In the past few years, amidst the popularity of smart phones there have been certain types of mobile devices that have emerged as some of the best and most successful mobile phones available. One of the types of phones that have recently become popular amongst consumers from all types of demographics are Android phones. Android phones were originally developed to be one of the first real competitors to the iPhone, after the iPhone first came out and completely dominated the mobile phone market. Androids were backed by internet powerhouse Google and attempted to create a phone unlike any other. Although there was originally only one Android phone, known as the Droid, due to the success of that device more and more different types of Android phones were created. Just as iPhones have applications, Android phones had the Android market where users could purchase and download different applications to make the phone perform different functions. After the instigation of the Android market, Android phones not only began to be a viable competitor to the iPhone but they emerged as one of the most reputable and popular types of smart phones available.