What is Google Android?

I’m not entirely sure what it is, but I’ve heard it is a serious competitor to the iPhone OS. I also heard that it is open source.

What I’m really looking to understand is whether it is a replacement OS for any phone, like Linux is to any computer. Can it work with any hardware (albeit with tweaks)? Is it something that one can install if they are unhappy with the way their phone’s system functions, or am i on a completely wrong track here?

Can you tell me this info as well as similarities to the iPhone?

Thanks
Sameh

Answer by Inter B
Android comes preinstalled on certain types of smartphones. It is integrated into Google apps and relies heavily on cloud computing. It allows developers to write apps in Java which can be installed on your phone.

I think they released part of the code, not the all of it.

Answer by Shelby
Androd is compare to iPhone as Linux is compared to Windows. While it is open source OS for certain smartphones, it doesn’t matter until there are more apps for it. Let the geeks beta test/build it up before you think of it as a major competitor to the benefits of iPhone, Blackberry, Palm, etc.

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I’m not entirely sure what it is, but I’ve heard it is a serious competitor to the iPhone OS. I also heard that it is open source.

What I’m really looking to understand is whether it is a replacement OS for any phone, like Linux is to any computer. Can it work with any hardware (albeit with tweaks)? Is it something that one can install if they are unhappy with the way their phone’s system functions, or am i on a completely wrong track here?

Can you tell me this info as well as similarities to the iPhone?

Thanks
Sameh

Answer by John
Google Android: A software platform and operating system for mobile devices based on the Linux operating system. Announced in 2008 and was developed by Google and later by the Open Handset Alliance

for your question about the ability to work on any hardware, its not available yet in mobile phones world, there is nothing like the x86 architect and the OS is build to work with a specific processors family

Answer by a7xxx
pretty much the most amazing, jaw dropping, hard to text on, expensive phone out there right now.

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