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Language Arts
Matt Fields
5 May 2015
Android
Smartphones and tablets are everywhere today, and you can do almost everything with them. They help you with everything from communication to video games to your primary camera. Now imagine your life without it. You wouldn’t be able to check your Instagram or your email on the go. If you wanted to take a photo, you would have to carry a camera. Everything would be different, but with Android you can do all of that. Android is a mobile operating system that Google owns and makes. It runs on devices from many different manufacturers, which inspired its motto “Be together. Not the same.” Even though Android had a small start, it had a great evolution to become what it is today.
First, lets go back in time to the beginning of Android. In July of 2005 Google started buying start-up companies. Although some of them never became very well known, some were, like a company called Android Inc.. Andy Rubin, now the director of mobile platforms at Google, was the co-founder of Android when Google first bought Android Inc., and there was almost almost no information about the company. The only thing about Android Inc. people could find was “it developed software for mobile phones.” Android officially launched for costumers in 2008 on the 22nd of October, and it started with the T-Mobile G1. Although it was missing many features we have today, it set the base for the great evolution of Android.
Android’s evolution was great and spanned over many years. Android got its first upgrade in a little more than three months after it debuted on the T-Mobile G1. It was not a big change in the OS (operating system), but it showed the world the ability Android had to put out updates that were extremely easy to install. Android 1.5 Cupcake was a new version of the OS. It not only brought new features to keep it in the competition with other phones; it also started the trend that every new Android version would be named after a dessert in alphabetical order. A year after Android got first launched, Android 2.0 Eclair was announced. It was huge for Android. It was the first time Android was offered on big phone carriers. Android Eclair started out on the Motorola Droid which set off a trend of Droid phones. Android 3.0 Honeycomb came in the month of February, 2011. With it came the the first version of the OS that was for tablets. On September 3, 2013 Android Kit Kat was announced. Android went through many different versions though its evolution that lead to the OS today
Finally, there is Android today, and with its evolution it became what it is. Google’s most recent version of Android, 5.0 Lollipop, showed people a brand new design on the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9. Google also provided a beta version to developers so most applications were ready when the launch arrived.With Android 5.0 came a new material design. It had new user interface (UI) that is very similar to Google Now.On 5.0 Google used a flat and modern design with many animations to make the OS feel more natural. Finally Google added new colors to brighten everything in the UI. There are more things Android can do today, for example the school capabilities. “The Android operating system has a growing number of uses for the classroom. GAFE (Google Apps for Education) has becoming an increasing large part of how educators are using technology in the classroom, and though these tools work with Apple products they are best suited to work with Android systems. Our school has an ever increasing amount of Chromebooks which are rooted in the Chrome and Android operating systems. We are finding that Android is continuously developing new and better ways to use its system in an education setting. Unlike the very restricted and locked down iOS operating system Android allows for a lot of freedom and is easily applied in an enterprise setting (large scale deployment) which makes supporting these devices for teachers and students very easy and user-friendly. With new tools like tablets coming out at a very reasonable price point our district is looking at how we can use more Android systems to align all our technology as much as possible,” says Evan Obranovic.
In the end, we can tell that Android had a very small start, then had a great evolution with many different versions, and became the very well known OS it is today. Android’s past had a huge influence on what it is today. The humble beginnings to the great evolution all affected the outcome today. Android and smartphones shaped history. With Android and smartphones we have gone from almost no phones to phones that can do anything, and expanded the capabilities of learning.
Works Cited
Beavis, Gareth. "A Complete History of Android." TechRadar. N.p., 28 Sept. 2008. Web. 22 Apr.
2015.<http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/a-complete
-history-of-android-470327>.
Hildenbrand, Jerry. "Inside the Different Android Versions." Android Central. N.p., 11 June 2013.
Web. 22 Apr. 2015. <http://www.androidcentral.com/android-versions>.
“Lollipop, Android 5.0-5.1." Android Central. Ed. Andrew Martonik. N.p., 11 Mar. 2015. Web. 24
Apr. 2015. <http://www.androidcentral.com/lollipop>.
OBranovic, Evan. Personal interview. 5 April 2015
Staff, Verge. "Android: A Visual History." The Verge. N.p., 07 Dec. 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2015.
<http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/7/2585779/android-history>.
