What would you do if you met Casey Anthony in Target? She yearns to stroll the aisles of the chic big-box store, at least according to letters she wrote while imprisoned on charges of murdering her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee.
Anthony, arguably the most-watched defendant to walk free since O.J. Simpson was acquitted of murder in 1995, went bars-free Sunday morning after logging 1,055 days in prison. It was a stealthy, middle-of-the-night operation occurring at 12:14 a.m. on Sunday; most ex-prisoners exit through the front door, but because of security concerns (newsflash: she's not America's favorite person right now) Anthony got back-door status. She slipped quietly out of Orlando's Orange County Jail with her attorney Jose Baez, saying nothing to the bystanders outside. She was provided with $537 from her jail account and hustled into a waiting SUV. But where will she head now?
Probably not to the beige ranch home she shared with her parents and Caylee before the toddler went missing three years ago. Anthony rejected a jailhouse visit from her mother days after her July 5 acquittal on murder charges, and it's unlikely her father, George Anthony, is feeling too paternal after her lawyers laid out a scenario in which he and Anthony had covered up the accidental drowning death of Caylee.
Last week, George Anthony made it clear that he's not one of his daughter's biggest supporters, telling the Washington Post that he cried when he first heard about a popular petition to enact "Caylee's Law," which would require parents to report a child missing within 24 hours. It took Casey Anthony 31 days to inform police that she didn't know Caylee's whereabouts. “This is a great legacy for my granddaughter. Other children still need assistance,” Anthony told the Post. “If it reflects on my daughter, well, so be it.”
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Compounded by trial allegations that George Anthony sexually abused Casey, any whisper of familial reconciliation appears a long shot. Yet that's exactly what she needs — along with intensive mental-health counseling, says Craig Haney, a psychology professor at the University of California, Santa Cruz. “The single most important thing that eases an ex-prisoner's re-integration into society is a warm social milieu,” says Haney, who studies how people are affected by imprisonment.
Typically, that means a supportive family or a group of nurturing ex-cons who will be patient as an ex-inmate transitions from incarceration to freedom. It's not as simple as just walking out of a jail cell into the sunshine. Just as soldiers returning from battle need to gradually ease back into society, so do people being released from prison.
“I'd suspect she will have a very difficult time,” says Haney. "People in general have a difficult time, and she has additional hurdles.”
Recidivism, of course, is an ever-present issue for people who've spent time behind bars. Anthony is hardly a career criminal, but she too may find it difficult to reclaim her decision-making abilities.
In jail and prison, every aspect of an inmate's existence is tightly controlled. Forced to comply, they go to sleep, wake up and eat at a prescribed time. “Their autonomy has atrophied,” says Haney. “It begins to change who you are and what you're capable of. People who come out of jail and prison tell you they feel stigmatized, like they're out of sync with everyone. You get this social awkwardness where people can't resume their social relationships or pick up where they left off. Add to that someone who is especially ostracized, and the degree of marginalization and alienation is going to be much greater.”
MORE: Online Petition for 'Caylee's Law' Goes Viral
Karin Moore, an assistant professor of law at Florida A&M University who attended much of Anthony's trial, thinks she is in danger. Locked up for the past three years, it's likely that Anthony doesn't have a pulse on the amount of hatred she's engendered. “I'd hear the public talking in the bathroom or in the hall about what they'd love to do to Casey Anthony,” says Moore. “I understand the anger. I just don't understand the bloodlust.”
Ideally, Anthony would leave town. But she's due back in court just days after being sprung from prison. A woman named Zenaida Gonzalez is suing her for defamation because Anthony told police a nanny by that name had been caring for Caylee; Gonzalez says she knew neither Anthony nor her daughter. Anthony will also have to contend with a suit filed by Texas EquuSearch, a non-profit group seeking $100,000 in reimbursement for expenses it says it racked up while searching for Caylee. (According to Anthony's defense, Caylee was already dead at the time.) If Anthony ends up having to pay but doesn't have the funds, the state of Florida could place a lien against future earnings — including those from any potential book or movie deals.
She'd better hope a blockbuster offer falls into place quickly because finding a 9-to-5 job could be a challenge. In a tough job market, three years behind bars doesn't do much to pretty up a resume, yet a job is one of the main paths back to normalcy. “Very few people are willing to hire people released from prison,” says Moore, who was a criminal defender for 22 years. “If you were an employer, would you hire Casey Anthony, an admitted prolific liar?”
To skirt that problem, it's not out of the question that she might assume a new identity, indulge in plastic surgery or get a really good wig. In letters she wrote to fellow Orlando County Jail inmate Robyn Adams between 2008 and 2009, Anthony mused about taking on a new name. "If you could change your name to any name, what would it be?" she wrote. "I've been thinking about that a lot lately. Ideas? Many ideas."
Released as part of a parcel of more than 50 jailhouse letters, Anthony described having a case of jailhouse fever, of craving a mani and pedi — and another child of her own. "And girl," she wrote to Adams, "I could use a day at Target myself. Just to walk around the store, to be a part of society. I want to go grocery shopping."
Bonnie Rochman is a reporter at TIME. Find her on Twitter at @brochman. You can also continue the discussion on TIME Healthland's Facebook page and on Twitter at @TIMEHealthland.
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Android (operating system) is?
Android is a software stack for mobile devices that includes an operating system, middleware and key applications.[7][8] Google Inc. purchased the initial developer of the software, Android Inc., in 2005.[9] Android's mobile operating system is based on the Linux kernel. Google and other members of the Open Handset Alliance collaborated on Android's development and release.[10][11]. The Android Open Source Project (AOSP) is tasked with the maintenance and further development of Android.[12] Android was listed as the best-selling Smartphone platform world-wide in Q4 2010 by Canalys. [13][14]
Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of the devices. There are currently more than 250,000 apps available for Android.[15][16] Android Market is the online app store run by Google, though apps can also be downloaded from third-party sites. Developers write primarily in the Java language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.[17]
The unveiling of the Android distribution on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 80 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.[18][19] Google released most of the Android code under the Apache License, a free software and open source license.[20]
The Android open-source software stack consists of Java applications running on a Java-based, object-oriented application framework on top of Java core libraries running on a Dalvik virtual machine featuring JIT compilation. Libraries written in C include the surface manager, OpenCore[21] media framework, SQLite relational database management system, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API, WebKit layout engine, SGL graphics engine, SSL, and Bionic libc.
Not much was known about Android Inc. at the time of the acquisition, but many assumed that Google was planning to enter the mobile phone market with this move.
