Eclipse IDE (optional)
o Bluetooth limitations:-
Android doesn't support:
Bluetooth stereo
Contacts exchange
Modem pairing
Wireless keyboards
o Firefox mobile isn't coming to android because of android limitations
Apps in Android Market need to be programmed with a custom form of
Java → Mozilla and the Fennec won't have that
o There are no split or interval times available.
o Small memory size.
o Continuous Internet connection is required

9. o Open source – Free development platform Built in components can be
improved
o Built in services like GPS,SQL Database, browser and maps
o Management of process life cycle
o High quality graphics and sound
o Portability across current and future hardware
o Component-based architecture and reusable, replaceable modules
o Multi-layer isolation of programs
There are many module operating systems available in the market including
iOS, Windows Phone os, Java mobile version, Symbian, Blackberry OS, and so
on. Android app services provider is one of the mobile operating systems that
combines component based architecture, open source, out-of-the-box built in
services, effective automatic management of application lifecycle, good
graphics support, wide range of hardware support. That's why Android is so
special among all available mobile platforms.

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