Androinica.com takes a look at new apps in the Android Market each week, then wraps them all in a nice little package to share with you, our lovely readers. In this week’s edition of Android Apps Alert, we take a look at a few handy utilities, exciting games, and music makers that you may want to put on your Android phones and tablets. Enjoy! The NBA lockout has ended and basketball fans will see their favorite players this Christmas. But you can take to the virtual courts right now and play this augmented reality game where players challenge each other in how many baskets they can score. King of the Courts is a incredibly simple game where a user taps the screen when a bar approaches a target zone. The closer a white meter is to a green meter, the better the shot. Whichever player makes the most baskets in a Read More

It seems mobile customization is regaining popularity with the recent rush of software updates on Android and even iOS. Not everyone will witness the fresh capabilities of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich’s lock screen security features first hand, so It’s no wonder GO Locker’s custom lock screen options have become so popular this week. Google’s also readying its mobile apps for a brighter future with ICS, pushing a major revamp to its Google+ social app. If you’re tired of looking at the same lock screen on your Android, why not customize it? Your idle screen can get a touch of personalization with the GO Locker app, providing a variety of wallpapers and themes. And if you don’t like the pre-selected options, head to the GO store to see a few additional options. Beyond the look of your lock screen you can also change the sound associated with unlock, and even the Read More

Meshin, a Xerox-funded incubator project at PARC, updated its beta Android application that hopes to “bring order to communication chaos.” The free software smartly indexes your contacts as well as all of your communications with them, in order to provide faster access to relevant information. The new beta version includes a number of user interface improvements and gives users the chance to provide additional feedback to the Meshin team. The software is meant as a communication hub that unifies Gmail, phone calls, text messages and social network streams into a centralized application. Meshin also learns which contacts are more important, so that their messages and interactions appear higher in the list of communications. Among the new changes in this version: full screen support; easily change view from VIP to All messages; recently contacted people are automatically added; people search; tap a contact for a full historical message stream; tap and hold Read More