Analysis of the Current Android Market and Its Comparison with Other Applications and the Argument as To Why the Android Market Is More Preferable Than Others

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ABSTRACT

The revolution of mobile phone industry has been altering our life and business practices over the past few decades. Driven by user demands and technological advancement, we now experience rich mobile phone applications and sophisticated cellular services including iphone and android based phones. This paper aims to demonstrate the comparison of android market with other mobile technologies especially iphone and its symbian based operating system. The paper also analyzes the current market for android and attempts to discuss the reason for increasing customers preferring android over other mobile phone applications.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ABSTRACT2

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION4

Background of the Study4

History of Mobile Operating Systems4

Aims and Objectives of the Study5

Significance of the Study5

Research Questions6

CHAPTER 2: LITERATURE REVIEW7

History of Openness of Mobile Applications to the Introduction7

Advantages and Disadvantages of Openness in Mobile Applications8

Introduction to Google Android12

Is Android really Open Source?12

Technical Overview of Android13

Android Structure of an Android application14

Restriction to Android Market15

CHAPTER 3: METHODOLOGY17

Research Aim17

Research Objectives17

The Research Process18

Research Paradigm18

Research Approach19

Research Methods19

CHAPTER 4: DISCUSSION ANALYSIS21

Comparison of Android Technology with Apple Phones (iPhone)21

Android vs. iPhone (Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs. iPhone 4S)23

Current Android Market30

CHAPTER 5: CONCLUSION35

REFERENCES37

CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION

Background of the Study

The mobile telecommunication industry persistently and rapidly expands. Contradicting the recent economic downturn, the number of mobile cellular subscriptions worldwide has reached an estimated 4.6 billion in 2009. These striking numbers reflect the continual demand for mobile telephony. The use of mobile phones has long transcended strictly voice calling. Live measurements showed that mobile data traffic has taken over voice traffic volume. Global SMS traffic alone exceeded 5.5 trillion messages in 2009. As users perform ever more data-centric activities on their phones, they are increasingly purchasing Smartphone with the ability to run wide varieties of applications. Over 170 million Smartphone were purchased globally in 2009. Smartphone then become main conduits for various activities, from personal a airs such as diaries, journals, to mobile shopping and SMS ticketing, to financial transactions, online stock trading, community services, location-based services, and social networking. The wide adoption of Smartphone continues to drive global economics, accelerating the growth across all market segments.

History of Mobile Operating Systems

The life of modern man is practically impossible without mobile devices. Their quality is more dependent on hardware features, but usability is more dependent on the mobile operating system. It is therefore, very important to select not only the good characteristics of the hardware but we must also choose an operating system, which is convenient for us to work. And just summing these options, we will be able to choose the best mobile device. This article addresses the most common operating system for mobile devices:

Symbian OS Symbian OS

Windows Mobile Windows Mobile

Linux-based system (Android)

Palm OS Palm OS

iPhone OS iPhone OS

BlackBerry OS BlackBerry OS

Aims and Objectives of the Study

Following are the aims and objectives for the proposed study:

the current android market

comparison of Android applications with other applications

Significance of the Study

This research has to be conducted as ...