Killer Apps for Mobile Devices Les Stoltzfus and Rich Hug
Google Android for Tablets and Smartphones Samsung Nokia Motorola LG HTC Sony Ericesson etc.
Google App store is Play Store
Google OS Android version 1.0.x, 1.1.x and 1.5.x Cupcake Google OS Android version 1.6.x Donut Google OS Android version 2.0.x and 2.1.x Eclair Google OS Android version 2.2.x Froyo Google OS Android version 2.3.x Gingerbread Google OS Android version 3.0.x Honeycomb Google OS Android version 4.0.x Ice Cream Sandwich Google OS Android version 4.1.x and 4.2x Jelly Bean
In 2012 there were 497.1 million Android Smartphones sold
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Apple iOS for iPhones and iPads
Apple App Store is called App Store/iTunes
Apple OS X version 10.0.x Cheetah Apple OS X version 10.1.x Puma Apple OS X version 10.2.x Jaguar Apple OS X version 10.3.x Panther Apple OS X version 10.4.x Tiger Apple OS X version 10.5.x Leopard Apple OS X version 10.6.x Snow Leopard Apple OS X version 10.7.x Lion Apple OS X version 10.8.x Mountain Lion
In 2012 there were 135.9 million iPhones sold
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In 2012 there were 722.4 million total SmartPhones sold (all phones not including tablets)
While there are all kind of numbers out there. Just know this that smartphones and tablets are hot right now and are selling fast.
In addition to Google Android and Apple iOS you have Microsoft Windows 8 Dell HP Lenovo etc
BlackBerry
Google ChromeBook
Kindle Amazon
Nook Barnes & Nooble
If those are the devices what about the apps
Apples says they have approximately 1 million apps for the iPhone/iPad
Google says they have approximately 500 thousand apps for Android smartphones and tablets
Microsoft says they have approximately 100 thousand apps for the Windows 8 smartphones, tablets, and laptops.
Devices on display here are a Nexus 10, a Note 10, a Latitude 10, and an iPad
Apps on my Smartphone:
Slacker and Pandora – to play music
Bump to send pictures, contacts etc. from one phone to another
Flashlight – Cool and useful
Take Me To My Car – find your lost car
Golf – distance to hole
Map audible directions
Stock – daily stock market
Weather – weather at multiple locations
Logos – a game that might be addictive
Cardstar – scan all your Rewards Cards into one app and use when you checkout at a register
Flipboard – a must have collection of social apps
TED - speakers
Mashables – really good news app
HuffPost - really good news app
Urban Spoon and Yelp – search for place to eat and more
Scandit – bar code reader to compare prices
Xfinity TV – control your Xfinity TV and DVR from wherever you are
Top 25 BEST Android Apps for Educators
1. Evernote - allows users to capture photos, create to-do-lists, take notes and record voice reminders. 2. Dropbox - allows users to bring together all their documents, files, photos, and videos anywhere. 3. Color Note - a note taking app that works both on Android 1.5 and up. Allows users to take notes and edit them on the go. Offers a sticky note environment, a calendar , and to do list options. 4. Edmodo - allows its users to collaborate, exchange ideas, and share content in a secure closed environment. A tool that educators can use for free with their students. 5. Vocalyze - provides mobile news, tweets, blogs, and other written web content in an audio format. Great app especially for those suffering from any reading impairment that prevents them from reading content online. 6. Google Maps - almost the same functionalities as its web version. Navigate and find places all around the world. 7. Tweet Deck - social browser for Twitter, Facebook, Buzz and Foursquare. Tweet Deck will keep you updated about what is happening in those social websites where ever you are. 8. Sync Space - a whiteboard app available for Android and iOS devices. Sync Space is used to create drawings and documents. It offers free hand drawing and typing too. 9. Skitch - enables you to annotate pictures, add arrows to them, edit them, and save or share them with your friends. 10. Audioboo - a free web tool where users can record their audio clips and share them with others. 11. Apps 4 Kids - a free Android app that provides a set of tested kid safe apps. This will save you the efforts and time you will spend looking for apps that your kids can use in their phone without any security issues. 