As many of you think that the term "Android" solely refers to an automaton (robot) that is created from biological materials and resembles a human. Also calledhumanoid.

But that's not ALL what an Android is.

An Android phone is a cellphone that uses the Google-developed Android operating system and platform. Google partnered with the High Tech Computer Corporation (HTCC) to build hardware for the G1 cellphone, the first mobile phone to run the Android platform. In 2008, T-Mobile premiered the G1 Android phone to the public.

On the technical side, an Android phone runs on the Android operating system, key applications and middleware. It's Linux kernel-based, has applications that are written in the Java language and can even run applications written in the C language. It is also a product, partly, of the Open Handset Alliance, which encourages the use and advancement of open source software for cellphones.