Unlocked cell phones popularity is growing manifolds with each passing day. Many wireless Internet technology advancements are taking place eventually assisting mobile phone users. The technology has penetrated deeper in our lifestyles and no one is left untouched by its impact. Almost everyone today uses cell phone whether it is prepaid or postpaid, locked or unlocked, heftily priced or cheap. Teenagers, forming the major share of cellular market, are very tech savvy and full of brilliant ideas. To reap on the enthusiasm of the digital kids and to give them a platform to bring their technical ideas to reality, many Colleges and Universities are coming forward and introducing specific courses.

College and University courses on unlocked cell phones

The courses ranging from studying to actually developing applications have been quite popular all across US. Stanford University offers a course on iPhone Programming in which students develop creative applications for Apple iPhone. The course introduced in late 2008 has about 80 students working on these applications that will soon be part of App Store. Android, the first ever open and free mobile platform has been an all time favorite. University of California, San Diego has a course specifically targeting Android. The latest entrant is University of Queensland. Due to start in March 2009, the course namely “Designing Mobile Applications” will put students through rigorous training and will challenge them to develop applications of mobile handsets like iPhone and will also prompt them to extend the capabilities of Android operating system. The students from fields other than IT can also apply opening up brighter avenues. The course will wind up as a group project where students will put forward a newly developed application and the one with the best output will be declared as winner taking away a 200$ prize. As Mr. Tan, teaching team professor, pointed out that the course is not just meant for credit but to make them understand the commercial value of their innovations. UniQuest and Creative Commons have been roped in to explain to the students the available market opportunities.

G Phone and its Android platform

At present the G phone or Google Phone is a 3G GSM unlocked cell phone loaded with Google applications like Gmail, Google talk, Google Earth. This HTC designed phone has built-in GPS capabilities. Learn more about Google phone by checking out The G phone is ultimate cheap unlocked cell phone. The Google phone courses and programs – led by US colleges and Universities - are finding fertile soil for advanced education in the Android system, so integral to the G phone. College courses focus on Android as the platform providing almost flawless technology to steer G Phone into the future. Undoubtedly it is expected that the Android culture will exponentially grow with so many mathematically oriented students focusing on its versatility and potential. The Android Software Development Kit is ready-made for advanced college education by allowing student developers to use the mobile handset to the best of its capabilities, thereby developing extensible applications. Students at the prominent US colleges mentioned have found that Android provides a very elaborate range of libraries to help build new applications and has had a profound effect on prepaid billing mechanisms. Ensquared's Project Android and the Prepaid mechanism about to change forever will clarify this approach. Apple iPhone, a strong competitor, is also a high-tech player in the unlocked cellular market. Their iPhone GSM provides loads of applications through App Store to assist its users as well. However, Apple should be conscious of the G Phone college courses becoming such an important part of their competitors surge in technology innovation; it could be the meaningful difference in leading the unlocked cell phone markets into the future

Ensquared believes that the courses provided in the universities not only excite the students but also make them familiar with the endless opportunities in this field. A person with the hidden potential can make it very big with the help of these courses offering understanding of the cellular market and its needs.