Overview of the Android operating system

Android is one of the operating system that is intended for smart phones and other mobile devices that are booming in Indonesia or maybe in the world today, in the beginning of android is a project belonging to the company called android Inc. that in [...] July 2000 the company was acquired by corporate giants Google with the aim of penetrated the market of mobile phones and mobile devices. Then to develop Android, an Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 companies for hardware, software, and telecommunications, including Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, and Nvidia.


This operating system based on linux kernel and is open source the menjadikanya attraction, due to its open source then the application developers are welcome to develop applications for this platform and can put it up andorid or sell it in the android market a special android application or portal portal-portal site which surely andorid application can provide advantages for application developers.

andorid has several versions until now still continues to change and update in order to support the functions of the smartphone and the andorid itself. There are unique in the naming of the version in the versions use the andorid because naming dessert dish name sorted alphabetically, but the google gives no reason why they named their version of andorid with desserts, below are some of the android version:

andorid version 1.1

was first released on andorid March 9, 2009

andorid version 1.5 (cupcake)

in mid May 2009 google merisis "cupcake" or andorid version 1.5 with some improvements and the addition of features such as, the ability to watch and see the video in the camera mode, menungah pictures to picasa and videos to youtube directly from your phone, Bluetooth A2DP support and some other enhancements ...

andorid version 1.6 (donut)

released in September 2009 with improvements to the search function, the ability to dial a contact and the addition of text to change the text-to-speech feature

andorid version 2.0\/2.1 (éclair)

released on December 3, 2009, dilakukkan changes on this version is optimized for hardware, upgrading google maps 3.1.2, support flash for the camera 3.2 MPdan digital zoom function.

andorid version 2.2 (froyo\/frozen yogurt)

dilakukkan changes in this version is support for adobe flash 10.1, the speed performance of up to 5 times the ipat, wireless hotspots, wifi capability and the ability to auto update in the app market, andorid andorid version was released on May 20, 2009

andorid version 2.3 (gingerbread)

on the 6th desemer 2010 released andorid gingerbread or andori version 2.3, in this version is the ability of gamming and copy-paste enhanced, redesigned user interface and supports a number of cameras that are more than one ...

andorid version 3.0 (honeycomb)

is the designation for version andorid tablet device, this is a defensive feature of the google version, full-screen ebook for google talk, youtube feature designed specially for honeycomb.

rapid development of this operating system is on the rise, making pemakaianya data obtained from ComScore November 2010 show that android users in the United States was ranked second with a total of 12.2% user, thereby, android has managed to beat its predecessor i.e. apple with i OS or better known as the i phone

Besides other facts are cited from statistical data, where such data Schmidt says that YouTube-35 hours of video uploaded every minute, 2 billion views per day and Chrome-6 x faster than traditional browsers and has digunakan120 million active users, where the chrome and youtube is owned by google, and in terms of application support in Android Market itself as it turns out there are 150,000 applications and growing.

Defensive feature of android

Andorid has some defensive feature which makes it a popular among smartphone users, among them are:

1. Opensource: which led him to evolve with the rapidly

2. full support from google: so that it can enjoy all the facilities of google like gmail, google talk, youtube and others

3. Safe: because linux kernel-based which makes it resistant to virus attacks

4. connectivity: connection feature complete with Bluetooth, wifi, GPS, etc

5. ease of downloading application: users can easily obtain the desired portal application in the android market.

6. Multitasking: andorid capable of running multiple applications simultaneously, unlike the i phone the difficulty in this case

7. Cheap: because google is working with many vendors of mobile phones andorid based then relatively cheaper compared to other smartphones.

Android flaw

Although the android has a myriad of benefits, but also has some problems andorid and weaknesses, including:

1. Wastes internet: android phone should always be connected to the internet because there are some applications that have to be online so that causes costs continue internet connection on your mobile phone you bloated.

2. Advertising: as provided in general applications are free, then there is often a advertisements that are listed when you use the application and it's quite annoying.

Conclusion:

It has a great potential for the development of kedepanya, which rapidly also supported by some developers as well as the facts show that the use of mobile phones andorid-based which is on the rise. Besides fever tablet PC caused the emergence of the i-pad makes apple competitors like Samsung company making a product to rival the ipad tablet, Samsung galaxy tab that used to have the operating system android 2.2\/3.0, it shows that android could be developed on a tablet PC is not only in class smart phone only, but some disadvantages such as borosnya use of the internet make use of andorid in Indonesia cannot be optimized because the internet connection in Indonesia is still lacking support in some areas , besides the cost of internet connections in Indonesia is still relatively expensive for some.



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