Android is perhaps one of the most used Operating System plus framework available for what we call smartphones today. And it is poised to become an all-encompassing framework.

Interestingly, the Android operating system was not initially designed to be used on mobile phones.

While Android and Apple's iOS continue to rise, the arrival of Windows Phone 8 actually saw Microsoft's share of the smartphone market fall. The race for the number three smartphone operating ...

Handsets running Google's Android operating system now account for more than 25 per cent of the global market, making it the second most popular smartphone operating system behind Symbian.

The war between Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android operating systems has existed for as long as one can remember. And it’s not only a war between the two operating systems but also between iOS ...

Roughly six months ago, I put up a blog post suggesting Android was going to be the dominant mobile phone operating system and that developers interested in the largest user bases ought to start ...

Android is leading the smartphone operating system in Q2 2013. Samsung and its Galaxy S4 made strong contributions, IDC said.

The new phones follow the highly successful Google Pixel phone last year, after Google rebranded their Nexus range. Older Nexus phones and Pixel phones sport Google’s Android operating system.

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The Linux-based Ubuntu operating system is to work on smartphones, allowing users to run full-scale programs on handsets designed for Android.