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 PART 2 of the app roundup. You can find PART 1 here. 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. ** Root Required ** The days where penetration testers carry around laptops with them to test the security of networks seem to be numbered, with Zimperium's 'Anti' bringing a lot of those tools over from the PC to Android smartphones. It's been a long time coming, but Anti is now available to download to your phone for Read More

With all the hullabaloo around the Siri integration with the iPhone 4S, Android lovers have been looking for an alternative to run on Android devices. There’s a handful of apps already on the Market, like Speaktoit, but the quick development and launch of iris has pushed this personal assistant app to the top of the list. There’s a few other personal management apps that gained popularity this week, including Garmin Fit, Shoeboxed Receipt Tracker and MindMeister. Want a phone that talks back? Try iris for Android. It’s inspired by Siri, interacting with you through speech, and wowing with its personality. Ask iris to perform searches, or complete tasks on your phone, such as calling a contact or sending a text. You’ll need Voice Search and TTS library already installed on your phone (most already have these pre-installed). iris (Siri backwards) is all about leveraging the newness of Android 4.0, with an Read More

Start this spooky week off right. Haunted House HD will set the mood for the upcoming candy filled night out. The rest of today’s fresh list gets rounded out by mix of old and new mail (Postcard on the Run), an apartment-hunting tool (Trulia — For Rent), and an unusual game (Ragdoll Blaster). I don’t usually feature Live Wallpaper in Freshies but this one stands out as both cool and very timely, so it’s rule-breaking time. Immerse your Android in a beautifully rendered 3D haunted house landscape. You’ll find flying bats, glowing jack-o-lanterns, scary ghouls, and much more. Customize the wallpaper through the settings page to show your own text on the creepy mailbox, a different face on the pumpkin, and many other personalizations. Need more? Go inside the house to view the spooky fireplace, paintings, a mysterious piano and floating ghosts. Apple recently announced the new Cards app that let’s Read More