These days, it seems everyone’s craving the cool taste of frozen yogurt. Google’s Android 2.2 operating system — better known by its nickname, “Froyo” — is slowly making its way to handsets around the world. But there’s still plenty of confusion over which phones will get Froyo and which will be left in the cold.
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The app store deck is stacked heavily in the iPhone’s favor to the tune of 150,000 iPhone apps to Android’s 20,000 but that doesn’t mean there aren’t some things Android has over the iPhone, especially the fast and high resolution Nexus One. Here are some things we think Android has over the iPhone. Feel free to share your opinions and tell us about Android features and applications that make those smartphones look better than iPhones.
1. Better Twitter Apps
2. Great Google Apps like Google Voice and Google Maps
Google Navigation
Google Voice
3. Cool Home Screen Apps Like Slidescreen
4. Apps That Turn Your Phone into a WiFi Hot Spot
5. Cool and Fun Apps
Recognizr
Ringoid
[via Retrevo]
We all know the iPhone, know how it works (or doesn’t work, in many instances). We know there is an app for just about every possible task on the planet. But an Android phone? You don’t really know an Android phone until you’ve worked with one. That’s when you’ll find how far you can push your mobile experience.
2: Desktop
3: Connectivity
4: PC connection
5: Multi-notification
6: Endless personalization
7: Market
8: Google integration
9: Open Source
10: Open to carriers
Google CEO Eric Schmidt
stated emphatically during Google’s most recent earnings call that “Android adoption is about to explode.” We agree – despite developer hiccups, Android is about to have its moment in the sun. An avalanche of new devices are hitting worldwide markets, and some of them are serious contenders.
Here are the Android contenders:
HTC Dream/T-Mobile G1
HTC Magic/T-Mobile MyTouch 3G
HTC Hero/T-Mobile G2 Touch/Sprint HTC Hero
Huawei U8230/ Pulse
Samsung Galaxy
HTC Tattoo/ HTC Click
Motorola CLIQ
Motorola Droid
Samsung Moment/InstinctQ
Motorola Heron/Iron Man
Acer A1/Liquid
Samsung Behold 2
ARCHOS Phone Tablet
Dell mini i3
Lenovo O1
LG Etna
HTC Lancaster
Sony Ericsson Xperia X3
Motorola Calgary
Philips V808
HTC Click
Samsung Bigfoot
HTC Dragon
Samsung Galaxy Lite
The Web is buzzing today with the news that Google and Verizon are entering a partnership to release Android-powered cellphones on the Verizon network, with the first two phones being released this year. I suspect there is a lot more going on to this deal than just another carrier signing on to carry Android handsets.
Eric Schmidt, left, CEO of Google, holding the HTC Hero, and Lowell McAdam, CEO of Verizon Wireless, holding the Motorola Sholes (both unreleased)
[By Luke Hutchison]
LOS GATOS, CA–(Marketwire – October 1, 2009) – Mark/Space, creator of award-winning desktop and handheld synchronization software, announced today that they are developing an all-in-one desktop sync solution for phones powered by the Android OS, such as the T-Mobile myTouch and HTC Hero. The Missing Sync for Android will easily and reliably synchronize contacts and transfer media files between an Android phone and a computer running Windows XP, Windows Vista or Mac OS X.
“The Missing Sync for Android comes just in time to meet the arrival of exciting new Android powered phones from Motorola, Samsung, LG and others expected to shake up the mobile phone market this quarter,” said Mark/Space CEO Brian Hall. “In adding Android OS to the list of mobile phone platforms supported by The Missing Sync, we now provide complete coverage for all popular smartphone platforms worldwide.”
[via marketwire]
Ready to get your hands on all sorts of new Android apps? Head to the Android Market and download the new “Android Developer Challenge 2″ from Google. Once installed, the app will randomly present users with titles for downloading and scoring based on specific criteria. According to the Android Developers blog, originality and effective use of the Android platform are among the factors. Your votes will help determine which apps make it to the 2nd round. From there, the “industry experts” will weigh in, along with more user votes to determine the best of the best.
[via AndroidGuys]
