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I'm just a man who is born with all its weakness and fear on the date of August 31, 1991 in the town of Purbalingga, Central Java, Indonesia. A village boy who happens to be an opportunity to recognize the virtual world and the modernity of this world. I was about 21 years (calculated in 2012). I still consider myself a person who has not become fully mature. Although when asked what was up I did not have a satisfactory answer. I still live with my family. Father of the family who built his...

In January 2010, Google released its own smartphone, the Nexus One (N1) shown in Fig. 1.1. The N1 was developed by HTC and, by all accounts, was an ideal model for how manufacturers should develop their phones. The processor was extremely fast (1 GHz), it was running the latest version of Android, and it had innovations such as three microphones which survey background noise and blend your voice to create the most clear conversation possible. The N1 was sold directly by Google and was sold...

Android is clearly a powerful mobile device platform which costs an enormous amount in development. So why did Google give Android away for free? The answer starts with Google’s clearly defined mission (Corporate information:,about, n.d.): Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Cell phones are the most popular consumer device, numbering over 4 billion, so, by providing an advanced mobile stack at no cost, Google believes they...

After an application is designed, developed, tested, and signed, it is ready to be deployed into the Android Market.To use Google’s Android Market, a Google Checkout account needs to be created. It is used not only to pay for the initial developer fee of $25, but is also used for payment back to the developer for any charged apps. Public exposure to a developer’s creation is often exciting.Within hours of upload, the application can get hundreds of views, downloads, ratings, and reviews from...

The Android OS periodically rolls out new features, enhancements such as improved efficiency, and bug fixes.A main driver in OS improvement is the increased capability of hardware on new devices. In fact, major releases of the OS are generally coordinated with new hardware roll-outs (such as Eclair’s release with Droid). Some legacy Android devices cannot support the new version requirements and are not updated with new OS releases.This leads to a user base with a variety of different possible experiences.The...

The Android SDK is comprised of the platform, tools, sample code, and documentation needed to develop Android applications. It is built as an add-on to the Java Development Kit and has an integrated plugin for the Eclipse Integrated Development Environment. Installing and Upgrading There are many places on the Internet that discuss detailed step-by-step instructions on how to install the Android SDK. For example, all the necessary links can be found on the Google website http://developer.android.com/sdk/.Therefore,...

The detailed features of Android and how to take advantage of them provide a main theme throughout this book. On a broader level, some key features of Android are major selling points and differentiators. It is good to be aware of these strong points of Android and utilize them as much as possible. Multiprocess and App Widgets The Android OS does not restrict the processor to a single application at a time.The system manages priorities of applications and threads within a single...

Smartphones are becoming sensor hubs in a way, opening a rich experience for users. Other than the microphone that every phone has, the first additional sensor introduced on phones was the camera. Different phone cameras have varying capabilities, and this is an important factor for people in selecting a device.The same type of diversity is now seen with the additional sensors. Most smartphones have at least three basic sensors: a three-axis accelerometer to measure gravity, a three-axis...

Touchscreens enable users to interact with the visual display.There are three types of touchscreen technology: Resistive—Two resistive material layers sit on top of a glass screen.When a finger, stylus, or any object applies pressure, the two layers touch together and the location of the touch can be determined. Resistive touchscreens are cost-effective, but only 75 percent of the light shows through, and until recently,multitouch was not possible. Capacitive—A charged material layer is...

Android has some interesting dichotomies. Knowing about them upfront is useful not only in understanding what Android is, but what it is not. Android is an embedded OS that relies on the Linux kernel for core system services, but it is not embedded Linux. For example, standard Linux utilities such as X-windows and GNU C libraries are not supported.Writing applications for Android utilizes the Java framework, but it is not Java. Standard Java libraries such as Swing are not supported....

Google, seeing a large growth of Internet use and search in mobile devices, acquired Android, Inc., in 2005 to focus its development on a mobile device platform. Apple introduced the iPhone in 2007 with some ground-breaking ideas including multitouch and an open market for applications.Android was quickly adapted to include these features and to offer definite distinctions, such as more control for developers and multitasking. In addition,Android incorporates enterprise requirements, such as...

Mobile market research firm, comScore, returned to announce their latest report about the smartphone market. The research lasted for three months and ended in July 2011 by five EU member states as the most popular data sources.  From five countries: Britain, Germany, France, Spain and Italy, recorded Symbian platform is still the most popular mobile alias is in the top position. Underneath is Android is making a big leap to be able to outperform the IOS that is in third position.  Symbian's...