Android OS: Revolution in Mobile Experience
                     ANDROID OS: REVOLUTION 
IN MOBILE EXPERIENCE
INTRODUCTION
Android is a Linux-based operating 
system designed primarily for 
touchscreen mobile devices such as 
smartphones and tablet computers, 
developed by Google in conjunction with 
the Open Handset Alliance. 
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ANDROID 
Android was unveiled in 2007 along with 
the founding of the Open Handset 
Alliance, a consortium of 86 hardware, 
software, and telecommunication 
companies devoted to advancing open 
standards for mobile devices.
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KEY MEMBERS & 
FOUNDERS OF 
ANDROID
Initially, Android Inc. was founded in 
California in October, 2003 by Andy 
Rubin(Co-founder of Danger Inc), Rich 
Miner(Co-Founder of Wildfire 
Communications Inc.) , Nick Sears 
( Former VP at T-Mobile) and Chris White 
(Employee at WebTV).
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GOOGLE 
RELEASES THE 
ANDROID CODE
Google releases the Android code as 
open-source, under the Apache License. 
The Android Open Source Project (AOSP), 
lead by Google, is tasked with the 
maintenance and further development of 
Android. 
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COMMUNITY OF 
DEVELOPERS
Android has a large community of 
developers writing applications that 
extend the functionality of devices. 
Developers write primarily in a 
customized version of Java, and apps can 
be downloaded from online stores such 
as Google Play the app store run by 
Google, or third-party sites. 
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APPS AVAILABLE 
FOR ANDROID
 In June 2012, there were more than 
600,000 apps available for Android, and 
the estimated number of applications 
downloaded from Google Play was 20 
billion.
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FIRST ANDROID-
POWERED 
PHONE
The first Android-powered phone was 
sold in October 2008, and by the end of 
2010 Android had become the world’s 
leading smartphone platform
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REVOLUTION PHASE OF ANDROID
PHASE 1:
• At start, Android Inc. was designed to 
develop an operating system for Digital 
Cameras. 
• But later on, the plan was changed to 
produce an operating system for 
Smartphones which would compete with 
Microsoft Windows Phones and Symbian 
and all this initiatives were secret in the 
company.
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PHASE 2:
• In mid of 2005, Google took over 
Android Inc. for $50 million with their 
key founder members like Rubin, Miner 
and White. 
• In initial phase at Google, Rubin and his 
team developed a mobile device 
platform powered by the Linux kernel 
and it was promoted for marketing to 
the handset makers with promise of 
providing an advanced system phones.
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PHASE 3:
• In 2007, Some of devices manufactures 
like HTC, Samsung and Sony came up 
with a goal to design and develop open 
standards for mobile devices which is 
based on Linux Kernal and enabled with 
Android operating system.
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PHASE 4:
• In 2010, Google launched its Nexus 
series of devices like smartphones and 
tablets embedded with an android 
operating system.
• From 2010-2013, Google Now, Google 
Voice Search, Speech recognition 
products was launched as to compete 
with Apple’s Siri.
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