Speculation about Google's intention to enter the mobile communications market continued to build through December 2006.[30] Reports from the BBC and The Wall Street Journal noted that Google wanted its search and applications on mobile phones and it was working hard to deliver that. Print and online media outlets soon reported rumors that Google was developing a Google-branded handset.[31] Some speculated that as Google was defining technical specifications, it was showing prototypes to cell phone manufacturers and network operators.
In September 2007, InformationWeek covered an Evalueserve study reporting that Google had filed several patent applications in the area of mobile telephony.[32][33]
On November 5, 2007, the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of several companies which include Broadcom Corporation, Google, HTC, Intel, LG, Marvell Technology Group, Motorola, Nvidia, Qualcomm, Samsung Electronics, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile and Texas Instruments unveiled itself. The goal of the Open Handset Alliance is to develop open standards for mobile devices.[10] On the same day, the Open Handset Alliance also unveiled their first product, Android, a mobile device platform built on the Linux kernel version 2.6.[10]
On December 9, 2008, 14 new members joined, including ARM Holdings, Atheros Communications, Asustek Computer Inc, Garmin Ltd, Huawei Technologies, PacketVideo, Softbank, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corp, and Vodafone Group Plc.[34][35]
Even though the software is open-source, device manufacturers cannot use Google's Android trademark unless Google certifies that the device complies with their Compatibility Definition Document (CDD). Devices must also meet this definition to be eligible to license Google's closed-source applications, including the Android Market.[39]
In September 2010, Skyhook Wireless filed a lawsuit against Google in which they alleged that Google had used the compatibility document to block Skyhook's mobile positioning service (XPS) from Motorola's Android mobile devices.[40] In December 2010 a judge denied Skyhook's motion for preliminary injunction, saying that Google had not closed off the possibility of accepting a revised version of Skyhook's XPS service, and that Motorola had terminated their contract with Skyhook because Skyhook wanted to disable Google's location data collection functions on Motorola's devices, which would have violated Motorola's obligations to Google and its carriers.[41]
In early 2011 Google chose to temporarily withhold the source code to the tablet-only Honeycomb release, which called into question the "open-ness" of this Android release.[42] The reason, according to Andy Rubin in an official Android blog post, was because Honeycomb was rushed for production of the Motorola Xoom,[43] and they didn't want third parties creating a "really bad user experience" by attempting to put onto smartphones a version of Android intended for tablets.[44] Google later confirmed that the Honeycomb source code would not be released until after it was merged with the Gingerbread release in Ice Cream Sandwich.[45]
The Android Emulator default home screen (v1.5). 
Architecture diagram
The main hardware platform for Android is the ARM architecture. There is support for x86 from the Android-x86 project,[76] and Google TV uses a special x86 version of Android.
The first commercially available phone to run Android was the HTC Dream, released on 22 October 2008.[77] In early 2010 Google collaborated with HTC to launch its flagship[78] Android device, the Nexus One. This was followed later in 2010 with the Samsung-made Nexus S.
iOS and Android 2.3.3 'Gingerbread' may be set up to dual boot on a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch with the help of OpeniBoot and iDroid.[79][80]
Only devices that comply with Google's compatibility requirements are allowed to preinstall Google's closed-source Android Market app and access the Market.[84] The Market filters the list of applications presented by the Market app to those that are compatible with the user's device, and developers may restrict their applications to particular carriers or countries for business reasons. [85]
Google has participated in the Android Market by offering several applications themselves, including Google Voice for the Google Voice service, Sky Map for watching stars, Finance for their finance service, Maps Editor for their MyMaps service, Places Directory for their Local Search, Google Goggles that searches by image, Gesture Search for using finger-written letters and numbers to search the contents of the phone, Google Translate, Google Shopper, Listen for podcasts and My Tracks, a jogging application. In August 2010, Google launched "Voice Actions for Android,"[86] which allows users to search, write messages, and initiate calls by voice.
Alternatively, users can install apps from third party app stores such as the Amazon Appstore,[87] or directly onto the device if they have the application's APK file.
In March 2011, Google pulled 58 malicious apps from the Android Market, but not before the 58 apps were downloaded to around 260,000 devices.[89] These apps were malicious applications in the Android Market which contained trojans hidden in pirated versions of legitimate apps.[90] The malware (called DroidDream) exploited a bug which was present in versions of Android older than 2.2.2.[91] Android device manufacturers and carriers work in tandem to distribute Android based updates and had not uniformly issued patches to their customers for the DroidDream exploit, leaving users vulnerable.[92] Google said the exploit allowed the apps to gather device specific information, as well as personal information. The exploit also allowed the apps to download additional code that could be run on the device.[93] Within days, Google remotely wiped the apps from infected users and rolled out an update that would negate the exploits that allowed the apps to view information. They also announced that they would be resolving the issue to ensure that events like this did not occur again.[94] Security firms such as AVG Technologies and Symantec have released "antivirus" software for Android devices.
One design issue is that average users have no feasible ability to monitor how downloaded applications access and use private and sensitive data (e.g. location and hardware ID numbers). Even during installation, permission checks do not often indicate to the user how critical services and data will be used or misused. To identify how such information may be exfiltrated there is a need for third party monitoring software, such as TaintDroid[96] (an academic research-funded project). Installing such low-level monitoring tools requires programming skills, reflashing the ROM and also voids the warranty. Users can also be notified of an application's behavior via a license agreement that is usually (not always, due to lack of enforcement), displayed on first use of the application but it is generally accepted that majority of the users do not read or understand the legal fine print in license agreements and often just skip and accept them.
