Top 10 surprising facts about android no one knows

Android, the operating system which creates the revolution in the world of smartphone's and becomes part of our day-to-day life.with its user-friendly interface, unique feature, and freedom of customization.

you will see an android device in almost everyone's hand but there are some interesting and amazing facts that very few people are aware.

in this post, I will cover those top 10 surprising facts about android that probably very few people knows.

Let's know that fact's about android

1. Android logo character name

you have seen this logo probably many times. but do you know what is the name of this logo?

many people think the logo's name is also android but its actual name is Bugdroid. created by Irina blok on 5 Nov 2007.

An interesting fact about this logo is that it is created in just 5 minutes when Irina got the idea by seeing toilet sign of men's and women in the airplane.

                                             

2. Android was initially developed for digital camera's.                                                      

In initial day's when android was founded it was developed to run on camera.


But later when google sees huge market potential for smartphones it shifts the idea from camera's to smartphones and now it is widely accepted and used os ever in the history                              
                                                       

3. Google didn't create android                                                                                              

Today, everyone connects android with google but very few people know that google didn't found it. 

Android was founded by Android.Inc in 2003 but in 2005 google for 50 million with all its important member.                                                                                    

4. Android is also run on cars, Tv and smartwatches. 

 Almost everyone knows that android os is used in smartphones and tablets but do you know that there are android powered TV, smartwatches and Cars out there.

5.One billion user's worldwide

Google announced that the no of the android user's in the world is crossed the one billion mark and will keep increasing by time. 

None of its rivals either ios or windows has hit that mark. the no of the android user is more than the sum of ios and windows. this is an amazing fact.

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6. Meaning of Android

The meaning of android is human(male) with robotic appearance. whereas "Gynoid" is used for the female robot.

7. Android is open source - means what?

you have been probably heard android is open source but do you know it's meaning.

It means that smartphone manufacturing company's don't have to pay anything to google for Android os and they can modify the source code and add their own feature in the phone.

8. Microsoft earns $5 to $15 for every smartphone sold - but why?

Because google used technology from oracle and Microsoft when then create android and chrome os without obeying the laws. and due to some patent issue, Microsoft earn up to 2 billion every year from android device selling.

9. Android 3.0 never used in smartphone's

android is mostly famous for use in smartphone's but its version 3.0 (honeycomb) released in 2009 never used in phones.

10. No. of free apps

More than 62% of apps in the google play store are free which is greater than the no of free apps in Apple's app store and window store.

Read: - top free android games to play

so, this was some interesting and lesser known facts about android. I am sure you have also some facts which are not mentioned in this post then feel free to share. if you like this post then don't forget to share this on facebook or Google+. if you have any opinions let me know via comments.

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