Android Central: Android History

mercredi 21 octobre 2015

Android History

Welcome to the definitive Android Central take on the history of Google's OS — from the early days of Danger, Android, Inc. and Andy Rubin, right through to the present day.

In each of our eight installments over as many weeks, we'll track the technologies, handsets, people and events that shaped Android throughout its life, bringing you a unique insight into a platform used by over a billion people.

We'll see how Android has grown from a scrappy startup to a position of dominance over the mobile landscape, while pushing into new product areas like wearables and automotive — and how fortunes have changed in the cut-throat mobile business over the past eight years.

Part 1: Android Pre-History

Android didn't just happen. The origins of the world's dominant mobile operating system can be traced right back to the beginning of the previous decade.