Android Applications | Connectindia

Recently Google let out an open secret and put a staggering number to it – a whopping 3 billion. Yes, that’s the number of android applications which have been downloaded from market with consummate rage by the users. No wonder it wants a share of this rapidly evolving market and is coming up with its Ice cream sandwich OS after Gingerbread and Honeycomb. Let’s sneak a quick look at the table topper applications for android that are best enjoyed on 3G mobile services.

While ‘Android Market’ mobile application takes the cake with both males and females, the runner ups – Google search, Gmail and Google maps share their podium with Facebook but not in same order as far as both the sexes go. This is followed by the video encyclopedia- Youtube and the recent craze – Angry birds’ game. On the one hand Adobe readers are must with guys and on the other, not so surprisingly, Twitter usage is on rise amongst the ladies.

Nielsen surveys have clearly underlined the supremacy of Google apps and in its bid to maintain its iron clad control over top 5 positions, Google is already planning to launch an online store for music lovers. It would be facing huge competition from iTunes. As of now only EMI group has been close to finalizing a deal with Google for this. With Google nexus prime due for a launch soon, it seems android users have lots to look forward to this year from the search engine giants.

In a dynamic environment where more is not essentially the merrier, having that special edge that pushes you up and apart from the crowd is necessary. Such seems to be Adobe’s policy in launching new applications for iPad, and Android tablets. This move is a part of Adobe Creative Cloud, Adobe’s latest initiative for making creative apps available via a single, one stop forum. As news has it, this forum includes Nitobi Software and Typekit, which bring added expertise and infrastructure to Creative Cloud.

But what are these android applications? Well, for starters, there’s not one but six. Be it image editing, ideation or sketching, these apps will help artists and artsy folk alike to better structure their ideas and give them tangible reality just on their tablets. Besides these three, there is the mood board, one other app based on the website and mobile app model, and a last app that will help give a polished touch to finished work.

These apps, announced in the MAX 2011 Technology Conference, are slated to become available for Androids sometime in November 2011 and for iPads early 2012. The whole package is priced at $395, with individual apps coming down to $9.99 each.