2007: Birth of Android
In 2005 Google acquired a company called Android, Inc., which built software for digital cameras. Google then turned Android into a Linux-based OS for mobile phones. It issued the first production Android release in November 2007.
In 2010 Google started selling Android-based phones of its own. Three years later Android claimed a stunning eighty percent of global mobile device market share.
You can debate whether or not Android is "really" Linux. But you can't deny its importance in creating enormous partner opportunities in the mobile space.
In 2005 Google acquired a company called Android, Inc., which built software for digital cameras. Google then turned Android into a Linux-based OS for mobile phones. It issued the first production Android release in November 2007.
In 2010 Google started selling Android-based phones of its own. Three years later Android claimed a stunning eighty percent of global mobile device market share.
You can debate whether or not Android is "really" Linux. But you can't deny its importance in creating enormous partner opportunities in the mobile space.
