Android



Android is the 'other' handheld operating system, after iPhone. The operating system is a flavour of Linux, so the pieces are free, and it's being published by Google who has more money than Microsoft God. The barrier for entry for developers is damn low -- the dev kit is free, and users don't have to jailbreak their phones -- but almost all Android devices are smartphones, and phone companies in North America are being assholes (surprise!) and erecting their own barriers. The stuff you see below might be in your phone company's app store, but jailbreaking or "root"ing the Android you got from the phone company should be easy.


 * Android Market - Default "app store" that every 'droid phone should have

Free Games
If a game is free to install, but pay-for-play, it goes in the other list. If the game has a free version or demo that's good enough you'd play it without ever buying the full version, it goes here.

Paid Games
Stuff that you pay to download, or subscribe to play online.