Please Visit Official Android at here . Android is the operating system for mobile phones based on Linux. Android providesan open platform to developers for creating their own applications for use by a variety of mobile devices. Initially, Google Inc.. bought Android Inc.., newcomers who makesoftware for mobile phones. Then to develop Android, formed the Open HandsetAlliance, a consortium of 34 companies for hardware, software, andtelecommunications, including Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile,and Nvidia.
At the inaugural release of Android, 5 November 2007, with the Open HandsetAlliance Android states support the development of open standards on mobiledevices. On the other hand, Google released the Android code under the Apachelicense, a license software and open standard mobile device.
In this world there are two types of distributors operating system Android. The first fully supported by Google or Google Mail Services (GMS) and the second is completelyfree distribution without direct support Google's otherwise known as the OpenHandset Distribution (OHD).