Android was originally created by Andy Rubin as an operating system for mobile phones, around the dawn of this twenty-first century. In 2005, Google acquired Android Inc., and made Andy Rubin the Director of Mobile Platforms for Google. Many think the acquisition was largely in response to the emergence of the Apple iPhone around that time; however, there were enough other large players, such as Nokia Symbian and Microsoft Windows Mobile, that it seemed like a salient business decision for Google to purchase the talent and intellectual property necessary to assert the company into this emerging space, which has become known as Internet 2.0.
What are its benifits:

There are simply too many benefits of the Android platform to ignore Android development.

First of all, Android is based on open source technology, which was at its inception not as refined as paid technologies from Apple and Microsoft. However, over the past two decades, open source software technology has become equally as sophisticated as conventional development technologies. This is evident in Internet 2.0, as the majority of the consumer electronics manufacturers have chosen Linux and Java over the Windows and Macintosh operating systems. Therefore, Android developers can develop not only for smartphones, but also for new and emerging consumer electronic devices that are network-compatible and thus available to connect to the Android Market.

This translates into more sales onto more devices in more areas of the customer’s life, and thus more incentive to develop for Android over closed and PC operating systems.

In addition to being free for commercial use, Android has one of the largest, wealthiest, and most innovative companies in modern-day computing behind it: Google. Add in the OHA, and you have more than a trillion dollars of megabrand companies behind you supporting your development efforts. It seems too good to be true, but it’s a fact, if you are an Android developer (which you are about to be, in about a dozen chapters).

Finally, and most important, it’s much easier to get your Android applications published than those for other platforms that are similar to Android (I won’t mention any names here to protect the not so innocent). We’ve all heard the horror stories regarding major development companies waiting months, and sometimes years, for their apps to be approved for the app marketplace. These problems are nearly nonexistent on the open source Android platform. Publishing your app on Android Market is as easy as paying $25, uploading your .apk file, and specifying free or paid download.

Contents Of CD:

1. Android Apps For Absolute Beginners (Android Development Guide)

2. Eclipse Galileo SR2 IDE (Java)

3. Java Development Kit JDK (Windows)

4. Android Software Development Kit SDK (Windows)

5. Java Runtime Enviroment (SE)

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