Android is an Operating System which is currently owned and developed by Google.
It is installed and found on hardware based devices manufactured by HTC, Samsung, LG & Sony to name but a few.

These devices range from Mobile Phone Handsets, Tablets (a tablet / slate shaped mobile computer device), Netbook (a light and inexpensive laptop), Laptop, Personal Computer and Media based devices.

The use of Android based devices is growing exponentially World-Wide.



A whole host of information can be recovered from these devices through various Digital Forensic Techniques.
These can include but are not limited to:

General device information and settings
Phone Information
Call Logs
Text Messages (SMS - Short Message Service)
Picture Messages (MMS - Multimedia Messaging Service)
Contacts with Photos
Custom phonebook field labels
Calendar
Notes
Tasks
Pictures & Images
Camera Recordings (Still & Video)
Audio Recordings
Music
Video
Email
Web History
Bookmarks
Cookies
YouTube
Internet Data
Android Applications
Google Maps
Google Talk
Voicemail
Passwords
User Settings
User Property Lists
Speed Dials
GPS (Locations & Satellite Navigation)
File System Data
3rd party applications settings
Office Documents
WIFI
Paired Wi-Fi networks list with their geo position
Paired Bluetooth devices list
Skype calls, chats and SMS messages history
Skype address book
User dictionary