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PROJECT –ANDROID PHONESSUBMITTED BY- SWARUP

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INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY

B.COM(CA)2013

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WELCOME TO THE WORLD OF

ANDROID

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CONTENTSINTRODUCTIONLICENSING

HISTORYDEFINATIONDEVOLOPMENTAPPLICATION

FEATURESFACTSDISADVANTAGESMODELS OF ANROID

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INTRODUCTION

ANDROIDWelcome to the world of “ANDROID”. Android has quickly grown to become one of the biggest mobile operating system. It is a Linux-based operating system designed primarily for touch screen mobile devices such as smart phones and tablet computers. Initially developed by Android Inc, which Google backed financially and later purchased in 2005.

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LICENSINGThe source code for Android is available under free and

open source software licenses. Google publishes most of the code (including network and telephony stacks)under the APACHE license version and the rest, Linux Kernel changes, under the GNU general public license version 2. The open handset alliance develops the changes to the Linux Kernel in public, with source code publicly available at all time the rest of Android is developed in private by google,with source released publicly when a new version is released .Typically Google collaborates with a hardware manufacturer to produce a “FLAGSHIP” device featuring the new version of Android, then makes the source code available after that device has been released .

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HISTORYAndroid Inc, was founded in Palo Alto,

California in October 2003 by ANDY RUBIN, RICH MINER, Nick Sears and CHRIS WHITE to develop, in Rubin’s words “smarter mobile devices that are more aware of its owner’s location and preferences.” Google acquired android on august 17,2005, making it a wholly owned subsidiary of Google. Not much was known about android at the time but many assumed that Google was planning to enter the mobile phone with this move. And now android is the latest technology.

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DEFINATIONWHAT IS ANDROID?> Android has a dictionary meaning of being a human that resembles automation. The true character of its name is it’s the Google created software stack for creating comprehensive mobile applications and software to realise the full potential of ones mobile handset and its possibilities. Android is a comprehensive software stack of mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key application. The rich source of software bunch is used in mobile technology through its innovation model of the Android Software Development kit(SDK).

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DEVOLOPMENTAndroid is developed in private by Google until the latest changes and updates are ready to be released, at which point the source code is made available publicly. This source code will only run without modification on select devices, usually the “NEXUS” series of devices. With many devices there are proprietary components which have to be provided by the manufacturer , in order for android to work. Android has a worldwide smart phone market share of 75% during the third quarter of 2012, with million devices activated in total and 1.3 million activations per day. The latest major update is android 4.2 (jelly bean). In October 2012, there were approximately 700000 apps available for android, and estimated number of applications downloaded from Google play, android’s primary application store, was 2 billion.

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APPLICATIONAndroid initially came into existence with the sure fire idea that developments are given the power of the freedom to create enthralling mobile applications while taking advantage of everything that the mobile handset has to offer. Android is built on open Linux Kernel. This particular software for mobile application is made to be open source, thereby giving the opportunity to the developers to introduce an incorporate any technological advancement. Build on custom virtual machine android gives its users the addition uses an application power to initiate an interactive an efficient application and operational software for your phone.

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FEATURES OF ANDROIDThe android emulator default home screen (v 1.5, also known as cupcake).Handset layouts, the platform is adoptable to larger, VGA, 2D graphics, library best on Open GL ES 2.0 . Specifications and traditional smart phone layouts. Android supports connectivity technologies including GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, BLUETOOTH, WI-FI, LTE, NFC and WIMAX.Android supports the following audio/video/still media formats: WebM, H.263, H.264, AAC, HE-AAC( in 3gp or mp4 container), MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB( in 3gp container), MP3, MIDI, OGG VORBIS, FLAC, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WebP and lots of accessories with touch screen, GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, barometers, magnetometers, dedicated gaming controls, proximity and pressure sensors, thermometers etc.

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FACTS ON ANDROIDi. Android was actually developed by the company

Android,Inc.in Palo Alto,california.ii. The operating system is primarily based on Linux

Kernel and Google has made several changes to make it go above and beyond the original basis of Linux Kernel.

iii. The very first phone to be released using Google Android operating system was the HTC Dream also known as T-mobile G1.

iv. Google along with many others, is the member of the Open Handset Alliance (OHA) which strives to develop open standards for mobile devices.

v. More men than women use Android.

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DISADVANTAGES OF ANDROID

•Lack of compatibility.•Short battery life and over heating of battery.•Customer’s problem solving facility is poor.•Most of the time android phones hang or does not work.•For different phones different android versions are installed.•To recover the android is very tough.•Large apps are forced to close down.•Slow processor with more apps.•Multitasking problem.•Very little internal storage and RAM.

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ANDROID PHONES

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LEADING ANDROID COMPANIES OF THE

WORLDI. ARC TOUCH, CaliforniaII. ENDEAVOr, TexasIII.MOBISOFT INFOTECH, TexasIV.ECLAXY SOFTWARE CO., LTD. , ChinaV. WILLOWTREE APPS, VirginiaVI.METOVA, INC. , TENNESSEEVII.KRISH INC., IndiaVIII.SOFTWAY SOLUTION, INC. , TexasIX.RAPIDVALUE, CaliforniaX. QBURST, Virginia

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REFERENCES

www.wikipedia.comwww.learnhub.comwww.google.com www.studygs.netwww.quizlet.com

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