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Android Apps Alert 16: Game, get out of debt, and gain control of your phone
March 7, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
Android Apps, Featured post
The Android Market is starting to get a nice influx of new apps. Keeping up with those apps is becoming harder with each passing day, which is why Androinica.com highlights the latest apps shooting up the Android Market and a few apps that you may have missed each week.
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3D Pong (FREE, 99 cents Multiplayer version)
There once was a website that I spent several minutes a day playing 3D Pong. I can’t access that website on my phone, but I can play with the app 3D Pong. Gamers can get their ping pong fix in this three dimensional game that tests their skills against both the computer and a multilayer mode, though it requires using the paid version for 99 cents. Bounce back from boredom with this free game in the android market.
Pay Off Debt ($0.99 USD)
U.S. law now requires company to spell-out how long it takes to get out of debt when paying only the minimum requirement. Pay Off Debt is an app that makes managing your credit and mortgage payments easier. Pay Off Debt creates profiles for each items balance, interest rate, due date, and minimum payment. The snowball effect then shows the estimated date you would finally be debt-free.
Toss Up
Trash bin basketball has made athletes of us all, and Toss Up brings that experience to the Android Market. The game has an incredibly simple premise: put the paper in the basket. A fan with wind speed affects each shot, so players must adjust and try to get a hot streak. A leaderboard for most points and consistent scores adds another element to the game. Though I’d love to see more options to create variety – moving the trash can and creating depth would be a nice touch –this is a great timewaster.
Google Voice Locations
Google Voice Locations makes it easy to manage GV activities. Similar to Locale, the app creates profiles based on GPS coordinates. Users can then edit those profiles to trigger actions, so a GV number would ring the home phone when someone is in range of their “Home” profile. It would then ring the office phone when near “Office” or ring the mobile phone during “Elsewhere,” a setting that applies to every location other than the Home or Office setting.
Titanium Backup (ROOT ONLY)
Titanium Backup is an Android app manager that’s great for keeping track with app versions. Users can create backups of their apps, install new versions, and still be able to stick with the pre-update versions they love. Titanium a tool to re-install backup apps to the SD card, allowing users to easily delete or install based on which version they prefer. You must have a rooted phone to use this app.
Cavedroid
Cavedroid forces players to become incredibly accurate when using the accelerometer. Using a first-person view, an imaginary aircraft is navigated through a tunnel with obstacles by tilting the phone ever so slightly. Hand-eye coordination is a must in this navigation game. If you love the concept but aren’t too thrilled about the graphics, give similar app speed 3dx a try.
OTHER APP NEWS
Boxee Wi-Fi Remote controls Boxee from your Android phone.
If you’re not feeling Titanium BackUp Manager, checkout App Manager.
Recommend apps and QR codes with others using App Referrer.
Recognizr uses facial-recognition in augmented reality. See someone’s social networking badges with your camera phone.
Better Keyboard updates to 5.0, here are some great skins.
Slacker Radio 2.0 now features an offline music “streaming” mode.
Associated Press delivers a Today in History app with historical tidbits and puzzles.
Google Earth makes it way for Android 2.1 phones (Nexus One only)

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You have misspelled the game "Toss Up" . It is actually called "Toss It: Preview".
The Android looks awesome. I didn't get the iPhone and am looking to buy the Android with enthusiasm!
Go with Android for sure. It will be surpassing iPhone in the near future. It does take a little getting used to and may not be as user friendly as an iPhone, but there is soooo….much more you can do with Android. Which Android phone were you looking at? I highly recommend the DROID, eventhough I have not personally used it, it seems to be on the leading edge of Android (Nexus One not included in this assumption). Or, you could go straight to Google and get yourself a Nexus One, which will always be up-to-date with the latest version of Android. If you are one that would love a more user friendly Android phone, I would suggest either the Hero which uses HTC's Sensi UI overlayed ontop of the stock Android OS. Or, there's the Cliq or Cliq XT(not released yet) which run MotoBLUR which is Motorola's overlay UI. Both of these include very cool exclusive widgets and social networking integration. I myself am looking to get a Cliq XT when it appears in TMobile's store as an upgrade for my G1. Good luck in finding the perfect Android phone for you. Demo each one you are interested in first because not all of them run the same version of Android. And, happy Androiding (or future Androiding)!
I just tried to pick the news Apps that most users were happy with. Politics had nothing to do with it.