1. Google Adopted Android
Android wasn’t made by Google Do you know Android was not a part on Google before July 2005. Android Inc founded in year 2003 by Andy Rubin, Chris White, Rich Miner and Nick Sears, and is based in Palo Alto, California So, What exactly Android is? For those who don’t know android is an operating system for mobile. It is an open source platform that allows developers to create various android application, and they can showcase it on Google Play store, So android user can simply install various apps from one place
2. First Android Smartphone was by HTC
Many times you might be wondering “which was the first android device” don’t you? So HTC G1 was the first phone launches by HTC based of Google’s android operating system. It was also popular by name T-Mobile G1 & also known as the HTC Dream. Today Android is live with more than thousand different phones, tablets, and other devices. Considering Below images you can easily catch what is been copied, in fact all is been copied
3. Android Logo, Copied/Stolen ?
Some of the Tech heads believes that logo of Google’s Android Is similar to Atari Game called “Gauntlet is just a co-incidence where else other believes it is been copied. Not just a character but the name itself is been copied from the game
4. OMG Facts about Google Play Store
A place were Developer show case their stuff, and android users install it according their need , so lets watch out some interesting facts about it
There is more than 850,000 application available on play store with 48 billion downloads
Google Play gift cards are currently available in the United States, Germany, France and United Kingdom. (soon in India)
Play Magazines is only available in United States, Australia, Canada and the United Kingdom (soon to India)
Snake was the first app on Play Store
Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.apk, A first malware on Play Store
Google Maps And Gmail App is the most downloaded apps on Play Store
5. Random Facts:
60% of android users are under the age of 34
Worlds cheapest android Smartphone is of 63 $
8% of android users switches from an iPhone
45% of android user says android is their first Smartphone
Worlds expensive android Smartphone is of 2000 $
Android user spend most of their time on Email, Games, Maps
46% of Android user prefer touch screen over a physical keyboard
*Source: http://www.absoluteblogger.com/2013/05/5-unknown-facts-about-android-that-you-must-know.html
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