In 2010, Google admitted that vehicles, which it had used to gather photographs for its Street View service, had scooped up data from unsecured home and business Wi-Fi networks in the U.S. and other countries. According to a company executive, Google's decision to stop using Street View vehicles to map Wi-Fi networks after the privacy breach had made smartphone data all the more crucial to its location database. The company had used Street View vehicles and phone data to map Wi-Fi access points since 2007, and by 2010, it had logged the location of more than 300 million of them, enabling the company to pinpoint a smartphone user with an accuracy of within 98 feet. Location data is collected through Android phones when users give permission "[a]llow[ing] Google's location service to collect anonymous location data. Collection will occur even when no applications are running" when a new phone is set up.[95]
Android logoThe Android logo was designed along with the Droid font family made by Ascender Corporation.[97]
Android Green is the color of the Android Robot that represents the Android operating system. The print color is PMS 376C and the RGB color value in hexadecimal is #A4C639, as specified by the Android Brand Guidelines.[98] The custom typeface of Android is called Norad. It is only used in the text logo.[99]
In February 2010 ComScore said the Android platform had 9.0% of the U.S. smartphone market, as measured by current mobile subscribers. This figure was up from an earlier estimate of 5.2% in November 2009.[101] By the end of Q3 2010 Android's U.S. market share had grown to 21.4 percent.[102]
In May 2010, Android's first quarter U.S. sales surpassed that of the rival iPhone platform. According to a report by the NPD group, Android achieved 25% smartphone sales in the US market, up 8% from the December quarter. In the second quarter, Apple's iOS was up by 11%, indicating that Android is taking market share mainly from RIM, and still has to compete with heavy consumer demand for new competitor offerings.[103] Furthermore, analysts pointed to advantages that Android has as a multi-channel, multi-carrier OS, which allowed it to duplicate the quick success of Microsoft's Windows Mobile.[104] In Q4 2010 Android had 59% of the total installed user base of Apple's iOS in the U.S. and 46% of the total installed user base of iOS in Europe.[105] [106]
As of June 2011 Google said that 550,000 new Android devices were being activated every day[107]—up from 400,000 per day two months earlier in May 2011 -and more than 100 million devices have been activated.[15] Android hit 300,000 activations per day back in December 2010. In July 14, 2011 550,000 Android devices are now activated by Google each day with growth 4.4 percent per week.[108]
Google announced in April 2010 that they would hire two employees to work with the Linux kernel community.[112] Greg Kroah-Hartman, the current Linux kernel maintainer for the -stable branch, said in December 2010 that he was concerned that Google was no longer trying to get their code changes included in mainstream Linux.[113] Some Google Android developers hinted that "the Android team was getting fed up with the process," because they were a small team and had more urgent work to do on Android.[114]
Android does not have a native X Window System nor does it support the full set of standard GNU libraries, and this makes it difficult to port existing GNU/Linux applications or libraries to Android.[115] However, support for the X Window System is possible.[116]
Specifically the patent infringement claim references seven patents including United States Patent No. 5,966,702, entitled "Method And Apparatus For Preprocessing And Packaging Class Files," and United States Patent No. 6,910,205, entitled "Interpreting Functions Utilizing A Hybrid Of Virtual And Native Machine Instructions."[118] It also references United States Patent No. RE38,104, ("the '104 patent") entitled “Method And Apparatus For Resolving Data References In Generated Code” authored by James Gosling, best known as the father of the Java programming language,[119] and currently a Google employee.[120]
In response Google submitted multiple lines of defense, saying that Android did not infringe on Oracle's patents or copyright, that Oracle's patents were invalid, and several other defenses. They said that Android is based on Apache Harmony, a clean room implementation of the Java class libraries, and an independently developed virtual machine called Dalvik.[121][122][123]
The Free Software Foundation has called this suit a "clear attack against someone's freedom to use, share, modify, and redistribute software."[124] However, the FSF also criticized Google, saying that Google could have avoided the suit by building Android on top of IcedTea, whose GPL license provides some protection against patents, instead of implementing it independently under the Apache License. The FSF wrote "It's sad to see that Google apparently shunned those protections in order to make proprietary software development easier on Android." and remarked that Google had not taken any clear position or action against software patents.
In 2010, Microsoft started demanding licensing fees from hardware manufacturers shipping Android, claiming that the operating system infringes on a number of patents owned by Microsoft. Microsoft signed deals with HTC Corporation and others, and filed patent infringement lawsuits against Barnes & Noble and Motorola.[125]
Android has a large community of developers writing applications ("apps") that extend the functionality of the devices. There are currently more than 250,000 apps available for Android.[15][16] Android Market is the online app store run by Google, though apps can also be downloaded from third-party sites. Developers write primarily in the Java language, controlling the device via Google-developed Java libraries.[17]
The unveiling of the Android distribution on 5 November 2007 was announced with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance, a consortium of 80 hardware, software, and telecom companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.[18][19] Google released most of the Android code under the Apache License, a free software and open source license.[20]
The Android open-source software stack consists of Java applications running on a Java-based, object-oriented application framework on top of Java core libraries running on a Dalvik virtual machine featuring JIT compilation. Libraries written in C include the surface manager, OpenCore[21] media framework, SQLite relational database management system, OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API, WebKit layout engine, SGL graphics engine, SSL, and Bionic libc.
History
Android Inc. founded in 2003
Android, Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, United States in October, 2003 by Andy Rubin (co-founder of Danger),[22] Rich Miner (co-founder of Wildfire Communications, Inc.),[23] Nick Sears (once VP at T-Mobile),[24] and Chris White (headed design and interface development at WebTV)[25] to develop, in Rubin's words "...smarter mobile devices that are more aware of its owner's location and preferences."[26] Despite the obvious past accomplishments of the founders and early employees, Android Inc. operated secretively, revealing only that it was working on software for mobile phones.[26]Android Inc. acquired by Google
Google acquired Android Inc. in August 2005, making Android Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Google Inc. Key employees of Android Inc., including Andy Rubin, Rich Miner and Chris White, stayed at the company after the acquisition.[23]Not much was known about Android Inc. at the time of the acquisition, but many assumed that Google was planning to enter the mobile phone market with this move.
[edit] Development accelerates
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 premise of providing a flexible, upgradable system. Google had lined up a series of hardware component and software partners and signaled to carriers that it was open to various degrees of cooperation on their part.[27][28][29]Speculation about Google's intention to enter the mobile communications market continued to build through December 2006.[30] Reports from the BBC and The Wall Street Journal noted that Google wanted its search and applications on mobile phones and it was working hard to deliver that. Print and online media outlets soon reported rumors that Google was developing a Google-branded handset.[31] Some speculated that as Google was defining technical specifications, it was showing prototypes to cell phone manufacturers and network operators.
In September 2007, InformationWeek covered an Evalueserve study reporting that Google had filed several patent applications in the area of mobile telephony.[32][33]
[edit] Open Handset Alliance
Main article: Open Handset Alliance
"Today's announcement is more ambitious than any single 'Google Phone' that the press has been speculating about over the past few weeks. Our vision is that the powerful platform we're unveiling will power thousands of different phone models."
