Here’s what Android looked like a decade ago

Feeling old yet?

An entire decade ago, Google released the first public beta of the Android OS, two years after its 2005 acquisition of Android Inc.

In the demo above, you’ll see the beginnings of Android as an OS for basic BlackBerry style devices with keyboards and trackballs, as well as what it can achieve on a full touch screen device.

What’s interesting is that you’ll see Google establish right from the get-go its vision for Android — not to create a single “G Phone” as was rumoured, but to spread the open source OS to hardware makers. Read more…

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