MOBILITY SOLUTIONS

MOBILITY SOLUTIONS

ANDROID PLATFORM

Android is a Linux based open source operating system which has JAVA library (similar to SE). It is not a robot or synthetic organism. There is a general thought that Google owns Android. But not just Google, there is Open Handset Alliance™, a group of 65 technology and mobile companies including mobile operators, semiconductor companies, handset manufacturers; software companies commercialization companies who owns Android.

Android OS is divided into three versions such as Android 1.5, Android 2.1/2.2/2.3 and Android 3.0. Android presents an open market place to the third party android application developers for instant publishing and feedback. And most importantly Android developers can provide android application development on any platform like Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X.

Android is the fastest growing platform.The use of Android-based smartphones is booming, with more than 50,000 Android apps being already developed. The Android mobile phone market is growing at an impressive rate every month, with new handsets being released all the time. Industry experts believe the boom owes much to the popularity of the Motorola Droid, MotoBLUR, certain HTC models, and the open-source nature of the OS.