Originally Posted by
BiziBB
Android 2.1 apps update?
Hi android owners,
I'm currently charging my new phone and will soon look for some travel-helpful apps.
Do you all ust go straight to the Android Store or do you have favourite blogs/sites/forums where the various apps are reviewed/rated/explained?
More specifically, is there anywhere which shows the Andoid version of v. popular iPhone apps, where such a version exists?
Finally, will all apps work on ealrier Android versions or will we soon see some tuned specifically for the newer, faster Android 2,x phones like the Nexus One & Moto Droid?
Thanks!
BiziBB (and his new HTC black Magic!)
androlib.com has a pretty exhaustive, searchable database of the Android Market apps (the online android market site itself is useless), with the information and reviews that you get when you find the app in the market on the phone. Basically it just makes viewing the info easier. Beware, though, when I'm not behind my company's firewall, Kaspersky antivirus occasionally flags some of the ads on androlib.com as malware.
Often, you can get a better look at an app's features by googling the app's name, followed by the word "android" to get to the developer's page. Androlib.com also typcally has a link to the developer's website, if there is one.
There are already some apps that work on 2.0 or 2.01 that don't work on 1.5, so, given the extensive list of new features promised in 2.1, I have little doubt there will be apps that are not available to earlier operating systems as it is futher updated. By the way, the market app knows which operating system you have, and will not show you apps that don't work on your phone. Some are even sequestered by geographical region.