Eric Schmidt, former Google Chairman/CEO[10]
On December 9, 2008, 14 new members joined, including ARM Holdings, Atheros Communications, Asustek Computer Inc, Garmin Ltd, Huawei Technologies, PacketVideo, Softbank, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corp, and Vodafone Group Plc.[34][35]
Licensing
With the exception of brief update periods, Android has been available under a free software/open source license since October, 21 2008. Google published the entire source code (including network and telephony stacks)[36] under an Apache License.[37] Google also keeps the reviewed issues list publicly open for anyone to see and comment.[38]Even though the software is open-source, device manufacturers cannot use Google's Android trademark unless Google certifies that the device complies with their Compatibility Definition Document (CDD). Devices must also meet this definition to be eligible to license Google's closed-source applications, including the Android Market.[39]
In September 2010, Skyhook Wireless filed a lawsuit against Google in which they alleged that Google had used the compatibility document to block Skyhook's mobile positioning service (XPS) from Motorola's Android mobile devices.[40] In December 2010 a judge denied Skyhook's motion for preliminary injunction, saying that Google had not closed off the possibility of accepting a revised version of Skyhook's XPS service, and that Motorola had terminated their contract with Skyhook because Skyhook wanted to disable Google's location data collection functions on Motorola's devices, which would have violated Motorola's obligations to Google and its carriers.[41]
In early 2011 Google chose to temporarily withhold the source code to the tablet-only Honeycomb release, which called into question the "open-ness" of this Android release.[42] The reason, according to Andy Rubin in an official Android blog post, was because Honeycomb was rushed for production of the Motorola Xoom,[43] and they didn't want third parties creating a "really bad user experience" by attempting to put onto smartphones a version of Android intended for tablets.[44] Google later confirmed that the Honeycomb source code would not be released until after it was merged with the Gingerbread release in Ice Cream Sandwich.[45]
Version history
Main article: Android version history
Android has seen a number of updates since its original release. These updates to the base operating system typically fix bugs and add new features. Generally, each new version of the Android operating system is developed under a code name based on a dessert item. Past updates included Cupcake and Donut. The code names are in alphabetical order (Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, and the upcoming Ice Cream Sandwich). Below is a list of the most recent versions, and what they include:- 2.0 (Eclair) included a new web browser, with a new user interface and support for HTML5 and the W3C Geolocation API. It also included an enhanced camera app with features like digital zoom, flash, color effects, and more.[46]
- 2.1 (Eclair) included support for voice controls throughout the entire OS. It also included a new launcher, with 5 homescreens instead of 3, animated backgrounds, and a button to open the menu (instead of a slider). It also included a new weather app, and improved functionality in the Email and Phonebook apps.[46]
- 2.2 (Froyo) introduced speed improvements with JIT optimization and the Chrome V8 JavaScript engine, and added Wi-Fi hotspot tethering and Adobe Flash support[47]
- 2.3 (Gingerbread) refined the user interface, improved the soft keyboard and copy/paste features, and added support for Near Field Communication[48]
- 3.0 (Honeycomb) was a tablet-oriented[49][50][51] release which supports larger screen devices and introduces many new user interface features, and supports multicore processors and hardware acceleration for graphics.[52] The Honeycomb SDK has been released and the first device featuring this version, the Motorola Xoom tablet, went on sale in February 2011.[53]
- 3.1 (Honeycomb) was announced at the 2011 Google I/O on 10 May 2011.[54]
- 3.2 (Honeycomb) will include optimization for 7-inch tablets (as well as larger devices), and improve hardware acceleration. It will also include a new compatibility mode for apps called 'zoom-to-fill'. [55]
- 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)[56] is said to be a combination of Gingerbread and Honeycomb into a "cohesive whole."[57] It will be released in Q4 2011.[58]
Features
Current features and specifications:[59][60][61]
| Handset layouts | The platform is adaptable to larger, VGA, 2D graphics library, 3D graphics library based on OpenGL ES 2.0 specifications, and traditional smartphone layouts. |
|---|---|
| Storage | SQLite, a lightweight relational database, is used for data storage purposes |
| Connectivity | Android supports connectivity technologies including GSM/EDGE, IDEN, CDMA, EV-DO, UMTS, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi (no connections through Proxy server[62] and no Ad hoc wireless network),[63] LTE, NFC and WiMAX. |
| Messaging | SMS and MMS are available forms of messaging, including threaded text messaging and now Android Cloud To Device Messaging Framework(C2DM) is also a part of Android Push Messaging service. |
| Multiple language support | Android supports multiple human languages. The number of languages more than doubled for the platform 2.3 Gingerbread. Android lacks font rendering of several languages even after official announcements[citation needed] of added support (e.g. Hindi). |
| Web browser | The web browser available in Android is based on the open-source WebKit layout engine, coupled with Chrome's V8 JavaScript engine. The browser scores a 93/100 on the Acid3 Test. |
| Java support | While most Android applications are written in Java, there is no Java Virtual Machine in the platform and Java byte code is not executed. Java classes are compiled into Dalvik executables and run on Dalvik, a specialized virtual machine designed specifically for Android and optimized for battery-powered mobile devices with limited memory and CPU. J2ME support can be provided via third-party applications. |
| Media support | Android supports the following audio/video/still media formats: WebM, H.263, H.264 (in 3GP or MP4 container), MPEG-4 SP, AMR, AMR-WB (in 3GP container), AAC, HE-AAC (in MP4 or 3GP container), MP3, MIDI, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC, WAV, JPEG, PNG, GIF (though earlier versions do not support animated GIFs),[64] BMP.[61] |
| Streaming media support | RTP/RTSP streaming (3GPP PSS, ISMA), HTML progressive download (HTML5 <video> tag). Adobe Flash Streaming (RTMP) and HTTP Dynamic Streaming are supported by the Flash plugin.[65] Apple HTTP Live Streaming is supported by RealPlayer for Mobile,[66] and by the operating system in Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).[52] Microsoft Smooth Streaming is planned to be supported through the awaited port of Silverlight plugin to Android. |
| Additional hardware support | Android can use video/still cameras, touchscreens, GPS, accelerometers, gyroscopes, magnetometers, dedicated gaming controls, proximity and pressure sensors, thermometers, accelerated 2D bit blits (with hardware orientation, scaling, pixel format conversion) and accelerated 3D graphics. |
| Multi-touch | Android has native support for multi-touch which was initially made available in handsets such as the HTC Hero. The feature was originally disabled at the kernel level (possibly to avoid infringing Apple's patents on touch-screen technology at the time).[67] Google has since released an update for the Nexus One and the Motorola Droid which enables multi-touch natively.[68] |
| Bluetooth | Supports A2DP, AVRCP, sending files (OPP), accessing the phone book (PBAP), voice dialing and sending contacts between phones. Keyboard, mouse and joystick (HID) support is available through manufacturer customizations and third-party applications. Full HID support is planned for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb).[52] |
| Video calling | Android does not support native video calling, but some handsets have a customized version of the operating system that supports it, either via the UMTS network (like the Samsung Galaxy S) or over IP. Video calling through Google Talk is available in Android 2.3.4 and later. |
| Multitasking | Multitasking of applications is available.[69] |
| Voice based features | Google search through voice has been available since initial release.[70] Voice actions for calling, texting, navigation, etc. are supported on Android 2.2 onwards.[71] |
| Tethering | Android supports tethering, which allows a phone to be used as a wireless/wired hotspot. Before Android 2.2 this was supported by third-party applications or manufacturer customizations.[72] |
| Screen capture | Android does not support screenshot capture as of 2011. This is supported by manufacturer and third-party customizations.[73] |
Hardware running Android
Main article: List of Android devices
The Android operating system is used on smartphones, netbooks, tablets, Google TV, and other devices.[74][75]The main hardware platform for Android is the ARM architecture. There is support for x86 from the Android-x86 project,[76] and Google TV uses a special x86 version of Android.
