Activity in Computer class Infos from Wikipedia and pcworld.com

1. Prepared by: Czarina Ronica Cioco FV1216

2. Overview
• Introduction to Android
• Android Features
• Android Applications
• Google Play
• PCWorld.Com’s Top 10 Android Phones

3. Introduction
• Android is a Linux-based operating
system for mobile devices such as
smartphones and tablet computers.
• Developed by Google in conjunction
with the Open Handset Alliance.
• Was officially developed by Android
Inc., whom Google backed and later
purchased in 2005.

4. • Android has a large community of
developers writing applications that
extend the functionality of the devices.
• Developers write primarily in a
customized version of Java, and apps can
be downloaded from online stores such
as Google Play (formerly Android
Market), the app store run by Google, or
third-party sites.

5. • Android became the world’s leading
smartphone platform at the end of 2010.
• For the first quarter of 2012, Android had
a 59% smartphone market share
worldwide.
• At the half of 2012, there were 400 million
devices activated and 1 million activations
per day.

6. Features
• Handset Layouts
– The platform is adaptable to larger, VGA, 2D
graphics library, 3D graphics library based
on OpenGL ES 2.0 specifications, and traditional
smartphone layouts.
• Storage
– SQLite, a lightweight relational database, is used
for data storage purposes.

7. • Connectivity
– Android supports connectivity technologies
including GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-
DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, LTE, NFC and WiMAX.
• Messaging
– SMS and MMS are available forms of
messaging, including threaded text
messaging and Android Cloud To Device
Messaging (C2DM) and now enhanced version of
C2DM, Android Google Cloud Messaging (GCM) is
also a part of Android Push Messaging service.

8. • Media Support
– Android supports the following audio/video/still
mediaformats: WebM, H.263, H.264 (in 3GP or MP4
container), MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB (in 3GP
container), AAC, HE-AAC (in MP4 or 3GP
container), MP3, MIDI, OggVorbis, FLAC, WAV, JPE
G, PNG, GIF, BMP, WebP.
• Multitasking
– Multitasking of applications, with unique handling of
memory allocation, is available.

9. • Additional Hardware Support
– Android can use video/still
cameras, touchscreens, GPS, accelerometers, gyrosco
pes, barometers, magnetometers, dedicated gaming
controls, proximity and pressure
sensors, thermometers, accelerated 2D bit blits (with
hardware orientation, scaling, pixel format
conversion) and accelerated 3D graphics.
• Bluetooth
– Supports A2DP, AVRCP, sending files
(OPP), accessing the phone book (PBAP), voice
dialing and sending contacts between phones.

10. • External Storage
– Most Android devices include microSD slot and
can read microSD cards formatted with
FAT32, Ext3 or Ext4 file system.
– To allow use of high-capacity storage media such
as USB flash drives and USB HDDs, many
Android tablets also include USB 'A' receptacle.
– Storage formatted with FAT32 is handled
by Linux Kernel VFAT driver, while 3rd party
solutions are required to handle other popular file
systems such as NTFS, HFS Plus and exFAT.

11. Applications
• Applications are usually developed in
the Java language using the Android Software
Development Kit
• Other development tools are available, including
a Native Development Kit for applications or
extensions in C or C++, Google App Inventor, a
visual environment for novice programmers and
various cross platform mobile web applications
frameworks.

12. • Applications can be acquired by end-
users either through a store such
as Google Play or the Amazon
Appstore, or by downloading and
installing the application's APK file
from a third-party site.

13. Google Play
• Google Play is an online software store
developed by Google for Android devices.
• An application program ("app") called
"Play Store" is preinstalled on most
Android devices and allows users to
browse and download apps published by
third-party developers, hosted on Google
Play.

14. PCWorld.com’s Top 10 Android
Phones

15. “The best Android phone to
“The HTC One S is the ultimate date, the Galaxy Nexus dazzles
multimedia phone, from gaming with its curved display, sleek
to music to snapping high quality design, fast performance, and, of
photos.” course, the Ice Cream Sandwich
update.”

16. “If you can deal with subpar
battery life, the HTC Rezound is “The MyTouch 4G Slide has one
an excellent phone that won't feel of the best cameras we've ever
outdated anytime soon.” tested--and the rest of the phone
is pretty amazing as well.”

17. “The slim and speedy Samsung Epic
“The Droid Razr Maxx packs in a Touch 4G is excellent for
dual-core processor, large battery gaming, Web browsing and
and LTE in a very thin frame.” watching video, but the plasticky
design feels a bit on the cheap side.”

18. “The thin and elegant Motorola Droid “The long-awaited Droid Bionic is
Razr is smoking when it comes to blazing fast and has a slew of
data speeds and performance, but the great entertainment and business
short battery life is a features, but the high price might
disappointment.” make it a hard sell.

19. “Like the rest of the Galaxy S II “Uneven call quality doesn't
series, the Galaxy S II on T- stop the Evo 3D from being
Mobile is one of the best phones
currently available, hands down.” the best phone currently
available on Sprint.”