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Android Market is growing

The QVGA screen is limiting in terms of compatible content on the Android market. The market applies automatic filtering, listing only applications compatible with the QVGA resolution.

The structure of the Android Market is quite simple – featured apps on top and above them, three sections (Applications, Games and Downloads). There is also a shortcut up there for initiating a search.

The Android Market will give you access to more than 30 000 applications

The Applications and Games sections are divided into subcategories (e.g. Communication, Entertainment etc.) so you can filter the apps that are relevant to you. Of course, there is also an option of displaying them all at once, but you will probably need days to browse them all that way.

Searching is very easy – just tap the search button and type what you’re looking for (e.g. “navigation”). From then on, it’s pretty easy to choose – each app has a rating, a short description by the author, user comments and screenshots.

Each app has a short description, screenshots and user comments

There are all kinds of apps in the Android market and the essential ones are well covered (file managers, navigation apps, document readers etc.).

Of course, 100000 or so apps is nowhere near what the iPhone users have at their disposal but no one actually installs thousands of apps so you will probably find what you are looking for here too. Besides, the Android market is the one with the largest percentage of free apps across all platforms.

Android 2.2 Froyo will allow installing apps on the memory card, so new elaborate apps and killer games are likely to appear as soon as it is released. This will boost the Android Market chances of catching-up with the Apple AppStore.

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