What is Android?

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STICKY PLEASE!!!

OP... TYVM for the info!
The first two posts are EXCELLENT for beginners! ( )
Understanding your enemy is the best way to control them.
You don't have to defeat or destroy the enemy... just make it succumb to your will. The same goes for software and hardware. IF you know how something is put together, you can take it apart and reassemble it with a different amount of parts to enhance the original design.

I've read a lot about Android and am currently studying Java programming to begin developing apps for this awesome operating system.

One MAJOR thing that helps people learn and grow is community knowledge.
OP, thank you for not assuming that everyone already knows the basics of Android and the ROOTing process. People are buying these phones in a staggering rate over these past 6 months. We will see TONS of people rush to this community during and after this holiday season.

Threads like this will bring them to the right place and point them in the right direction

KUDOS!