Saturday, 12 January 2013

All about Android OS

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The Android operating system was created for use in third-generation mobile devices but then started using other mobile devices such as laptops, i-pods, mp3s, tablets and now you can see even in home appliances such as washing machines and microwaves.

In 2010, The Android smartphones ranked first in sales in the United States. Currently, Android holds about 40% market share worldwide in regard to third generation mobile phones overtaking Symbian OS and iOS.
One of the things that make Android operating system for mobile phones different from others like iOS and Windows Phone is taking place in an open and can access the source code and the list of incidents, from which we can see no problems solved and new problems to report. In this article we will know more about the operating system .

START:
In 2005, Google acquired the company Android Inc. All that was known at the time was that Android developed software for mobile phones implying that Google had in mind entering the cell phone market.

On December 5, 2007, during the inauguration of the "Open Handset Alliance" premiered Android as a support platform for mobile devices created in version 2.6 of the Linux kernel. Since then the progress of Android has been rising and is now one of the top mobile operating systems used in the world.

FEATURES:
Among the main features it has Android include:
- Connectivity: connectivity technologies like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GSM / EDGE, UMTS, WiMAX and others.

- Messaging: The most common forms like SMS and MMS are available besides the service of Android Push Messaging.

- Video calling: Through HoneyComb version, Android supports video calls through Google Talk.

- Multimedia support: Can support most popular formats such as JPEG, MP3, MPEG-4, WAV, and other like WebM, H.263 and H.264.

- Multi-touch: Android has support for mobile devices based multi-touch screens.

- Storage: It has a SQLite database, which is used for data storage.

PROGRAMMING:
Developing applications for Android is very simple and all you need is a basic knowledge of Java and own software development kit provided by Google. This kit can be downloaded for free.

DEVICES:
Android is the operating system with greater presence in mobile devices such as notebooks, tablets, i-pods, mp3 players and more. Android is one of the operating systems that has been firmly established in the market soon and it is the system with the greatest development potential in the mobile phone world.

It is estimated that at present there are over 400,000 applications for Android and are activated every day around 500,000 handsets. Prices for Android devices that have between 100 and 600 euros depending on their technical differences and modernity.

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