12. Socratica - great web service that offers a wide range of educational apps. it presently provides a collection of 19 educational apps for Android phones covering several subjects such as Greek mythology, geography, art, arithmetic, architecture, spelling, and more. 13. Take a Talk - allows users to record voice notes, voice memos and several other audio formats. You can even record when the display is off. 14. 50Languages - allows users to learn different languages for free using their own native tongue. Excellent app to help students learn a new language. 15. Wave Recorder - allows users to make voice recordings just the same way they would as if using any desktop application. 16. AndroMedia - a video editing app for Android that allows its users to create and edit their videos on the go. Start creating videos right from the images and clips you already stored on the memory of your device. 17. How to Draw - allows users to create awesome drawings. 18. Web Talks - reads out loud RSS feed to its users with a single click. Great for people who are busy and have no time to look for feeds to read. 19. Minus - allows its users to upload and share files between their Android devices and their computers. Free for up to 50 GB. 20. Big Fat Canvas - allows users to make beautiful drawings. 21. WiFi File Transfer - allows users to transfer files from an Android device to any other appliance on the same WiFi network 22. AnyDo - allows users to create to-do lists by speaking into their phone. 23. Mindjet - allows users to create awesome mind maps and diagrams. 24. Eduport - users can discover awesome educational videos without having to back to YouTube main page. 25. One Note - enables users to take notes very easily and on the go.
SOCIAL
ANDMADE SHARE Free This is a simple utility that replaces your Android phone's default "Share" menu with a better one, to make it quick to share your photos, messages and updates on Facebook, Twitter and other social networks.
FOURSQUARE Free It started as a way for groups of friends to check into bars, restaurants and other venues and earn points for their gadding about. That's still true, but now it's as much about using that data to recommend new, cool venues to visit.
GLANCEE Free One of several social location apps that are all the rage. You sign in with your Facebook details and it then alerts you when people with similar friends and interests are nearby, so you never need miss an important connection.
GOOGLE+ Free It's nowhere near as big as Facebook, but Google is making a big push for its Google+ social network, which has plenty of fans already. Its most impressive feature is Mobile Hangouts: live video chat with up to nine friends at once – and while you're on the go.
PATH Free Instagram for Android has only just been announced, but Path is plugging the gap with this well-designed social photography app. Upload photos for friends to see and post them to Facebook to share with your wider circle.
LINKEDIN Free If Facebook is for fun, Linkedin is strictly for business: a network for your work contacts. Its easy-to-use Android app helps you add new people, see what your contacts are up to and enables you to browse news from your industry.
WHATSAPP MESSENGER Free An app that wants to kill off text messages, replacing them with instant messaging that works across every smartphone. It supports text, photos, voice notes and videos and also offers group-chat features.
ENTERTAINMENT
TUNEIN RADIO PRO £0.20 TuneIn is an essential download for radio buffs or anyone who regularly travels abroad and wants to fend off homesickness. It streams more than 50,000 radio stations – including the big UK ones – as well as podcasts.
ADELE Free She's sold more than 20m albums and scooped a host of awards and Adele's official Android app is equally classy. It offers news, videos and tour dates, as well as a "fan wall" to post comments and chat to other fans.
7DIGITAL MUSIC STORE Free Looking for a good Android alternative to Apple's iTunes Store for music downloads? 7digital is the one. It has a catalogue of 18m tracks for sale and lets you re- download your purchases when you buy a new device.
ESPN GOALS Free This sounds too good to be true for football fans, but it isn't. ESPN's app delivers video highlights of Premier League goals just minutes after they're scored, as well as live scores and stats. It's free, and funded by ads.
SHAZAM Free Are you listening to a tune on the radio or in a club, but can't quite place it? Shazam is your friend. It identifies tracks, then enables you buy them, watch the YouTube videos or start them playing in Spotify. It can also display lyrics.
