About:

Android is a mobile opearting system initially developed by Android Inc. and was later bought by Google in 2005. The developers call it a “software stack for mobile devices that includes an OS, middleware and key applications”. The Android SDK rovides tools and APIs necessary to begin developing easily, and hence is a favourite among 3rd party apps developers.

Synopsis:

Company / developer:                 Google Inc.
Programmed in:                              C (core),C++ (some third party libraries), Java
OS family:                                           Embedded operating systems
Source model:                                  Free and open source
First Release:                                    Android 1.0 / October 2008
Latest Stable Release:                   Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) / December 2010
Marketing target:                            Smartphones
Supported platforms:                   ARM, MIPS, Power Architecture, x86
Kernel type:                                      Monolithic (modified Linux kernel)
Default user interface:                  Graphical
License:                                               Apache 2.0 (GPL v2)
Official website:                               android.com