Facts about Android!

Android,

a recent Google product has become one of the most popular Operating Systems currently and is creating allot of buzz these days.. But do you exactly know its origin and how it became so popular?

Find out here!
In this article I will be listing some of the facts about Android which many of you may not be knowing!

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1. Android Version 

Android versions have been given certain codenames which are all in Alphabetical order starting from A all the down to the current letter.. All of which have been Deserts!
Android Versions:
#Astro
#Bender
(released on November
5th, 2007)
#CupCake (version 1.5)
#Donut (version 1.6)
#Eclair (version 2.0)
#Froyo aka Frozen
#Gingerbread (version
2.3.x)
#Honeycomb (version
3.x)
#Icecream Sandwich
(version 4.x) (The latest
stable version is 4.0.4
which was released at
march 28th)
#Jelly Bean(4.2.2)
#Key Lime Pie(Possibly)
#Lemon Cake(rumoured)
Interesting isnt it? ;)
My best guess is that they
will continue naming the next
generations of Android
versions in this pattern. So
what do you think the
next version of Android will be
called?

2. Who gave birth to Android?

Alot of you guys think Android is Google's baby, but no.. Its adopted!
Well.. Android
Inc. was actually a company
bought by Google back in
2005.
Android Inc. was originally
founded in 2003. And Google bought it for a $50 Million!

3. What does Google get out
of Android

Long term goal of Google is
to capture large market share
of Mobile Ad revenue.
Some would say that Google
are a search engine company.
Others would say they’re an
email company, or a web
host, or a content distribution
network (CDN) provider, or an
application provider for
businesses, or… the list goes
on and on.
But the truth is, Google is an
advertising company. They
sell advertisements.
Advertisements for your
website, they sell
advertisements they include in
your search results, heck they
even sell advertisements for
the apps you use on your
phone!

4. Android is Open Source:

Some people doesn’t know
this, but Android is actually
Open Source.
To those of you who dont
know what that mean here’s
some basic information about
what Open Source programs
have in common:
The users of Android
have access to the
source code.
The users of Android
can change the source
code and create new
versions of the
operating system.
If you success in
changing the source
code to a new and
working version of the
operating system, you
can distribute this to
other users.

5. Programming Languages:

Android is built using various
programming languages such
as C, Java and C++. C makes
the core and Jave takes care
of the UI..

6. Android Logo Facts:

Google’s Android logo derived
from the Atari Game called
“Gauntlet: The Third
Encounter”. Or at least it
seems so, looking at this
comparison picture.

7. Nearly 50% of the market
share

Android almost had 50% of
the total market share in Q4
of 2011 according to this
article.

8. First released on?

The first commercial version
of android was released on
September 23 2008.

9. Licensing

Google gives Android free of
cost to cell phone
manufacturers.


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