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2009-12-15 Android Market crossed the 20,000

apps. mark. Took 10 months af ter the

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 first Android phone came out (2008) for itto hit the 10,000 mark (9/2009). It tookonly 3 months to double t hat f igure.Certainly people are writing apps for  Android at an accelerated pace.

2009-12-10 FET (Far EastoneTelecommuni

cations)

(Announced) There will be 20 to 30 new Android

based phones by the first half of 2010

from several Taiwan manufacturers

such as Acer, HTC, Asustek, and others.This stat ement was made by Roger Chen, vice president of Far EastoneTelecommunications (FET), a cellphonenetwork operat or in Taiwan. There willalso be an Android app contest for theregion specifically t hose in the Chineselanguage.

2009-12-09 (Tablet ) Camangi (Taiwan) WebStat ion 7" (800 x

480 pixels) tablet costing around $400.This is an Android based tablet and not aphone. It does accept opt ional 3G cellular network connectivity. Delivery is set for end of December 2009. Picture link.

2009-12-08 Outside U.S.(UK)

Acer A1 Liquid [Android 1.6] released for the UK market. 1st Android phone f rom Acer.

2009-12-07 (New App) Google launch ‘Google Goggles’ a visual

search app lication for Android that letsusers get search results from pictures

taken with t heir Android phones. It is nowlimited to visual search of over a billionimages of landmark, book, artwork,places, wine, and logo. This is a f reeapplication from Google for Android.

Watch this 24 second video demo.

2009-11-28 (Announced) Acer plan to launch 8 to 10 Android

phones in 2010. Acer’s Aymar de

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Lencquesaing said “there is def initelymomentum behind Android. The pace isfast er than most would have anticipatedone year ago."

2009-11-26(Thanksgiving)

Lenovo (Smartbook) Lenovo announced an Android basedSmartbook (lapt op). CPU: ARMSnapdragon, 1 GHz. First notebooksrunning Android st arted appearing around

June 2009.

2009-11-26(Thanksgiving)

Inbrics (Korea) (MID) Inbrics announced a new Androidpowered Media Internet Device (MID or smaller notebook). CPU: ARM Cortex A8,800 MHz. Unit has a built in keyboard andan Organic-LED (OLED) 6” screen.

2009-11-24 (Android -Chrome OS)

Google co-founder Sergey Brinannounced t hat Chrome OS and Android

are likely to merge at some point in thefuture.

2009-11-18 Samsung T 939 Behold II [Android 1.5] for T-Mobile released. This is T-Mobile’s 4th Android phone. Samsung’s 2nd Androidphone (not counting Europe).

2009-11-17 ICD(InnovativeConvergedDevice) US

(Tablet butwith 3Gcellular options)

ICD Vega Tablet announced. CPU: NvidiaTegra. Runs Android 2.0 (Eclair), 16 mmthick, 1.3 Mpixel webcam f or videoconferencing, and ambient light sensor.Comes wit h 3 screen sizes: 7”, 11”, and

15.6”. Picture link.

2009-11-07 VobisComputer (Russia)

Outside U.S.(GSM)

Vobis Computer Z eus announced. 3.2”screen, 528 MHz CPU, 3 Megapixelcamera, and a slideout physicalkeyboard. Nothing spect acular.

2009-11-06 HTC Droid Eris for Verizon [Android 1.5]released to the public. Also the first Android phone for Verizon released with

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 Motorola DROID at the same t ime). Willhave t he abilit y t o run Android 2.0 byJanuary 2010.

2009-11-06 Motorola DROID for Verizon [Android 2.0]released to the public. First phone to run Android 2.0. First Android phone for 

Verizon. 2nd Motorola phone to run Android. Motorola Milestone is t he GSM

version of DROID available outside t heU.S.

2009-11-03 (Announced) Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 "Rachael"

announced. This will be Sony’s first Android phone. This phone has beenrumored since July 2009. Now Sony madeit of ficial. Release date is expected to be April, 2010. Picture link.

2009-11-02 Motorola Cliq for T-Mobile available tothe public. First Motorola phone to run

Android. Highlight o f this phone is theMOTOBLUR Android software. Itsprimary function is to enable the user toreceive various updates from a variety of sources such as Twitt er, Facebook, ande-mail clients direct ly on their phone'smain screen.

2009-11-01 Samsung SPH-m900 Moment (formerlyIntinctQ) for Sprint released. 2nd Androidphone for Sprint .

2009-10-28 (New app). Google announced turn-by-turn GPSnavigation syst em f or Android 1.6 or above. Motorola DROID which is the f irstphone built with Android 2.0 t o be able t orun this new app lication. This applicat ion isunique compared to any other turn-by-turn GPS navigation system in that it alsoincorporate photos f rom Google’s StreetView and Sate llite View. It also uses voice

recognition to do a Google search to

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places that you don’t have an address f or.Example, you can simply say “Navigate t othe museum with the King Tut exhibit inSan Francisco” and t his FREE Android appwill figure it out for you. Don’t needspecific address or go through Point -of -Interest (POI) list. Click here for a video

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2009-10-26 Android 2.0 SDK “Eclair ” released.

