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  ABSTRACT           Google's Android platform is based on Linux and is a creation that is backed by the Open Handset Alliance. But beyond how it works and what makes it work, Google's new OS is something fresh and new that none of us have witnessed in years.                    In essence, Android does away with the notion that operating systems should be locked down and gives the power back to the manufacturers and users to create an element of innovation that has been lacking in the cell phone industry for so long. Things will change. Instead of seeing the derivative devices that do nothing to push this industry forward, you will finally see a group of Android-based phones that offer something different from every other device and have the look and feel of something new, even though they're all running the same basic operating system.   INTRODUCTION                 The Android platform is a software stack for mobile devices including an operating system,

  Chapter-1 INTRODUCTION   In the paper-based business environment, companies conduct their business activities by exchanging paper documents. This is usually time-consuming and costly when the volumes are large. The whole process of Document exchanges in a paper-based business environment invites extensive manual processes (data entry and re-entry), manual intervention, interpretation, and manipulation, resulting in time delay, labor costs, and errors.   With the emergence of computer networks it quickly became apparent to the business community that business relevant events like purchase orders, invoices, and payment advices can be sent electronically. This tremendously increases speed and accuracy over traditional paper-based means. The increase in throughput was highly beneficial to those businesses that have to process a high volume of business messages.   As a consequence electronic document standards first appeared in the 1970s with SWIFT for electronic banking int