Your first six Android apps

Got yourself a Nexus One, or one of the other great Android smartphones? Then try these six apps to enhance the device’s functionality and also give you an insight into the Android Market in the process.

Spotify
Overcome those music syncing problems by streaming everything you could ever want to hear over the air. For a tenner a month your record collection becomes unlimited. It’ll even cache tunes for those times you don’t have a network connection.

Twidroid Pro
The most popular Twitter client for Android supports multiple accounts merged into a single view, support for posting videos and photos (and links with shortened URL) and offers its own home screen widget to keep you up to date.

beebPlayer
Catch up with those latest episodes of Top Gear with beebPlayer, an unofficial doorway into the world of BBC iPlayer. Unlike the official app – which isn’t yet available for Android – it’ll work over 3G as well as Wi-Fi

Qik
Stream live video from wherever you are in the world straight from your Android phone. With Qik you can share videos with friends or strangers, as well as uploading them to services like Facebook and YouTube.

Sky Map
An early example of an augmented reality app. Simply point your Android device towards the sky and Google’s Sky Map will show you which constellation you are looking at. Not just for budding astronomers, this is a great tech demo too.

ShopSavvy
When looking for a bargain at the New Year sales simply use your phone’s camera to read a barcode, and ShopSavvy will search to find the same product at a cheaper price.

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