Its thanks giving period and i know it will be greet to state some reasons why i am thankful for android.
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Now
that you've stuffed yourself with food, spent time with family, watched
football, and enjoyed all the trappings and trimmings of the
Thanksgiving holiday, let me take a moment to reflect on the less
important... why I'm thankful for Android.
Warning: Some
of these words may have been said with tongue planted firmly in cheek.
Or not. I suppose it depends upon your point of view.
In
any case, there is plenty to be thankful for in the world of Android
mobility, and I'm offering up my top five reasons. Without further ado,
Happy Androidsgiving!
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1: Flexibility
Coming
from the world of open source and Linux, flexibility has always been
one of the most important aspects of an operating system for me. I have
to be able to make a platform do what I want how I want. Thankfully,
Android delivers that in spades.
If
you don't like the way the default Android looks or behaves, change it!
Don't like the home screen? Change it! Don't like the lack of
automation? Install Tasker and do things with it.
Android
is a platform that is ready to do whatever you need. With a little
creativity, you might be surprised at how much you can stretch and bend
Android to best reflect your personality and needs.
2: Integration
I
depend upon Google Docs and other Google apps to get me through the
day. I've shrugged off Evernote for Keep; Google Calendar is my default;
and Photos has become my go-to app for images. Google Drive is my
cloud, and Google Now keeps me in the now and know.
Google
has done a stellar job of integrating all of its services, and it makes
my daily routine exponentially easier. And on the rare occasion that I
need to bounce between cloud accounts, I can open ES File Explorer, and those accounts can easily interact. Android integrates with Google like no other platform (save Chrome OS).
3: It's not Apple
From
the earliest iterations of the Apple products, I've always felt their
platform to be too rigid, too unintuitive, and too, well, Apple. Android
has, since inception, been the antithesis of the Apple product line.
The
iPhone insists you do things Apple's way, while Android insists you do
things your way. That, my friends, is right up my alley, and something
I've been thankful for since the first time I touched Android (although
that first device, an HTC Hero, was a dreadful piece of hardware).
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4: Vanilla Android
As
much as I hate the size of the Nexus 6, I love that it runs a very
vanilla version of Android. There's no overlaying of a carrier
homescreen, there's no bloatware, there's nothing but Android goodness.
Sure, you can install whatever home screen launcher you want (such as my
favorite, Nova Launcher),
but sometimes nothing beats good old stock Android. It's clean, it's
super fast, it's reliable, and, best of all, there's no bloatware!
Sigh.
The very mention of bloatware sucks the joy out of everything. Are you
listening Verizon, AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, and on and on and on?
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5a: Marshmallow
Oh
wait...no, never mind that. Why? Because I've yet to receive it! Even
though I have a Nexus 6, which was supposed to get an OTA of Android 6.0
almost two months ago, I'm still lickin' on Lollipops. Why? I have no idea.
Hold the phone! This list is for things I'm thankful for. Fine. Spin this into the positive.
5b: Android!
Yes,
that's perfect. One of the things I've been so thankful for is that,
unlike the competition (wink wink, nudge nudge) each iteration of
Android offers up a bevy of improvements. There has yet to be an Android
release that failed to please. Lollipop was better than KitKat, which
was better than Jellybean, which was better than Ice Cream Sammich --
you get the idea. This is one of the very reasons I've been so excited
about getting Marshmallow, as well as why I've been so frustrated about
not getting it.
So there you have it -- five reasons I'm thankful for Android. Done and done.
What about you?
What reasons do you have to give thanks for the Android platform? Tell us in the comment box below.This article, Top 5 reasons I'm thankful for Android, originally appeared on TechRepublic.com.
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