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Android turns 5 today, hits 75 percent of the smartphone market |
November 06, 2012
Given Android's ubiquity today, it's almost hard to believe that it has only been around a few years.
Sure enough, though, it was exactly five years ago Monday that the newly formed Open Handset Alliance announced the Linux-based mobile platform, and it's been nothing short of a wild ride ever since.
"This partnership will help unleash the potential of mobile technology for billions of users around the world," said Google Chairman and CEO Eric Schmidt at the time. "Our vision is that the powerful platform we're unveiling will power thousands of different phone models."
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