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  • 26 July, 2010
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This Week’s Market-Fresh Apps

As you’ve likely heard from one source or another, Android Market is growing at a phenomenal pace with thousands of new apps are being added each month. It’s a given that there are going to be some cool apps that you missed, and here some that might make your life a little better.

Note: all links point to Android Market

Time Mobile

Free. Reading TIME’s trusted journalism anytime, anywhere just got easier for Android users. Get the latest news, read opinion and analysis from TIME influential bloggers, and browse through award-winning photography and TIME’s hugely popular Lists.

My Scotts Lawn

Free. Regular feedings yield beautiful lawns. This app helps USA lawn enthusiasts stay on top of their game. The ‘Lawn Program’ provides customized lawn feedings recommendations. ‘My Lawn Profile’ allows you to track your applications and your lawn health. A Videos section accesses the ScottsMiracle-Gro YouTube channel.

Media Widget

Free. Media widget for android phones. Start а Camera, Video, Music Player, Gallery with one click. ***Only for HTC Phones***.

Amateur Radio Call Log

Free. Amateur Radio Call Log is a basic ham radio logging app for Android 1.5 and above. It stores Date, Time, Station, Freq, Mode, RST, and additional comments. Also has the ability to easily look-up callsign information from the FCC database.

Vocabulary Trainer for Gdocs

Free. A flashcard trainer which uses a Google Spreadsheet as a source for your learning data. Easly upload your vocabulary-lists to Google Docs (or create them with it) and than import your spreadsheets with this app to your phone as a flash-card trainer.

NOOK for Android

Free. Shop Barnes & Noble’s for more than one million eBooks, including new releases, bestsellers and free classics. NOOK for Android allows users to customize text with many font styles and sizes and read in landscape or portrait modes. It is the first Android eReader application to offer digital lending.

Voice Dictionary

Free. Type or speak a word to DEFINE. TTS enabled phones will SPEAK the definition. Rate and Pitch are adjustable.

Divermate

Free. The program is a digital version of a well known RDP table. You can easily determine how much time on the surface a diver needs before the next dive or what level of nitrogen does he have at the given time. Best tool for planning your next dive depth and time.

ICQ Mobile for Android

Free. The official ICQ Mobile for Android includes Facebook Chat and also lets you receive friends’ status updates from Facebook, Twitter and other social networks directly to ICQ. ICQ Mobile for Android allows you to manage your Contact List, edit your Profile and update your Personal Status. Android 1.5 and above required.

Easy Pool & Spa

$1.99. Easy Pool & Spa is an Android application used for maintaining your pool and/or spa’s chemical levels, including sanitizer, pH, & alkalinity.

Typoz

€0.99. There are millions of items auctioned at eBay, including thousands of misspelled auction titles. As they attract less bidders, the selling price is lower. Typoz generates typos for the items you’re looking for and searches eBay with them.