ChazClout

Google have today enabled navigation in its Maps application on Android devices. I’ve just tested this on my Nexus One and it worked flawlessly.

Available in the latest version of Google Maps for Android 1.6 and above.

Source: Google

Today Opera released Opera Mini 5 on the Android Market. Initial impressions from me are, it’s FAST! The compression done by Opera’s servers make pages render on your handset very quickly, even on a GPRS connection.

Engadget have posted a brief but nice little review of it here and seem just as impressed with its speed. If you’re an Android user, give it a spin! It’s free afterall!

I’ve just gotten a Google alert which let me know that a Swype open beta was now available.

Swype is a different keyboard input system for Android where you slide your finger to each letter on the virtual keyboard and it will transfer any letters you stop on into words.
I’ve just tried it on my Archos 5 Internet Tablet and it works very well! Definately worth signing up to the beta.

Source: Brighthand