All About Android, Google`s New Mobile Operating System
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Do you want to get the best out of your mobile device? You may be a user and you wish your mobile device could perform more functions. Or perhaps you are a developer, and you want to create applications for mobile devices. Well, you’ll have to take a look at Android. You will certainly like what it has to offer.
Introduction
Android is an open operating system and platform that is based on the Linux kernel. In addition, it has a middleware application and other valuable development tools. Developed by Google, Android is designed to work with mobile devices. As a result, developers can use Google-developed Java libraries to write managed code in a Java-like language. However, Android does not work with programs that were developed in native code.
There were three prototypes for Android that Google revealed. In February, 2008, one of the prototypes that Google developed showed basic Google applications. In May, 2008, Google unveiled a second prototype that featured a 528 MHz Qualcomm processor, along with a Synaptics touch-screen, 128 MB of RAM, and 256 MB of flash memory. This prototype was based on the UMTS cellular standard. Google demonstrated this prototype using a 3.6 Mbit/s HSDPA connection. Finally, in August, 2008, Google released the Android 0.9 SDK, which consists of enhanced development tools and extended and updated API.
You'll definitely want to read about what Android has to offer, and if you like what you see, you may consider checking out theT-Mobile G1 mobile phone. The T-Mobile G1 mobile phone is the first phone that uses the Google Android operating system.
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