This week’s market fresh apps

As you’ve likely heard from one source or another, Android Market is growing at a phenomenal pace. Roughly 8,000 new apps were added in the past month alone. 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

Andricious

£0.50.  Supports Yahoo! (OAuth) and Delicious accounts.  Features: add/edit bookmarks, view tags as list or cloud, search tags, sort tags, view hotlist, popular bookmarks, and recent bookmarks.  Not affiliated with Delicious or Yahoo! Inc.

Order Pizza

Free.  Order pizza from ANY pizzeria, from Pizza Hut and Domino’s to your favorite local place, no account or registration necessary.  Place real order to any pizzeria in US or Canada, no phone call required.

Bacon Rank

Free.  Bacon Rank is a tongue-firmly-in-cheek type of application meant to keep track of your bacon consumption, and comparing your bacon eating habits to other baconistas.

Hospitals Near Me

Free-$1.99. Hospitals Near Me makes it easy to find hospitals near your current location, along your route of travel, and at your destination.  Features: distance to hospital, directions, automated phone dialing, location search.  U.S. only.  Note: Paid version does not appear to offer any additional features.

LSN Inc.

Free. LSN Inc offers the general app Local News, Weather & More is the first application for Android to offer local news, weather, and other content from news outlets around the US. Over 220 cities available with: news, weather, sports, flights, lottery, and gas prices.  LSN also offers apps for network local affiliates from coast to coast.

Square

Free.  Quickly and securely accept payments for your business, service, charity, or even your couch. Generate email and SMS receipts for cash and card payments. Effortlessly manage and visualize all the money you take with an intuitive web-based interface

Talking Caller ID

$0.99.  Talking Caller ID is a ringtone that speaks the name or number of incoming calls. It uses your Google contacts to identify call and announce the the caller id audibly so that you don’t have to look at your phone.

Car Genius

$3.95.  From the maker of Checkbook Genius! Car Genius is your personal automotive database – a maintenance recordkeeping system for all the vehicles you drive. Track oil changes, transmission service, even incidents like accidents. Three handy reports, too! Special introductory price!

MyCard

Free.  A simple application that takes your Contact info and displays it as a QR Code. It will also make a Widget of the QR Code for easy reference.

Retro Camera

Free.  With Retro Camera you’ll take delicious old-school pics your friends will drool over. 3 cameras, 3 sets of vintage vignetting, film scratch & cross processing effects for that off-the-hip analog look. Inspired by the old Lomo, Holga, Polaroid, Diana & toy cameras whose iconic styles we treasure. Instant Nostalgia now free.

Silent Sleep

Free.  Tired of getting woken by an SMS or email in the middle of the night just because you forgot to to turn on silent mode?  Simply set a start and end time with Silent Sleep and it will mute and unmute your phone accordingly.
You can choose between silent mode and vibrate only.

Police Scanner

$2.99.  Police Scanner has the largest selection of police, fire, and EMS streams available. Works worldwide. 2300+ feeds in 9 countries, updates new streams in real time. For a complete list of streams, see our web page at: http://www.juicydevelopment.com

Transitly

$2.99.  Transitly quickly displays timetables for your mass transit. Supporting the following cities and agencies:
Austin(Capital Metro), Albany(CDTA), Chicago(CTA), Dallas(Dart), Denver(RTD), Houston(Metro), Los Angeles(LACMTA), Milwaukee(MCTS), Portland(TriMet), San Diego(SDMTS), San Francisco(BART, Muni), Washington, DC(WMATA)

Wine Ph.D

$4.99 Wine Ph.D. is Premier Wine Application for Android. Access wines by name, varietal, region, food pairing and more.  Ratings and comments posted by both enthusiasts and professionals,  a glossary of wine terms and articles, and keep up on the wine world with articles on drinking trends, best values and more.

Who’s This?

Free.  Who’s This?” appears when a call is received from an unknown caller. If not in your contacts, a shortcut to a Google search of the phone number appears as a notification.

World Time

Free. A simple yet elegant World Time application with around 600+ cities to add.  One screen application. Add and delete from the same screen.

Scenic Roads: Northeastern US

$4.99.  Leave your troubles behind and head out onto the open roads of American finest byways! These 15 GPS-guided driving tours cover the northeast region of the United States. As you follow the routes, the application alerts you to all of the noteworthy places along the way. See here for more routes.