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Google’s answer to PC Revolution
Today's announcement is more Ambitious than any single 'Google Phone‘. Our vision is that the powerful platform we're unveiling will power thousands of different phone models —-Eric Schmidt
The Plan
Annndroid ? Androooid ? Where on earth did it come from ? Is it handsome ? Why it’s gonna rock ? How will it rock (us) ? And why it won’t rock ? Who’s gonna rock Android ?
android is…
android is designed to look and act like human. Interesting huh ?
It is a software platform and operating system for mobile devices
Based on Linux
Developed by Goooooogle for OHA
Undeterred Logo
It originated at…
In 2005, G00G acquired a small start-up (android)
The android team, led by Rubin (co-founder), developed a Linux-based mobile device OS
Google wanted its search and applications on mobile phones and it was working hard to deliver that
It originated at... 2
Open Handset Alliance – 5th Nov, ’07 was unveiled with the goal to develop open standards for mobile devices
Google pledged assistance in complete software lifecycle for OHA members
Nokia, Microsoft, RIM (BlackBerry) are only major players to not align with OHA
OHHH..H..A..
Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, Sprint Nextel and NVIDIA
Sony Ericsson, Vodafone Group, ARM Holding, Asustek Computer Inc, Toshiba Corp and Garmin Ltd
And 34 other heavy-weight corporates
Is it handsome…
At least three prototypes were unveiled for Android at the Mobile World Congress on 12th Feb ’08
At the Google IO conference on 28th May ‘08 had a 528 MHz Qualcomm processor and a touch screen and had a 128 MB of RAM and 8 GB of flash.
One of the prototypes
T-Mobile G1
It was released in the US on October 22, 2008, in the UK on October 30, 2008,
Why it’s gonna rock ?
Handset layout
The platform is adaptable to VGA, 2D graphics library, 3D graphics library based on OpenGL ES 1.0 specifications, and traditional smart phone layouts.
Why it’s gonna rock ?
Storage
The Database Software SQLite is used for data storage purposes
Why it’s gonna rock ?
Connectivity
Android supports a wide variety of connectivity technologies including GSM/EDGE, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, and Wi-Fi.
Why it’s gonna rock ?
Messaging
SMS and MMS are available forms of messaging including threaded text messaging.
Why it’s gonna rock ?
Web browser
The web browser available in Android is based on the open-source WebKit application framework.
Why it’s gonna rock ?
Dalvik virtual machine
Software written in Java can be compiled into Dalvik bytecodes and executed in the Dalvik virtual machine, which is a specialized VM implementation designed for mobile device use, although not technically a standard Java Virtual Machine
Why it’s gonna rock ?
Media support
Android will support advanced audio/video/still media formats such as MPEG-4, H.264, MP3, AAC, OGG, AMR, JPEG, PNG, GIF.
Why it’s gonna rock ?
Additional hardware support
Android is fully capable of utilizing video/still cameras, touchscreens, GPS, accelerometers, and accelerated 3D graphics.
Why it’s gonna rock ?
Development environment
Includes a device emulator, tools for debugging, memory and performance profiling, a plugin for the Eclipse IDE.
Why it’s gonna rock ?
Google threw open the entire source code (including network and telephony stacks) that were not available previously, under an Apache license
How it’s gonna rock ?
God knows… next slide please
Oh.. This is how…
And it won’t rock because…
Software installed by users must be written in Java utilizing Android's specific API. A non-standard Bionic C library in use at core.
Compared with Openmoko Linux, Android runs a customized Linux stack with no support for GUI libraries other than Skia
Android ain’t 100% open-source despite what was announced by Google. Parts of the SDK are also proprietary and closed source
Google can control the platform
Who’s gonna rock android…
Micro$oft is readying WinMo 7 OS which looks promising as well (if rumors are to be believed)
Nokia has bought Symbian Inc. and is readying new OS in alliance with SonyE
BlackBerry has released Strom, which converges HD-movies, Internet, Apps, Phone into one device (expect more releases in coming months !!)
And not to forget Apple’s iPhone
That’s all folks(Thanks for being patient)