Android Operating system

Android........android .....android man i've just fallen in love with this OS.Its become the buzzword these days. Many handset providers have launched a wide range of Smartphones which have Android as OS(Operating system). Be it the HTC-Google Nexus or Samsung's WAVE & GALAXY or Sony Erricson's Xperia, the sales of Android operated phones have increased to upto 15%(please checkout the quarter sales on the official sites), even if Nokia Symbian OS still rules the roost in terms of low end mobiles.
Basically its an operating system developed by Google GNU ( unix like operating systen developed by the GNU project) and Linux kernel(layman's terms the central component of computer operating system). Android has its applications running on JAVA programming language mostly Google developed libraries.google also has released "App inventor" for newbies.Android was developed by intially by Android Inc.(Later acquired by Google).
Being an Opensource,its really expanding in terms of application development and companies are trying to get Efficient yet affordable handsets in coming days. Hope the Androids hit the markets having prices less than about Rs.10000(height of hope!!!!) in few months....want to have one :) :)..................Recent Android operating system is the Android 2.2(Froyo) on Linux kernel and inQ4 another operating system 2.6 in this year......so "anandi ananda gade jikde tike chohikade" in case of Android development.
Its a real killer in terms of applications and functionality when combined with a great hardware....e.g a Qualcomm Snapdragon 1GHz processor in Nexus and also in terms of affordability compared to iPhones.
So look for a new Android near you, i'm sure it will charm you...............