Nexus S 4G: A New and Improved Nexus One
18.07.11
When Google announced the Nexus S 4G, it was one of the most anticipated phones at that time. This is because its predecessor, the Nexus One was a revolutionary phone. It had the features of an iPhone but without the hassles of being tied to a network carrier like AT&T and to a closed company like Apple.
The Nexus One was a Google and HTC baby, but the new Nexus S 4G is the result of a partnership with Google and Samsung. The Nexus S kept what made its ancestor famous – the pure Android OS. When we say pure, that means there’s no added software and apps on the phone by the maker and the carrier. So when there’s an update to Android, you can get that immediately on your phone. No more delays caused by the incompatibility of the maker and carrier’s apps and software.
Source: Thinking Clearly
Sprint allowing Android 'bloatware' removal is a step in the right direction
22.02.33
After the release of its new flagship smartphone, the HTC EVO 3D, Sprint surprised the Android community this week by doing something unprecedented. It is letting users remove the ‘bloatware’ apps that come pre-installed with the device. The carrier is going to allow it to happen on future phones too.
For the initiated, ‘bloatware’ is the commonly-used name for apps installed by either manufacturers or cell phone providers onto devices which, they feel, will be useful to the end user. Yet more often than not, these apps go unused and cannot be removed.
Source: Android Apps Appolicious
Rethinking Apps: Why Nokia, Microsoft, Google, RIM, and HP Should Partner Together
22.02.17
Apps. They’re beautifully created, thoughtfully purposed programs that help us extend the value of our smartphones by tapping into a whole universe beyond the basic silicon, glass, plastics, and other materials that are part of the physical phones. And Apple’s clever marketing campaign has led us to believe that there should be an app for everything–from the games that we love to the photo sharing site that we frequent, to the social networks that pervade our own digital existence. It’s now been three years since the first native app appeared on the iPhone, and developers have gone a long way, utilizing different methods to monetize their apps, different social and cloud services to connect their audiences with, and different hardware APIs and SDKs to tap into to leverage the full potential of the smartphone. However, now, with apps beginning to mature and rival platforms demonstrating their hardware prowess, is the time, I posit, to re-think apps and give web apps a second chance. Doing so could potentially disrupt the app ecosystem that Apple has been successful in defining.
Source: Gotta Be Mobile