The History of The Android Operating System By jrounceville Oct 1, 2003 Android Inc. Founded by Andy Rubin, Rich Miner, Nick Sears, and Chris White Nov 1, 2003 Steve Perlman (early Apple employee) gives Android Inc. $10,000 in start up cash (no strings attached -- oops) Aug 1, 2005 Android Inc. Acquired by Google Inc. Dec 1, 2006 Wall Street Journal Publishes article that Google is "getting into mobile" Sep 1, 2007 InformationWeek publishes article about Google's mobile related patents Nov 5, 2007 Open Handset Alliance Formed Nov 5, 2007 Android Product Specification officially revealed by OHA Nov 12, 2007 Android Beta SDK Released to the public Sep 23, 2008 Android 1.0 released to the public Dec 9, 2008 14 New Members join OHA Feb 9, 2009 Android 1.1 released to the public Apr 30, 2009 Android 1.5 (Cupcake) released to the public Sep 15, 2009 Android 1.6 (Donut) released to the public Oct 26, 2009 2.0 (Eclair) released to the public Dec 3, 2009 Android 2.0.1 released to the public Jan 10, 2010 Android 2.1 released to the public May 20, 2010 Android 2.2 (Froyo) released to the public Jul 25, 2010 Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread) released to the public Dec 6, 2010 Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) released to the public Feb 22, 2011 Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) released to the public May 10, 2011 Android 3.1 (Honeycomb) released to the public Jul 15, 2011 Android 3.2 (Honeycomb) released to the public Nov 1, 2011 Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) expected to be released to the public
