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Happy 4th Birthday to Google Android
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Happy 4th Birthday to Google Android
Anna University > 21-09-2012, 05:41 PM
Google in the upcoming weekend will mark the fourth birthday of the operating system Android - the first stable version of the product came out September 23, 2008. Recall that the OS was originally created by Android Inc, which was bought by Google. The company Android was founded in October 2004 by Richard Miner, Andy Rubin, Nick Sears, and Chris White. Now Andy Rubin led the development of Android at Google.
After creating the operating system Android, Google launched an alliance Open Handset Alliance (OHA), which is now engaged in supporting and further development of the platform. Android leads the smartphone market, ranking it 64.1% for the second quarter of 2012.
Further increased popularity - Android share of smartphones in the supply of close to 70%. In the second quarter worldwide sold about 104.8 million units of smartphones, or 68.1% of total volume. first device running Android, was developed by HTC smartphone HTC Dream (officially released mobile operator T-Mobile under called T-Mobile G1), which was presented on 23 September 2008. Soon followed by numerous statements by other smartphone manufacturers plans to release devices based on Android.
With the release of Android 3.0 Honeycomb, focused on tablets, more and more manufacturers have announced and the release tablets on this platform. Besides smartphones and tablets Android operating system installed on other devices. So, in late 2009, went on sale the first frame that runs on Android. In June 2011, the Italian company Blue Sky announced a smart wristwatch i'mWatch running Android. In August 2012 Nikon introduced the world's first camera that also works on the platform of Google.