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Droid Does Apps

So you’ve been hearing about phones that use the Android mobile platform. Verizon thought you’d like fresh info on some of the most popular apps available for Android-based phones. We check out ten of them: what are they? What do they do? How do they work? And for your convenience, we also have Quick Response (QR) codes for each app that allow you to download the app to your Android enabled phone simply by taking a picture of it – sweet!

Articles in this feature

  1. Aug 23, 2010

    FLYSmart App Aims To Make Navigating Airports Easier
    Clear Channel Partners With Geodelic On Android And iPhone To Launch The Ultimate Mobile Guide For Travelers
  2. May 24, 2010

    Android App Review: Android Town
    Location-based social community for the growing number of Android-based device users.
  3. May 24, 2010

    Android App Review Guitar Hero World Tour
    Rock and Roll Workout for your Thumbs
  4. May 23, 2010

    Amazon's Summer Release of Kindle for Android Eagerly Awaited
    Kindle for Android will appear to an audience eager to catch up to iPhone and iPad.
  5. May 16, 2010

    T-Mobile Announces New Android Garminfone for Navigation
    If having a navigator that also happens to make cellular calls is what you desire, T-Mobile has Android for you.
  6. May 11, 2010

    New York Times Releases Android App
    NY Times news app finally released
  7. May 05, 2010

    Dropbox Released for Android
    Sync files between home, work, and phone.
  8. Apr 30, 2010

    Android App Review: Add Another Layar to Your Reality
    Layar attempts to show you the world hidden beyond your reality, but a skimpy database holds up the magic.
  9. Apr 30, 2010

    Android App Review: Googling with Goggles
    Google Goggles sometimes gets the images right and delivers prices and info, but it's often stumped.
  10. Apr 28, 2010

    RunStar Makes Running Fun
    Once you start your run, the magic kicks in.
  11. Apr 28, 2010

    Android App Review: Aloqa
    A good idea: one stop for all your entertainment (and realty and churchgoing) options. But needs a complete local database.
  12. Apr 27, 2010

    Android App Review: DialZero
    Never wade through automated menus again to find a real human being.
  13. Apr 25, 2010

    Android App Review: Google Sky Maps
    Google Sky Maps for Android phones make you into an instant astronomer.
  14. Apr 24, 2010

    Leave Your Smartphone In A Bar? There's An App For That!
    Keeping your personal information secure on your smartphone makes good sense. Just ask the lost iPhone guy.
  15. Apr 23, 2010

    Android App Review: Locale
    Would you pay $9.99 for an app that lets you burrow through a layer or two of menus to do something that you can largely do from a switch on the side of your phone?
  16. Apr 23, 2010

    Android App Review: QIK
    Stream live video to the entire world from your cell phone. Remember, always stream responsibly.
  17. Apr 23, 2010

    Android App Review: Skype Mobile
    Skype comes to Verizon's Android mobile devices, useful but not perfect
  18. Apr 23, 2010

    QR Codes 101
    Rather take a picture than type an URL? Here's how.