WHAT IS ANDRIOD ?

ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEM:

What is Android?

•         A software platform and operating system for mobile devices

•         Based on the Linux kernel

•         Developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance (OHA)

•         Allows writing managed code in the Java language

•         Possibility to write applications in other languages and compiling it to ARM native code (support of Google? No)

•         Unveiling of the Android platform was announced on 5 November 2007 with the founding of OHA

Advantages 

There are a host of advantages that Google’s Android will derive from being an open source software. Some of the advantages include:

•         The ability for anyone to customize the Google Android platform

•         The consumer will benefit from having a wide range of mobile applications to choose from since the monopoly will be broken by Google Android

•         Men will be able to customize a mobile phones using Google Android platform like never before

•         Features like weather details, opening screen, live RSS feeds and even the icons on the opening screen will be able to be customized

•         As a result of many mobile phones carrying Google Android, companies will come up with such innovative products like the location

•         In addition the entertainment functionalities will be taken a notch higher by Google Android being able to offer online real time multiplayer games

Limitations

Bluetooth limitations

o   Android doesn't support:

§  Bluetooth stereo

§  Contacts exchange

§  Modem pairing

§  Wireless keyboards

But it'll work with Bluetooth headsets, but that's about it

Firefox Mobile isn't coming to Android

Apps in Android Market need to be programmed with a custom form of Java

            →  Mozilla and the Fennec won't have that