Android is a Google's product. It's a free, open source mobile operating system. It includes a software development kit, libraries and tools which eventually help to create third party applications using the Java framework. Though it is
spreading among mobile users rapidly, apple's iphone is unbeatable in market
share.

In order to popularize their product, Google has been looking for android developers who can bring a lot of innovation and creativity to this platform. Recently it has launched android developers challenge to incorporate new ideas and technology
into androids.

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Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm and OS X for iPhone are some of the popular operating system today. Most of them are closed systems. To compete all these mobile platform, Google android uses open network concepts. Thus android users can
develop application that suits their needs in a more user-friendly way.

Activities, broadcast receiver, services and content provider are the fundamental concepts in mobile development. Android developers who work on these concepts have good growth and scope today. Though Google
hopes that androids will be the leading mobile platform soon, apple's iPhone is
people's choice today as it well supports third party applications.

Now-a-days mobile users opt for phones with more features, functionality and options. To meet their demands, developers now look for mobile development            .
Android applications have been developed in many software companies. Many
offshore consulting offer cost-effective solutions to android development.

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May be now, android is not a leader for mobile platform, but it will lead the world market soon as Google has taken vigorous steps like forming Google android alliance and offering incentives to enhance its development.

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