With the Verizon release of Droid, the Android platform is cemented as a powerful operating system that will be around to improve and expand.
Google and Verizon have made a significant commitment to the Android platform with the release of the sleek Droid phone and the associated intense marketing campaign. Meant to provide a serious competition to the iPhone, Droid features an accelerometer, high speed internet, turn by turn driving directions from Google maps, a host of organizational features, speech recognition technology, as well as voice commands for many purposes, including Google Search by voice.
On top of all those features, there are now more than 10,000 apps for the Android platform, including Wedatamation’s own FileDroid file explorer for the Android platform.
You’ll want to check out some of these other great Android apps if you are taking the leap to Google’s new, high tech offering in the smart phone world.
Some of the top free apps for Android include Dolphin, iMusic, FeedR, and ChompSMS.
Larry Dignan of ZDnet likes Dophin for mobile web browsing better than nearly any other browser. With speed, reliability and multi-touch sensitivity, there’s a lot to love about the nimble Dolphin browser.
The Chomp SMS program is a better way to send SMS text messages in an Android environment. It doesn’t drain the phone’s battery the way the native texting program does, and has other great features that make it a no-brainer addition (especially at the price of “free”).
FeedR is an intuitive app/widget to manage various RSS feeds. It works with feeds that come installed, but you can add your own and manage the list with ease. It is able to update automatically, without user input.
With iMusic, you can download and listen to MP3s for free; as many as you like, as often as you like. You do sign an agreement to erase the songs after you listen, or just listen to the song directly from the web and skip the download.
There are dozens of other highly functional and advanced applications for the Android platform, and more are added each week.
Consider not only using those apps, but creating or having one created that features your own business. Webdatamation‘s developers can work with you on those apps, or let your own people have a good time coming up with a game or useful app that gets your name out in the Android world.
