The advancement in smartphone technology has lead to a lot of big
players jumping in on the action. Manufacturers teaming up with
development heads devise and design strenuously for newer and better
operating systems and software's supporting the dynamic platform of
their machines, in this case smartphones.
Android is the mobile operating system released by Google after the company acquired Android, Inc. The word Android literally translates to something which has a biological foundation and closely mimics a human being. Any phone that uses an Android operating system is an Android smartphone. From a technological point of view, Android consists of; an operating system, middle-ware and key application. Android Smartphone's uses a version of the Linux kernel that has been modified to serve the mobile environment. Hence it is an open source Operating System (unlike Microsoft's Operating Systems).
The Android operating system was first released on 21 October 2008. Since then, various updates have been seen. These updates have mostly taken care of security issues or added new features.
According to a latest Global Network Research, Android surpassed iPhone OS market share for the first time on global basis in March 2011. Android is growing at a faster pace than iOS and now holds 14.5% of global impression share on the InMobi network. Globally, mobile impressions continue to grow rapidly, increasing by 21% on the InMobi network over just 90 days, driven primarily by smartphone growth of 34%. Android OS should exceed 40% share of smartphones worldwide with Samsung, HTC and Motorola leading the way with handsets based on the open-source platform.
In Q4 of 2010, Android passed Nokia's struggling Symbian as the leading operating system worldwide. A growing list of vendors who have made Android as the cornerstone of their respective smartphone strategies is propelling the growth of Android. The vendors include Samsung, HTC and Motorola, all of which have doubled their smartphone market share in the course of cranking out and selling various Android handsets.
The success amongst the investors about this open-source platform is worth noticing as well. Recently, Tapjoy, mobile monetization company, is starting a $5 million fund to make it easier for app creators to shift their apps to the Android mobile operating system. It's a vivid sign that one small company is finding it easier to business on the Android platform. Moving on, Google Nexus, one of the benchmark for quality Android devices over the past two years has gotten upgraded to Nexus 4G.
Nexus 4G is rumored to be packing a dual-core Snapdragon processor. It will also run Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich"; judging from Google's past Nexus devices, it will likely be the first phone to run the new OS.
Android application development has also picked pace as its market share and productivity sky-rocketed globally. Android developers and prospective Android application development agencies are working in tandem and delivering the best Android mobile applications for Android Marketplace. One of the most common and popular Android application is the smartphone game, Angry Birds.
Global winds of technological development specifically mobile application developments are bringing glad tidings for Android open-source. The future is no longer fruity and Apple blue, its Android green.
But the green android might also be green to the environment, as more people are buying smartphones that serve there needs from web browsing to playing games. This might be a good thing to the environment as these smartphones are far less polluting than laptops or desktops. Also there is a growing trend to have environmental friendly smartphones that are less energy consuming and sometimes get there energy from green sources. Like the newly released Samsung smartphone "Blue Earth". Now smartphones can and are replacing many goodies that are now considered obsolete or not that demanding to have. For example who will buy a Walkman music player if his smartphone can play music and can edit, mix and cut music melodies using FREE applications provided by Google play store?!. Moreover, who will buy an alarm clock or a hand watch when he can using his smartphone can know the current time and the time in different places of the world and be able to have an alarm that can be set to not only wake him up with an annoying buzzer but also can be set to wake him up on the music of his choice?!. In addition who will need to buy an 800 pages book that weighs around 4kgs when he can get the same book on his smartphone (for a less price)?!. The examples are numerous and the use of smartphones is defiantly going to make it users more environmental friendly even if they don't know that they are being more environmental friendly.
I like the way smartphones are making so many things easier, and I also like how one smartphone is capable doing multitasks that were few years ago operated by different machines. Therefore smartphones are reducing e-waste production and even reducing the need for papers thus saving hundreds of trees every year. Of-course smartphones need to become greener, but this is just the beginning!
Android is the mobile operating system released by Google after the company acquired Android, Inc. The word Android literally translates to something which has a biological foundation and closely mimics a human being. Any phone that uses an Android operating system is an Android smartphone. From a technological point of view, Android consists of; an operating system, middle-ware and key application. Android Smartphone's uses a version of the Linux kernel that has been modified to serve the mobile environment. Hence it is an open source Operating System (unlike Microsoft's Operating Systems).
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The Android operating system was first released on 21 October 2008. Since then, various updates have been seen. These updates have mostly taken care of security issues or added new features.
According to a latest Global Network Research, Android surpassed iPhone OS market share for the first time on global basis in March 2011. Android is growing at a faster pace than iOS and now holds 14.5% of global impression share on the InMobi network. Globally, mobile impressions continue to grow rapidly, increasing by 21% on the InMobi network over just 90 days, driven primarily by smartphone growth of 34%. Android OS should exceed 40% share of smartphones worldwide with Samsung, HTC and Motorola leading the way with handsets based on the open-source platform.
In Q4 of 2010, Android passed Nokia's struggling Symbian as the leading operating system worldwide. A growing list of vendors who have made Android as the cornerstone of their respective smartphone strategies is propelling the growth of Android. The vendors include Samsung, HTC and Motorola, all of which have doubled their smartphone market share in the course of cranking out and selling various Android handsets.
The success amongst the investors about this open-source platform is worth noticing as well. Recently, Tapjoy, mobile monetization company, is starting a $5 million fund to make it easier for app creators to shift their apps to the Android mobile operating system. It's a vivid sign that one small company is finding it easier to business on the Android platform. Moving on, Google Nexus, one of the benchmark for quality Android devices over the past two years has gotten upgraded to Nexus 4G.
Nexus 4G is rumored to be packing a dual-core Snapdragon processor. It will also run Android 4.0 "Ice Cream Sandwich"; judging from Google's past Nexus devices, it will likely be the first phone to run the new OS.
Android application development has also picked pace as its market share and productivity sky-rocketed globally. Android developers and prospective Android application development agencies are working in tandem and delivering the best Android mobile applications for Android Marketplace. One of the most common and popular Android application is the smartphone game, Angry Birds.
Global winds of technological development specifically mobile application developments are bringing glad tidings for Android open-source. The future is no longer fruity and Apple blue, its Android green.
But the green android might also be green to the environment, as more people are buying smartphones that serve there needs from web browsing to playing games. This might be a good thing to the environment as these smartphones are far less polluting than laptops or desktops. Also there is a growing trend to have environmental friendly smartphones that are less energy consuming and sometimes get there energy from green sources. Like the newly released Samsung smartphone "Blue Earth". Now smartphones can and are replacing many goodies that are now considered obsolete or not that demanding to have. For example who will buy a Walkman music player if his smartphone can play music and can edit, mix and cut music melodies using FREE applications provided by Google play store?!. Moreover, who will buy an alarm clock or a hand watch when he can using his smartphone can know the current time and the time in different places of the world and be able to have an alarm that can be set to not only wake him up with an annoying buzzer but also can be set to wake him up on the music of his choice?!. In addition who will need to buy an 800 pages book that weighs around 4kgs when he can get the same book on his smartphone (for a less price)?!. The examples are numerous and the use of smartphones is defiantly going to make it users more environmental friendly even if they don't know that they are being more environmental friendly.
I like the way smartphones are making so many things easier, and I also like how one smartphone is capable doing multitasks that were few years ago operated by different machines. Therefore smartphones are reducing e-waste production and even reducing the need for papers thus saving hundreds of trees every year. Of-course smartphones need to become greener, but this is just the beginning!
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