BEST ANDROID APPLICATIONS

 The success of a mobile device operating system relies heavily on the availability of the application. Android includes a new operating system that successfully create an ecosystem of applications. Entering the era of a million apps, Android is expected to overtake BlackBerry in Indonesia. The prediction was confirmed by the research institute Sharing Vision from Bandung. According to Chairman Dimitri Mahayana Sharing Vision, Android appeal is driven by affordability, diversity of applications, and the growing popularity of the use of touch screen devices.


"Moreover, Android is made by a giant company that never fails, ie Google," said Dimitri news conference in London, Saturday (12/22/2012). He cites research that noted IDC BlackBerry had been defeated by Android, which won 52% market share in Indonesia in the 2nd quarter of 2012. Withdrawal of the operating system and device launch BlackBerry 10 to be one of the factors decline in popularity of BlackBerry in Indonesia. "I have not seen any 'something' that good of BlackBerry 10," said Dimitri. Meanwhile, Android devices kept pounding the Indonesian market. In fact, the local smart phone also enliven the Android market. He predicts the price of smart phones will fall about 5% to 6% in 2013, due to an increasingly tight competition from both foreign and local vendors.

In the global market alone, Android dominates with 68.3% market share, according to IDC in the 3rd quarter of 2012.The second position is occupied by Apple's iOS with 18.8%, followed by BlackBerry 4.7%, 2.6%, and Windows Phone. the mobile device industry will enter an era of a million applications in 2013. "More and more applications that can support user productivity. Android will take on the role, the number of Android apps on Android Market online store has reached 700 thousand applications, almost equivalent to the number of applications on Apple iOS devices.

While BlackBerry jumahnya applications is still limited, the availability of applications on BlackBerry App World only 105 thousand, losing with applications in Windows Phone, which is actually a new operating system. Application availability also helped push the "war" device in the smart phone industry. Value smart business software applications that can be obtained thousands of developers in the world to reach 10 billion U.S. dollars, or around Rp 96 trillion. From the Sharing Vision research, it was noted that 57% of the people of Indonesia to install WhatsApp instant messaging application on smart phones, 50% put on Twitter, 40% Facebook and games.

10 Best Android Applications 2012 Featured Google
Evernote, a cloud computing-based applications, Google has been named as one of the best Android apps in 2012.Evernote is an application widely used for note-note affair. Not only the text notes, Evernote can be used to record all the activities at a time when a meeting or lecture, because it can record audio and video, as well as taking photos. In fact, Evernote users can dictate what you say into text.
Storage media-based Evernote cloud computing, in which users can store data online. Thus, the user can open the file notes from any device through only one Evernote account, as long as there is an Internet connection. In addition to Evernote, Google named nine other applications to be the best this year. Google itself actually did not give ranking on the list. Most likely I think the 10 applications are equally good. There is only 1 paid application that went into this list. The application is Grimm's Snow White, an interactive storybook app. The application is priced at 1.82 U.S. dollars.

Here are 10 best Android applications in 2012 version Google:
1. Evernote
2. Pinterest
3. Grimm? s Snow White
4. Pocket
5. Expedia Hotels & Flights
6. Ancestry
7. Fancy
8. Series Guide Show Manager
9. Pixlr Series
10. Ted

Regards, 

Dwi Hartoyo, SP

REFERENCES
1. http://tekno.kompas.com/read/2012/12/24/13494065/di.era.sejuta.aplikasi.android.salip.blackberry
2. http://tekno.kompas.com/read/2012/12/28/1018297/10.aplikasi.android.terbaik.2012.pilihan.google