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    10 out of 10.000: Remarkable Android Applications

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    The Android Market is now nearly 1 year old (starting with end of October 2008). Googles Strategy to enter the mobile market was not so clear  and it was very hard to appraise their success in this area.  Starting only with one single handset, the T-Mobile G1, there was only a limited number of customers for the Android Market. Nevertheless Android now is a big success. Nearly every week new handset from different brands are introduced. The market share of the mobile OS is now about 4% of the entire smart phone market, leaving Microsoft Windows Mobile behind and is now targeting RIM/Blackberry and Apple.

    The Android Market currently has over 10.000 application for choice. In average 70 new applications or games are added to the market each day. What are the best application among them (Androlib provides a detailed statistics about Android applications). I tried to find 10 remarkable and useful applications:

    • CoPilot Live: CoPilot Live is the fully-featured Sat Nav system that runs on your phone. It’s your personal travelling assistant that’s always at your side, ready to guide you with turn-by-turn directions and keep you better informed with useful live information about your route. more>>
    • My Tracks: This application is using integrated GPS to track bike tours, running or hiking tracks. You can view a lot of different real time statistics, like difference in elevation, actual speed, slope etc. more>>

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    • Phonalyzr: With this little application you can analyze your calling behaviour. You can have facts about percentage of missed calls, to whom you have your longest calls and more. The information is also visualized via charts and graphs. more>>

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    • ShopSavvy: This app allows you to compare prices and find the cheapest shop for a given product. ShopSavvy uses the camera as bar code scanner to identify products. The current location is also taken into account. more>>

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    • Wikitude: is an augmented reality application and delivers information about places where the phone is pointed to. Wikitude uses information from Wikipedia and Qype. Currently the software manufacture of Wikitude is working on AR navigation. more>>

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    • Layar: A different AR application is called Layar, now available in version 2.0. A lot of different information layers (now 87) can be overlayed with the reality. You can include for example cinema movie dates, historical info, tweets or Flickr images. more>>

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    • Twidroid: With this Twitter application you can compose direct messages, retweets, search for tweets, follow and unfollow. There is also a home screen widget of this application. more>>

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    • Sky Map:  Sky Map is developed by Google itself and allows users to query stars from the skys. more>>

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    • Here I am: It is an alternative to Google Latitude. You can send your current location to your friends via Mail or SMS. more>>

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    • Locale: Is an other location based service for Android. You can personalize your phone settings according your current location. For example turn of the ringtone if you are at work. A really innovative application, as I already mentioned in a previous post. more>>

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