The first commercially available phone to run Android was the HTC Dream, released on 22 October 2008.[77] In early 2010 Google collaborated with HTC to launch its flagship[78] Android device, the Nexus One. This was followed later in 2010 with the Samsung-made Nexus S.
iOS and Android 2.3.3 'Gingerbread' may be set up to dual boot on a jailbroken iPhone or iPod Touch with the help of OpeniBoot and iDroid.[79][80]
Applications
Applications are usually developed in the Java language using the Android Software Development Kit, but other development tools are available, including a Native Development Kit for applications or extensions in C or C++, and Google App Inventor, a visual environment for novice programmers.Android Market
Main article: Android Market
Android Market is the online software store developed by Google for Android devices. An application program ("app") called "Market" is preinstalled on most Android devices and allows users to browse and download apps published by third-party developers, hosted on Android Market. As of December 2010 there were about 200,000 games, applications and widgets available on the Android Market.[81] In April 2011 Google said there had been more than 3 billion Android apps installed[82] and at end of June 2011 there are 6 billion apps installs from the Android market. The operating system itself is installed on 130 million total devices.[83]Only devices that comply with Google's compatibility requirements are allowed to preinstall Google's closed-source Android Market app and access the Market.[84] The Market filters the list of applications presented by the Market app to those that are compatible with the user's device, and developers may restrict their applications to particular carriers or countries for business reasons. [85]
Google has participated in the Android Market by offering several applications themselves, including Google Voice for the Google Voice service, Sky Map for watching stars, Finance for their finance service, Maps Editor for their MyMaps service, Places Directory for their Local Search, Google Goggles that searches by image, Gesture Search for using finger-written letters and numbers to search the contents of the phone, Google Translate, Google Shopper, Listen for podcasts and My Tracks, a jogging application. In August 2010, Google launched "Voice Actions for Android,"[86] which allows users to search, write messages, and initiate calls by voice.
Alternatively, users can install apps from third party app stores such as the Amazon Appstore,[87] or directly onto the device if they have the application's APK file.
Security
In August 2010, an SMS Trojan called Trojan-SMS.AndroidOS.FakePlayer.a infected a number of mobile devices, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab. Disguised as a harmless media player application, the trojan, once installed sends out SMS text messages without the users knowledge or consent. According to Denis Maslennikov, Senior Malware Researcher at Kaspersky Lab, an exact number of devices infected is not available at present, but the outbreak is currently regional. For now, only Russian Android users can actually lose money after installing the Trojan, but anyone can be infected.[88] Android users were advised not to use the Android web browser until Google issues a security patch. The Android Security Team responded and developed a fix on February 5 and patched Open Source Android two days later.In March 2011, Google pulled 58 malicious apps from the Android Market, but not before the 58 apps were downloaded to around 260,000 devices.[89] These apps were malicious applications in the Android Market which contained trojans hidden in pirated versions of legitimate apps.[90] The malware (called DroidDream) exploited a bug which was present in versions of Android older than 2.2.2.[91] Android device manufacturers and carriers work in tandem to distribute Android based updates and had not uniformly issued patches to their customers for the DroidDream exploit, leaving users vulnerable.[92] Google said the exploit allowed the apps to gather device specific information, as well as personal information. The exploit also allowed the apps to download additional code that could be run on the device.[93] Within days, Google remotely wiped the apps from infected users and rolled out an update that would negate the exploits that allowed the apps to view information. They also announced that they would be resolving the issue to ensure that events like this did not occur again.[94] Security firms such as AVG Technologies and Symantec have released "antivirus" software for Android devices.
Privacy concerns
It is reported that Google uses Android smartphones to report the location of Wi-Fi access points it encounters as phone users move around to build vast databases containing physical location of hundreds of millions of such access points. These databases form electronic maps to locate smartphones, allowing them to run apps like Foursquare and companies like Google to deliver location-based ads.[95]One design issue is that average users have no feasible ability to monitor how downloaded applications access and use private and sensitive data (e.g. location and hardware ID numbers). Even during installation, permission checks do not often indicate to the user how critical services and data will be used or misused. To identify how such information may be exfiltrated there is a need for third party monitoring software, such as TaintDroid[96] (an academic research-funded project). Installing such low-level monitoring tools requires programming skills, reflashing the ROM and also voids the warranty. Users can also be notified of an application's behavior via a license agreement that is usually (not always, due to lack of enforcement), displayed on first use of the application but it is generally accepted that majority of the users do not read or understand the legal fine print in license agreements and often just skip and accept them.