Language Arts
Matt Fields
5 May 2015
Android
Smartphones and tablets are everywhere today, and you can do almost everything with them. They help you with everything from communication to video games to your primary camera. Now imagine your life without it. You wouldn’t be able to check your Instagram or your email on the go. If you wanted to take a photo, you would have to carry a camera. Everything would be different, but with Android you can do all of that. Android is a mobile operating system that Google owns and makes. It runs on devices from many different manufacturers, which inspired its motto “Be together. Not the same.” Even though Android had a small start, it had a great evolution to become what it is today.
First, lets go back in time to the beginning of Android. In July of 2005 Google started buying start-up companies. Although some of them never became very well known, some were, like a company called Android Inc.. Andy Rubin, now the director of mobile platforms at Google, was the co-founder of Android when Google first bought Android Inc., and there was almost almost no information about the company. The only thing about Android Inc. people could find was “it developed software for mobile phones.” Android officially launched for costumers in 2008 on the 22nd of October, and it started with the T-Mobile G1. Although it was missing many features we have today, it set the base for the great evolution of Android.
Android’s evolution was great and spanned over many years. Android got its first upgrade in a little more than three months after it debuted on the T-Mobile G1. It was not a big change in the OS (operating system), but it showed the world the ability Android had to put out updates that were extremely easy to install. Android 1.5 Cupcake was a new version of the OS. It not only brought new features to keep it in the competition with other phones; it also started the trend that every new Android version would be named after a dessert in alphabetical order. A year after Android got first launched, Android 2.0 Eclair was announced. It was huge for Android. It was the first time Android was offered on big phone carriers. Android Eclair started out on the Motorola Droid which set off a trend of Droid phones. Android 3.0 Honeycomb came in the month of February, 2011. With it came the the first version of the OS that was for tablets. On September 3, 2013 Android Kit Kat was announced. Android went through many different versions though its evolution that lead to the OS today
Finally, there is Android today, and with its evolution it became what it is. Google’s most recent version of Android, 5.0 Lollipop, showed people a brand new design on the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9. Google also provided a beta version to developers so most applications were ready when the launch arrived.With Android 5.0 came a new material design. It had new user interface (UI) that is very similar to Google Now.On 5.0 Google used a flat and modern design with many animations to make the OS feel more natural. Finally Google added new colors to brighten everything in the UI. There are more things Android can do today, for example the school capabilities. “The Android operating system has a growing number of uses for the classroom. GAFE (Google Apps for Education) has becoming an increasing large part of how educators are using technology in the classroom, and though these tools work with Apple products they are best suited to work with Android systems. Our school has an ever increasing amount of Chromebooks which are rooted in the Chrome and Android operating systems. We are finding that Android is continuously developing new and better ways to use its system in an education setting. Unlike the very restricted and locked down iOS operating system Android allows for a lot of freedom and is easily applied in an enterprise setting (large scale deployment) which makes supporting these devices for teachers and students very easy and user-friendly. With new tools like tablets coming out at a very reasonable price point our district is looking at how we can use more Android systems to align all our technology as much as possible,” says Evan Obranovic.
In the end, we can tell that Android had a very small start, then had a great evolution with many different versions, and became the very well known OS it is today. Android’s past had a huge influence on what it is today. The humble beginnings to the great evolution all affected the outcome today. Android and smartphones shaped history. With Android and smartphones we have gone from almost no phones to phones that can do anything, and expanded the capabilities of learning.
Works Cited
Beavis, Gareth. "A Complete History of Android." TechRadar. N.p., 28 Sept. 2008. Web. 22 Apr.
2015.<http://www.techradar.com/news/phone-and-communications/mobile-phones/a-complete
-history-of-android-470327>.
Hildenbrand, Jerry. "Inside the Different Android Versions." Android Central. N.p., 11 June 2013.
Web. 22 Apr. 2015. <http://www.androidcentral.com/android-versions>.
“Lollipop, Android 5.0-5.1." Android Central. Ed. Andrew Martonik. N.p., 11 Mar. 2015. Web. 24
Apr. 2015. <http://www.androidcentral.com/lollipop>.
OBranovic, Evan. Personal interview. 5 April 2015
Staff, Verge. "Android: A Visual History." The Verge. N.p., 07 Dec. 2011. Web. 20 Apr. 2015.
<http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/7/2585779/android-history>.