What Google Must Do to Make the Android Operating System the Best
The Android operating system by Google has taken the world by storm given the power of the system and its ability (arguably) to work with most hardware configurations.
Due to its hardware options the Android system has pushed Samsung into the number one cell phone brand in the world unseating Nokia from their reign of number one cell phone brand in the world that lasted from 1998 to 2012.
So what did Android do right to get here? The biggest thing Androids designers did was see the opportunity.
Before Android, the cell phone market had major operating system players consisting of Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackberry, and then came the iPhone.
Windows Mobile never worked well as powerful as it was.
Symbian never got the support it needed and never caught on.
Blackberry never progressed.
The iPhone captured the market on cool.
The iPhone was built on the concept of an iPod with a cell phone in it and quickly took over the mobile world as THE hot device to get.
No one cared that they were locked into one cell phone carrier, couldn't replace the battery, 2G data service when 3G was well established, had to use iTunes for everything, could not work with multi-media messages, had no physical keyboard, could not add SD card memory, you had to choose between 8gb or 16gb, the liquid damage indicators were placed on the outside and not in a protected area such as the battery compartment, the $599 price tag, no LED notifies etc.
Some of these issues are still in use on the iPhone today but none of it mattered if you wanted the latest and greatest entertainment device.
The iPhone wasn't truly functional for work and was labeled as the most insecure device made at the time.
This of course has changed and IT guys now include the iPhone on most company's server services.
Creators of Android, The Open Handset Alliance led by Google, saw this and took the opportunity to fill the void.
An open source software system that would be the most versatile ever built that could be improved upon by the community of cell phone users.
The Android system can be used by any developer.
Most hardware will work.
Google gives out the system for free and pays for it with advertising.
Any phone maker or cell phone carrier may use the Android system.
This is in stark contrast to the iPhones locked down and controlled system.
These ideas laid the groundwork for fierce competition between Apple and Google.
Competition is good for creativity, business, and the end user.
The reasons for the failure of Windows Mobile (not Windows Phone), Symbian, and now Blackberry has been a complete lack of support, creativity, and resting on their laurels.
All these systems had a decent percentage of the market until iPhone started their downfall and Android made them obsolete.
Android is in a fierce battle with iPhone to reign supreme and both do with their perspective audiences.
If Android wants to be dominate they should observe the very slow improvements process that Apple has implemented since 2007 and make a daring jump in fast and steady improvements for the better.
Android should no long focus on adding processor cores to an operating system that does not have the capability of reading them, as discovered by Intel, but only put multi cores into updated systems that will actually see improvement.
Make less of a distinction between the cell phone and tablet operating systems so the app store will be more functional for the tablet users.
Apple has not done this but Microsoft say they have for Windows 8.
Google should not be playing catch up.
Reduce the fragmentation.
Currently developers strive for a 80% compatibility rate with apps.
iPhone apps work on all iPhones.
Android may have almost as many apps as iPhone but you can't use them all.
For all its faults Android is the most powerful system with capabilities far beyond the iPhone but Google needs to get to work to keep it that way and improve on the current systems operations.
The current work with the U.
S.
Government to create an ultra secure Android phone is a great start.
Google do what you did in 2009.
See the void and fill it with real quality.
Due to its hardware options the Android system has pushed Samsung into the number one cell phone brand in the world unseating Nokia from their reign of number one cell phone brand in the world that lasted from 1998 to 2012.
So what did Android do right to get here? The biggest thing Androids designers did was see the opportunity.
Before Android, the cell phone market had major operating system players consisting of Windows Mobile, Symbian, Blackberry, and then came the iPhone.
Windows Mobile never worked well as powerful as it was.
Symbian never got the support it needed and never caught on.
Blackberry never progressed.
The iPhone captured the market on cool.
The iPhone was built on the concept of an iPod with a cell phone in it and quickly took over the mobile world as THE hot device to get.
No one cared that they were locked into one cell phone carrier, couldn't replace the battery, 2G data service when 3G was well established, had to use iTunes for everything, could not work with multi-media messages, had no physical keyboard, could not add SD card memory, you had to choose between 8gb or 16gb, the liquid damage indicators were placed on the outside and not in a protected area such as the battery compartment, the $599 price tag, no LED notifies etc.
Some of these issues are still in use on the iPhone today but none of it mattered if you wanted the latest and greatest entertainment device.
The iPhone wasn't truly functional for work and was labeled as the most insecure device made at the time.
This of course has changed and IT guys now include the iPhone on most company's server services.
Creators of Android, The Open Handset Alliance led by Google, saw this and took the opportunity to fill the void.
An open source software system that would be the most versatile ever built that could be improved upon by the community of cell phone users.
The Android system can be used by any developer.
Most hardware will work.
Google gives out the system for free and pays for it with advertising.
Any phone maker or cell phone carrier may use the Android system.
This is in stark contrast to the iPhones locked down and controlled system.
These ideas laid the groundwork for fierce competition between Apple and Google.
Competition is good for creativity, business, and the end user.
The reasons for the failure of Windows Mobile (not Windows Phone), Symbian, and now Blackberry has been a complete lack of support, creativity, and resting on their laurels.
All these systems had a decent percentage of the market until iPhone started their downfall and Android made them obsolete.
Android is in a fierce battle with iPhone to reign supreme and both do with their perspective audiences.
If Android wants to be dominate they should observe the very slow improvements process that Apple has implemented since 2007 and make a daring jump in fast and steady improvements for the better.
Android should no long focus on adding processor cores to an operating system that does not have the capability of reading them, as discovered by Intel, but only put multi cores into updated systems that will actually see improvement.
Make less of a distinction between the cell phone and tablet operating systems so the app store will be more functional for the tablet users.
Apple has not done this but Microsoft say they have for Windows 8.
Google should not be playing catch up.
Reduce the fragmentation.
Currently developers strive for a 80% compatibility rate with apps.
iPhone apps work on all iPhones.
Android may have almost as many apps as iPhone but you can't use them all.
For all its faults Android is the most powerful system with capabilities far beyond the iPhone but Google needs to get to work to keep it that way and improve on the current systems operations.
The current work with the U.
S.
Government to create an ultra secure Android phone is a great start.
Google do what you did in 2009.
See the void and fill it with real quality.
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