Android, Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California in October 2003 by Andy Rubin (co-founder of Danger),[21] Rich Miner (co-founder of Wildfire Communications, Inc.),[22] Nick Sears[23] (once VP at T-Mobile),[24] and Chris White (headed design and interface development at WebTV)[9] to develop, in Rubin's words "...smarter mobile devices that are more aware of its owner's location and preferences."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Android_(operating_system)