Android History

This page has a few tidbits regarding the history of Android

Overview

 * Google's Open Source Android OS Will Free the Wireless Web Wired article, June 2008
 * Has a description of Rubin and Page's first meeting, and the overall Google strategy for Android
 * Some additional commentary (see the last 4 paragraphs) are at: The forgotten history of Android

2005
August, 2007 - Google acquires Android Inc.
 * See Google Buys Android for Its Mobile Arsenal - Business Week, August 2005

2007

 * See I, Robot: The Man Behind the Google Phone - New York Times article about Andy Rubin, Nov 2007

November, 2007 - Creation of Open Handset Alliance

2008
October, 2008 - The first phone, the G1, ships in the U.S.

2009
February, 2009 - The Open Embedded Software Foundation (OESF) is formed in Japan.

April, 2009 - 1.5 update (codenamed "CupCake)

July, 2009 - Mentor Graphics acquires Embedded Alley

September-November, 2009 - Motorola, Samsung, HTC, Sony/Ericsson announce new Android phones


 * November, 2009 - Google announces Maps Navigation program
 * Business analysis: Google Redefines Disruption: the "Less than Free" Business Model