In 2010, Google admitted that vehicles, which it had used to gather photographs for its Street View service, had scooped up data from unsecured home and business Wi-Fi networks in the U.S. and other countries. According to a company executive, Google's decision to stop using Street View vehicles to map Wi-Fi networks after the privacy breach had made smartphone data all the more crucial to its location database. The company had used Street View vehicles and phone data to map Wi-Fi access points since 2007, and by 2010, it had logged the location of more than 300 million of them, enabling the company to pinpoint a smartphone user with an accuracy of within 98 feet. Location data is collected through Android phones when users give permission "[a]llow[ing] Google's location service to collect anonymous location data. Collection will occur even when no applications are running" when a new phone is set up.[95]
Marketing
Android Green is the color of the Android Robot that represents the Android operating system. The print color is PMS 376C and the RGB color value in hexadecimal is #A4C639, as specified by the Android Brand Guidelines.[98] The custom typeface of Android is called Norad. It is only used in the text logo.[99]
Research company Canalys estimated in Q2 2009 that Android had a 2.8% share of worldwide smartphone shipments.[100] By Q4 2010 this had grown to 33% of the market, becoming the top-selling smartphone platform. This estimate includes the Tapas and OMS variants of Android.[13]
In February 2010 ComScore said the Android platform had 9.0% of the U.S. smartphone market, as measured by current mobile subscribers. This figure was up from an earlier estimate of 5.2% in November 2009.[101] By the end of Q3 2010 Android's U.S. market share had grown to 21.4 percent.[102]
In May 2010, Android's first quarter U.S. sales surpassed that of the rival iPhone platform. According to a report by the NPD group, Android achieved 25% smartphone sales in the US market, up 8% from the December quarter. In the second quarter, Apple's iOS was up by 11%, indicating that Android is taking market share mainly from RIM, and still has to compete with heavy consumer demand for new competitor offerings.[103] Furthermore, analysts pointed to advantages that Android has as a multi-channel, multi-carrier OS, which allowed it to duplicate the quick success of Microsoft's Windows Mobile.[104] In Q4 2010 Android had 59% of the total installed user base of Apple's iOS in the U.S. and 46% of the total installed user base of iOS in Europe.[105] [106]
As of June 2011 Google said that 550,000 new Android devices were being activated every day[107]—up from 400,000 per day two months earlier in May 2011 -and more than 100 million devices have been activated.[15] Android hit 300,000 activations per day back in December 2010. In July 14, 2011 550,000 Android devices are now activated by Google each day with growth 4.4 percent per week.[108]
Version | API level | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| 3.x.x Honeycomb | 11-13 | 0.9% |
| 2.3.x Gingerbread | 9-10 | 18.6% |
| 2.2.x Froyo | 8 | 59.4% |
| 2.0.x/2.1.x Eclair | 5-7 | 17.5% |
| 1.6 Donut | 4 | 2.2% |
| 1.5 Cupcake | 3 | 1.4% |
Linux compatibility
Android's kernel is derived from the Linux kernel. Google contributed code to the Linux kernel as part of their Android effort, but certain features, notably a power management feature called wakelocks, were rejected by mainline kernel developers, so the Android kernel is now a separate version or fork of the Linux kernel.[109][110][111]Google announced in April 2010 that they would hire two employees to work with the Linux kernel community.[112] Greg Kroah-Hartman, the current Linux kernel maintainer for the -stable branch, said in December 2010 that he was concerned that Google was no longer trying to get their code changes included in mainstream Linux.[113] Some Google Android developers hinted that "the Android team was getting fed up with the process," because they were a small team and had more urgent work to do on Android.[114]
Android does not have a native X Window System nor does it support the full set of standard GNU libraries, and this makes it difficult to port existing GNU/Linux applications or libraries to Android.[115] However, support for the X Window System is possible.[116]
Claimed infringement of copyrights and patents
On 12 August 2010, Oracle, owner of Java since it acquired Sun Microsystems in April 2009, sued Google over claimed infringement of copyrights and patents. The lawsuit claims that, "In developing Android, Google knowingly, directly and repeatedly infringed Oracle's Java-related intellectual property."[117]Specifically the patent infringement claim references seven patents including United States Patent No. 5,966,702, entitled "Method And Apparatus For Preprocessing And Packaging Class Files," and United States Patent No. 6,910,205, entitled "Interpreting Functions Utilizing A Hybrid Of Virtual And Native Machine Instructions."[118] It also references United States Patent No. RE38,104, ("the '104 patent") entitled “Method And Apparatus For Resolving Data References In Generated Code” authored by James Gosling, best known as the father of the Java programming language,[119] and currently a Google employee.[120]
In response Google submitted multiple lines of defense, saying that Android did not infringe on Oracle's patents or copyright, that Oracle's patents were invalid, and several other defenses. They said that Android is based on Apache Harmony, a clean room implementation of the Java class libraries, and an independently developed virtual machine called Dalvik.[121][122][123]
The Free Software Foundation has called this suit a "clear attack against someone's freedom to use, share, modify, and redistribute software."[124] However, the FSF also criticized Google, saying that Google could have avoided the suit by building Android on top of IcedTea, whose GPL license provides some protection against patents, instead of implementing it independently under the Apache License. The FSF wrote "It's sad to see that Google apparently shunned those protections in order to make proprietary software development easier on Android." and remarked that Google had not taken any clear position or action against software patents.
In 2010, Microsoft started demanding licensing fees from hardware manufacturers shipping Android, claiming that the operating system infringes on a number of patents owned by Microsoft. Microsoft signed deals with HTC Corporation and others, and filed patent infringement lawsuits against Barnes & Noble and Motorola.[125]
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Three new updates to Google Sync for iPhone and iPad
We don’t have to tell you that the workforce is increasingly mobile, and that workers on the go expect to be fully productive on email and calendar from their mobile devices. But we do want to tell you that we have a few new features for Google Sync users that will help employees work efficiently from anywhere on their iPhones and iPads.
Google Sync keeps your phone’s native mail and calendar apps in sync with your Gmail, Calendar and Contacts. Today, three new updates to Google Sync for iOS will allow you to:
For more information, visit Setting up Google Sync with your iOS device
Posted by Steve Hardt, Software Engineer(gbm)
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Google Sync keeps your phone’s native mail and calendar apps in sync with your Gmail, Calendar and Contacts. Today, three new updates to Google Sync for iOS will allow you to:
- Search all your emails in Gmail, not just the emails stored locally by the iOS mail app.
- Accept, decline or edit calendar events from the iOS calendar app.
- Send email from the address you want. We recognize that some of you manage multiple email addresses from a single Gmail account.Gmail’s “Send Mail as” feature lets you send messages with another email address listed as the sender instead of your Gmail address, e.g. joe@altostrat.com instead of joe@gmail.com. Now the iOS mail app will respect these settings.
For more information, visit Setting up Google Sync with your iOS device
Posted by Steve Hardt, Software Engineer(gbm)
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A new Android Market for phones, with books and movies
Recently, we’ve been hard at work improving Android Market to give you new ways to find great applications and games, purchase books, and rent movies. Today, we’re releasing a new version of Android Market which makes all of these available on phones (Android 2.2 and higher).
