Android is an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance led by Google.
Official Website of Android says
An Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. The Android SDK provides the tools and APIs necessary to begin developing applications on the Android platform using the Java programming language.
There is a robot which is the symbol of the operating system “Android” and is popularily represented in above snap.
About your Android
Android consists of a kernel based on the Linux kernel, with middleware, libraries and APIs written in C and application software running on an application framework which includes Java-compatible libraries based on Apache Harmony. Android uses the Dalvik virtual machine withjust-in-time compilation to run compiled Java code.
Android has a large community of developers writing applications (“apps”) that extend the functionality/behaviour of the devices. Developers write primarily in Java. There are currently more than 250,000 apps available for Android.Android Market is the online app store run by Google, though apps can also be downloaded from third-party sites.
Android was listed as the best-selling smartphone platform worldwide in Q4 2010 by Canalys.
Importants Links for Android
Android Marketplace : The largest App Store for Android Phone Users.
Android Developers : Official site provides the SDK, Developer’s Guide, Reference, and Android.
Android Source : The Compatibility Definition Document for Android 2.3.3 has been published.
Android SDK : Android SDK Starter Package Aktuelle SDK-Version Versión actual del SDK .
Android Developers Guide: The Dev Guide provides a practical introduction to developing applications for Android and documentation about major platform features.
Google Projects for Android : Provides information about Google projects based on the Android platform including external libraries, applications, hosted services and APIs
Uses Of Android as an OS The Android operating system is used on smartphones, netbooks, tablet computers, Google TV, and other devices.
The main hardware platform for Android is the ARM architecture. There is support for x86 from the Android-x86 project, and Google TV uses a special x86 version of Android.
The first commercially available phone to run Android was the HTC Dream, released on 22 October 2008. In early 2010 Google collaborated with HTC to launch its flagship Android device, the Nexus One. This was followed later in 2010 with the Samsung-made Nexus S.
iOS and Android 2.3.3 ‘Gingerbread’ may be set up to dual boot on a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch with the help of OpeniBoot and iDroid.
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