I think Android's low level OS is Linux. And the main benefit is a very consistent developer experience, like the iPhone, which in the end will benefit consumers since there should be more, higher quality, consistent apps that will work across devices. Right now with the too many flavours of j2me, Symbian, etc this is just not the case.
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I think Android's low level OS is Linux. And the main benefit is a very consistent developer experience, like the iPhone, which in the end will benefit consumers since there should be more, higher quality, consistent apps that will work across devices. Right now with the too many flavours of j2me, Symbian, etc this is just not the case.