SKY GO Free to Sky subscribers Sky's live TV app offers up to 23 channels, although how many exactly depends on which you have access to through your home subscription. They stream over 3G or Wi-Fi and you can register up to two devices.
SPOTIFY £9.99 a month Streaming music service Spotify goes from strength to strength, with more than 15m tracks available to stream or store locally on your phone for offline listening. It also works with Facebook for friends' music recommendations.
TED Free Californian conference Ted is famous for its thought-provoking technology talks, as big thinkers grapple with the future of… everything. Its Android app serves up its archive of videos, many of them genuinely mind-changing.
GAMES
ANGRY BIRDS RIO Free You can't escape Angry Birds on any smartphone these days. The game sees you catapulting the miffed birds at nefarious pigs, with the addition of characters from animated movie Rio and boss battles to spice up the action.
FLICK SOCCER £0.69 There are full simulations, such as FIFA on Android, but the most addictive football game is Flick Soccer, which sees you flicking free kicks into a goal from a variety of positions. Fearsomely addictive, with bags of depth.
FRUIT NINJA £0.77 Fruit Ninja is another casual game that's as playable on Android as it is on iPhone. Here, you're slashing various fruit in half with swipes of your finger on the touchscreen, building up your score with squishy skills.
GRAND THEFT AUTO III £2.99 It's 10 years old, but GTA III still feels fresh on a mobile phone. This is the full console game crammed on to Android devices, with new touchscreen controls. Your nan still wouldn't approve, but this is excellent.
MINECRAFT - pocket edition £4.29 Want a game where you make things rather than kill them? Minecraft sees you roaming a colorful virtual world made of blocks and digging and building to your heart's content. It's like digital Lego for gamers.
TANK HERO: LASER WARS £1.99 The first Tank Hero has been a big hit on Android, with more than 5m downloads. This sequel bumps up the puzzle action, as you kit out a tank with all manner of destructive weapons to eliminate enemies.
WHALE TRAIL £1.49 Another excellent iPhone game that has found its way on to Android. Willow the Whale soars through the clouds as he seeks to escape the evil Baron Von Barry. The soundtrack comes from Super Furry Animal Gruff Rhys.
WORDS WITH FRIENDS Free Words With Friends is basically Scrabble under a different name: you make words with tiles on a board with rows and columns. Here, though, you're competing with your Facebook friends, taking turns at your leisure.
WORLD OF GOO £2.99 Having started life as a PC game, World of Goo has become one of the stickiest Android games. It sees you squeezing and stretching goo balls to build objects to get you through a succession of puzzle levels. Tactile and wonderful.
READING
THE CAT IN THE HAT £1.91 There is a comprehensive selection of Dr. Seuss books on the Android Market, so why not start with the most famous? You get voice narration, sound effects and words that rise up to help children's comprehension.
THE GUARDIAN Free Excuse us this one self-interested entry. This app puts a slick, mobile interface on the Guardian website, complete with podcasts, videos, the ability to save articles for offline reading and customize the home screen categories.
BBC NEWS Free The BBC's official news app for Android is a well-designed way to scoot quickly through its stories, from UK and world through to technology, business and entertainment. You can also pick categories for its home screen to suit.
PULSE NEWS Free Pulse is one of a clutch of news aggregation apps for Android. You tell it what websites you like and it pulls down the latest stories, while also letting you search for keywords of specific topics you're interested in.
LIFESTYLE
AA ECO DRIVE Free An app that aims to save you money while also helping the planet? That will be AA Eco Drive, which uses GPS to track your driving style, then provides useful tips on how you can be more efficient at conserving fuel.
ANDROIDIFY Free One of Android's strong points is its striking robot logo, something capitalised on by Google's own Androidify app. It lets you create your own Android avatars, complete with accessories, to store and share with friends.
BUILDAPP Free This app is still in beta, but if you are thinking of moving house or redecorating, it could still prove invaluable. Buildapp enables you to design your rooms in 3D and then move virtual furniture around to see how it might look.
