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The Android Operating System

The Android Operating System. I- Introduction II- History III- Features IV- Competitors V- References. I- Introduction. The Android OS -> Operating systems for mobiles Produced by Open Handset Alliance and led by Google. II- History. The Android OS -> developed by Android Inc

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The Android Operating System

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  1. The Android Operating System I- Introduction II- History III- Features IV- Competitors V- References

  2. I- Introduction • The Android OS -> Operating systems for mobiles • Produced by Open Handset Alliance and led by Google

  3. II- History • The Android OS -> developed by Android Inc • Bought by Google in 2005 • Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance collaborated on Android's development and release.

  4. Android is based upon a modified version of the Linux Kernel • In the fourth Quarter of 2010 the Android O.S. -> the world's best-selling Smart phone platform, dethroning Nokia's Symbian.

  5. III- Features • Android OS Has many features that makes it really one of the Operating Systems for mobile phones . • Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth ….etc • Supports SMS and MMS • Android OS supports most common audio/video formats

  6. Android Market: a catalog of applications that can be downloaded and installed to Android devices over-the-air, without the use of a PC. • Multitasking, using e-mail, Video calling, multi-touch(usually used for gaming), web browsing ,… etc.

  7. IV- Competitors • Android O.S -> popular but has a strong competition with other mobile O.S. • Main competitors: • iPhone Operating System (Apple): • Symbian (Nokia):

  8. iPhone Operating System (Apple): • the biggest competitor for the Android -> easy use the O.S • the App store -> competitor of the Android Market. • These two reasons made the iOS a really big competitor against the Android OS. • Symbian (Nokia): • Another big competitor for the Android • Compatibility with almost any mobile phone device .

  9. V- Future Development & References • New version of android -> “Honeycomb” designed for tablet computers • Compete with Apple’s IPad.

  10. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_%28operating_system%29 • http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/opensource/library/os-android-devel/#resources • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IOS_%28Apple%29 • http://techcrunch.com/2011/02/02/android-honeycomb-ipad/

  11. Thank you For your attention

  12. Presented by: Ahmed Hamada Nicolas Strybol Abdul Rahman Al Otoum

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