Android Applications

What’s An App?

• An “App” (short for application) is a program on a phone or other device that does a certain job.

• Many types such as games, productivity apps, organization apps etc.

• Range in price from free-to high dollar prices.

Statistics

• During 2010, a total of 170,000 applications were published

• Only a third of the applications available are paid for.

• $1 is also the minimum price (besides free) at which applications are sold. Conclusion: Half the paid applications are sold at the minimum price

Statistics

Statistics

Categories

There are thousands of apps on the Android Market and that number grows everyday. Some of the main types of apps are:

• Business • Reference • Lifestyle • Entertainment • Games • Utilities/Tools • Communication

Evernote

-Allow easy note taking by being able to snap a photo, take a screenshot, type

in text, or speak your note to capture information on the go

-Once you’ve captured it, Evernote helps you organize and find it by making all of the information in your photos or notes searchable.

Documents To Go

-Allows users to create, edit and send Microsoft Office documents all from their hand held device

-Transfer your files from your Windows PC to your smartphone device over USB

Communication

• ChompSMS

• First off, I thought the little guy was interesting and caught my eye. With thousands of apps out there anything that can reach out and reel people in is great.

• You can use this service for texting and keeping in touch with your other friends who use TextFreek on iPhone, iPod, Android and BlackBerry for free. This was a nice easy to read system to send not only messages but also photos out to friends.

• They have a cute little widget that you can put on your homepage and can see when new messages come in. I like that better than being bugged all the time, let me check messages when I have time.

Can’t Text…

Inspired by Oprah’s no-texting-while-driving campaign

Mutes incoming texts

Automatically responds to sender with a pre-written text

A portion of annual proceeds go to the Alex Brown Foundation

Communication

Reference

English Thesaurus Dictionary

– Allows for searches to find definitions, and similar words.

– Saves searches, allowing to build up an easy to access history.

– Price: Free

Reference

Google Sky Map

– Shows a map of the stars, planets etc.

– Zoom in and out on planets or stars.

– Point phone at sky and that is the part of the sky it will show you.

– Price: Free

Games• MAHJONG

• Called the best tile matching game

• 144 tiles to start with selecting a pair will remove the tiles from the layout.

• Free!

• Version 1.04

• Magma Mobile

Games

– Angry Birds

• Angry Birds features challenging physics-based gameplay and hours of replay value.

• 240 levels requires logic, skill, and force to solve.

• Free

Lifestyle

My Coffee Card

5 Star Rating

Purchase Starbucks with your phone

Access Starbucks Card account

Get directions to nearest Starbucks

Free application for Android, iPhone, and Blackberry

Lifestyle

4 ½ Star rating

Track your family in real time

Lists sex offenders that live

close by

Receive and send safety

check-ins

Free application for Android

and iPhone

Utilities

BatteryLife

• Installs a Widget

• Always on screen

• Monitors battery life percentage

• Color Coded

• Free

Utilities

• My Backup Pro

• Hardly notice its there and if you need to get a new phone all your data is on this app.

• $4.99

• Version 3.8

Entertainment

Talking Louis Lion

• This app does a lot. He responds to your voice and touch.

• He talks, kisses, whistles, roars, listens to you, and a ton of other things.

• This app has special sounds effects.

Entertainment

PlayOn Mobile

• Watch shows and movies on your droid from many different channels.

• Free app and a 14 day free trial, but costs $39.99 for 1st

subscription and $19.99 for every year after.

• Must install PlayOn Media play to computer.

• Watch videos any were you can get internet access around the world.

Shop Savvy Android App

How It Works

Scan a UPC code (barcode)

of an item at any store with

your android based smart phone

The Application matches

the item to the UPC code online

Also searches the internet for

the price of that item online and

other stores that are local

to the area you are in.

The aookicatrion compares the

prices of the item that you scanned

from other stores side by side.

Interesting Links

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGQ_KL7VfuM&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZy6glrgFZo

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eNkSBAFt68&feature=related

References

• http://www.squidoo.com/iphone-battery-apps

• http://www.reviewsbydrew.com/google-sky-map-app-review-andorid-and-iphone/

• http://www.androidapps.com/games/apps/399871-angry-birds-rovio-mobile-ltd/developer_notes

• http://www.androidtapp.com/android-apps-statistics-summary-for-2010/

• http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro/

• http://www.droidapps.org/talking-luis-lion-reacts-to-your-voice-and-touch/

• http://www.droidapps.org/playon-mobile-watch-shows-and-movies-on-your-android/

• http://market.android.com/details?id=com.evernote&feature=featured-apps

• http://www.chompsms.com/

• http://www.appbrain.com/app/english-thesaurus-dictionary/com.socialnmobile.dictdata.dictionary.english.thesaurus

References