
History of Google Mobile Phones
It’s impossible not to have heard of Google; they’re the biggest search engine on the web and with the likes of Apple delving into the mobile phone world it was only going to be a matter of time before Google followed suit.
Google itself was founded in 1996 as a research project by Larry Page and Sergey Brin but it wasn’t until 2005 that Google began the quiet process of buying up small companies to divert their energies into developing a handset for the mobile market.
Soon after Apple launched the iPhone, the web was rife with rumours that Google would be releasing their own mobile phone that would help them expand in the world of mobile search. Rumours speculated that the handset would be designed to work with location based services and implement Google staples like Googlemail and Maps, as well as new Google applications.
However, it soon emerged that not only would Google be releasing their own handset but also that they would be developing their own operating system that would rival that of the iPhone and Symbian – which later became known as Android and was born out of the Open Handset Alliance with HTC, LG, Samsung, T-Mobile and other manufacturers.
The culmination of years of work resulted in the release of Google’s first flagship phone, the Nexus One, earlier this year which was available online only from the Google store and was manufactured by HTC. As the release was rolled out across Europe Google shut its online store and announced that it would be selling the phone via mobile providers like Vodafone here in the UK which saw an increase in sales.
The Nexus One was touted as Google’s answer to the iPhone and featured the powerful Android 2.1 OS as well as a large touchscreen, expandable memory, Android Market, access to the Amazon MP3 store and a 5 megapixel camera.where as they are not cheap mobile phones the android and the iphone are seen as market leaders
The Android OS has also been rolled out across various different manufacturers and sales of Android phones outstripped those of the iPhone in the US for the first time ever back in April, click for more information.
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