Exclusive Android Apps You Won't Find On iPhone Or Anywhere Else (GOOG, AAPL)

Our readers have had very strong feelings about the recent report that Android is blowing past iPhone in smartphone marketshare.

No matter what side you're on, there's no arguing Android is gaining traction, and it's growing app library proves it. While the Android Market is still smaller than Apple's App Store by tens of thousands of apps, there are still some excellent ones you won't find on iPhone.

Here's a list of the best exclusive Android apps that iPhone owners wish they could have.

Amazon's Cloud Player lets you stream stored music to your phone

Android is the only platform that allows you to stream music from your Amazon Cloud Drive directly to your phone or tablet. Get it free here.

We love using Firefox 4 as our primary mobile browser

Firefox 4's Android browser is just as impressive as the desktop version. You can sync tabs, bookmarks, and passwords with your PC. Plus you get great tabbed browsing and speedy load times. Get it free here.

Turn-by-turn navigation is included with Google Maps

Google Maps is great on the iPhone, but you still can't get true turn-by-turn directions. With the Android version of Google Maps, navigation is baked right in, turning your phone into a GPS unit without downloading any additional software. As a bonus, Google Maps will direct you to your destination via the quickest route based on traffic patterns.

View more at Business Insider

See Also:

• Our Favorite Android Widgets That iPhone Owners Wish They Could Use
• Fring Will Be The First App That Lets You Group Video Chat On Your Android Phone
• Test Out Android's New Music App With Google's Music Locker Right Now

Exclusive Android Apps You Won't Find On iPhone Or Anywhere Else (GOOG, AAPL)

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Google Lat Long Blog: Even smarter Street View navigation: single click to go (anywhere!)

Monday, November 22, 2010 at 5:35 PM

Last year we introduced Smart Navigation to Street View, which allowed you to jump to a new panorama just by double-clicking on a place or object. Now you can quickly navigate to those images with just a single click.

For those of you who haven’t used this click-to-go feature before, notice that as you move your mouse around in a street view panorama, a disk or rectangle follows the cursor (what we call the “pancake”). This pancake not only makes the panorama feel three-dimensional, but shows you where you can jump to a new panorama to get a different view. For instance, let’s say you’re checking out the town of San Miguel de Allende in Mexico because you read about the large community of artists and writers living there. You can get a closer look at the Parish of San Miguel by clicking on the pancake and navigating around the church.



A few more clicks will take you through the colorful neighboring streets. Through your virtual exploration, you can see a restaurant in the distance behind the below rectangular pancake:


With a single click on the pancake, you’re transported right in front of that location and the pancake reappears - this time with a magnifying glass. This means you can zoom in to get an even closer view:


To read the menu at “El Infierno” and see what kind of food they may have, the single click to zoom also applies here. We’ve also made it easier to zoom out. Once you’ve zoomed in all the way, the magnifying glass changes from a plus sign to a minus sign, signifying that the next click will zoom all the way out.


QUE VIVA single click navigation!

Posted by Daniel Filip, Senior Staff Engineer

Google Lat Long Blog: Even smarter Street View navigation: single click to go (anywhere!)

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