ANDROID WILL BE THE SECOND LARGEST MOBILE PHONE IN 2012?

Android is a mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel. It was initially developed by Google and later the Open Handset Alliance. In July 2005, Google acquired Android, Inc., a small startup company based in Palo Alto, California, USA. Android's co-founders who went to work at Google included Andy Rubin (co-founder of Danger), Rich Miner (co-founder of Wildfire Communications, Inc.), Nick Sears (once VP at T-Mobile[11]), and Chris White (headed design and interface development at WebTV). At the time, little was known about the functions of Android, Inc. other than that they made software for mobile phones. This began rumors that Google was planning to enter the mobile phone market, although it was unclear what function it might perform in that market.

In September 2007, InformationWeek covered an Evalueserve study reporting that Google had filed several patent applications in the area of mobile telephony. On 5 November 2007, the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of several companies which include Texas Instruments, Broadcom Corporation, Google, HTC, Intel, LG, Marvell Technology Group, Motorola, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile was unveiled with the goal to develop open standards for mobile devices. Along with the formation of the Open Handset Alliance, the OHA also unveiled their first product, Android, a mobile device platform built on the Linux kernel version 2.6. On 9 December 2008, it was announced that 14 new members would be joining the Android project including: ARM Holdings Plc, Atheros Communications, Asustek Computer Inc, Garmin Ltd, Softbank, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corp, and Vodafone Group Plc.

In 21 October 2008, Android has been available as open source. Google opened the entire source code (including network and telephony stacks under an Apache License. With the Apache License, vendors are free to add proprietary extensions without submitting those back to the open source community.

Analysts suggest that by 2012, Android could be the second largest mobile phone OS with 14% of the market, behind Symbian (with 36%) and in front of iPhone OS (with 13%). Gartner suggests "Android is simply licensed to more manufacturers with strong companies like HTC, LG, and Dell behind it".

WARNING !! THIS IS A DECEPTION

I have received the letters like this for manytimes. They promise to give me so much money, and said that I am a winner, I am a lucky guy and sometime they need help to transfer a lot of money to my bank and give me percentage. I say that this is a deception.

FROM THE DESK OF
HAJI SULAIMAN ABDULLAH LAW CHAMBERS
LEGAL SOLICITORS/PRIVATE
20 JALAN TUN RAZAK
KUALA LUMPUR MALAYSIA
DIRECT LINE +60-166079163

Attention:

Your e-mail address came up in a random draw conducted by my law firm,HAJI
SULAIMAN ABDULLAH Law Chambers in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia..

My name is BARRISTER HAJI SULAIMAN ABDULLAH (esq).A personal attorney to
my late client Mr.Abdullah A. Rahman who worked with an oil firm here in
Malaysia, Mr.Abdullah A. Rahman a well known Philanthropist who died along
with his entire family in the Gulf Air Flight Crashes in Persian Gulf near
Bahrain Aired August 23, 2000 - 2:50p.m. ET as reported on :
http://transcripts.cnn.com/TRANSCRIPTS/0008/23/bn.08.html. Before he
died, he made a Will in my law firm stating that $5.2M five million Two
Hundred Thousand U.S. dollars only) should be donated to any
Philanthropist of our choice outside Malaysia (Overseas.)
My chambers conducted a random draw which was supervised by the Ministry
of justice, The attorney General of Malaysia and AFFIN BANK Malaysia the
bank where the money was deposited by my late client Mr Abdullah A.
Rahman,and your name and e-mail address was picked as the beneficiary to
this (WILL).

I am particularly interested in securing this money from the Bank, because
they have issued a notice instructing my chamber to produce the
beneficiary of this Will within three weeks which happens to be you or
else the money will be credited to the Government treasury as per law here
in my country Malaysia.

It is my utmost desire to execute the Will of our late client. Mr.Abdullah
A. Rahman. You are required to contact me immediately to start the process
of transfering this money to any of your designated official bank account.
I urge you to contact me immediately for further details bearing in mind
that the Bank has given us a date limit.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN.
Regards,
Advocate Haji Sulaiman Abdullah
Attorney-at-Law