Andy Rubin and his team initially developed Android as an OS to power digital cameras. They dreamed it to be the OS of choice for camera makers where the OS would be used to create a new generation of “Smart Cameras” that are connected to PCs. The plan was to integrate a camera platform and would use the Cloud for storing photos online.
However, due to the slump of camera sales, he and his team decided to turn it into a mobile phone operating system. In 2005, he and his team acquired members who had experience working with companies like Orange and T-Mobile to target Windows Mobile. Apple and its Flagship Ios was still not in the scene since it was introduced in 2007.
"Rubin has also revealed that despite changing direction, Android has kept its core software, JAVA. And has resulted to an ongoing lawsuit Oracle filed against Google."
In an economic Forum in Tokyo, Rubin has stated that
“We decided digital cameras wasn’t actually a big enough market,”
And that:
“We wanted as many cellphones to use Android as possible. So instead of charging $99, or $59, or $69, to Android, we gave it away for free, because we knew the industry was price sensitive,”
Like on the iOS ecosystem, it’s the abundance of available apps that’s what users love. From games, office apps and important apps such as Gmail,Youtube,maps are all available for download for your Android device.
However, due to the slump of camera sales, he and his team decided to turn it into a mobile phone operating system. In 2005, he and his team acquired members who had experience working with companies like Orange and T-Mobile to target Windows Mobile. Apple and its Flagship Ios was still not in the scene since it was introduced in 2007.
"Rubin has also revealed that despite changing direction, Android has kept its core software, JAVA. And has resulted to an ongoing lawsuit Oracle filed against Google."
In an economic Forum in Tokyo, Rubin has stated that
“We decided digital cameras wasn’t actually a big enough market,”
And that:
“We wanted as many cellphones to use Android as possible. So instead of charging $99, or $59, or $69, to Android, we gave it away for free, because we knew the industry was price sensitive,”
Like on the iOS ecosystem, it’s the abundance of available apps that’s what users love. From games, office apps and important apps such as Gmail,Youtube,maps are all available for download for your Android device.