The Android Operating System I- Introduction II- History III- Features IV- Competitors V- References

I- Introduction ► The Android OS -> Operating systems for mobiles ► Produced by Open Handset Alliance and led by Google

II- History ► The Android OS -> developed by Android Inc ► Bought by Google in 2005 ► Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance collaborated on Android's development and release.

► Android is based upon a modified version of the Linux Kernel ► In the fourth Quarter of 2010 the Android O.S. -> the world's best-selling Smart phone platform, dethroning Nokia's Symbian.

III- Features ► Android OS Has many features that makes it really one of the Operating Systems for mobile phones.  Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth ….etc  Supports SMS and MMS  Android OS supports most common audio/video formats

 Android Market: a catalog of applications that can be downloaded and installed to Android devices over-the-air, without the use of a PC.  Multitasking, using , Video calling, multi- touch(usually used for gaming), web browsing, … etc.

IV- Competitors ► Android O.S -> popular but has a strong competition with other mobile O.S. ► Main competitors:  iPhone Operating System (Apple):  Symbian (Nokia):

► iPhone Operating System (Apple):  the biggest competitor for the Android -> easy use the O.S  the App store -> competitor of the Android Market.  These two reasons made the iOS a really big competitor against the Android OS. ► Symbian (Nokia):  Another big competitor for the Android  Compatibility with almost any mobile phone device.

V- Future Development & References ► New version of android -> “ Honeycomb ” designed for tablet computers ► Compete with Apple ’ s IPad.

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Presented by: Ahmed Hamada Nicolas Strybol Abdul Rahman Al Otoum