Android was launched by Google in the mobile market as its first operating system. HTC Dream, released on 22nd October 2008, was the first Smartphone to carry android. The sole purpose of Google was to assemble an operating System (OS) which would be more accessible and adaptable when evaluated against the well-known iPhone Operating System, which garnered a vast share in the mobile market, even with its secured operating environment.

Android was initially designed to not just for the consumer to enjoy easy access to his Smartphone but, also, to counter the secure coding issues poised by the iPhone’s Operating System. Android from Google is an Open Sourced Operating system which has the capability to transform from the root directory itself. If you happen to know the phone’s language, it could serve as a real boon as Google has given a preference of entrée to the root directory of the phone, which opens up diverse options to develop the phone further. Google has been vying to buy the phone market for quite a long time. Since the launch of the iPhone, the alternatives in the already flooded market of touch screen phones have become limited. Android, as a result, has targeted the users who could not apply their expertise and develop the operating systems as per their hope in iPhone OS or Windows.

Google, very recently furnished figures on 16th February 2010 stating that about 60,000 mobile phones with Android were being shipped everyday. Android Developer Challenge was also initiated by Google which happened to be a contest for the most ground-breaking application for Android. Prizes toting up to 10 million US dollars, distributed between ADC I and ADC II. ADC I was publicized by Google.

Google has also joined the current day trend of offering over the air application downloads, through the Android Market which has by now accomplished the 50,000 applications mark. With this wireless media application, Google has managed to transform the future of the mobile industry and also, the potential of Android’s capability.

Connectivity technologies such as GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, WiFi, and WiMAX are carried on by Android. Android also carries the subsequent audio/video/still media formats such as H.263, H.264 (in 3GP or MP4 container), MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB (in 3GP container), AAC, HE-AAC (in MP4 or 3GP container), MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP. Video conferencing is also available in Android. Now, you can call your loved one through the video conferencing option and connect with them. People all over have relished this app by using it for small but, significant purposes such as while shopping at a textile showroom and immediately connecting with your loved one for their opinion.

Launched by Verizon on November 6, the Motorola Droid has been – apparently – sold in about 100,000 units in the first week-end – a number that’s not exactly comparable with the 1 million iPhone 3GSs sold by AT&T in the first week-end of availability, but, nevertheless, it’s a good start for Verizon’s first Android smartphone.

Analyst Mark McKechnie with Broadpoint AmTech said Verizon had about 200,000 Droids on-hand for sale at launch, and most stores surveyed sold at least half of their stock. With more phones based on the Google Android mobile operating system releasing this quarter, Motorola is predicted to sell 1 million to end 2009, and 10 million in 2010.

"I see the first few days as encouraging," McKechnie said. "There seems to be pretty good demand -- they've taken the right steps and picked a good partner with Google on the Android side."

Additionally, analyst Jim Suva with Citigroup believes Motorola will sell 1.3 million Android phones in the fourth quarter and 9 million in 2010. Compare that with Apple's projected sales of 8 million iPhones for the quarter and 28.5 million next year.

Analyst Gene Munster with Piper Jaffray is even more bullish, predicting sales of 9.2 million iPhones in the December quarter, and 36 million in 2010.

This summer, the iPhone 3GS sold over a million phones in its first three days of sale. That strong debut well exceeded its predecessors. In 2007, it took 74 days for the first-generation iPhone to reach that milestone. And in 2007, the iPhone 3G also sold 1 million in its first three days, but in 21 countries. The iPhone 3GS launched in eight nations.

Still, the Droid and other Android-based phones are predicted to have a positive effect for Motorola, which has struggled as of late. According to Gartner, Motorola's share of the cell phone market was 5.6 percent in the second quarter of 2009, down from 10 percent a year prior, Bloomberg reported.

The launch of the Droid has been accompanied by a marketing push by Verizon that, according to one study, has had a negative impact on the perception of AT&T in the target 18- to 34-year-old age demographic. Verizon's aggressive advertisements have led to a lawsuit from AT&T.

[via Apple Insider]

Time Cook is the Apple’s new Chief Operating Officer comes in the place of Steve Jobs. Taken a few spiky punch in the netbooks (computers that are cheaper and smaller than laptops) in this afternoon. Rumors may stop regarding the apple’s netbooks development, in a second we can see the detailed report on this.

When discussing about the apple’s second quarter earnings, Cook said that the apple would want to create the great products. Cook also added that netbooks has a keyboard that is cracked; software’s are appalling, hardware’s are junky and of course the screens that is very small. It is not about the customer experience and not about the advertisement of the Mac operating system. And also he said that the netbooks category is not our sector to have a go. These type of statements are routine from the Apple point of view. But the statements from Cook today put down an end to the Speculation about the Apple’s Note books. He said that Apple already offered some of the small devices. If you want a device that must be small and compete with notebooks, we are having the iPhone and iPod in which we can operate the email and web browsing in it.


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