<P> In July 2005 , Google acquired Android Inc. for at least $50 million . Its key employees , including Rubin , Miner and White , joined Google as part of the acquisition . Not much was known about the secretive Android at the time , with the company having provided few details other than that it was making software for mobile phones . At Google , the team led by Rubin developed a mobile device platform powered by the Linux kernel . Google marketed the platform to handset makers and carriers on the promise of providing a flexible , upgradeable system . Google had `` lined up a series of hardware components and software partners and signaled to carriers that it was open to various degrees of cooperation '' . </P>
<P> In July 2005 , Google acquired Android Inc. for at least $50 million . Its key employees , including Rubin , Miner and White , joined Google as part of the acquisition . Not much was known about the secretive Android at the time , with the company having provided few details other than that it was making software for mobile phones . At Google , the team led by Rubin developed a mobile device platform powered by the Linux kernel . Google marketed the platform to handset makers and carriers on the promise of providing a flexible , upgradeable system . Google had `` lined up a series of hardware components and software partners and signaled to carriers that it was open to various degrees of cooperation '' . </P>
android operating system was acquired by google in
android operating system was acquired by google in
July 2005
July 2005