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I just found this via an AppBrain recommendation but Dolphin Browser HD seems like a very capable browser for Android!

It has some nice features such as:

• Versatile Add-ons
• Multi-touch Pinch Zoom
• Thumbnails Flick Menu
• Tabbed Browsing
• YouTube Downloader
• Gesture URL Commander
• Bookmarks Sorting

I’m going to spend some time with it and see if it is worth changing from the default browser to Dolphin. If you want to try it out or for more info, check the link below!

Source: Dolphin Browser

I’ve been looking for a decent solution to sync my music onto my Nexus One from my Mac and was using DoubleTwist to do so. DoubleTwist works fine but I thought I’d see what else is out there and found iSyncr for Mac OS X on the Android Market.

iSyncr for Mac OSX

Once installed, you run iSyncr and it puts a Mac OSX compatible app on the root of your SD card. Next, you mount the SD card and run the app from the SD card on your Mac and it presents you with the following screen:

Choose which playlists to sync.

This screen lists all your playlists and lets you choose which playlist to sync with your Android phone. I chose my Nexus One playlist and proceeded to sync my playlist. (continue reading…)

Here is a quick post for an app availble on the Android Market that was recommended by androidforums.com user Talderon.

You can customise your homescreen in many ways with features as follows:

• Based on Launcher2 from Cyan’s git
• iPhone/Hero-like Scrolling
• Fully fixed auto rotation
• App Menu Button Long Press -> Quick Switcher
• Up to 7 screens! NEW!
• Long-press at desktop as an option
• Drag & Drop bottom shortcuts NEW!

Homescreen Vertical

Homescreen landscape.

It works on both rooted and non-rooted phones. Definately worth a try!

Sources: Android Forums, XDA Developers

I saw this app mentioned in the comments of an article recently and the comment sparked my interest when it said that bTunes was just like the iPod app from the iPod touch and iPhone.
In the video below you can see the similarities between the two.

Its pretty good but is missing things like coverflow. One useful enhancement it has is the ability to go to the next or previous track by simply swiping on the album art left or right or double tapping on the album art to pause and resume playback.

It also features a homescreen widget and lockscreen controls so you have plenty of ways to control playback. A good app overall and it is available on the android market.
Sources: bTunes, Android Market

I found this on Android Market yesterday.

It emulates the old Sinclair ZX Spectrum 48k and 128k models and has some good features like on-screen Spectrum keyboard, Kempston Joystick emulation and (best of all) you can download many hundreds of ZX spectrum applications from within the app via worldofspectrum.org!
The emulator runs fine on my Nexus One and I have seen a positive review from a HTC Desire owner in the Android Market bit I am unsure how well it runs on older handsets. Definately worth a download if you were a child of the 80′s with a Spectrum!
Source: Marvin emulator, Android Market

Anrdoidlib have posted updated stats for Application submissions for the month of March which shows a staggering 9308 application submissions!

Application submissions by month - Androidlib.com

Android Market is growing healthily and now has a over 40,000 apps and games in the Android market, not a bad statistic. It’s still dwarfed by Apple’s App store but both stores already have an immense selection of applications and games to choose from now that customers of either platform should have plenty of variety. More graphs and information can be found in the link below

Source: Androidlib.com

Available on Android Market. Find out what your pet is thinking just by recording the sounds they make.

doubleTwist has recently been updated to include the ability io search for Android Market apps within the doubleTwist application.

I’ve not tried the update yet as I am currently using Banshee in the Ubuntu 10.4 beta to sync music with my Nexus One but I will give doubleTwist a whirl if the Android Market search feature ends up turning out good.

doubleTwist is turning into one of the most Android friendly sync applications available on Mac and Windows!

I’ve had a few annoying calls on my phone number so I thought I’d look for an app that could run in the background on my phone which would block these peky calls. One quick search of the Android Market and I came across Call Blocker for Android.

Call Blocker screenshot 1

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Here is an interesting keyboard replacement for Android, it’s called ThickButtons and it dynamically changes expected keypresses to fatter keys.

It’s not a bad keyboard replacement and works quite well but I did feel I was a little slower when typing as I had to adjust to the moving keys as they enlarged.

The app is available on the Anrdoid Market for free. Scan the QR code below or search for “thickbuttons” on the Market.

Source: AndroidGuys