In the U.S., you’ll be able to rent thousands of movies, starting at $1.99, right from Android Market on your phone. With the Videos app, available in Android Market, there’s no more waiting for downloads, syncing, or worrying about storage space. Simply sign into Android Market with your Google account, and you can rent movies from anywhere – the web, or your Android phone or tablet – and start watching instantly. You can also download movies to your device so they’re available for viewing when you don’t have an internet connection.
Also in the U.S., you can now purchase books from Android Market on your phone. Like movie rentals, books are linked to your Google account, so they’re instantly available across all of your devices – computer, phone, or tablet – without the need for wires or downloads.
You’ll be delighted to find we’ve overhauled Android Market to make it faster, easier, and more fun to discover great apps, movies, and books. We’ve created more space to feature some of the most interesting content of the week on the home page. We’ve added more top charts, with newer, more relevant items, and we’ve made it easy to swipe through these charts as you browse the store. We’ve also introduced new collections of great content, like staff picks and Editors’ Choice apps.
The new Android Market will be rolling out in the coming weeks to Android 2.2 and higher phones around the world. You don’t need to do anything - the update is automatic on supported phones. If you’re in the U.S., you’ll also be able to download the Videos app, rent movies, and buy books once you receive the new Android Market.
Your phone is about to get a lot more interesting! Enjoy the new Android Market.
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Also in the U.S., you can now purchase books from Android Market on your phone. Like movie rentals, books are linked to your Google account, so they’re instantly available across all of your devices – computer, phone, or tablet – without the need for wires or downloads.
You’ll be delighted to find we’ve overhauled Android Market to make it faster, easier, and more fun to discover great apps, movies, and books. We’ve created more space to feature some of the most interesting content of the week on the home page. We’ve added more top charts, with newer, more relevant items, and we’ve made it easy to swipe through these charts as you browse the store. We’ve also introduced new collections of great content, like staff picks and Editors’ Choice apps.
The new Android Market will be rolling out in the coming weeks to Android 2.2 and higher phones around the world. You don’t need to do anything - the update is automatic on supported phones. If you’re in the U.S., you’ll also be able to download the Videos app, rent movies, and buy books once you receive the new Android Market.
Your phone is about to get a lot more interesting! Enjoy the new Android Market.
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VILLAS-BOAS: SHARED EXPERIENCES
VILLAS-BOAS: SHARED EXPERIENCES
After arriving in Malaysia for the first time, Andre Villas-Boas has been quickly down to business, explaining his plans for the first leg of our summer tour.
The squad touched down to a hot and humid Kuala Lumpur afternoon on Monday, and after transferring to the team hotel the manager faced questions from local media about his plans on formations, the transfer market and how he will approach Thursday's game against a local representative 11.
'We will continue in our philosophy in the first game with two teams for 45 minutes,' Villas-Boas said.
'At the moment that's the philosophy we want to keep, as we have done against Wycombe and Portsmouth, so that will happen again and from then on we will see how the preparation goes.
'We are trying to build on a new way of playing and getting together ideas, and hopefully by August 7, when we initiate the week running into the Stoke game we will be already almost with the experiences we need to bring us to success against Stoke.
'I don't want to focus a lot on formations, these kind of players offer the flexibility to play in various different ways so it is not just a question of formation giving me more than another one. With what they have we will try to find a better way to play so that they can potentiate their own talent.
'There is plenty of talent in this squad as I told you before and I want to believe the players can still find new things in them to exploit.
'It's always them that offer to me rather than myself offering to them.'
The travelling party includes 26 players, with Petr Cech and Alex both travelling despite carrying minor injuries that have prevented their action in either of our previous pre-season games.
'We have nothing out of the ordinary apart from obviously Michael [Essien] who of course didn't travel with the team, it's a big blow for us, not only as a player but what he represents as a person,' the manager reported, referring to the cruciate ligament injury that will keep the Ghanaian midfielder out for some six months.
'Regarding other injuries it is just normal pre-season injuries and discomforts due to the amount of training the players have been doing and the intensity they are putting in in training sessions. There is nothing out of the ordinary with Alex and Petr Cech and you will readily see them back.
'I think it was fair based on the people around this year, who weren't around when Chelsea finished last season, for me to take a look at them and that's why we took the decision to bring Patrick [van Aanholt], Ryan [Bertrand] and Daniel [Sturridge], Billy Clifford and [Slobodan] Rajkovic, and [Gael] Kakuta who has left us for Colombia for the [Under 20] World Cup. It's important for me to see them in training sessions and that's what we are trying to do.'
Asked whether some of his squad would be regarded as 'untouchable', a phrase used by his former boss and predecessor Jose Mourinho, Villas-Boas suggested there was no reason why not if players are performing at their highest level.
'Untouchable is a person who continuously performs at a high level,' he said. 'Based on the trophies these players have won before and the success they have had, aren't these the players you want in the end? Could be, no?
'As long as people are able to perform in training and the expectations of the fans and to a level of performance that is high and enables them to be in the starting 11 continuously I don't see why it shouldn't happen.
'The most important thing for a leader is to be coherent in the decisions that he takes and it's a principle I cannot let go. As long as people are able to perform to the highest level as top players, which they are, and the past also shows, then I have no problem with that.'
Villas-Boas was not with the club last time we were in Malaysia three years ago, but is happy to be making up for lost time in 2011.
'We are glad to be sharing these experiences with you here,' he told the local journalists, 'and it was important for us to touch on the Asian market and the number of fans we have in Asia.
'It is nothing new that top European teams move abroad, not only to show themselves to the fans based abroad but also to get together. It is going to be an intense 15 days, this is always important, and you can do it in Asia or Europe or America, but it is always important for us to touch on the people that love us that are far away from us.'
by : chelsea,
The squad touched down to a hot and humid Kuala Lumpur afternoon on Monday, and after transferring to the team hotel the manager faced questions from local media about his plans on formations, the transfer market and how he will approach Thursday's game against a local representative 11.
'We will continue in our philosophy in the first game with two teams for 45 minutes,' Villas-Boas said.
'At the moment that's the philosophy we want to keep, as we have done against Wycombe and Portsmouth, so that will happen again and from then on we will see how the preparation goes.
'We are trying to build on a new way of playing and getting together ideas, and hopefully by August 7, when we initiate the week running into the Stoke game we will be already almost with the experiences we need to bring us to success against Stoke.
