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Android History

This page has a few tidbits regarding the history of Android

Contents

• 1 Overview
• 2 2005
• 3 2007
• 4 2008
• 5 2009
• 6 2010

Overview

• Google's Open Source Android OS Will Free the Wireless Web Wired article, June 2008
  • Has a description of Rubin and Page's first meeting, and the overall Google strategy for Android
  • Some additional commentary (see the last 4 paragraphs) are at: The forgotten history of Android

2005

August, 2007 - Google acquires Android Inc.

• See Google Buys Android for Its Mobile Arsenal
  • Business Week, August 2005

2007

• See I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone
  • New York Times article about Andy Rubin, Nov 2007

November, 2007 - Creation of Open Handset Alliance

2008

October, 2008 - The first phone, the G1, ships in the U.S.

2009

February, 2009 - The Open Embedded Software Foundation (OESF) is formed in Japan.

April, 2009 - 1.5 update (codenamed "CupCake")

July, 2009 - Mentor Graphics acquires Embedded Alley

September, 2009 - 1.6 SDK released (codenamed "Donut")

September-November, 2009 - Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Sony/Ericsson announce new Android phones

October, 2001 - 2.0 SDK released (codenamed "Eclair")

November, 2009 - Google announces Maps Navigation program

• Business analysis: Google Redefines Disruption: the "Less than Free" Business Model

2010

Category:

• Android