For all of you new Android users we have compiled a comprehensive list of the top 50 apps for new Android users. Kindle Books & Reference IM+ Communication Skype Communication NetFlix Entertainment redbox Entertainment Angry Birds Games: Arcade & Action Doodle Jump Games: Arcade & Action Robo Defense Games: Arcade & Action Jewellust Games: Brain & Puzzle X Construction Games: Brain & Puzzle DropBox Productivity To discover more new, quality Android Apps check back for our reviews and check out AndroidAppSource.com. Popularity: 18% [?] Read More

Cars have come a long way since their inception and have become full of technology. From built-in GPS to iPod integration to in-car Android, your car has become a computer in itself, but you still have that powerful phone in your pocket. Well, take it out, mount it on your dashboard and kick start your newly-digital car journey! In today’s extended roundup, we’ll be taking a look at all sorts of applications for use within your car such as travel news, navigation and radio. Be sure to grab yourself a cup of tea or something, because this is going to be a long drive! Before you even get in the car, you might want to plan out where you’ll be driving by checking out the travel news. These applications do just that. UK readers will be aware of RAC, the breakdown company based in Norwich. Their application, available for free in Read More

Posted by Comments Jennifer Dorman pinged me with an awesome list of recommended Android Apps for Thanksgiving holiday travel so I thought I’d list them with easy links to buy/download and of course links to our in-depth Android app reviews for screenshots, vids, star rating and more! Let’s get started… Newly released FlightView Elite offers real-time flight tracking, delay/cancellation alerts, phone numbers to call to re-book, flight boards to view and sort through arrivals and departures, turn-by-turn driving directions to the airport, weather forecasts and more. Airport Maps provides directory information on dining, shopping and lounges. Car Locator saves the location where you park your car. Flight Director is a game that allows the user to play air traffic controller by guiding landing planes.  This is a fun way to pass the time at the airport. PdaNet lets users “tether” their cell data connection to a computer so the internet on a laptop Read More

Skype launched an official Android app this week, marking another access point for the instant messenger tool. Already launched on the iPhone, the Skype app for Android indicates the growing support of Google's mobile platform. We're seeing a number of large brands ensure their presence across iPhone and Android devices. Bloomberg brought its publication to the Android market as well, while Foursquare updates and a handful of Google app updates round out this week's top performers list. Skype has made its way to Android, bringing voice and text chat to your mobile phone. The free app lets you make calls over wifi and 3G, but is currently limited to the U.S. Access your Skype credits, manage your buddy list, read saved conversations and toggle between chat conversations. Requires Android 2.1 or higher. Beejive is another chat tool that's finally landed in the Android market. Greata for professionals, Beejive lets you log Read More

The Car Locator Android App by Edward Kim helps you find your car by using your phone’s GPS and Google Maps. Simply set the app up when you have parked your car and when it’s time to find your car the app will guide you there with several different features. The app tells you how long your car has been parked (which is great for parking meters), the current distance between you and your car, the direction of your car from where you are and you can even use a Google map to find your car. Overall, this is a great app for helping you find your car. At the time of this review the Car Locator Android App is $3.99. Thumbs Up. Popularity: 6% [?] Read More

Ladies and gentlemen, the newest Droid has officially landed. Verizon's Motorola Droid X launched across America on Thursday. The Droid X is among the most powerful Android phones to date, with a 4.3-inch display, 1GHz processor, and 720p high-resolution video recording. Plus, it's expected to receive Google's Android 2.2 upgrade within a matter of weeks, making it one of the first handsets to run the long-awaited Froyo operating system. Thanks to Android's open ecosystem, the Droid X has countless options for customization -- a night and day change from a certain other popular smartphone platform. Much of the muscle comes from the ever-expanding Android Market, which features an uncensored and ever-expanding array of programs that let you make the most of your Android experience. Here are 12 top-notch Droid X apps to help you get started. If this is your first Android phone, you may also want to check out my Read More

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One of Android’s biggest knocks is that it doesn’t attract the big name development houses, users are stingy, the platform is so open that there is a lot of garbage, the relaxed rules allow free alternatives that screw some developers out of funds they might have otherwise earned, and piracy exists. There are counterarguments against each one of those points but let’s focus on the good side of things – there ARE innovative, independent developers making bank on the market. We told you about the Motorola Droid LED Flashlight success story and now we’ve got one of larger proportions: Car Locator on Android Market makes $13,000 each month. The app was started as a side project by Edward Kim who offers a free version of the app (70k downloads) and a paid version ($1.99 bumped to $3.99, 6,500+ downloads). Kim notes that he was making about $100/day until becoming “featured” by Read More

The Android Market has a negative reputation for providing economic rewards, but one developer has found a way to secure a few bucks – $13,000 a month. Edward Kim created Car Locator as a side project while vacationing with family. His app records and navigates back to GPS location of a car, and originally earned about $20 a day. Kim was excited about those “few extra bucks for lunch money every day,” which began to increase once he placed third in the ADC2. The resulting popularity has helped push Car Locator to nearly 7,000 paid downloads at $3.99 a pop. Kim says that being a featured app on the Android Market has led to an average of $13,000 a month. Add the $25,000 he received for placing third in the ADC2 and Kim has already earned more than $50,000 for some coding and testing during his off-work hours. “Clearly, I’m on Read More

...most talked about #iPhone app in the last 24hrs was: Car Locator http://bit.ly/bEbofx... Read More

To all those companies and developers focused exclusively on iPhone apps: Watch your back. The Android platform is catching up, and none too slowly. As Android's growth continues to explode since the release of the Droid, only the most foolish of app shops are not planning to expand beyond Apple's walled garden. One developer, in fact, wrote that his app, which was showing modest, double-digit daily sales late last year, now reports that his app is making $13,000 a month. When that kind of opportunity exists for a single app, why would developers put all their eggs in one basket, a.k.a. the "Jesus phone"? A few weeks ago, we told you, "As of December 2009[...] 4 percent of all smartphone owners now use a phone running some version of the Android OS. That's an increase of 200 percent since the previous survey released in September. "Respondents were also asked about their Read More

Jason Kincaid currently works as a writer at TechCrunch. He grew up in Danville, California and later relocated to UCLA in Los Angeles, California, where he studied biology with a minor in ‘Society and Genetics’. You can reach him at jkincaidtc@gmail.com (he has other addresses too, so don’t worry if you have a different one). → Learn More In the months following the iPhone App Store’s launch in July 2008, it became clear that the platform was turning into a gold rush.  Success stories of one-man companies earning $250,000 in a few months became common. And even though the odds of striking it rich were clearly much lower than the media portrayed, a huge surge of developers started building iPhone applications. Android Market, where meager sales have been the norm, was left in the dust. Now Android Market is getting its own glimmers of hope. Edward Kim, who built the application Read More

While it's not like the blow-out sales we've heard about with the Apple App store, it's a good sign for Android that there are independent developers making enough to live on. As more people like Edward come forward, more developers should be enticed to develop for the Android platform, thus building the whole ecosystem. In a blog post announcing his success, Arnold also ticked off a few interesting observations: Read More

Edward Kim’s “Car Locator” Android app is generating over $10,000 a month in revenue. Good to know it’s possible to make meaningful dough from the Android Market. ★ Tuesday, 2 March 2010 Read More