Android & It's Remarkable Rise!

What makes Android adopted worldwide in apace?

Android developed by Open Handset Alliance led by Google majorly used in Smartphone, Tablet Computer, Net Books, Google TV. The first commercially available phone was HTC Dream, released on 22nd Oct, 2008. Since then, having less than 5% market share in Q4 2009, it rose to 48% of the Smartphone market share by 1st Aug,2011. As per Google's statement, there was 6 billion apps installs from the Android market at the end of June,2011. 

What features in Android appeal a galore users? 

Android has a Multi-Channel, Multi-Carrier OS, which allows it to duplicate the quick success of Microsoft's Windows Mobile. While most Android applications are written in JAVA, there is no JAVA virtual machine in the platform & JAVA byte code is not executed. Java classes are compiled into Dalvik executables and run on Dalvik, a specialized virtual machine designed specifically for Android. By now Android supports more than 250000 apps worldwide. And now that Android is having the features like Multi-Touch, Multi-Tasking, Tethering, Multiple Human Language Support, Voice actions for Calling, Texting, Navigation, etc. it draws customers to a greater extent.

  OS World Wide Market Share

Unlike iOS which runs exclusively on the iPhone, Android is licensed out to OEMs & is an open source platform. Although iOS & Android remain the two strong OS to look for in future, the OS with the highest install base currently in world is Symbian. Undoubtedly, Android has become a threat to Symbian in the near future. Also, iBall to launch Android phone soon!