This document provides an overview of Android, including what it is, its key features and versions. It discusses Android applications and the Android Market app store. It covers Android's marketing and recent developments focusing on improved usability. Finally, it discusses the advantages of Android's open source nature and opportunities for customization, as well as some current limitations.

2. Keywords
What is Android?
Features
Versions of Android
Applications
Marketing
Recent Developments
Why Android?

3. What is ANDROID?
• Operating system for smartphones and tablets
• Based on Linux Kernel(Adroid uses Linux for it device
drivers,memory management,and networking)
• Android have a native libraries They are all written in I
c/c++ internally,but U ll be calling them through Java
interfaces
• Developed by OPEN HANDSET ALLIANCE led by Google
• Includes Java compatible libraries
• Multi language support
• Licensed under version 2 of Apache Software License

4. Features
• Handset Layouts: Supports 2D and 3D graphics,
traditional smartphone layouts
• Connectivity: CDMA, Bluetooth, WI-FI, WIMAX
• Messaging: MMS, SMS, Chat, Message Cloud
• Screen Capture
• Media supports
JPEG, AMR, MPEG-4
• Multi Touch
• Video Calling

5. 2. Features (2)
• Web browsing: based on open source webkit
layout engine
• Storage: uses SQLite – a light weight relational
database
• Tethering: allows the phone to be used as
wireless/wired WIFI hotspot

6. 3. Versions
NAME VERSION
1. Cupcake 1.5
2. Donut 1.6
3. Eclair 2.1
4. Froyo 2.2
5. Gingerbread 2.3
6. Honeycomb 3.0
7. Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0
8.Jelly Bean 4.2

8. 4. Applications
Over 6 billion applications were there in june
2012 of which 130 million are already being
installed in the smartphones.
Android applications run in a SANDBOX
protecting it from the rest of the system
resources.

9. 4. APPLICATIONS(2)
• Privacy: ability to locate WI-FI access points
• Additional finer-grained security features are
provided through a "permission" mechanism
that enforces restrictions on the specific
operations that a particular process can
perform, and per-URI permissions for granting
ad-hoc access to specific pieces of data.

10. 4. APPLICATIONS (3)
• Android Market a.k.a Google Play: online
software store developed by Google,
preinstalled on most Android devices

11. 5. Marketing(1)

12. 5. Marketing(2)

13. 6. Recent Developments(1)
SIMPLE, BEAUTIFUL, BEYOND SMART………
• Common actions more visible
• Refined innovations
• Multitasking more easier and more visual
• Resizable widgets
• New lock screen actions
• Quick responses for incoming calls

14. 6. Recent Developments(2)
• Powerful voice input engine
• Cloud connected experience
• Face unlock
• Smart Stay(latest development)
• BBM(as a Blackbery does) (Future)
These are only a few……. There is much MORE…

16. First app on Eclipse

17. 7. Why Android?(1)
Advantages
• There are a host of advantages that
Google’s Android will derive from being an
open source software. Some of the
advantages include:
• The ability for anyone to customize the
Google Android platform

18. 7. Why Android?(2)
• Men will be able to customize a mobile phones
using Google Android platform like never before
• Features like weather details, opening screen,
live RSS feeds and even the icons on the
opening screen will be able to be customized
• As a result of many mobile phones carrying
Google Android, companies will come up with
such innovative products like the location
• In addition the entertainment functionalities will
be taken a notch higher by Google Android
being able to offer online real time multiplayer
games

19. Future possibilities
• Google Android Sales to Overtake iPhone in 2012
• The OHA(Open Handset Alliance) is committed to
make their vision a reality: to deploy the Android
platform for every mobile operator, handset
manufacturers and developers to build innovative
devices
• Intel doesn’t want to lose ownership of the netbook
market, so they need to prepare for anything,
including Android

20. Limitations
Bluetooth limitations
o Android doesn't support:
*Contacts exchange
 Modem pairing
But it'll work with Bluetooth headsets, but that's about it
Firefox Mobile isn't coming to Android
Apps in Android Market need to be programmed with a custom form
of Java
→ Mozilla and the Fennec won't have that

21. 8. Conclusion
• We hope that Android in its upcoming
versions overcomes its limitations and fulfills
its future promises.

22. Referances
Android.com
Google.com
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