- Android was founded in 2003 by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White. It was later acquired by Google in 2005. - In 2007, the Open Handset Alliance was unveiled with a goal to develop open standards for mobile devices. The first commercially available Android phone, the HTC Dream, was released in 2008. - Android is an open source operating system that is the fastest growing mobile OS with around 1.5 million devices activated every day. It has an awesome community support and a powerful development framework.