There is a lot of buzz about some independent developers and newbies who have made between $100,000 to $500,000 by simply creating their first Android application and putting it up for sale on the online Android Market. Most successful iPhone developers have migrated to the Android Market after their success on the App Store, although there are many developers who have directly started to first develop on Android.

Android development is easier to jump on to given the fact that it is Java based platform and that developers do not have to purchase an expensive iPhone or a separate Mac OS and also pay yearly SDK license fees to Apple. The approval process and distribution of Apps via the online Android Market is also more "friendly" than the App Store.

There is currently a shortage of well-structured online courses that teaches one how to program for the Android platform. EDUmobile.ORG has been involved with online training in the wireless technology programming field and has launched its Android Online Course to meet the shortage of information resources and training for Android. The course is offered on a once a week basis via Online Video, PDF Documents, One-on-One sessions and Weekly Worksheets.

The Android Tutorial and development course offered at EDUmobile.ORG is crafted to suite the industry need for beginner and intermediate level developers. After the course completion, developers will be able to create and publish software for Android, to immediately start earning through paid downloads or in-app advertisements. One may also bid to win the large number of growing Android project requirements being posted daily on project bidding sites like Elance and RentACoder.

The classes are taught as a combination of various online modules and you get the ability to work on live industry projects, along with an opportunity to be placed in top mobile gaming and mobile application development software companies. A certificate is also offered to all candidates once they complete the course.The Course duration for is between 4 to 10 weeks, depending upon the developers past experience in programming and his ability to allocate weekly time in learning the new language.