Android Inc., can be a small software company that has been founded in October 2003 in Palo Alto, California, USA. Founded by a few senior at a number of companies based IT & Communication; Andy Rubin and Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White. According to Rubin, Android Inc. was established to appreciate the mobile device is more responsive to the positioning and owner preferences. In other words, Android Inc., desired to build a better idea of mobile device owners. Android history begins from here. Android mobile phone and History
The concept is owned by Android Inc., was intrigued giant Google to be. In August 2005, eventually Android Inc. was acquired by Google Inc.. The entire stock was bought by Google. The worth of the purchase by Google Inc. Android no exact release. But much of the estimated valuation on the acquisition by Google Inc. Android is usually a $ 50 million. During that time many have speculated, until this acquisition would be the starting point to get involved with Google's phone market.
Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White remained inside the Android Inc. that Google bought, making sure that eventually they all get involved with the giant Google plus the good reputation for the android. Then they started using linux platform to generate an computer for mobile phones.
Good reputation for Android and Open Handset Alliance
In november 2007, formed Open Handset Alliance a consortium of several companies: Broadcom Corporation, Google, HTC, Intel, LG, Marvell Technology Group, Motorola, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and Texas Instruments. They opted for create open standards for cellphones. For a passing fancy day, they announced their first product, the Linux-based Android kernel version 5.6.
Month of December 2008, join 14 others are: ARM Holdings, Atheros Communications, Asustek Computer Inc., Garmin Ltd., PacketVideo, Softbank, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corp. and Vodafone Group Plc. This can be a major advance ever sold to become leader within the Android OS for mobiles. The 1st phones when using the Android OS may be the HTC Dream, was published on October 22, 2008
Some of the official release version of Android:
Android 1.5 Cupcake
Android 1.6 Donut
Android 2.0/2.1 Eclair
Android 2.2 Froyo (Frozen Yoghurt)
Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Android 3.0/3.1 Honeycomb
Android 4.0 ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich)
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