To see where this project started, go this post. I updated the Smartphone Application Grid this morning to include categories for Cloud Storage and Google Voice. This includes the recently released Dropbox application for the BlackBerry OS and native Google Voice Applications for the iOS.
Let me know what else needs to be on the list.
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webOS | Android | iOS | BlackBerry | |
Music/Video | App | App (+ Xplayer) | iTunes | Media Player |
notetaking | Evernote | Evernote | Evernote | |
Streaming Video | YouTube | YouTube, Netflix | YouTube Player, MyMovies | |
Tweed | ||||
Other Twitter | TweetMe, Twee, Spaz | Twidroid HootSuite, Touiteur |
Twittlelator, Echofon HootSuite |
UberTwitter, Tweetcaster |
Music Streaming | Pandora | Pandora, Slacker | Pandora, Slacker |
Pandora, Slacker |
Cloud Storage | Dropbox | Dropbox | Dropbox | |
DroidIn | ||||
Google Voice | Built in | GV Mobile, GV Connect | Google Voice by Google | |
Instant Messaging |
IM+ |
Meebo, AIM, IMEasy, IM+ | Yahoo, AIM, IM+ | BeeJiveIM, AOL |
Newsreader/RSS | Viigo | Pulse, Google News Reader |
Mobile RSS, Pulse | Viigo |
Watching live Television | SlingPlayer Mobile, SPB TV | SlingPlayer Mobile | SlingPlayer Mobile |
SlingPlayer Mobile |
Bible Reader | Bible Reader, YouVersion (Bible) | Bible Reader 4, YouVersion | YouVersion, AcroBible | YouVersion (Bible), BibleReader |
Sports Scores | SportingNews | ESPN | ESPN, Yahoo Sportacular | ScoreMobile |
Location Games | Gowalla, Foursquare | Gowalla, Foursquare | Gowalla, Foursquare | Foursquare, Waze |
Financial Management | Mint | Mint | Mobile Checkbook | |
Live Radio | RadioTime | Slacker, WunderRadio | WunderRadio, AOL, iHeart, Slacker | iHeartRadio |
Remote Desktop | LogMeIn, RDP | LogMeIn, RemoteTap | RDM+ | |
Podcast | drPodder | Listen, DoggCatcher, doubleTwist | iTunes, Podcaster | BlackBerry Podcast, PodTrapper |
Office | Documents to Go, QuickOffice | Documents to Go, QuickOffice | Documents to Go, eOffice, QuickOffice |
Google Talk should be listed for Android. BBM for blackberries. Having those built-in really makes it a odd thing to install a third party I’m client IF most of your friends use the same smartphone OS. Additionally, Trillian has a mobile client for at least BlackBerry and Android.
Google now has their own reader and Docs client on Android.
There is Seesmic and TweetDeck for Twitter (and Facebook).
LinkedIn has their own Android client now. You forgot about Last.FM as well…
And you should add in WP7 and revisit WebOS choices.
In the end these lists don’t matter because these are obvious apps that users will install almost immediately. Its the less-obvious stuff that we need help with…
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