Samsung's iMessage, Gtalk and other IM service competitor, ChatON, is already available for Bada, BlackBerry, Android and iOS but now it has gained a new platform - the desktop.
I personally feel that Android needs a strong, unified syncing solution that harmonizes your desktop computer with your smartphone and tablet. Apple has got this nailed with iTunes and iCloud but Android is severely lacking in this department; users have to install a bunch of different apps that sync different kinds of files: you have Dropbox for photos/videos, Google Docs for documents, doubletwist’s excellent AirSync app or Google Music for your music library etc. etc. Android enthusiasts tend to see this as a plus on Android’s part but I don’t.
Android likes to think of itself as more of a computer-like mobile operating system than some of its competition, and it is on the verge of receiving the one app that any OS needs in order to earn its stripes - a torrent application.
Statistics at the back end of 2011 showed that Twitter, the micro blogging service set up in 2006, now has over 300 million active users and is growing its user base rapidly on a day to day basis. Users of the Twitter social network are responsible for posting over 300 million tweets a day and generates an estimated 1.6 billion search queries each and every day which just shows how important the network is becoming.
Speaker quality on smartphones isn’t ever anything to write home about, but they need to be loud enough so one can easily hear ringtones, alarms, person on the other side of the call, etc. While the Galaxy Nexus has received universal critical acclaim, it does have its fair share of shortcomings on the hardware side. A relatively lackluster camera, weak GPS and, one of the bigger sources of complaints, is its particularly tinny speaker.
From the people that I speak to in the real world and also via Twitter, there seems to be a common misconception that everyone who owns a smartphone immediately becomes an expert in how to extensively use that device, including the ins and outs of app installation. I know first hand that this simply isn't the case and to a lot of people, a smartphone is just simply another mobile device and they are unable to make a distinction between a normal phone and a smartphone.
With mobile snatchings on the rise, it is very important that people install a powerful anti-theft app on their smartphone/tablet so that they can wipe sensitive data, lock their device and, in the best case scenario, catch the damned thief.
The world is becoming more and more of a constantly online kinda place. We love online through Twitter and Facebook, and our data is also beginning to live online, too.
One of the advantages that Android has over iOS is that users have more control over their user-experience. If they are dissatisfied with the stock keyboard, launcher, music app etc., they can just head out to Android Market and download something that fits their needs. This may be perceived as Android being an OS that “doesn’t work out of the box”, but it’s more about giving users more choice.
Collaboration is becoming more than just a buzz word these days, with many businesses needing their teams to work closely on projects, be they long form text documents or complicated spreadsheets. Google seems to understand that, and is working on making the whole experience a whole lot more mobile.
