1 android introduction
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Android Platform Session
Introduction
Alvaro del Castillo San F lix
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Goal
Understand the Android platformopportunities, main technologies,
business and trends
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Topics
General introduction to the Android Platformand Project.
Android Platform History. Android Platform Community. Android Platform Technical Description.
Android Platform Development. Exercises.
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What's Android?
It's a complete, end to end software platformthat can be adapted to work on any number ofhardware configurations.
Android is a software stack for mobile devicesthat includes an operating system, middlewareand key applications. The Android SDK
provides the tools and APIs necessary to begindeveloping applications on the Android platformusing the Java programming language.
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What's Android?
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Why Android Platform?
Smart phones appearing Clear Opportunity for FLOSS: OpenMoko
GNOME Mobile Meego
Big market:
1.5 billion television, 1 billion people in internetbut 3 billion people have a mobile phone inthe world (Open Handset Alliance)
Open Handset Alliance goal (Google goal!)
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Problems with Android
Fragmentation http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/22/entelligence is android fragmente
Hardware support: Different devices: smartphones, tablets,
netbooks, TV ... Is it really Open Source?
Patents: Microsoft, Oracle and others Security? Virus, malware and others. Android
the more attractive platform.
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17 Mayo 2010
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2 Mayo 2011
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Best from Android
Mobile is the FUTURE! Open Source platform.
No license costs. Widely adoption: First in market share in EEUU
for Mobile OS. Business!
Productive development tools and very gooddocumentation.
Exciting community.
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Android Platform Business
Leading the Innovation (Google): Position for new markets and services
Manufacturers adoption Selling applications for other companies Selling applications for end users: Android
Market. Using mobiles in different environments:
eHealth.
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Android Platform Business
36.2 millions/months Android phones sold from Jan Apr 2011(16.9 iphones Jan Mar).
Android Market: 200.000 apps (Abril) 200K Apple http://tomch.com/wp/?p=144 . Is this crazy? Business models: user paying for apps?
Compare to Debian repositories iTunes market, Video markets the internet potential
reaching its moment.
It is all about user experience.
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