What is Android?
To get a better understanding of what Android is capable of, we should first get a good handle on what it actually is.
In 2005, Google acquired a little known company called "Android, Inc", which had been developing software for mobile phones. Soon after, Google began filing various patents with a focus on mobile phone technology. This prompted the media to begin speculating that Google was planning on releasing a "G-Phone" to go head-to-head with Apple's immensely popular (and largely unchallenged) iPhone.
But in 2007,...