Android Android Android !!

Android Android Android!! i hear and read about it more often now than before.

I am engaged in counselling of students who complete their class 12(PUC in karnataka). I counsel them in selecting the colleges and the streams in which they want to pursue their higher education. I usually counsel people from my home town Sindhanur. Sindhanur is a small town famous for many things but not technology. People use their mobiles and passionate about features it provides but not the technology behind it.

I had one of the acquaintance whom i had counselled during his selection of undergraduate course. That acquaintance turned into friendship and we often meet up during our regular tea in evening. One day i told him about android overtaking blackberry and iphone as per the latest news(if it is to be beleived). He asked me "What is Android?" My response was grrrrrrrrrrr......i said "what the heck?" I see students enrolled in undergraduation courses devote so much time in their studies that they hardly find time to get themselves engaged in developing passion for anything related to science,technology,arts or whatever. This much time is required because they(me too did the same) need to study so many varied topics in 4 years.

PS: I had written above lines in Oct'2010 and did not publish. Publishing it now, happy that one of my beliefs came true that Android will overtake Blackberry and iPhone. It is also entirely possible that i might have got this idea by reading it in some article or heard from someone or it could be my thought after the collection of all knowledge around me back then. I was using Nokia 5800 then :)