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History of Google and Android

History of Google and Android


Concept owned Android Inc., was intrigued giant Google to have it. In August 2005, finally Android Inc. acquired by Google Inc.. All the shares purchased by Google. The value of the purchase by Google Inc. Android no exact release. But many who estimates the value of the purchase by Google Inc. Android is USD 50 million. At that time, many speculate, that this acquisition is Google's first step was to enter the mobile phone market.

Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White remains in Google acquired Android Inc., and eventually they all become part of the historical giants Google and android. That's when they started using linux platform to make the operating system for mobile phones.

Android OS is an operating system for mobile phones based on Linux. Android provides an open platform to developers for creating their own applications for use by a variety of mobile devices. Initially, Google Inc.. bought Android Inc.., newcomers who make software for mobile phones. Then to develop Android, formed the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 companies for hardware, software, and telecommunications, including Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, and Nvidia.

At the inaugural release of Android, 5 November 2007, with the Open Handset Alliance Android states support the development of open standards on mobile devices. On the other hand, Google released the Android code under the Apache license, a license software and open standard mobile device.
In this world there are two types of distributors operating system Android. The first fully supported by Google or Google Mail Services (GMS) and the second is completely free distribution without direct support Google's otherwise known as the Open Handset Distribution (OHD).

Android (Operating System) has been the mainstay of many riveting google parapengguna smartphone world. Even a result of research undertaken olehCANALYS say that Android is now the most popular mobile platform in the U.S. smartphone market beat Blackberry and Iphone.

Android name itself is taken from the Greek, meaning "resembling or species". With the green robot icon, android a new threat for other operating systems and is ready to face competition in the mobile phone market captured.

There are several versions of the android logo shaped robot.

First, Andy Rubin, the originator or the android programmers like the movie Star Wars. In the film there are two pieces of a robot, a high and short. The short robot that inspired Andy Rubin to make the Android icon or logo.

Secondly, Some say that Android comes from a character named game Gauntlet: The Third Encounter is made Atari arcade game that is in the 90s. This game only lasted a short time and then disappear. In Gauntlet there are some characters that had the name Android. If the other characters in human form then Android is shaped weird creature that could have been called a robot.

2007-2008: early Products

Around September 2007 a study reported that Google filed a patent application mobile phone (Google finally introduced the Nexus One, one of the smart phones that use the Android operating system. Cellular phone is manufactured by HTC Corporation and available in the market on January 5, 2010).

On December 9, 2008, announced the new members who joined in the work program Android ARM Holdings, Atheros Communications, manufactured olehAsustek Computer Inc, Garmin Ltd, Softbank, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corp, and Vodafone Group Plc. As the formation of the Open Handset Alliance, OHA announced their first product, Android, a mobile device is a modified Linux kernel 2.6. Since Android was released many updates have been made in the form of bug fixes and the addition of new features.

The first phone that uses the Android operating system was the HTC Dream, which was released on October 22, 2008. At the end of 2009 is estimated at least in this world there are 18 types of Android-powered mobile phone.

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