Being entertained and going social: The Ultimate Smartphone Guide, part II Hunting down the best apps for reading comics, finding a restaurant, and more.
by Florence Ion Dec 10 2012 Ars Technica In part one of our Ultimate Smartphone Guide series, we told you which handsets were best for which users. Now in part two, we're going to walk through the entertainment app landscape for each ecosystem, discussing how best to connect with friends and watch content on Android, iOS, Windows Phone 8. Smartphones are just as commonplace as our wallet and keys these days-we can't leave the house without them and we certainly freak out if they go missing. Our phones are packed with powerful CPUs and GPUs; the Snapdragon SOC with its Adreno GPU is the most powerful combo the Android and Windows Phone 8 platforms have seen, and Apple's extra-speedy A6 improves on the already-quick A5 it replaces. Whichever platform we're on, we use that power to document our daily happenings, to check in to see how our friends are family are doing, to communicate verbally and textually, and even to read a book before bed. We use our phones to order food or make reservations, tag ourselves with others while out having a good time, and catch up on our favorite television shows on the long train ride home. So in our second installment of the Ultimate Smartphone Guide, we've rounded up some of the best apps for doing all of these things. This guide should save you from scrolling endlessly through all the different app stores, looking for the right app to do that one thing. One note going in: we're focusing on picking out apps-we're not looking at the app stores themselves and what the app discovery and purchase process is like. ... http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2012/12/the-ultimate-smartphone-guide-part-ii-being-entertained-and-going-social/ _______________________________________________ Please be sure to include a URL to the article. Reply to the sender with a "Thank you" if you like this post. _______________________________________________ Medianews mailing list [email protected] http://lists.etskywarn.net/mailman/listinfo/medianews
