All About Android, Google`s New Mobile Operating System - History of Android
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Androidbegan as a start-up company that developed software for mobile phones. It was based in Palo Alto, California. In July, 2005, Google boughtAndroid. This set off rumors that Google was planning to get into the mobile phone market. However, no one knew exactly what role Google would play in this market. Android's original founders, Nick Sears, Chris White, Andy Rubin and Rich Miner went on to work at Google. Each man brought their own expertise to the company.
Rubin led the team in creating a Linux-based mobile device OS. The team promoted the device to handset manufacturers as well as to carriers. The team's message to these potential customers was that OS was flexible and scalable.
This sparked even more curiosity in the media. Media outlets like The Wall Street Journal and BBC mentioned that Google wanted to have applications and search capabilities on mobile phones. As a result, rumors started to fly that Google was making a Google handset to compete against Apple's iPhone. Others thought Google was developing a mobile operating system, instead of a phone.
However, in November 5, 2007, theOpen Handset Alliance, a group of prominent phone manufacturers, revealed an open platform called Android to be used with mobile devices. The Open Handset Alliance consists of phone manufacturers, such as Sprint Nextel, NVIDIA, HTC, Motorola, Qualcomm, Intel, and Google. Eric Schmidt, chairman and CEO of Google, gave a press conference to quash all of the rumors that the company was developing a Google phone.
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