| How many of you have purchased an Android phone, | | | | accessing the app market and checking out one of |
| used it for a few months, then you bump into | | | | many third party app retail sites. |
| someone with the same device and you start sharing | | | | Now when it comes to 3rd party apps you need to |
| your stories about how great your phone is? How | | | | consider that you will "get what you pay for". There |
| many of you felt seriously tech-un-savvy because | | | | is an abundance of free apps - many of them with |
| the other person knew so much more about what | | | | limited functionality or that are just plain useless. |
| their phone can do than you did? | | | | Many free apps are designed to wet-your-appetite |
| If you answered "YES" to this question then it is | | | | and eventually hook you into spending the $10-$20 |
| obviously time that you get up to speed and take | | | | for a fully-functional version. However, there are still a |
| advantage of all the functionality your Android phone | | | | large number of legitimate free android apps and |
| has to offer. I would venture to guess that after a | | | | games. It simply takes some time and patience to |
| few months of using this cool gadget that you are | | | | find them but if you have neither the time nor |
| fairly familiar with what came in the box. If your old | | | | patience then you may want to trust the product |
| school - you may have played Solitaire or Bubble | | | | reviews posted on many sites. |
| Breaker because it was already in the Games list. Or | | | | So to recap - To successfully 1-Up your friends |
| perhaps you discovered how to add photo's to all | | | | follow these 3 simple steps: |
| your contacts. | | | | 1. Spend sufficient time with your new Android and |
| If you mastered the Android games and apps | | | | learn how to use it and the apps that came with it. |
| already on the device then you are ready to branch | | | | 2. Go Mobile with Facebook, Twitter, My Space, or |
| out to you browser based Apps like Facebook and | | | | your other mobile optimized social media site. |
| Twitter. This is fairly easy as both have mobile | | | | 3. Spend some time shopping for apps that interest |
| optimized web sites. | | | | you. Whether you are interested in games or |
| Of course, if you really want to 1-Up your friends | | | | productivity apps you will have plenty to choose |
| and colleagues then go for some third-party Android | | | | from. |
| apps and games which you can get on the device by | | | | |