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THE GOOD, THE BAD

AND THE UGLY

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WHAT IS ANDROID?

An open-source software stack for mobile devices

Based upon a modified version of Linux kernal

Google acquired Android Inc. in 2005

Collaborated with Open Handset Alliance: HTC, Intel, LG,Motorola, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba, Vodafone,etc

Applications: Written in Java and Google-developed Java libraries, no JVM in

the platform and Java byte code is not executed

Java classes are compiled into Dalvik executables and run on theDalvik virtual machine

SQLite (Database)

OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API

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VERSION HISTORY 1.5 (Cupcake)

1.6 (Donut)

2.0/2.1 (Eclair): revamped user interface, introduced HTML5 andExchange ActiveSync 2.5 support

2.2 (Froyo): Adobe Flash support, allow apps to installed to memory card 2.3 (Gingerbread): refined UI, improved soft keyboard, and added support

for NFC

3.0 (Honeycomb): a tablet-oriented, supports larger screen devices,supports multicore processors and hardware acceleration for graphics.

Ice-cream sandwich, a combination of Gingerbread and Honeycomb into

a "cohesive whole,"

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ANDROID MARKET

Online app-catalogue

170,000++ apps (official statistics)

Market will filter the list of application based-on device

compatibility

Percentage of free app

Android Market : 57%

Apples app store : 28%

Nokias Ovi store : 26%

Blackberrys app world : 26%

Windows Marketplace : 22%

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THE GOOD

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GoogleApps: seamless integration with Androidsmartphone.

Choice of hardware: variety of phones, vast choice ofhardware.

OTA updates: new features and security patches

Flash Player: Android 2.2 and above

Multitasking and Copy and Pasting

Open source: creates flexibility and allows vendors todevelop platforms for their specific hardware.

Android Market: Extensive application library,

developers do not have to go through the same obscureapprovals process as applications for competing phones.

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THE BAD

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Battery life: Horrible

Applications: Extensive, but must sift throughhundreds of horrible apps to find somethingdecent.

SD Card: inability to store apps (android 2.1 and

below) Bluetooth: file-sharing (need root access, and 3rd

party apps)

GoogleAds: in all free apps

Video Player:built-in support very few fileformats

Paid apps:Not available in Malaysia

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THE UGLY

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SMS Trojan In August 2010, Kaspersky Lab reported about an SMS Trojan

called Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer once installed, sends out SMS text messages without the users

knowledge or consent.

only Russian Android users got affected.

Google issues a security patch

Malicious apps In 1st March 2011, Googlepulled 58 malicious apps from the

Android Market, only after being downloaded to 260,000 devices

How they do it?

>> Took a couple of popular free apps from the market, injected rootexploits into them and republished

but Googlebelieves that only device-specific information, namely

thephones IMEI number, was compromised and that nopersonal data or account information was ever transferred.

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vs. vs.

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TYPICAL ANDROID USER

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TYPICAL IPHONE USER

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TYPICAL BLACKBERRY USER