johninbigd
Android Enthusiast
I'm really irritated with my iPhone (iTunes, actually) and I'm looking for alternatives. I thought an Android phone might be pretty cool, but there doesn't seem to be very many apps for it. It doesn't appear that any of the cool apps I use on the iPhone even exist for Android yet. I guess I just assumed that developers would start developing like mad for this phone since Google is behind it.
The main apps I use are:
* Facebook (Seriously, there isn't an official Facebook app yet??)
* Shazam (I play music into my phone and it tells me information about the song. I use this all the time when I hear stuff on the radio and I'm not familiar with the artist.)
* Google Maps with GPS
* Pandora Radio
* Flixster (I see that this does exist. yeah!)
* Intelliscreen (an app for hacked iPhones that puts my upcoming calendar events and new emails on my "locked" page.)
* VNC (for accessing my work network)
* VPN (this is built-in to the iPhone. it allows me to get to my work network)
* The Weather Channel
* Motion-X GPS (Very cool GPS app)
And, of course, the iPod functionality. My thought now is that I'd be taking a huge leap backward if I were to switch to an Android phone, at least for the time being. What do you think about that?
I've even considered getting a Palm Pre, but I think Android would be better. My assumption is that Google Wave will be integrated more fully into Android.
Any thoughts?
The main apps I use are:
* Facebook (Seriously, there isn't an official Facebook app yet??)
* Shazam (I play music into my phone and it tells me information about the song. I use this all the time when I hear stuff on the radio and I'm not familiar with the artist.)
* Google Maps with GPS
* Pandora Radio
* Flixster (I see that this does exist. yeah!)
* Intelliscreen (an app for hacked iPhones that puts my upcoming calendar events and new emails on my "locked" page.)
* VNC (for accessing my work network)
* VPN (this is built-in to the iPhone. it allows me to get to my work network)
* The Weather Channel
* Motion-X GPS (Very cool GPS app)
And, of course, the iPod functionality. My thought now is that I'd be taking a huge leap backward if I were to switch to an Android phone, at least for the time being. What do you think about that?
I've even considered getting a Palm Pre, but I think Android would be better. My assumption is that Google Wave will be integrated more fully into Android.
Any thoughts?