GOOGLE MAPS Free Google Maps remains, hands down, the best maps app for Android. Hardly surprising – it's easy to use and the maps are clear and detailed. Although built into Android, this standalone version is updated more frequently.
JAMIE'S 20-MINUTE MEALS £4.99 Android is as pukka as iPhone for Jamie Oliver, whose app offers 60 recipes. They can be made in less time than an episode of The Naked Chef (though 20 minutes is optimistic) and have step-by-step instructions and photos.
LONDON BUS CHECKER £1.66 This app has been a huge hit with the capital's commuters on iPhone, but now it's on Android too. See live times of the buses coming to your nearest stop, based on live data from Transport for London as they travel around.
MET OFFICE WEATHER APPLICATION Free The UK's Met Office has an official Android app and it's very good indeed. It provides five-day forecasts and daily weather maps, as well as severe weather warnings and favourite location forecasts.
NETFLIX £5.99 a month Netflix is a service for streaming films and television shows. It crossed over to Britain from the United States early this year and has a broad selection of things to watch. It works well on Android smartphones and tablets.
TOUCHNOTE POSTCARDS Free Picture messaging, Facebook and email might be good ways to share your photos, but sometimes you have to get physical. Touchnote turns your pics into postcards, sent to any address for £1.49 a time - in the UK or beyond.
TRAIN TIMES UK £3.49 If you're used to using the National Rail website to look up train times, Train Times UK is the best equivalent on Android. It provides live departure and arrival times, fare details and directions to and from stations.
SHOPPING
BARCLAYS PINGIT Free Barclays' new mobile payments app is an innovative and impressive idea: send money direct to friends' bank accounts from your phone. For now, only Barclays customers can send, but that will change in the future.
APPSFIRE Free Appsfire is an app to help you shop for… apps. It lets you browse your own collection and, crucially, recommends other app downloads you might like, based on your tastes. Appsfire offers a good way to keep on top of the latest apps.
AMAZON MOBILE FOR ANDROID Free Still think people won't shop on a phone? They said that about websites once. Amazon's app is fast and efficient for browsing and buying products, with barcode scanning to get more details on something when in a real-world shop.
TESCO GROCERIES Free Tesco's shopping app is a model of simplicity and effectiveness, as you create and manage shopping lists, book delivery slots and switch between the mobile and web shopping services. You can also scan products in-store to add them to your list.
TOOLS
ADVANCED TASK KILLER Free If you're experiencing performance issues with your Android smartphone, it may be because too many apps are running in the background. Advanced Task Killer is the antidote, helping you shut down those you don't need.
DROPBOX Free Wonder why there's so much excitement around cloud services? Dropbox should help you understand. When installed on your computer and Android, you can swap files between the two at will – photos, videos, documents…
EVERNOTE Free Another good advert for the power of the cloud, Evernote wants to help you "remember everything across all of the devices you use", storing and synchronising notes and to-do lists, while adding photos for visual memory aids.
GOOGLE DOCS Free It should come as no surprise that Google's own online office suite works very well as an Android app. You can create, edit and share Google Docs with it; it also uses the camera to convert snaps of printed text into documents.
ONAVO Free You may know that your mobile tariff provides 500MB of data a month, but do you know how that data gets used by different apps? Onavo will show youhow, monitoring data traffic and displaying it as easy-to-understand charts.
OPERA MINI Free Looking for an alternative to Google's preloaded Android web browser? Opera Mini is well worth a look. It uses compression technology that ensures websites load faster and cost you much less in data usage – a godsend when roaming abroad.
SKY MAP Free Originally made by Google, this app has just been open sourced for other developers to work on. It's an excellent showcase for Android phones: point your device at the sky and it will tell you what the various stars are.
SWIFTKEY X KEYBOARD £0.49 If you don't get on well with the default on-screen keyboard for your Android phone, maybe you should give Swiftkey a try. It learns your language and provides more accurate predictions and corrections as you tap.