Android: High-impact Strategies - What You Need to Know: Definitions, Adoptions, Impact, Benefits, Maturity, Vendors

Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications. Google Inc. purchased the initial developer of the software, Android Inc., in 2005. Android's mobile operating system is based on the Linux kernel. Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance collaborated on Android's development and release. The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is tasked with the maintenance and further development of Android. The Android operating system is currently the world's best-selling Smartphone platform.

The Android open-source software stack consists of Java applications running on a Java-based, object-oriented application framework on top of Java core libraries running on a Dalvik virtual machine featuring JIT compilation. Libraries written in C include the surface manager, OpenCore media framework, SQLite relational database management system, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API, WebKit layout engine, SGL graphics engine, SSL, and Bionic libc.

This book is your ultimate resource for Android. Here you will find the most up-to-date information, analysis, background and everything you need to know.

In easy to read chapters, with extensive references and links to get you to know all there is to know about Android right away, covering: Android (operating system), Andrography, Android Dev Phone, Android Developer Challenge, Android Market, Android software development, Android version history, Samsung Galaxy Ace, Samsung Galaxy Mini, Samsung M910 Intercept, Samsung SPH-M900, Samsung Transform, Samsung i5500, Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini, Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, T-Mobile G-Slate, MyTouch, T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide, T-Mobile myTouch 4G, T-Mobile Pulse, ViewSonic G Tablet, Vibo A688, Vox 4, Xperia acro...and much more.

This book explains in-depth the real drivers and workings of Android. It reduces the risk of your technology, time and resources investment decisions by enabling you to compare your understanding of Android with the objectivity of experienced professionals.