talk about the Android operating system usually give assume certain data taken as absolute truth in the network. And although many of these data are true, there really curiosities and anecdotes that we probably would change my mind about the story behind such an important mobile operating system like Android . Therefore, in this article we will take a look at some of the most striking curiosities on Android operating system.
This collection includes a total of five curiosities , of which there will probably be two or three that today we do not know. Here we go with this small glimpse into the brief but intense history Android .
Facts about Android
OS 1. – Android was not created by Google
Although today relate Android with Google (which is completely true), history shows us. Android was not the brainchild of Google . The creator of this operating system was a young American named Andy Rubin , who in 2003 founded the company Android Inc. with the intention of protect the rights of the mobile operating system that just created. After some years, particularly during the month of August 2005 , Google company bought Android Inc. and hired Rubin to collaborate with the company in the development and improvement of its operating system.
2. – Android was a failure in their first months of life
Life is not always a bed of roses, and the first months of life Android operating system tumbled to its future that, if it had not been for additional investments today probably use our mobile a completely different operating system. One of the most important investors in the first months of life of this OS was Steve Perlman , current president of the company OnLive .
3. – Rumors pointed to Google would launch its first mobile in 2007
Successful Android soared to the point that the first rumors related to a mobile developed by Google already appeared in 2007 . Users are confident that the U.S. company Google launch a “gPhone ” build on the success he was having this operating system, but ultimately it was not until 2010 as the market welcomed the arrival of the first Nexus .
4. – There is a mobile with Android in space
A British company launched a smartphone from the Nexus range to space some years ago with the goal of checking how reluctant electronic components this mobile to space conditions. It is unknown what the current state of this phone, although presumably will still orbiting Earth.
5. – The first name of Android did not include the name of a dessert
Although today we are used to the names of desserts when know the names of Android OS ( KitKat , Jelly Bean , etc.), the fact is that the first version of this operating system was a much more “simple” name: R2-D2 Android . From there they began to use the names of the desserts
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