The Apple iPhone used to be the only game in town when it came to smartest smart phones, especially for those who like to download music and artists. Now, thanks to Google’s Android development companies, the Android is the ‘new kid on the block’ and giving Apple a run for their money.
Over the past 18 months or so, the emergence of Apple’s iPhone as a new and unique platform for music apps has been one of the most important events for the music industry.
Android is a smart-phone operating system, unlike iPhone which is one device manufactured by one company, and this operating system is offered to any phone company who wants build their own technology around the phone. Integrated products like Google Maps and Gmail among other Google services are available from Android app developer for hire individuals and companies who believe the Android is where the next generation of smart-phones and their users are going to be.
Digital music service have been feeling a huge impact created by the creation of apps for the iPhone. The Apps Store is where people who have an Apple iPhone go to shop for music and other downloadable items and the Droid Marketplace is where people who own an Android phone download their apps from. App stores for music downloads such as Rhapsody, Pandora and Spotify are a few of the fee and free apps Apple iPhone has programmed as their default music store apps.
If mobile access to digital music is going to be going mainstream with several more smart-phones on the horizon; these apps, which currently reach approximately 30 million-plus iPhone users, will not be as popular in the future.
According to the giant technical research and consulting firm Gatner, the Droid Market share of music downloads seems like an after thought with only 3.5 percent of the world-wide smart-phone market share while the Apple iPhone has 17 percent.
Whether it’s a music app or an app for getting around town, many feel the Android needs to step up their game when it comes to Android application development.