2009-10-20 Barnes &Noble (US)

 AT&T Barnes & Noble release it s Androidbased dedicated e-book reader , calledthe Nook. The device has a feat ure t hatdistinguish it from Amazon's Kindle byhaving a small color touchscreen for control. It uses the same black and whiteelect ronic Ink or t he EPD (electronic paper display) screen like the Kindle. 1st

Android device f or AT&T network.

2009-10-19 Spring Design(US)

Unknown Spring Design’s Alex e-book reader 

running Android announced. Main featureis its dual screen, one e-ink or the EPD(electronic paper display) and a secondsmaller screen is f or e-book control usinga color t ouchscreen LCD.

2009-10-15 Android 1.6 SDK “Donut” released.

2009-10-12   (Resigned) Genentech chairman Arthur D. Levinson

resigned from Goo gle’s Board of 

Director. He is also on the Board of Director f or Apple. His depart ure cameshortly after Google Chairman and CEOEric Schmidt resigned from the board of  Apple on August 3, 2009 . The move cameas the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)was looking into whet her Google and

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  Apple violated antitrust laws by sharingcommon board members.

The New York Times art icle (Oct. 13,2009).

2009-10-11 HTC Hero with Google [Android 1.5] for Sprint . First Android phone f or t he Sprintnetwork.

2009-10-08

HTC (Taiwan) Outside U.S.Vodafone(UK).

HTC Tattoo (formerly HTC Click) [Android1.5].

2009-10-06

Gartner, Inc. (Announced) Gartner, Inc., a world's leadinginformation technology research andadvisory company predicted t hat t heAndroid OS will be ahead of the

iPhone, as well as Windows Mobile, and

BlackBerry smartphones by 2012.

2009-09-25 RAmos(China) (Tablet) RAmos W7 Internet Tablet MID (MediaInternet Device - smaller than notebook)announced. CPU: ARM, 4.8” (800 x 480)screen. Support s 720p High Def inition

video playback via HDMI output. Priced at$190 for 8 GB and $240 for 16 GBversion.

2009-09-15

(France)

Wi-Fi accessonly.

Archos 5 Internet Media Tablet [Android1.5] (without cellphone, Internet access viaWiFi only). Comes with a 4.8" (800x480resolution) touch screen, 720p High

Definition video playback via HDMIoutput. 32 GB RAM and 500 GB hard

drive. Ability to record video through itsoptional video recorder add-on (DVRstation).

2009-09-07

  Android Market crossed the 10,000

apps. mark. According to Androlib.com, anonline version of the Android Market , 60%

 

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 apps are f ree, and 40% are paid. 20% aregames, and 60% of all apps are rated 4stars or higher.

2009-08-05

HTC Magic “MyTouch 3G with Google”

[Android 1.5] became available. T-Mobile’s2nd Android phone.

2009-08-

03

  (Resigned) Eric E. Schmidt, Google’s chief 

executive stepped down from t heApple’s Board of Director. The movecame as the Federal Trade Commission(FTC) was looking into whether Googleand Apple violated ant itrust laws bysharing common board members.

More info on t his here.

2009-07-31

  (FCC inquiry) The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has launched aninquiry into why Apple Inc. rejected

Google Voice sof tware f or the iPhone.The inquiry also seeks informat ion on how AT&T, t he exc lusive U.S. iPhone carrier,was consulted in the decision, if at all.(Also see below on 2009-07-07).

2009-07-29

HTC (Taiwan) Outside U.S.T-Mobile (UK)..

HTC Hero “G2 Touch” for T-Mobile UK.This is similar to HTC Hero for Sprint inthe U.S.

2009-07-07

(Rejection) Apple told Google t hat it would reject

Google Voice app for the iPhone. Readmore about it here. (Also see above on2009-07-31).

2009-07-06

VobisComputer (Russia)

Outside U.S.(GSM Russia)

Highscreen PP5420 [Android 1.5]launched in Russia. Essent ially an Androidversion of Mobinova Ice. Picture link.

2009-06-16

Outside U.S.T-Mobile (UK).

Huawei u8230 “Pulse” released. First Android phone by Huawei of China.

 

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2009-06-02

(Netbook) Acer Aspire One AOD250- 1613 netbook

announced. Will run bot h Android andWindows (dual boot ). Based on Intel Atom(a f irst) instead of ARM friendly Androidstack.

2009-06-02 (Announced) The Acer press release included astat ement f rom Jim Wong, president of ITProducts Global Operat ion, Acer, saying,"The Android operating system offers

incredibly fast wireless connection to

the Internet; for this reason, Acer hasdecided to develop Android netbooks f or added convenience to our customers."

2009-06 Android Market crossed the 5,000 apps.mark.

