science

Phandroid

Phandroid is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Phandroid rather than just read about it. In short: Phandroid is the first website dedicated to reporting on the Android operating system for phones. The website produces a variety of content, including news, reviews, editorials, videos, and a podcast.

Key takeaways

Phandroid belongs to science; place it in that map before memorising details.
Learn the definition first, then one example that makes the definition concrete.
Connect Phandroid to a quantity you can measure, compute or draw — that is where exam questions come from.
Reproduce the core statement of Phandroid from memory before moving on to harder problems.

Reference excerpt

Phandroid is the first website dedicated to reporting on the Android operating system for phones. The website produces a variety of content, including news, reviews, editorials, videos, and a podcast. Phandroid has evolved to cover news from Google in general, as well as Android TV, Android Wear, Google Glass, Chromecast, and Android Auto. Phandroid also operates AndroidForums.com, a forum for Android users.

History Phandroid was launched in November 2007, 11 months before the HTC Dream was released. On November 6, 2007, Wired.com published an article titled "Android Already Has Phandroids." Due to the Wired article and growing interest in Android, the site saw massive growth overnight. Phandroid broke numerous Android-related exclusive stories over the years, including an early look at Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Despite its place as the oldest operating Android site, it has declined in recent years and is no longer actively maintained. Phandroid has appeared on Engadget, The Verge, TechCrunch, and more. In 2018, the owner of Phandroid.com announced the site was for sale and would cease operating as a traditional Android news blog. By March, the site lost all of its editors and stopped publishing news until it was sold at the end of the year. In the beginning of 2019, Phandroid restarted its tech news coverage with Nicholas Gray as the new Editor in Chief.

References

External links Phandroid Phandroid Twitter Phandroid Linkedin

Illustrations

Phandroid logo

Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Phandroid

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Phandroid claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Phandroid before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Phandroid ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Phandroid

In research: Phandroid appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Phandroid in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Phandroid is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Technology websites, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Phandroid outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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How to study Phandroid in 20 minutes

Read the reference excerpt below once, without taking notes.
Close the page and write down what Phandroid means in your own words.
Compare your version with the excerpt and mark what you missed.
Work through the three examples above with pen and paper.
Explain Phandroid out loud to somebody else — or to Teacher Smith in the lgStudy chat.

Frequently asked questions

What is Phandroid in simple terms?

Why does Phandroid matter?

Because it connects several science ideas at once: it gives you a definition you can apply, a quantity you can calculate, and a way to check whether a result is plausible.

How should I study Phandroid?

Read the excerpt, restate it from memory, then work through the examples and applications listed on this page. The five-step study plan above takes about twenty minutes.

What does this page cover?

It gives you a compact reference excerpt plus original lgStudy explanations, examples, applications and study material on Phandroid.