| This list of the most popular free Android apps run | | | | place for a burger. It is simple to use yet very |
| the whole gamut, showing the range and the power | | | | efficient and effective: a must-have Android |
| of free Android apps in general. These apps can really | | | | application! |
| turn your Android phone into a stronger and more | | | | Backgrounds |
| helpful device. Surely, you wouldn't want to miss that | | | | Do you want to keep your phone looking new and |
| opportunity? Here are ten of the most popular free | | | | fresh every so often? Get Backgrounds, one of the |
| Android apps available: | | | | most popular free Android apps that has more than |
| Compass | | | | 10,000 wallpapers for free. With this app, your phone |
| In a way, it would be very surprising if a | | | | will never look drab again. |
| run-of-the-mill compass app was on this list. Well, it's | | | | Google Sky Map |
| not and this Android app is far more than a mere | | | | Probably not the most useful on this list, but it's |
| tool to tell you which way is north. To name a few | | | | definitely one of the most interesting. The Google |
| of the features this app brings to the table will be | | | | Sky Map is exactly that: a planetarium right inside |
| enough to sell most on the idea that it's a practical, | | | | your Android phone. What's more? No need to say |
| handy app to have on their Android phone. Essentially | | | | more than it's a Google program! |
| this is a half compass, half GPS Android app. It tells | | | | Astro File Manager |
| you the direction, but it also tells you the speed at | | | | You wouldn't know it from this app's name, but |
| which you're traveling, the exact coordinates of your | | | | Astro File Manager is among the top most popular |
| location and more things that can be used for fun or | | | | free Android apps. It is a task manager and among |
| to potentially save your life if you're trapped | | | | Android's best one at that. You will be able to |
| somewhere. | | | | manage files, read and open.zip files, send files, |
| Handcent SMS | | | | backup applications and much more with this amazing |
| Do you want to send SMS and MMS messages | | | | app. |
| through your Android phone? Don't get what I'm | | | | Barcode Scanner |
| asking? More simply: do you text? If you do, you | | | | Perhaps one of the most ingenious free Android apps |
| need to get Handcent SMS for Android. Basically, it | | | | on this list, this bar code scanner app lets you access |
| takes your phone to entirely new level and texting | | | | prices, reviews, and other related files by scanning |
| dimension. Trust me, when you've used this app for | | | | the barcodes on various items in stores and |
| a while, you'll wonder how you lived without it for so | | | | elsewhere. Most importantly for Android phone users, |
| long! | | | | it will easily decode the QR Codes attached to |
| Facebook | | | | Android apps that you find all over many of the |
| I really shouldn't have to say a single word about this | | | | Android websites online. Just download this free app, |
| app. I do feel it's necessary to say that it's the | | | | click the icon and take a quick snapshot of an app's |
| *Official Facebook App for Android*. Enough said! | | | | QR Code. Next thing you know, you'll be at the |
| Ringdroid | | | | Android Market again, but this time at that app's info |
| Perhaps one of the most hands-on free Android | | | | and download page! |
| apps, Ringdroid allows you to edit various audio files | | | | Shazam |
| so you can create your own ringtones and alarms. | | | | Everyone loves music; well most of us love it. I'm |
| Tired of editing songs to create your own ringtone? | | | | guessing if you haven't heard of Shazam and what it |
| Well, they've thought of that too! You can create | | | | does by now, you're probably part of the minority. If |
| ringtones for your Android phone from scratch as | | | | that's the case, this app will nearly instantly identify |
| well (using the Ringdroid app on your phone). | | | | songs playing, even in noisy environments. That's the |
| Places Directory | | | | core of Shazam, but luckily for all of us, it's spawned |
| This Android app does exactly what it sounds like. It | | | | into much more than that! You'll just have to |
| allows you to find the nearest gas station, shopping | | | | download it (for free) to see all of the possibilities! |
| mall, shoe store, movie theater, or even a great | | | | |