2009-05-04

  (FTC inquiry) The Federal Trade Commission (FTC)has launched an inquiry into whether theclose ties between the boards of t wo of  Apple and Google, amount to a violationof ant itrust laws.

More info on t his here.

2009-04-27

Samsung Out side U.S. Samsung i7500 “Galaxy” [Android 1.5]announced. Samsung’s first Android

phone. Main feature is its capacitive AMOLED touchscreen. Being marketed

outside the U.S.

2009-04-27

Google rolled out the Android 1.5 SDK

(Sof tware Development Kit ) "Cupcake"for applicat ion developers. 

2009-04-21 Skytone(China)

(Netbook) Skytone Alpha 680 netbook announced.1.2” (30 mm) thick, 1.5 lbs., 7” (800 x 480)screen, CPU: ARM11, 533 MHz.

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2008-10-22 HTC Dream “Google G1” cellphone[Android 1.0] for T-Mobile. The world’s

first Android cellphone. It took one year for t he first Android phone to appear aft er  Android OS became available. 

2007-11-05 Google announced Android distributionwith the founding of the Open Handset

Alliance , a consortium of 50 hardware,soft ware, and t elecommunicationcompanies devot ed t o advancing openstandards for mobile devices. Thisannouncement came just 5 months aft er the iPhone was released to the market .Click here f or a video on why Android

was created.

 

2007-06-29

 Apple released t he iPhone. AT&T becamethe exclusive carrier fo r the iPhone.

(This ent ry is just t o serve as ref erencepoint t o t he Android timeline. The iPhonedoes NOT run on the Android operat ingsystem. Android however competesdirectly against the iPhone).

2006-08-29

   Apple announced that Google’s CEO, Eric

E. Schmidt joins the Apple’s Board of 

Directors.

Note that t his is one year aft er Googlehad purchased Android Inc.

This points out t hat it is inaccurate to saythat Google stole the Smartphone ideafrom Apple. However it is more interest ingto speculate that Apple iPhone idea couldhave been triggered as t he result of  Android Inc. being purchased by Google.

2005-07 Google purchased Android Inc., a 22month old startup, based in Palo Alto,

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 California, for an undisclosed sum. Theoriginal team continue working with Android under Google.

2003 Android was incorporated. Android Inc.was founded by Andy Rubin (co-founder of Danger), Rich Miner (co-f ounder of Wildfire Communications, Inc.), Nick Sears(once VP at T-Mobile), and Chris White

(one of the f irst engineers at WebTV). Android has operat ed under a cloak of secrecy, so little was known about itswork other t han making soft ware for mobile phones.

1990s-mid (Handheldcellular phone)

Handheld cellular phone were made small

enough and cheap enough to appeal tothe average consumer. Cellphone salesstart to take off .

1983 Fully automated ce llular networks

decreased the price of cellular equipmentslight ly, allowing t he increased number of people to have cellular telephonesinstalled in their cars. This was apermanent f ixture in their cars t hat t heycannot take it with t hem when they leavetheir cars.

It took Martin Cooper (see below) 10years in bringing the portable handheld

cellular telephone to the commercial

service. The first unit was t he Motorola

DynaTAC, a one pound phone, cost ingapproximat ely over $3,500. Handheldcellular phones were still large andextremely expensive making it a rarity.

1973-04-03

(Invented) Martin Cooper , an Electrical Engineer anda researcher f rom Motorola made t hefirst call on a prototype handheld

cellular phone he invented. It weighs 

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(Handheldcellular phone).

almost 2 lbs (1 kg). The first call wasmade to Dr. Joel S. Engel, head of research at Bell Labs and co-creator of cellular network in front of reporters andpassers-by on a New York city street. Thishistoric day fundamentally shift the waywe make phone calls. This handheldcellular technology enables a person f or the f irst t ime to make a phone call directly

to another person instead of a place.

1971 (Cellular network)

(Created) 24 years after cellular telephone networkservice was first conceived in 1947, thetechnology was finally available for Richard Frenkiel and Dr. Joe l S. Engel of Bell Labs to applied the necessarycomputers and electronics to makecellular telephone network a reality.Cellular technology allow the reuse of similar f requencies over smaller areas(each cell) making it possible to vastly

expand the mobile telephone service andusage (now becoming cellular phone or cellphone usage).

1948 By 1948 mobile radio telephone servicewas available in almost 100 cities bymainly t o commercial customers likeutility companies, t ruck fleet operators,and reporters. Only about 5,000customers making about 30,000 calls per week. This was before cellular t elephonenetwork which made service limited to

available channels/frequencies in aparticular area.

1947 (Cellular network)

(Conceived) Cellular telephone network service wasfirst conceived by D.H. Ring at Bell Labs.

1946-06-17

A driver in Saint Louis, Missouri, placedthe first mobile radio telephone call

and made history. However this was notplaced on a cellular te lephone network,

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