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Now that you have more screens, fill them up: Best android widgets

Now that you added more screens to your phone, fill them up with these top android widgets:

  • Power widget: Default widget in android. Lets you switch wifi, bluetooth, gps, sync, brightness with a single click.
  • Smooth Calendar: A calendar widget that’s a lot better than the default one.
  • Battery time lite: Shows battery status.
  • NYTimes widgets: Allows you to select a NYTimes news category and place that on your home page.

Run out of screen space? Add more screens!

Zeam Launcher replaces your home screen and adds a nice launcher bar at the bottom.

Its a fast and lightweight home screen that lets organize apps on “up-to” 9 screens.

For a seamless experience, set Zeam to open by default when the Home button is clicked.

Update: LauncherPro is a good one too, but works only on Android 2.x. (Thanks Scott.)

What can you do with an Android and 4G?

Broadcast live video using Qik or UStream Broadcaster.

If you are into video calls, try Fring.

Browse and bookmark mobile web apps on your phone

A good resource for mobile webapps is provided by none other than … Apple.

Feel free to browse and bookmark a few. There’s another section just for HTML5 apps. They should showup on your Android too. The android browser identifies itself as safari to websites.

Don’t forget to add your favorites to your home screen and share them in the comments.

Did you know that this site has a webappview too? Just visit Android Tips on your mobile or scan the barcode in the sidebar to launch it.

Read a single feed of updates from your contacts

Gist takes your contacts and pulls a single feed with all their tweets, blog posts, events, company information.

Most useful for getting up-to-date on business contacts.

Youtube.

Give live wallpapers a life of their own

The Substrate Live Wallpapers app will slowly etch a pattern on your screen.

Kind of nice to checkup on your wallpaper to see where its at.

Mobile video calling finally becomes a reality

Fring released VOIP video calling app for Android.

Youtube video.

They also released directions for direct download incase the phone providers decide to pull the app.

Open PDFs the way they are supposed to

Adobe released a PDF reader for Android devices 2.1 and above.

  • Open PDF attachments in email and PDF files on the web.
  • Use Pinch, Double tap, Zoom, Flicks & Panning to interact with content.
  • Mobile view re-flows the page contents to the screen for easy viewing.

Unlock your car using your phone … soon

Soon to be released Chevy Volt lets you control your car’s settings from your phone, including unlocking your car.

OnMobile demo on Youtube.

You can soon send directions to your car from your phone too. Youtube.

Someone said that cars would one day be free, just like cellphones. Almost there…

Search touch friendly sites and HTML5 apps

Taptu searches the touch friendly web.

Did you know that Android Tips offers a separate theme for your mobile? Just visit http://android-tips.com on your phone. Many sites on the web are starting to offer a seperate mobile theme.

Use Taptu to make sure you don’t miss out on the touch friendly internet experience.