Android:
the new face of operating systems
We all like to have a smart life. Being
smarter is good. We are on a smarter world now. All these are, because of the
coming of unique ideas and technologies.
Now a day the leading item in the market is the smart phones. These have
got a good technological support. Now the stars of the market are smart phones
and tablets. These serve us more than a mobile phone can do. The first smart
phone was released on 1992 by the IBM Simon Inc. Later many models came and each of them
fought against each other in the market. Then the Symbian, Palm, windows,
blackberry, iPhone, android, bada etc. came in the market. All these create a noticeable change in the
market.
Now the latest trend has become the android
phones. The founder of android Inc is Palo Alto, it was in 2003. In 2005 the
ownership of android is acquired by the Google Inc. In 2007 the android Inc
came into an agreement with the companies like Intel, LG, Motorola, Samsung, T-
mobiles, marvel technology media etc. As a result the origin of android
operating system occurs. This led to a revolutionary change in the mobile
industry. As a result of this an open standard for all mobiles has been
achieved.
The Google has tried their maximum effort
in updating, thus by enabling new technologies to the users. Thus there are
many updated version available in market now. The versions are named in
alphabetical order with certain dessert. The hardware used is of type ARM
architecture. There are a lot of features for the android operating system. The
main features are as follows, handset layout, storage, connectivity, messaging,
multiple language support, web browser, java script, media support, streaming
media support, additional hardware support, multi- touch, Bluetooth, video
calling, multi tasking, and voice based features, tethering, screen capture,
external storage.
Usually the android operating system is
used in smart phones and tablets. But we can use this on other electronic
equipments like laptops, eBook, net books, smart books etc. This was achieved
because of the open and customizable nature.
The first android phone came into the
market was HTC Dream. This was launched in 2008.
The first android
phone- HTC DREAM
The applications for the android phones are
available in the android market. We can download it from there. Around hundred
thousand apps are available in the market. We can have a large number of apps
which perform different task. The only confusion is to choose the apps since
there are in a large number.