Check out the timeline to learn what's happened with Android so far and what's coming up in the future.
Open Handset Alliance announces Android
November 5th, 2007
34 mobile and technology leaders come together to form the Open Handset Alliance. They announce Android, the world's first truly open and complete mobile platform. First phones scheduled to ship in second half of 2008.
Early look SDK released
November 12th, 2007
Developers get the opportunity to provide feedback and shape the SDK's development.
Android Developer Challenge I
April 17th, 2008
1,788 submissions received on this date. 20 winners announced on Aug 28th. $5 million in total awarded to developers for great Android applications.
Android Market announced
August 28th, 2008
Open content distribution system to connect users and developers.
T-Mobile G1
September 23rd, 2008
World's first Android-powered phone announced. Phones available to consumers starting October 22.
Android 1.0 SDK release 1 available
September 23rd, 2008
Developers have access to first 1.0 compatible SDK.
Android Open Source Project
October 21st, 2008
Source code is released.
