If you have ever used an Android phone then you know what kind of power it has. The operating system that is underneath the phone allows you to do many things with the device that would have been thought to be impossible only a couple of years ago. But even though the phone is able to do a lot of great things, it is the simple things that it does well that impresses people the most. The fact that... 

It is that time of year again when kids are going to be heading back on the school bus to go back to school. Even though it probably wasn’t the case when you were in school, most kids these days will have a cell phone with them as they go back. Your child is probably going to want one as well. There are a few phones that are going to be popular with the school age crowd. Why not get them one... 

A few months ago, Google opened its Android Market for anyone to upload his software on it. Opening the marketplace is an important step to offer a broad variety of applications to end users, however, it also entails risks. Contrary to Apple, which traditionally prefers to keep in charge of any single aspect relating its devices, Google has an open door policy, which grants access to any developer... 

Android is still going strong, and the trend will most likely continue into the far future. The relatively new mobile operating system has already acquired more than 17% market share worldwide and more than 22% market share in the United States. If these numbers and the exponential growth are any indicatives, in 2011 we’ll see Android being used by more than 30% of all the phone owners in the world. Of... 

Vodafone has invested heavily in Google’s operating system, Android. Vodafone has improved his catalog introducing several phones with this operating system, the Nexus One for example, and of course, promoting the application’s store which allows the downloading of programs for this system. In fact, we love the 360 Vodafone Store, launched in autumn 2009, and that makes all those downloadable... 

You like your Android smartphone and you like having fun. Putting those two together in your spare time is important for keeping your sanity. Here are five of the most fun Android apps that will keep you in smiles. ZooShaker The first is called ZooShaker. It is a fun Android app for young and old. It replays the sounds of animals and other living things when you shake the handset. You can hear whales,... 

The Android OS has proven to be a very competitive product, and has shown everyone that it is most definitely here to stay. The past year has seen an explosive growth rate of new mobile devices (including smart phone and MIDs) using this operating system. The latest version 2.2 (codenamed Froyo, which stands for Frozen Yoghurt , has brought a lot of bug fixes and software updates that make Android... 

Apple’s iPhone is currently the most popular smart phone, not only in the US, but also worldwide. This is unlikely to change, as clearly demonstrated by the record sales of both the iPad and the brand new iPhone 4, which sold over 1.7 million units in the first 3 days! Yes, that’s 1,700,000 – a big number, wouldn’t you agree? But, despite that, there are still competitors to the iOS, which... 

Any device running the Android operating system will be a great buy for almost any possible purpose. The Android apps marketplace features over 10,000 nice and useful apps for every area of one’s life or business you can think of. It’s true that at first, Android was kind of a novelty for developers to play with and test new ideas, but with time and good marketing by Google and the Open Handset... 

As I previously said abut cool productivity apps, Android is a great platform for managing your time and work, and there are a lot of really good apps that can make your life and business more productive. Tons of new apps are released every single month (March 2010 has seen a record of nearly 10,000 new apps released, and the number has grown since then!). The new Android 2.2 Froyo is even more stable...