The Android operating system is a major competitor in the mobile OS industry, which is pretty amazing if you consider the fact that it’s been only a year since it was first released to the public. It has managed to grow at a phenomenal rate, all thanks to its big base of developers and fans of the open source and free software model.
It also helped a lot that it was owned by Google and is very tightly integrated with their services, which makes it a great choice for anyone who uses them. Of course, Internet marketers are the best example, as they use Google’s tools almost on a daily basis. This is the main reason why a lot of developers and marketers are choosing an Android phone, the other reason being the amount of great apps that are available for this OS. Here are only some of the best:
Paypal
Paypal is the number one payment system used by over 200 million users worldwide. Of course, a lot of marketers, online entrepreneurs and freelancers get their payments using this service, which is actually much more convenient than any other alternatives. Paypal have basically revolutionized the way people pay online, and now they have an app for Android, too. With it, you can easily send and receive payments and see any invoices and other information from your Paypal account using a secure connection.SEO Stats
Every webmaster and Internet marketer needs to know what exactly is going in with his site and landing pages. SEO Stats gives you access to a lot of statistics from Google Analytics and other services, so you can see the general state of a page with a single tap.AndFTP
An FTP client is a must for anyone who has a site, and if you’re constantly on the go, you’ll be glad to have one in your pocket. AndFTP is the best client for Android, and it has all the necessary functionality to let you simply download and upload any files you need to and from your server. You can also use it to sync data between your server, phone and desktop computer, which is pretty cool if you think about it.Gmail
Gmail comes installed by default on most Android phones (not all of them, though), and it’s a marvelous app for reading and sending emails from your Gmail account. The view is automatically resized and configured depending on how you hold your phone, and you can easily see and read all the new emails you receive. Writing and sending them is also easy, plus you can attach large files without any problems.Droid Analytics
Droid Analytics is the best Google Analytics client for Android. It lets you see all the statistics that this powerful tracking platform can provide, using a very intuitive and uncluttered interface. If you like to analyze statistics and your site’s traffic data, you’ll find this little app a must have.Twitter for Android
Twitter is a great micro blogging platform, and it has practically created a new market and a new way to deliver news and products to the users for advertisers. If you’re not using Twitter to manage your brand and market your products, you’re losing quite a lot of money. Having a Twitter account is a must nowadays, and because you’re supposed to send tweets ever hour or so, a Twitter client for your phone is also a very necessary thing. The official Twitter app for Android is great for the task, and you can send tweets, attach videos and pictures, read and reply to other’s messages and do anything else you can do on Twitter.There are a lot of other great apps for Android that marketers can use. If you tried and liked the above ones, you should definitely do a search for other similar apps on the marketplace – I’m sure you’ll find a lot of useful ones.
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