Once upon a time the only technological device that required an operating system was a personal computer, then with the arrival of smartphones things changed. Initially it was just one or two high-end mobile phones that ran on operating systems, but with the success of these particular models more and more models started using smartphone operating systems. One smartphone operating system that has truly revolutionized the whole idea of a mobile phone is Android. Android OS Launched by Google, Android was designed to take the smartphone industry by storm and it did precisely that. After the initial success of Android run phones by HTC, more and more smartphone manufacturers got onboard with the project. This resulted in Android becoming the most widely used smartphone in the market, holding more than fifty percent of the smartphone market share. Open Source Nature and Third Party Developers: The open source nature of Android allows independent third party developers to furt...