Intro To Android and Android vs Microsoft

What Is Android? Android vs Microsoft ?

Introduction To Android:

Mr.Andy Rubin  founded Android Incorporation in Palo Alto , California, United States in october 2003.
Android is the nick name of Mr.Andy Rubin given by Coworkersbecause of his love to Robots.

 Android is the world's most popular operation system for mobile devices and 
tablets.Android is the name of the mobile operating system made by American company; Google. It most commonly comes installed on a variety of smartphones and tablets from a host of manufacturers offering users access to Google’s own services like Search, YouTube,Maps Gmai etc. 

Android is a Linux-based software system, and similar to Linux, is free and open source software. This means that other companies can use the Android operating system developed by Google and use it in their mobile devices .The distinguishing factor of this brand is a kernel. Android hosts a central core, which essentially is a strip code that helps the software operate.
- In 2007 Google announces the development of Android OS.
- Then later In 2008 HTC Crpp Launched The First Android Mobile in The Market.

Code Names For Android Or Versions:

    Aestro, Blender, Cupcake, Donut, Eclair , Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice CreamSandwitch, Jelly Belly, KitKat , Lollipop and  Marshmallow(Android 6.0 Latest).

Version No.	Name	For:
1.0	Android Beta	Phone
1.1	Android	Phone
1.5	Cupcake	Phone
1.6	Donut	Phone
2.0/2.1	Eclair	Phone
2.2.x	Froyo	Phone
2.3.x	Gingerbread	Phone
3.x	Honeycomb	Tablet
4.0.x	Ice Cream Sandwich	Phone and Tablet
4.1/4.2 4.4 5.0-5.1 6.0	Jelly Bean kitkat Lollipop Marshmallow	Phone and Tablet Phone and Tablet Phone and Tablet

 Android vs Microsoft:

User Interface Design (UI):

The another difference between android and windows phone is their user interface. While both rely on touchscreen interactions, Android Jelly Bean features an interface with multiple home-screens that can be fully customized with widgets and shortcuts, while Windows Phone 8 has a single home-screen populated with Live Tiles.Live Tiles on Windows Phone operates in much the same way as widgets on Android, allowing you quickly access to an app.

Both interfaces are intuitive to use, although there is a bit of a learning curve if you are completely new to both of these mobile OS.

Apps

As for apps, the Android clearly wins with over one million apps where as the Windows Phonehave only about 160,000 apps with a few 25,000 being added every few weeks. But needless to say, Microsoft is trying everything it can to increase the app market.

Mobile Handsets:

In terms of handsets, Android is ahead than the windows phone. They are a huge number of Android phones offered by multiple device manufactures like Samsung, LG, Motorola, HTC, Huawei, etc. On other hand, windows phone has been offered by only a few manufactures with limited handsets.

However, it doesn’t mean that the Windows phone is not better. Manufactures like Nokia and HTC are known to make high quality mobile device for Windows phone.

They both are high-quality handsets but if you are looking for plenty of options then you will get them in Android.

Security Issues:

In terms of security, windows phone is more secure than android. The reason for this is thatwindows phone doesn’t allow installation of apps from unknown sources. You are only allowed to install applications which are available in its app stores. While in Android, you can install any apps from outside of Google play store. So people tend to add more cracked softwares which carry a lot of viruses or malware. However, you can prevent it by never installing any apps from unknown sources.

Operating System (OS)

Android is an open source platform, meaning that the operating system is available for modification by manufacturers to suit their respective needs and phones.

In contrast, Microsoft Windows Phone is closed-sourced, meaning that it is owned and managed by Microsoft and developers do not have direct access to the operating system programming code.

                                     

Conclusion

Both Android and Windows phone have their own strength and weakness. If you’re a person who likes to explore apps and customize a smartphone then go for Android phone as it will allow you to do a lot of customization which you can’t do on the other OS. For people who require more secure platform then go for Windows phone.

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