As the result of losing a lawsuit in China, Samsung is giving users the option to uninstall
preloaded apps from its phones — lets hope the practice extends to other OEMs and countries too.
Not exact matches
As might be expected
from a Windows
Phone 8 device, the Nokia device in question comes with Internet Explorer 10 and several
preloaded apps.
With Gingerbread (Android 2.3) powering the
phone, you get access to over 100,000
apps from the Android Market, and it comes
preloaded with the usual Google services.
Also the
phone comes
preloaded with mobile applications
from BlackBerry
App World, including Amazon MP3 store for quick and easy music downloads and TeleNav GPS Navigator for turn - by - turn directions.»
This wont prohibit users
from using the
phone with its
preloaded apps, but anything that requires Google to log in won't work, including the Play Store.
Aside
from an FM radio
app and its Moto
app that allows users to adjust the aforementioned settings, the only software that comes
preloaded on the
phone is the standard suite of Google
apps.
In addition to downloading various
apps that have Chromecast streaming support, the Android user installed Nova Launcher to remove bloatware
from the home screen, turned off syncing features (including Hangouts and Gmail) and used AppLocker to lock
apps preloaded onto the
phone.
The
phone also comes bundled with free in - game credits worth Rs. 3,200 ($ 50) for Gameloft games, which you can use for in -
app purchases in any of the Gameloft games you download
from the
preloaded Game Zone
app.
In essence, Verizon not listing its own
apps as expected and instead branding them as Preloaded Play Store Apps could mean that these apps, like any other Play Store apps, can be removed from the ph
apps as expected and instead branding them as
Preloaded Play Store
Apps could mean that these apps, like any other Play Store apps, can be removed from the ph
Apps could mean that these
apps, like any other Play Store apps, can be removed from the ph
apps, like any other Play Store
apps, can be removed from the ph
apps, can be removed
from the
phone.
Additionally, the
phone will come
preloaded with content related to the manga series such as themes, backgrounds, an augmented reality camera
app that lets users take pictures with characters
from the cartoon, and a JoJo manga editor.
From the flip clock, to the customization options, to the fun and functional widgets
preloaded on your
phone, the features and
apps HTC has added to Android make it prettier and friendlier to new users.