Why android os is most popular in world
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Android is an open-source software platform and operating system based on the Linux kernel. It was developed by Android Inc which was later acquired by Google in 2005. Android supports communication over 3G, 4G, WiFi and Bluetooth networks. It allows users access to millions of applications. Some key versions included Android 1.0 in 2008, Android 2.0 in 2009 which added search and voice features, and Android 3.0 in 2011 which added support for tablets.
Why android os is most popular in world
- 3. WHAT IS ANDROID? A Software platform and operating system for mobile. Based on the Linux kernel. Android was found way back in 2003. It was developed in Palo Alto, California. Android was developed by the Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears and Chris White. Android was purchased by the GOOGLE in AUGUST,2005 for 50 million $.
- 4. It’s consortium of several companies. This group of companies are allowed to use source code of Android and develop applications. Reason for Nokia not to develop Android Mobiles is Nokia is not part of OHA.
- 5. Android is not a single piece of hardware. Android supports wireless communication using:- Android is a multi-process system, in which each application (and parts of the system) runs in its own process. 3G Networks 4G Networks 802.11 Wi-Fi Networks Bluetooth Connectivity
- 6. FEATURES OF ANDROID Interface that is better then the previous touch screen mobiles. User gets millions of applications that user can not get in any other mobile operating system. Android supports advanced audio/video/still media formats such as MPEG-4, H.264, MP3, and AAC, AMR, JPEG, PNG, GIF. Developing an android application is not tough using SDK(standard development kit) and java emulator we can easily develop applications that we want.
- 7. Other then Android there are several other mobile operating system which is used. Symbian, iOS, windows this are one of the most used mobile operating systems.
- 9. 23% 14% 28% 3% 27% 5% Sales Android os Windows phone iOS Symbian Os Blackberry os Others
- 10. FEATURE ANDROID iOS Ease of use Voice to text Gaming Customizable Music Player Notification system Google voice
- 11. First Version of Android. Released on November 05, 2007 The focus of Android beta is testing incorporating usability. Android beta will generally have many more problems on speed and performance. First full version of android. Released on September 23, 2008. Wi-Fi and Bluetooth support. Quite slow in operating. copy and paste feature in the web browser is not present.
- 12. Released on April 30, 2009. Added auto-rotation option. Copy and Paste feature added in the web browser. Increased speed and performance but not upto required level. Released on September 15, 2009. Voice search and Search box were added. Faster OS boot times and fast web browsing experience. Typing is quite slower. Released on October 26, 2009. Bluetooth 2.1 support. Improved typing speed on virtual keyboard, with smarter dictionary. no Adobe flash media support.
- 13. Released on May 20, 2010. Support for Adobe Flash 10.1 Improved Application launcher with better browser No internet calling. Released on December 6, 2010. Updated User Interface with high efficiency and speed Internet calling One touch word selection and copy/paste. New keyboard for faster word input. More successful version of Android than previous versions. not supports multi-core processors. Released on February 22, 2011. Support for multi-core processors Ability to encrypt all user data. This version of android is only available for tablets.
- 14. Released on November 14, 2011. Virtual button in the UI. A new typeface family for the UI, Roboto. Ability to shut down apps that are using data in the background. Released on June 27, 2012. Latest version of Android. Smoother user interface. Android KitKat 4.4 Released on October 31, 2013. Wireless printing capability. Smarter Caller ID. pedometer Built-In Sensors.
- 15. Making source code available to everyone inevitably invites the attention of hackers. Android operating system uses more amount of battery as compared to normal mobile phones. As there are so many user sometimes it becomes difficult to connect all the users. As we call Android is world of applications we continuously need to connected with the internet which is not possible for all the users.
- 16. Android is now stepping up in next level of mobile internet. There are chances of Android Mobile sales becomes more then iPhone in next two years. Google may launch another version of android that starts K because Google is launching all the android versions in the alphabetical order. There are chances of Android may become the widely used operating system in world.