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Android Platform Session
Introduction
Alvaro del Castillo San F lix
[email protected]
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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.
http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/22/entelligence-is-android-fragmented-or-is-this-the-new-rate-of-i/http://www.engadget.com/2010/05/22/entelligence-is-android-fragmented-or-is-this-the-new-rate-of-i/
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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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