Android App Developers Happy About More Google-Based Android Phones
Android application development companies are trying their best to create and send to market – the Droid Marketplace – new, entertaining and useful apps for the latest entry into the smart phone arena, the Google Nexus One. The Nexus One is sold through Google, something new, and can be taken to any wireless provider or connected to a two year plan through T-Mobile. T-Mobile plans begin at a little over $175 and the cell phone alone retails for just under $530.
All’s fair in love and big business acquisitions. Google’s official Nexus One launch came on the same day that Quattro Wireless, a start-up mobile-ad network had agreed to allow Apple to purchase them for an estimated $275 million. The Quattro deal went through in the shadows of Google’s November $750 million agreement to acquire Accel-backed AdMob, a deal which peaked Apple’s interest.
Featuring a generous 3.7-inch touch screen, Wi-Fi, trackball, video capabilities and a 5-mega pixel camera among other features – like running apps while talking on the phone, did we mention it is a phone? It has lightening speeds of 1GHz in its Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. The battery is longer lasting and is removable in addition to offering its users a 4GB SD memory card that could be expanded to 32GB for more picture taking and storage capabilities.
Android app developers are ecstatic that Google plans to release the Android smart phone on both Verizon Wireless in America and on Vodafone in Europe. Google says it is working with both operators and handset makers to bring more Android-based phones to the market.
And what about apps? Android app developers have come up with around 18,000 different apps to make life easier, entertaining and more affordable fore the Nexus One and Android users through the Droid Marketplace. Of course these app developers have an up hill climb because the Apple iTunes store has over 10,000 apps to choose from and counting, but they have been at it longer. One thing that may help to equal out the giant cap between the two app stores is that Google is not vetting their apps while Apple does. This slows the process and many say that a closed style system allows for more apps being turned down because they may not fully agree with Apples’ philosophy or could hurt Apples feelings.
