Symbian, Windows Mobile, Palm and OS X for iPhone are some of the popular operating system today. Most of them are closed systems. To compete all these mobile platform, Google android uses open network concepts. Thus android users can develop application that suits their needs in a more user-friendly way.

Activities, broadcast receiver, services and content provider are the fundamental concepts in androids mobile application development. Android developers who work on these concepts have good growth and scope today. Though Google hopes that androids will be the leading mobile platform soon, apple's iPhone is people's choice today as it well supports third party applications.

Now-a-days mobile users opt for phones with more features, functionality and options. To meet their demands, developers now look for android mobile development. Android applications have been developed in many software companies. Many offshore consulting offer cost-effective solutions to android development.

May be now, android is not a leader for mobile platform, but it will lead the world market soon as Google has taken vigorous steps like forming Google android alliance and offering incentives to enhance its development.

Source : Ezine