The Android OS was originally designed to compete in the SmartPhone market with Apple's proprietary iPhone OS that only runs on Apple iPhones. It has since expanded to the Tablet market it continues to compete well with Apple's iPad.
Google wanted to create an open source operating system for mobile devices.Google advertise its operating system. The mobile operating system generate projected $1.2 billion of ad revenue in 2012 according to BusinessInsider.
Andy Rubin and his team were the first one to invent Android OS !
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Yes, it is possible to install Android OS into a desktop, but it will require modification on the user's part. However, there are all-in-one (AIO) computers where it runs Android OS, and one that can toggle between Android and Windows OS.
Well, if you are talking in context with operating system available for mobile devices then both of them are same, " Android and Android OS" .It depends on the context but if you're talking about Android broadly, you could mean devices that use the Android OS software.
Yes. There are laptops with Android OS .
Yes, Android is an OS platform.
Yes, Android OS is easy for java developers. It is because the coding in Android is in core Java.
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No, Belle OS (a Symbian variant by Nokia) does not support Android apps.
As of August 2014, the fastest version of Android OS is version 4.4.4 (KitKat). The next Android version (Android "L") is set to debut in the fall.
Any phone classified as a smart phone, that runs the android OS, is considered an android device.