Raleigh, NC
Travis Kepley is a Senior Instructor at Red Hat where he helps employees, partners and customers understand how Open Source Software can create a better IT and business infrastructure. Travis started at Red Hat in January of 2008 as a Technical Support Engineer before becoming a Solutions Architect prior to moving to his current role. Travis graduated from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and now lives in Raleigh with his wife and dog. When not extolling the virtues of open source, Travis is found fishing as well as playing and recording music.
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Rebecca, most apps either have an alternative or an Android specific version available. The best way to check is to search Android's marketplace:
http://www.android.com/market/
That's not a comprehensive list, but it gives you an idea of what you'll find on there. But bottom line, most major apps are on both platforms with alternatives available for ones that aren't.
The reason that most companies are getting Apple specific apps is because Apple used to have the market share. Most non-tech companies are always behind the curve, and you'll start seeing more and more apps specifically for Android now that it's taking over the marketshare. Who would have imagined that, Linux is finally getting in the hands of everyone! :)
as stated, 2 years ago....understood, there wasn't a comparable phone. but that's changed...i urge open source fans to relook at this scenario and really think hard about where they are giving their money. if you have an android phone, and it has a problem, you report it to your carrier. assuming a kernel issue, the carrier will open a bug with the open handset alliance. then every android phone will get the fix for this bug. all from purchasing a linux based phone vs a closed OS phone.