'I don't want to focus a lot on formations, these kind of players offer the flexibility to play in various different ways so it is not just a question of formation giving me more than another one. With what they have we will try to find a better way to play so that they can potentiate their own talent.
'There is plenty of talent in this squad as I told you before and I want to believe the players can still find new things in them to exploit.
'It's always them that offer to me rather than myself offering to them.'
The travelling party includes 26 players, with Petr Cech and Alex both travelling despite carrying minor injuries that have prevented their action in either of our previous pre-season games.
'We have nothing out of the ordinary apart from obviously Michael [Essien] who of course didn't travel with the team, it's a big blow for us, not only as a player but what he represents as a person,' the manager reported, referring to the cruciate ligament injury that will keep the Ghanaian midfielder out for some six months.
'Regarding other injuries it is just normal pre-season injuries and discomforts due to the amount of training the players have been doing and the intensity they are putting in in training sessions. There is nothing out of the ordinary with Alex and Petr Cech and you will readily see them back.
'I think it was fair based on the people around this year, who weren't around when Chelsea finished last season, for me to take a look at them and that's why we took the decision to bring Patrick [van Aanholt], Ryan [Bertrand] and Daniel [Sturridge], Billy Clifford and [Slobodan] Rajkovic, and [Gael] Kakuta who has left us for Colombia for the [Under 20] World Cup. It's important for me to see them in training sessions and that's what we are trying to do.'
Asked whether some of his squad would be regarded as 'untouchable', a phrase used by his former boss and predecessor Jose Mourinho, Villas-Boas suggested there was no reason why not if players are performing at their highest level.
'Untouchable is a person who continuously performs at a high level,' he said. 'Based on the trophies these players have won before and the success they have had, aren't these the players you want in the end? Could be, no?
'As long as people are able to perform in training and the expectations of the fans and to a level of performance that is high and enables them to be in the starting 11 continuously I don't see why it shouldn't happen.
'The most important thing for a leader is to be coherent in the decisions that he takes and it's a principle I cannot let go. As long as people are able to perform to the highest level as top players, which they are, and the past also shows, then I have no problem with that.'
Villas-Boas was not with the club last time we were in Malaysia three years ago, but is happy to be making up for lost time in 2011.
'We are glad to be sharing these experiences with you here,' he told the local journalists, 'and it was important for us to touch on the Asian market and the number of fans we have in Asia.
'It is nothing new that top European teams move abroad, not only to show themselves to the fans based abroad but also to get together. It is going to be an intense 15 days, this is always important, and you can do it in Asia or Europe or America, but it is always important for us to touch on the people that love us that are far away from us.'
by : chelsea,
BLUES TOUCH DOWN
A squad of 26 players landed close to 1pm Malaysian time to kick-off Chelsea's 2011 Asia tour.
All the senior squad members minus Ramires and David Luiz (who are on international duty) were on the 13-hour flight that left the UK at tea time on Sunday.
Daniel Sturridge, Josh McEachran, Ryan Bertrand and Patrick van Aanholt are a youthful presence but Gael Kakuta is away with France Under 20s who are soon to compete in the World Cup for that age group.
Also included in the touring party are four young players yet to appear in a competitive game for Chelsea.
They are:
Seventeen-year-old Jamal Blackman, last season's FA Youth Cup campaign goalkeeper.
Billy Clifford, a Youth Cup winner in 2010 who played in midfield against Wycombe and Portsmouth this pre-season. Eighteen years old, he can also play right-back.
Sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Chalobah, England Under 17s' skipper and another who played at Portsmouth on Saturday. A centre-back or midfielder.
Slobodan Rajkovic, a 22-year-old centre-back from Serbia who signed in 2007 but spent last season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem and previous seasons on loan at PSV Eindhoven and FC Twente. He found the net against Wycombe on Tuesday.
The full squad is:
Petr Cech, Henrique Hilario, Ross Turnbull, Jamal Blackman, Jose Bosingwa, Paulo Ferreira, Branislav Ivanovic, Alex, John Terry, Slobodan Rajkovic, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ashley Cole, Patrick van Aanholt, Ryan Bertrand, John Mikel Obi, Josh McEachran, Frank Lampard, Yossi Benayoun, Billy Clifford, Yury Zhirkov, Florent Malouda, Salomon Kalou, Daniel Sturridge, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres.
The remainder of Monday will not go to waste. After a first introduction to the local media, the players will train in the evening at the Shah Alam Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, which was the venue for Chelsea's match on our last visit three years ago.
However Thursday's game against the Malaysia XI is in the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.
by: chelsea
All the senior squad members minus Ramires and David Luiz (who are on international duty) were on the 13-hour flight that left the UK at tea time on Sunday.
Daniel Sturridge, Josh McEachran, Ryan Bertrand and Patrick van Aanholt are a youthful presence but Gael Kakuta is away with France Under 20s who are soon to compete in the World Cup for that age group.
Also included in the touring party are four young players yet to appear in a competitive game for Chelsea.
They are:
Seventeen-year-old Jamal Blackman, last season's FA Youth Cup campaign goalkeeper.
Billy Clifford, a Youth Cup winner in 2010 who played in midfield against Wycombe and Portsmouth this pre-season. Eighteen years old, he can also play right-back.
Sixteen-year-old Nathaniel Chalobah, England Under 17s' skipper and another who played at Portsmouth on Saturday. A centre-back or midfielder.
Slobodan Rajkovic, a 22-year-old centre-back from Serbia who signed in 2007 but spent last season on loan at Vitesse Arnhem and previous seasons on loan at PSV Eindhoven and FC Twente. He found the net against Wycombe on Tuesday.
The full squad is:
Petr Cech, Henrique Hilario, Ross Turnbull, Jamal Blackman, Jose Bosingwa, Paulo Ferreira, Branislav Ivanovic, Alex, John Terry, Slobodan Rajkovic, Nathaniel Chalobah, Ashley Cole, Patrick van Aanholt, Ryan Bertrand, John Mikel Obi, Josh McEachran, Frank Lampard, Yossi Benayoun, Billy Clifford, Yury Zhirkov, Florent Malouda, Salomon Kalou, Daniel Sturridge, Nicolas Anelka, Didier Drogba, Fernando Torres.
The remainder of Monday will not go to waste. After a first introduction to the local media, the players will train in the evening at the Shah Alam Stadium in Kuala Lumpur, which was the venue for Chelsea's match on our last visit three years ago.
However Thursday's game against the Malaysia XI is in the Bukit Jalil National Stadium.
by: chelsea
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