Four Advantages Of The Android
Many smartphone enthusiasts complain of the Android as a buggy device. They always compare it with the iPhone, which has had a headstart in perfecting the way it works. These dissatisfied users forget that the iPhone is part of a closed system, which has the benefit of better QA.
On the other hand, the Android still has undeniable perks over the other smartphones. We'll give you a few:
1. Free Angry Birds. While Angry Birds, the phenomenal petrary physics mobile game that took the world by storm, is free on the Android. It costs $0.99 on the iOS, but for the Android, it's all free. It's also free on Nokia Ovi. It's still under development for the Blackberry, but it will be made available on the Blackberry Playbook first.
2. Most great apps and games are free. On the iOS, you pay at least $0.99 per app that you download. On the Android, there is a free app for nearly everything you need. Need a battery booster? A to-do list? More games than you can handle? There's a plethora of choices. The only thing you need now is more space and time to evaluate the apps so you can settle on the best ones that suit you.
3. Google Integration and painless email. This is possibly one of the best perks of being on an Android. Since the phone is basically a Google phone, Google services (GMail, Docs, YouTube, Picasa, GTalk, Google Earth) are better integrated than with, say, the iPhone or the Blackberry. Setup is painless. As opposed to the Blackberry, where setup could be a pain, all you need with your Android is your GMail address and your password, which you input upon the first startup of your phone, and you're all set. No need to look for your PIN, other numbers that may need time for you to wrap your brain around, no need to forward your GMail to your Blackberry account and other such setups, just your username and password. Upon startup. That's it.
You may experience a bit of a lag with email coming in, especially if your connection is not up to scratch. Unless you're in a high-emergency field where real-time email is a must, that shouldn't be a problem.
4. Customization is up to you, not your phone manufacturer. Ever got tired of how the buttons in the iPhone are just there for you to scroll through? Not much room for how you prefer to arrange things? With the Android, everything is customizable. Want to group your apps by dashboard? You can. Want to have accessible widgets to your to-do's? You can mount them on a dashboard of your choice. Want to keep one dashboard as a place where you can get to the e-Books you're reading with one click? You can. You can even replace the Launcher that manages your dashboard. There's no limit to what you can do with your Android.
Despite the OS's flaws, we find the Android a far better OS to power a smartphone than Symbian or the previous Windows Mobile OS versions. There's so much you can do with it. There's no limit to how you can modify your Android. It's the perfect OS for the user who loves tinkering with his smartphone.
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