Android is a software system from Google which include Operating System, Middle Ware and other key mobile Applications. It is considered as the world’s best selling software platform for smart phones. Released for the first time in October, 2005, the software has managed to capture majority share in the mobile platform market. The latest release of the software platform for smart phone was 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) / 24 released in Feb, 2011, while that for the Tablet market was 3.0.1 also known as Honeycomb.
The upcoming release of the Platform are Ice Cream Sandwich - aggregation of Gingerbread and Honeycomb into one which is expected to be released in mid-2011 and the Jellybean version 3.6, to follow Ice Cream Sandwich version with the expected release date of Q1 of 2012. The software platform has a catalog of applications called Android Market from where Applications can be downloaded and installed into any Android running devices. Around 250,000 games, applications and widgets are available in the Android Market, with billions of downloads the world over. By the December 2010, over 300,000 Android phones were getting activated daily.
The same figure was 100,000 per day in May 2010. In recently concluded, Mobile World Congress, Google announced that Android is clicking 350,000 activations on daily basis. These days Android platform has become favorite of mobile users worldwide with more and more people opting for this Platform instead of any other operating system. The software is believed to give mesmerizing viewing experience to the handset owners. As of Q4 in the year 2010, the market share of Android running devices has become 33% of the total mobile market, achieving the feat of being top-selling smart phone operating system in the World. Some of the popular Android running devices are Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Desire, HTC Desire Z, HTC Desire HD, HTC Gratia, LG Optimus One to name a few.
The upcoming release of the Platform are Ice Cream Sandwich - aggregation of Gingerbread and Honeycomb into one which is expected to be released in mid-2011 and the Jellybean version 3.6, to follow Ice Cream Sandwich version with the expected release date of Q1 of 2012. The software platform has a catalog of applications called Android Market from where Applications can be downloaded and installed into any Android running devices. Around 250,000 games, applications and widgets are available in the Android Market, with billions of downloads the world over. By the December 2010, over 300,000 Android phones were getting activated daily.
The same figure was 100,000 per day in May 2010. In recently concluded, Mobile World Congress, Google announced that Android is clicking 350,000 activations on daily basis. These days Android platform has become favorite of mobile users worldwide with more and more people opting for this Platform instead of any other operating system. The software is believed to give mesmerizing viewing experience to the handset owners. As of Q4 in the year 2010, the market share of Android running devices has become 33% of the total mobile market, achieving the feat of being top-selling smart phone operating system in the World. Some of the popular Android running devices are Samsung Galaxy S, HTC Desire, HTC Desire Z, HTC Desire HD, HTC Gratia, LG Optimus One to name a few.
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