Understanding about Android

Android is an operating system based on Linux Mobile Phone. Android is open source which the source code is free for developers to create their applications to be run on Android.

Android History:
In the beginning, Android was one of the products made by Android Inc.., But Google acquired Android Inc.., And all intellectual property owned by Android Inc.. Google Inc. acquired. which then redevelop acquired Android Inc. Android system ..
As information of Android Inc.. is a newcomer in terms of making software for mobile phones that are in Palo Alto, California United States. Then formed the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 companies hardware, software, and telecommunications, including Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, Nvidia, etc.. Open Handset Alliance was formed to develop its Android which incidentally is the first Open Source OS for Mobile Phone.
On 5 November 2007, the initial version of the Android released where Open Handset Alliance Android states support the development of open standards on mobile devices. On the other hand, Google released the Android code under the Apache license, a license software and open standard mobile device.
Distributor Android OS
In this world there are two types of distributors operating system Android. The first fully supported by Google or Google Mail Services (GMS) and the second is completely free distribution without direct support Google's otherwise known sebagaiOpen Handset Distribution (OHD).
The founders of Android Inc.. working at Google, whom Andy Rubi, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White. At that time many consider the functions of Android Inc.. just as software on mobile phones. Since then rumors surfaced that Google was about to enter the mobile phone market.
In the company Google, the team led by Rubin developed a program in charge of mobile devices supported by the Linux kernel. This shows an indication that Google is preparing for a competition in the mobile phone market. until now has been a lot of air-OS Android phones present in the market, starting from the Google Nexus One, HTC Legend, Sony Ericcson Xperia X10, Samsung Galaxy S and much more.