One of the constant complaints about the Android diaspora is its fragmentation — the increasingly diverse multiplicity of OS versions and devices that are so relevant yet so confusing to the average consumer’s mobile decision-making process.
Apparently, the powers that be (at Google, that is) have heard users’ complaints on this score and have created the Google Phone Gallery, a carousel of devices that displays images, phone features, manufacturer and carrier information and more.
You can sort phones by hardware manufacturer, by phone service provider and even by country, a feature we know our international readers will be very happy about.
Finally, you can select multiple devices to do side-by-side comparisons.
There’s a tab that reads “Phones,” too. This seems a bit redundant for a “Phone Gallery,” unless you consider the rising tide of Android tablets. We hope to see a few non-phone mobile devices featured in this gallery in the very near future.
All these devices ship with the standard set of on-deck Android apps you know and love, including the Android Market, Google Search, Maps, Gmail and YouTube.
If you’re in the market for a new Android or thinking of buying one for the first time, this site’s the ideal destination for you. And if you’re a contented Android device user, this is where you can point all the people who ask you which phone they should buy next.
Now all we need is a better way to sort through the Wild West of apps that is the Android Market… Oh, wait. We found that yesterday.
If you ask us, the Android platform just gets better all the time. What do you think of the gallery from Google?
Reviews: Android, Android Market, Gmail, Google, Google search, YouTube
More About: android, android phones, Google, Hardware, Mobile 2.0, mobile devices
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