Android OS by Google for Mobile Phones
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Android is the operating system introduced by Google that is used with Mobile phones. The operating system is unique since Google is developing the platform actively but Google is giving it freely to the phone carriers and hardware manufacturers who intend to use the operating system on their devices. It can be said that Android is a platform for mobile phones by Google and later taken over by Open Handset Alliance developed by Google itself. Android is defined as “software stack” by Google for mobile phones.
Basically, Android is Linux based operating system, where all the applications are written in Java. Google says the operating system ships a set of all core applications such as email client, Google calendar, browsers, contacts, maps and many more. Anyone can download the software development kit of Android from Google and can write an application for it.
Google have gained a good reputation for itself when it comes to development of software. The services offered by the company like Gmail services, its online set of applications, and the chrome browser have received quiet a good feedback. Google has been known for developing simple and straightforward applications. If all the applications and success is translated by the company to the Android platform, users will be pleased with what they are seeing.
Android phones have several applications lined up for you. It has a Web browser, Google search, Google Calendar, Gmail and a touch screen. They can run multiple applications at a time, and even you are enabled to install desktop widgets. What is required is some sort of data plan, and all of them can get access to applications from its App Store. Android supports many applications like touch screen. However, it does not support multi-touch facility the technology used in iPhones. That means you can move the items all over the screen or select it by using a single finger, but cannot re-size it by spreading gestures using two fingers.
Another feature by android is Keyboard; the first release required a separate keyboard. However, the next edition of Android will have a on-screen Keyboard. Dialing numbers or use of non-text applications can be utilized without the use of keyboard. Android also provides you access to a large amount of useful tools and libraries that are used to develop various rich applications. For example, it enables developers to find the location of device and allow them to communicate with each other that enable use of peer-to-peer applications. Additionally Android provides a set of tools that gives developers high productivity and easy of applications with a deep insight.
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