In this article you will find reasons as why Android is the future of the smartphone world. Android, an open source Java based operating system, came into limelight after November 5, 2007. It is a date when Open Source Alliance marked the history when more than 30 members including mobile handset makers, application developers, some mobile carriers and chip makers gathered together. It is changing the handheld market and has been adopted by major players in smartphone market like HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Samsung and not to forget Google's Nexus One. Android is competing against mobile platforms from Apple, Microsoft, Nokia, Palm, Research In Motion and Symbian.
Ease of Use Android has perfectly easy to use interface to navigate various screens, accessing applications and files. Android also offers a comprehensive menu. You access the menu in different ways on different hardware, but none of them makes it difficult to find what you want. From the menu, you can touch and click on small but neatly organized icons to access whatever you want, including features like the Android Market. Android supports multi-tasking, too, so you can run multiple apps at once. This means as you wait for a web page to open, you can check for incoming e-mail.
Better Application Market
Android is an open source OS, this means that it has gained developers' support. More than 70,000 applications have been developed and some 100,000 have been submitted by developers. Additionally, Android enjoys the benefit of being closely tied to Google; the company offers lots of excellent mobile apps and will ensure a healthy supply of applications to the market. The entertainment functionalities will be taken a step higher by Google and its ability to offer online, real time multiplayer games. Third party applications like Facebook, Twitter have also been developed. All of this means that you can benefit from having a wide range of mobile applications to choose from since the monopoly will be broken by Google Android.
Customization Android comes on numerous careers (mobile device manufacturing companies), yet you will be able to customize any mobile phone operated by Google Android platform. It is an experience like never before. Feature like opening screen, news, weather details, live RSS feeds and even the icons on the menu will have the ability to be customized. Not it gives you choice to customize within a handheld device but also in choosing hardware, that is, mobile device manufacturer. This must be a relief from Apple's products, which give little choice in hardware and we have get accustomed to same design.
Future is Bright for Android The research firm Gartner predicts the growth of Android rise to 14 percent of the global smartphone market by 2012, leaving behind Apple's iPhone, Windows Mobile and RIM's BlackBerry platforms. Huge acceptance among developers and increasing number of manufacturers coming in the list of Android powered devices, the future of the operating system is certainly bright.
Android is improving rapidly as a result of innovative giant Google. And army of open minded companies will come up with such innovative products that will change monopolized technological world.
Jonathan Bertrand has been a huge fan of all the gadgets that you would possibly see in the market. The author writes at Device Desire tech blog website on the similar niches providing information rich content to readers from around the world. gadgets, Software, applications and every technology based niche are the scope of the author.
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