The OS is Linux based and is primarily designed to be used on mobile devices with touch screens. These includes the tablets phones, and even the laptop computers. It got its name because it was originally developed by a company called Android Incorporated.
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The Android operating operating, is an open source code. This means that this program is allowed to be used freely and altered if desired, and also distributed by any device manufacturer wireless carriers and developers that require to do so. This open source code and permissive licensing allows lots of developers to keep generating applications for the Android OS to make the devices that uses it to be able to do more for the people that owns them. As of late October 2012 there were actually over 700,000 applications for this operating system being used around the globe.
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Of the largest reasons that android smart phones are taking the world by storm is that their technology is low cost, customizable, and lightweight operating systems that manufacturers and developers can use without them having to generate the item from scratch. Fundamentally, this means that the developers can generate devices to make use of this operating system and sell them to the general public at cheaper rate than in the event that they had to write their own operating system.
As a matter of fact, in 2012 it was determined that seventy percent of the cell phones being bought are operating on Android OS. People liked the technology and what it provides to them. Companies liked the cost and the ability to make use of the operating system freely so they can alter it and generate their own versions with no legal complications. This operating system changed the mobile phone world as we all know it.
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you are right about all this facts, I think being open source is one of the reasons the android os is very popular today
ReplyDelete@ Obasi, almost all the Google products are offered free that's why they are dominating the internet world,though makes their huge profits from advertisement.
DeleteTrue Facts Kelvin. As Obasi said, being open source is one of the reasons people love the OS. There are lots of developers and Apps. Thanks for the article bro.
ReplyDeleteThat's what happens when you a product like Android open source, people will love it, which in turn will increase it's popularity
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