Android
Overview
Android is an open source operating system for mobile phones, tablet computers, and netbooks developed by Google. The Android 2.2 operating system is popular in smartphones such as the Droid X, Motorola Droid 2, and the brand new Droid Bionic.
Open Sourcing and Ethical Conflicts
The Android Operating system is powerful and accomplishes many technological tasks and benchmarks with relative ease. The release of Android's open source code under a free software licensing system called Apache has allowed third party programmers to manipulate, revise, and innovate new applications for the Android Operating System and Android mobile markets. While the community of developers working on Android has produced revolutionary applications for Google's growing share in the mobile market, the conflict of ownership and patenting will become more of a problem.
