What is an Android?
Android is an operating system for touchscreen
smartphones; a mobile operating
system (OS) that was devised way back in 2003 by Andy Rubin and Rich Miner only to
sell it to Google, which first announced the launch of Android in the year 2007. The
Android operating system consists of
Java applications running on a Java based object
oriented application framework.
In simple terms Android is your desktop in a phone!
Why an Android?
Apart from the fact that an Android based OS is exceptionally easy to understand &
use, one of its greatest advantages is that it makes available a large number of
applications for you to choose from. As of date,
Android phones, through
Android
market place, provide approximately 70,000 applications varying from
social
networking sites like
facebook , twitter etc to apps related to fitness, health,
entertainment, games, travel, utilities, sports and many more. All of it which can be
downloaded with eases on your phone.
Yummy to Use!
Android’s each version has been named after pastries. Like all software and operating
systems Android gets regular updates which are quite intriguingly named using words
associated with pastries and pastry baking moving forwards in alphabetical order. So far there has been
Cupcake, Donut & Éclair (the latest).
You are currently using (read eating) an ÉCLAIR!
Android Market
A highlighted set of apps and games are available in the Android Market. By logging
into your Google account you can view & download multiple applications of various
kinds.
December 18, 2010
Blogzamana Android
