Some Lesser Known Facts About Android

Android is the most popular smartphone operating system based on the modified version of the Linux kernel with over 2 billion monthly active users. In this article, we are going to discuss some lesser known facts about Android

Who is founder Android of android?

Android was founded by Andy Rubin and Rich Miner in California in 2003. During the early time, the main focus of the company is to develop an advanced operating system for digital cameras but later in 2004, the company decided to change its goals and use android as a mobile software. In 2005 Google acquired Android for $50 million

Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Android 3.0 is the only version of Android which is never released for smartphones. It is only released for tablets but it received negative critics from users.

Google play store

Google play store is the biggest app store with over 3.6 million apps in March 2018.

Android 1.0 & 1.1

Except for these two versions of Android all are named after sweet treats like jellybean, cupcake, KitKat etc.

HTC Dream

Google launched its first Android operating system on November 5, 2007, and HTC dream is launched in the year 2008 and it is the first smartphone which runs on android

Who designed Android logo and what is its name?

A graphic designer Irina Blok designed the little green robot of android. Google internal team refers to the green robot as Bugdroid

Samsung mistake

Samsung has an opportunity in 2004 to buy android but they refused because they did not see any potential in it.

Word Android

Android word means a male robot whereas female robot is called as Gynoid