Downloadable Apps For The Android Smartphone Platform

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One of the best features of the new Google Android operating system for mobile phones is that it allows you to download countless third party applications from their website, the Android Market, for business or pleasure. Here are a few you might want to look at:

Bartender - This touchscreen or trackball-controlled app gives you recipes for all types of drinks, from the simple classics to the most exotic concoctions. There is also bookmark function, so you can get easy access to your favourite drinks recipes.

Bubble - There are plenty of occasions that call for a spirit level, but nobody ever seems to have one to hand. Well, you could be that person, with this groovy accelerometer-controlled bubble simulator that can tell you in an instant whether the phone is on an even surface or not.

Learn US Civics - If you want to learn a bit more about the US government, then this quiz card game could be a fun way to do it, although there is no scoring mechanism, which kind of takes some of the fun out of it.

Magic 8-Ball - If you feel that you could be doing with guidance from a mystical, timeless source, then ...
... you could do worse than downloading this magic 8-ball app for your Android. Simply shake the phone and your question will be answered. Keep it vague though!

Mario Simulator - Although there will almost certainly be a proper version of Mario on the way for the Android, at the moment, this is as close as you will get. That is to say, not very close at all. Shaking the phone produces the sound associated with collecting coins in the classic platformer, and it can also play a speeded up version of the theme song, but no platform action in sight. Hard to see the point in this at all.

MobileBoy - If you pine for your old Nintendo Gameboy, then you will probably want to get a hold of this nifty emulator for the Android. It plays all the old games, although some of them can be a bit fiddly to play using the touchscreen.

Mobile C64 - Back in the day, when home computers had to get by with only 64 kilobytes of RAM and an 8 bit processor, programmers had to put a lot more thought into making computer games fun and addictive. Discover whether this is true or not with this superb C64 simulator, which can play all the old classics on the small screen.
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