2. Table of content
About android
Open handset alliance
Features of Android
Succes of Android
Android updates
Advantages
Disadvantages
3. What is Android?
Android is an mobile operating system currently
developed by Google.
Initially developed by Andy Rubin , Rich Miner, Nick
sears and Chris white in october 2003.
Owned by Google in 2005.
It is based on Linux kernel.
First Android smart phone was HTC Dream .
4. Open handset alliance
Android was unveiled in 2007,along with founding of
Open handset alliance (OHA).
OHA is consortium of hardware , software and
telecommunication companies
Companies are Google , HTC, Sony, Samsung ,
Qualcomm and Texas instruments.
OHA is formed for advancing open standard for
mobile device.
5. Features of Android
Open source
Has Monolithic kernel
Available in 70 languages
Based on Unix
Written in C(core),C++,Java(UI)
Default user interface is Graphical (multi-touch)
6. Success of android
On july 2013 Google play store had over one million
Android applications published and over 50 billion
applications downloaded.
In 2015 survey found that 40% of full time professional
developers see Android as their priority target
platform which is comparable Apple’s IOS.
7. In end of 2015 Android has the largest installed base of
all operating system
Variant of Android are used on Notebooks ,Games
consoles , Digital camera .
Google start developing Android TV for television
,Android Auto for cars, Android wear for wrist watches.
This causes “smart phone wars”.