Android is the operating system for mobile phones based on Linux. Android provides an open platform for developers to create applications for their own use by a variety of mobile devices. Initially, Google Inc.. bought Android Inc.., newcomers who make software for mobile phones. Then to develop Android, formed the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 34 hardware companies, software, and telecommunications, including Google, HTC, Intel, Motorola, Qualcomm, T-Mobile, and Nvidia.At the inaugural release of Android, November 5, 2007, together with the Open Handset Alliance Android states support the development of open standards on mobile devices. On the other hand, Google released the Android code under an Apache license, a license is open standard software and mobile devices.
In this world there are two types of distributors operating system Android. The first fully supported by Google or Google Mail Services (GMS) and the second is that a truly free distribution without direct support Google's otherwise known as the Open Handset Distribution (OHD).
