Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Market or were spotted by us in the previous 2 weeks or so. This is the app roundup. The game roundup from this week can be found here and the tablet app roundup here. Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info. Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here: Finally, a screencast app that lets you record your device interactions in high FPS (unlike ShootMe which was only about 5fps). For me, this is definitely the app of the week - just check out our sample videos taken with this app here. Unfortunately, Tegra devices are not supported, as they don't support NEON hardware instructions (and who knows if Tegra 3 will?). And, of course, Read More

Mobile location service Localmind believes it knows what the future of place-based social networking looks like. It lets you use your phone to ask questions of people who are hanging out at a restaurant, bar, park or other venue. "How crowded is the restaurant right now?" you might ask. If a Localmind user or one of your friends on Foursquare has checked-in at the restaurant in question, they will be sent your question in real time. About half the time, it seems, they'll write you right back! It's like the mobile phones of your friends are your eyes looking around the corner. With today's new release of the app, Localmind users can send photos in response to questions, answer questions older than real time and get forwarded all questions for places they are regulars at. It's a cool service and a small company to watch for the future. Bigger and older Read More