CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL FOUNDATION 2.1 Android
CHAPTER 2 THEORETICAL FOUNDATION 2.1 Android Technology 2.1.1 History In October 2003, a team of four technology expert in Palo Alto, California joined as a group to establish Android Inc. Andy Rubin (Co-founder of Danger, Inc.), Rich Miner (Co-founder of Wildfire Communication, Inc.), Nick Sears (Ex-VP at T-Mobile) and Chris White (head design and interface development at WebTV) [6] [7] worked to create an operating system for mobile devices that are aware of both user’s location and their personal preferences. At first, Android was meant to be implemented on digital camera devices, however the company recognized that cellular phones have higher demand of sale [7]. In August 2005, As Android gain popularity on mobile phones user, Google decide to acquired Android for an undisclosed price which is estimated to be about $50 million, since then the Google Mobile Division was born [7] [8]. On 5th November 2007, Google announced the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), an association of technology manufacturers that would work together to create open mobile device standards [7]. At the outset, 34 companies were involved on the association that includes wireless telecommunications providers(T-Mobile), mobile handset makers (Motorola, HTC, LG, and Samsung) and chipset makers (Texas Instruments, Qualcomm) [7]. This announcement than indicates that Android would be much different from the iPhone system in that it would not be limited to single mobile device manufactures [7]. Finally, in September 2008, T-Mobile announced the T-Mobile G1 as the first smartphone that uses Android Operating System. A month later, Google released the Android 1.0 8 source code which made it available to anyone [8].
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