Jan 15, 2011 12:22 GMT  ·  By

United States mobile phone carrier Cellular South is confident that the Android operating system can offer great value to its customers, and recommends a number of applications that can prove great options to business users.

The wireless carrier has a number of six Android-based mobile phones available for purchase for its customers, including the highly-popular Samsung Galaxy S smartphone.

According to the company, users can use their Android devices to access the Internet or for installing and taking advantage of applications available for the platform.

Since there are a great deal of applications available for download, users might have to be pointed to the right direction when it comes to the software that they would have to download and install on their handsets, especially when it comes to business users.

The wireless carrier came up with a Discover Apps app, which was meant to offer users the possibility to find software much easier than before.

Discover Apps app was meant to help consumers search, find and use the best applications that have been built to fit their needs when it comes to both their professional and personal lives.

The software can business users the possibility to easily find the most useful and fun Android apps available today. These recommended applications should enable users get the most out of their wireless devices.

For example, the top software that the Discover Apps application shows include:

Nitrodesk Touchdown Exchange, a full-fledged mail and calendar client that uses Microsoft’s Exchange Active Sync to communicate with the business enterprise mail server.

Documents To Go for Android, to view, edit and create Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files as well as view Adobe PDF files on Android-powered smartphones.

Astro File Manager, which shows a complete list of files and directories on any Android device, allows users to view images as thumbnails, create Zip files and manage files on internal memory and SD cards.

Scan2PDF Mobile, to snap a photo and then save the image as a PDF

ServerUp, perfect for IT professionals by showing users whether a company server or a Web server is down and sends alerts directly to the mobile device.

Hello Expense, to enter basic expense details such as lunch meetings, the associated expenses, attach a category and track meeting attendees.

Trip It, which allows users to track trip information in terms of hotel plans, airline and car rentals.

Mighty Meeting, for hosting slideshows in the Cloud and then access them from a device and play them for clients.

ActionComplete, a task manager that helps users track their busy work lives on their mobile device. Each action is listed on an easy-to-use summary screen.

Cellular South's Android lineup includes: HTC Wildfire, LG Axis, HTC Desire, Motorola Milestone, HTC Hero, and the said Samsung Galaxy S. More info on the carrier's offering can be found here.