Why Is Android Named Android
A Brief History of Android Nowadays, it’s relatively common knowledge that Google owns the Android operating system. However, Google didn’t create it. Android Inc. was founded in California back in 2003, five years before the first Android smartphone would launch. It was founded by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White. Originally, Android was intended to be an OS for digital cameras. That idea didn’t last long, though. Eventually, they realized there was much more potential for Android to rival Windows Mobile and Symbian, the leading mobile operating systems of the time....