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Your Android is great at doing smartphone stuff on its own screen, but it's also remarkably adept at controlling devices and applications entirely separate from itself, from desktop applications to entire operating systems. Here's a look at our favorites. There's another, seemingly popular option bearing the official-seeming VLC Remote tag, but it cuts off certain features unless you're paying $2.99 for the full version. Peter Baldwin's VLC Remote app works just fine, and does just what you want it to—controls your playback on any machine that has VLC (or a compatible control scheme) running. It's $4.99, so you have to really want the iTunes-specific access this app provides. But it's very slick, near-total in the access it provides, and a great way to make the switch from the hard-to-beat Remote app for iOS to the Android life. It manages songs and volume, playlists, the iTunes "DJ" during parties, and works with Read More