What You Don’t Know About Android

First things first, it was not created by Google! In fact, they bought it from Android Inc.—you read that right, that’s the original company’s name—somewhere in 2005. Whereas Andy Rubin actually created Android back in 2003.

Then, the project went bankrupt

Microsoft didn’t think it was going to be successful

Initially, it didn’t scale images based on device resolution. This feature came later in version 1.6

We once saw it in space—Star Wars—it has now actually been sent to space. Nexus One somehow tests the toughness of electronic devices in space.

Each application in Android runs within its own virtual machine. That is good for both battery and performance.