RIDGELAND, Miss.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--With more than 66 million fathers in the U.S., it will be all about Dad this Sunday for Father’s Day. While neckties and toolboxes were to be expected in years past, times have changed and so have Dads. Whether it’s a love for golf or gardening, this Father’s Day, Dads can now get everything they need to enjoy their holiday with the best apps on the Android Market and on their advanced Android-powered smartphones.
Cellular South, the wireless communications provider with the highest smartphone penetration rate in the nation, understands the need for great apps to make the most out of Dad’s wireless devices. The Android-powered smartphone device leader has enlisted its Discover Apps experts to identify the very best Father’s Day apps found on Android Market and has a few recommendations.
“For as many interests and hobbies Dads have these days, we have the right apps they’ll want to use for Father’s Day and beyond,” said Jim Richmond, director of Corporate Communications for Cellular South. “We’re making it a priority to personalize the app experience and make it easy for our customers to find and use the best and most relevant apps for them. Plus, with so many Android-powered devices to choose from, Dads will have no problem finding the smartphone, the tablet and the apps to make him feel like he really is the head of the household.”
Cellular South’s Discover Apps experts combed through hundreds of Father’s Day-related applications found on Android Market and identified the top 10 best apps (there’s 23 in all) for Dads:
GreatDad: GreatDad.com proactively pushes real-time recommendations to dads wherever they are on all the things they can be doing with their kids.
Car Maintenance Reminder Lite: This unique app is an all-in-one car application that helps you to: (1). Keep track of mileage, fuel efficiency and cost; (2). Log car services, and get maintenance reminders when your due date approaches.
SkyDroid – Golf GPS: SkyDroid Golf is the perfect GPS golf app that will help you lower your scores.
SkyDroid turns your phone into a golf GPS rangefinder.
Andro Ruler: This ruler, leveler and measuring tool app does it all and makes it easy to get any home-improvement job done the right way – all with the ease of using your wireless device.
Grill-It: A mobile grilling recipe app from GrillingCompanion.com provides detailed instructions and professional photos for all of your favorite grilling recipes for beef, lamb, seafood, poultry and more. If you can cook it on the grill, chances are this app will have it covered with photos.
ESPN Score Center: ESPN ScoreCenter delivers live scores from hundreds of leagues around the world.
Never miss another goal, pitch, basket, try, touchdown or wicket. Whether you follow the NFL or the Premier League, the Ashes or MLB, NASCAR or Formula One, ScoreCenter offers the most comprehensive sports coverage available on your Android device.
Landscape & Garden Calculators: These easy-to-use calculators and estimators represent the best collection of tools on any mobile platform. The app includes features that let you use the GPS in your device to measure large areas as inputs into the calculators for landscaping perfection.
US Open Golf Guide GPS: This app provides a golf course guide for the 2011 US Open golf championship at Congressional. It shows pictures of each hole including pars, yardages and distances of green and hazards from the tee. You can also view close-up pictures of each green.
Build-A-Card Father’s Day Edition: Show your appreciation for the best dad in the world with the Build-A-Card: Father's Day Edition app! The Father's Day Edition allows you to design and share custom-made Father's Day themed cards via e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter. Or, if you'd rather send a text message or post to your blog or site, you can also save your photo to your Android Gallery for future use.
Omaha Steaks Steak Time: From the people who have delivered premium steaks, red meats and other gourmet foods to your doorstep for nearly a century, now comes Steak Time, an Android application born and bred to make mouths water. Chock full of more than 100 tempting recipes, Steak Time is bursting with meal ideas, tips, tools, and facts galore that are sure to make any seasoned steak chef swoon.
Cellular South, the largest privately-held wirelessly provider in the U.S., currently offers one of the nation’s most robust line-ups of Android devices, including the highly-touted Samsung Galaxy S™ smartphone and the Motorola XOOM™ wi-fi tablet. Plus, with more than 200,000 apps available on Android Market, many of which are geared towards dads, Father’s Day will be a success at home or on-the-go.
“Today’s wireless users need an advanced smartphone device, access to the best apps, simple and affordable plans and a super fast high-speed wireless network to make the most out of their device. Cellular South has it all covered so Dads everywhere can keep connected and productive at all times,” Richmond said.
Unlike other smartphone app experiences that provide access to thousands of apps, but leave customers overwhelmed and unsure of the best ones for them, Cellular South’s Discover Apps help consumers search, find and use the best apps that ideally fit their lives. By combing through the growing list of tens of thousands of Android apps on a regular basis, Discover Apps chooses the very best, most useful, fun and relevant Android apps available today. The recommended apps help smartphone users get the most out of their wireless device – creating the optimum app experience not available with any other provider.
For more information about Cellular South’s Discover Apps, visit www.cellularsouth.com/apps.
About Cellular South
Cellular South is a diversified mobile communications company passionately committed to helping customers get the most out of their wireless devices and services. The nation’s largest privately owned wireless communications provider accomplishes this goal by optimizing customers’ app experience through Discover Apps, providing the most reliable and advanced high-speed nationwide wireless voice and data network, offering industry-leading family and unlimited flat rate voice, text and mobile web plans, and through its online and in-store Discover Centers, which give customers easy, simple and convenient tools, tips, advice and information on how to get the most out of their mobile phone. For more information about Cellular South and its products and services, visit www.cellularsouth.com or www.facebook.com/cellularsouth and www.twitter.com/cellularsouth.
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