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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

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

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

AndroidHD have posted an excellent video of the iHome homescreen replacement for Android.

iHome features some VERY impressive animation on the homescreen! I may have to try it on my Nexus One.

iHome is qvailable on the Android Market.

Google have finally released Google Earth for Android on the Android market.

Available for handsets running Android 2.1 it features 3d terrain, layers and multitouch.

Fire up android market and search for Google earth to download.

Handmark have an offer where you can get Tweetcaster for free for just one tweet!

Follow the link and tweet for your free app. http://tinyurl.com/TCAndroid

An official WordPress app is now available on the Android Market.
It’s based on wpTOgo (an app I posted about before). I’ll be giving it a good testing as I post more content here. This is my first post on the app if you’re interested and it is working fine on my Archos 5 so far.

More info in the article below with download links too!

Source: Phandroid

Following Google with free navigation (US Only for Android), Nokia have now released its GPS software for free to all with a Nokia smartphone.

Nokia has today announced plans to release a new version of Ovi Maps for itssmartphones that includes high-end walk and drive navigation at no extra cost,available for download at www.nokia.com/maps. This move has the potential to nearly double the size of the current mobile navigation market. The new version of Ovi Maps includes high-end car and pedestrian navigation features, such as turn-by-turn voice guidance for 74 countries, in 46languages, and traffic information for more than 10 countries, as well asdetailed maps for more than 180 countries.

For more info  and to grab it now, visit http://nokia.com/maps

Sources: Nokia Reuters