Friday 4 January 2013

What is Android?How to use it?

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What is Android?How to use it?

 
Android is a Linux based operating system designed primarily for Touch screen mobiles such as Smartphones and tablet computers. It becomes one of the hottest mobile operating system available today. Android was developed by Google(2005), just like Symbain is owned by Nokia and it comes only Nokia Handsets, but Google  give free License Operating System that powers almost all the super Smartphones today. It becomes the most Successful Mobile OS till date and nearly 100,000 handsets are activated with Android Daily. Android offers you a great deal of customization in widgets and over 2.65 lakh App. Many versions have been releaesd like Android froyo, Ginger bread, honey comb with the latest entrance  ice cream sandwich.It's source code is written mainly in java, but also contains some code in c and c++. The specialty,that is ,the feature that makes Android unique of other mobile operating system.  In,short you can play with the operating system according to your own needs. Its the latest and the most exciting trend in mobiles technology.


 Well talking about it's use Android application framework enabling reuse and replacement of components Dalvik virtual machine optimized for mobile devices Integrated browser based on the open source WebKit engine Optimized graphics powered by a custom 2D graphics library; 3D graphics based on the OpenGL ES 1.0 specification (hardware acceleration optional) SQLite for structured data storage Media support for common audio, video, and still image formats (MPEG4, H.264, MP3, AAC, AMR, JPG, PNG, GIF) GSM Telephony (hardware dependent) Bluetooth, EDGE, 3G, and WiFi (hardware dependent) Camera, GPS, compass, and accelerometer (hardware dependent) Rich development environment including a device emulator, tools for debugging, memory and performance profiling, and a plugin for the Eclipse IDE While Android is indeed becoming more and more popular by the minute, it still isn’t the platform businesses rely on for their mobile needs. BlackBerry, because of their robust security services, remains the top dog in this arena. Google is slowly but surely changing that though, and it’s been busy baking in a lot of enterprise-friendly features in recent updates. If you want Android to serve both your personal and business needs, it’s time you visit your IT manager (and do some gentle arm-twisting) to make them see the light. Here are a few tips to make your Android a better business phone.

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