A Closer Look At The Handy Android Market On The Exciting HTC Sensation
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The HTC Sensation is the ideal handset to showcase the benefits of the Android Market for a number of reasons. It has some powerful hardware which means that it is suited to running a variety of apps from different categories. For example, it has a high resolution touchscreen and a dual-core processor, meaning it can handle even the most demanding of applications.
In this article I will take a look at the Android Market, and how the HTC Sensation is ideally set up to take advantage of the applications it offers.
In case you are wondering what the Android Market is, it is the virtual store where users of smartphones which run the Android platform can access on their phones, where they are presented with a variety of different applications. There are currently over 500,000 applications available from several different categories. If you own an Android smartphone like the HTC Sensation, you can access the Android Market and browse the applications in your chosen category. Similar to the well known AppStore (Apple’s catalogue of applications which can be used for iPhone, iPods Touches and iPads) applications range in price from free of charge to hundreds of pounds.
The HTC Sensation is an ideal smartphone to showcase the Android market. As mentioned, it has a high resolution touchscreen, meaning that multimedia applications are suite to this device. These can range from games like the wildly popular Angry Birds, or Need For Speed. The latter is a driving game based on the popular console and PC franchise, and users can steer their car by tilting the phone. The built in accelerometer sensor will then steer the car based on the user’s movements of the phone. Angry Birds is a simple strategy game which requires users to catapult the “Angry Birds” characters to knock down structures in order to eliminate enemies. This is operated by using the touchscreen to adjust the angle and power of the catapult. This is a simple concept, but the game has received over 250 million downloads to date across all platforms, with the Android version accounting for a large number of these.
Of course, the Android Market offers more than just games. Business users can benefit from apps like Documents To Go, which allows users to view, create and edit Microsoft Office documents on their phone. The HTC Sensation is particularly suited to apps like this thanks to its powerful processor and expandable micro SD storage which allows users to store many documents on the handset. If you are into health and fitness, you may be interested in apps like RunKeeper. This utilises the phone’s GPS capabilities to track your runs or bike rides, and even stores them so that they can be viewed on a map. It also tracks your progress, and allows you to compare your performance to your previous efforts. There is also the option to share your progress via the app’s dedicated website or FaceBook thanks to the social networking integration offered by the HTC Sensation.
The apps I have outlined above are just the tip of the iceberg. As mentioned, there are over half a million apps waiting to be explored, and with smartphones like the HTC Sensation you can make the most of the apps on offer.
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Chris Westley
Submitted
2012-01-11 18:10:48 |
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