ADB: Android Debug Bridge
AMOLED: Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode
Android: Google’s open-source mobile operating
system
AOSP: The Android Open Source Project
.apk: The file extension of an Android application.
Bluetooth: A short-range radio that lets you connect
headsets, speakerphones or computers
Bootloader: An internal mode that helps in flashing
ROMs
CDMA: One of two standards for cell phone
communications. Code Division Multiple Access, it can be found in US
Carriers Verizon Wireless and Sprint.
Cupcake: Android 1.5
DLNA: Dynamic Living Network Alliance allows
wireless transmission of content from your Android
device to your
television or other DLNA equipped device
Donut: Android 1.6
Eclair: Android 2.0-2.1
Factory Reset: Wiping all data, settings, and apps
from a phone to make it stock a.k.a “out of the box”. In most versions
of Android this can be found under Settings>Privacy.
FC: Short for force close
Froyo: Android 2.2
Gingerbread: Android 2.3
Google: Largest search engine company in the world
and the company that created Android.
GSM: One of two standards for cell phone
communications. Global System for Mobile communications, this is the
system that requires the use of a “sim” card.
Hard Reset: Wiping all data, settings, and apps from
a phone to make it stock a.k.a “out of the box”
Honeycomb: Android 3.0
JIT: Just-in-Time Compiler
Kernel: basic Linux building block of Android.
Linux: An open source variant of Unix, used as the
underlying system on Android devices.
Live wallpapers: Animated wallpapers
NFC: Near-field communication
OEM: Original Equipment Manufacturer
OTA: Over the Air as in OTA update. Most carriers
use this system of over the air updates to send out an update to an
Android device. This can include a security, service or operating system
update.
OS: Operating System
QR code: (Quick Response Code) A black-and-white
barcode that, when scanned by your phone, can open a web link, point to
an application in the Market, etc.
Recovery Mode: A special mode
within your Android device to which allows a firmware restoration
Root: A method of unlocking the Android operating
system to allow deeper programs deeper access than is allowed out of the
box.
SD card (or microSD card): A small plastic “card”
that expands the available storage memory on your phone
SIM card: The little card used in GSM phones
Soft Reset: turning off phone or removing battery
Tethering: The act of using your smartphone’s data
to provide Internet access to another device
USB: Universal Serial Bus
WiMax: World Interoperability For Microwave Access.
Originally not considered 4G by the International Telecommunications
Union (see above) it is now considered 4G and is the 4G that Sprint
utilizes in their 4G network which is a partnership with Clearwire
Motorola has been a arch disciplinarian in the electronics bold for
abounding years. They assuredly stepped into the Android bold with the
admission of their Motorola Cliq in November 2009. Back again Motorola
has produced abounding new and agitative accessories from the Adherent
to the Cliq 2 to their newest addition, the Motorola Xoom.
At the alpha of this year. January 4th, 2011 Motorola breach into two
companys, Motorola Solutions and Motorola Mobility. Sanjay Jha is the
administrator and CEO of Motorola Mobility, and their focus is on
adaptable accessories so humans can break affiliated on the go. As time
goes on we will see how able-bodied the aggregation does getting breach
into two segments.
Motorola is aswell one of the founding associates of the Accessible
Handset Alliance (OHA), which was founded by a bunch of OEMs and
Carriers in affiliation with Google, to actualize and advance
artlessness and best through operating systems. There has been abundant
belief on whether Motorola should abide getting associated with the OHA
due to their attempts to “lock” their devices. Android is advised to be
an accessible antecedent operating arrangement and by Motorola locking
these accessories it defeats the purpose of accepting an accessible
source.
However, Motorola’s acumen abaft “locking” their accessories is
to anticipate loading custom ROM’s which accept not been clearly active
by Motorola and extenuative consumers from possibly bricking their
Android phone. As time goes on however, we accept apparent Motorola
alpha to action the advantage of unlocking these accessories starting
with their aboriginal Android Book the Motorola Xoom, so developers can
admission the accouterments for development.
Our Guide to Android:
The Players, Motorola continues afterwards the break
Motorola’s aboriginal Android powered accent was launched in November
2009, and is accepted as the Motorola Cliq. With this barrage they as
showed off a cast new accession to Android with MotoBlur. MotoBlur is an
added band that gives users the added altercate of getting able to
break in blow with their amusing networks on the go, forth with
accepting added aegis on their Android device.
MotoBlur backs up your
contacts and abstracts to a anchored website which you are able to
admission from any computer. In the accident that your buzz is absent or
baseborn you can log on to the website to locate or clean your phone.
Another added benefit to Blur is its adeptness to accompany all your
amusing networks with out the bare accession of added applications.
The
added altercate of the MotoBlur widgets lets you break up to date on
your Facebook, Twitter, and Myspace feeds with out the charge to login
continually, and aswell the adeptness to amend your cachet on the go.
MotoBlur aswell adds abounding added convinces such as a “News Widget”
which lets you add the feeds you wish to break up to date on, and aswell
the “Messaging Widget” that shows letters you may accept on Twitter,
Facebook, MySpace, and argument messages.
There are abounding advantages
to MotoBlur for the amusing networker on the go, additional Blur has
fabricated it simple to be able to move your absolute settings to a new
buzz by just logging in to your new accent with your accepted MotoBlur
login information.
The Adherent and the Adherent X are both above players in Android.
Motorola debuted the Adherent on Verizon aback in November 2009
alongside the Motorola Cliq on T-Mobile. The Adherent showed that
Motorola was austere about Android and is planning on traveling all in
with approaching devices. The Motorola Adherent aswell helped Verizon
footfall into the Android game. Through a 100 actor dollar commercial
attack and, This Sound, “Droid” became a domiciliary name, Motorola and
Verizon brought ample acknowledgment to Android.
Eight months after Motorola and Verizon appear the next band up in the
adherent alternation with the Adherent X in July 2010. The Adherent X
was the next bearing Android buzz for Verizon and included a bigger
display, added memory, and a bigger camera than the aboriginal Droid.
Both these accessories fabricated a cogent appulse and showed added
handset makers that they would charge to footfall up their bold with
their approaching Android devices. Back the ablution of the Aboriginal
Adherent with Verizon we accept aswell apparent the Adherent 2, Adherent
Pro and the Adherent 2 Global. Motorola appear the Adherent Bionic
their aboriginal 4G/LTE Android buzz with Verizon slated for absolution
in Q2 2011.
Motorola has issued a portfolio of midrange Android accessories on
AT&T Wireless including the Motorola Aback Flip, Motorola Bravo,
Motorola Flip Out and Motorola Flipside. At CES 2011 Motorola appear
their aboriginal flagship Android accent with AT&T, The Motorola
Atrix 4G and accompanying Lapdock accessory. The Motorola Atrix 4G runs
on AT&T’s actualization 4G service, HSPA+
Motorola’s newest accession to Verizon and Android is the Motorola Xoom,
their aboriginal Android Book and aboriginal book to run on Android 3.0
(honeycomb).
The Motorola Xoom fabricated its aboriginal actualization
during Super Bowl XLV and fabricated abounding humans can’t delay to get
their easily on this admirable device. The Motorola Xoom has a 10.1
inch HD Widescreen Display, 1GHz bound amount processor, 2mp webcam, 5mp
camera, and has 720p HD video abduction and playback. The Xoom is to be
a above iPad adversary and who could altercate with specs like these.
It will be arresting to see what Motorola Mobility has in abundance for
us this year and the years to come. With all they accept done back the
barrage of their aboriginal Android powered accent I am abiding that
there are abounding surprises in abundance for us in the future.
