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  • 28 June, 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. Roughly 5,000 or more 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

Good Morning

Free. Good Morning is a personal wake-up assistant. At a time of your choosing, it can play a song and then read the time, date, weather forecast, and a custom message of your choice.

SlingPlayer Mobile

$29.99. Watch and control anything you can see on your home TV and DVR on your Android phone! A Slingbox SOLO, PRO, or PRO-HD (Slingboxes sold separately) is required. The Slingbox Classic, AV, and TUNER are not supported for use with SlingPlayer Mobile on Android, although they may work with some configurations.

Montreal Museums

Free. Provides selectable Google Maps markers for museums in Montréal, in Québec, Canada. Each marker shows the location of a museum, and selection of a marker provides more details about that museum, which can then be shared with friends. Open in Google Maps for turn-by-turn directions, Street View, user reviews, etc.

Pocket Ikea

Free. Pocket IKEA bring the global IKEA market into your smart phone. With this application, you could be able to browse more than 10, 000 global IKEA furniture anywhere. The furniture details include product key features, designer, dimensions, care instructions etc.

Blackboard Mobile Learn

Free. NOTE: This app must be enabled by your institution to function. It can be enabled free on Sprint, OR licensed to work across all networks. Blackboard Mobile™ Learn provides access to grades, announcements, discussion boards, course blogs and all your Blackboard LearnTM course content right from your Android phone!

Corus Radio

Free. Corus Entertainment is a leader in Canadian radio, with 52 stations clustered predominately in major Canadian markets. Offering a mix of the best new rock, news-talk, classic rock, adult contemporary and country, Corus Radio’s 52 stations are committed to serving and staying connected to our communities.

XDA-Developers

Free. The world famous XDA forums formatted for your Android phone! With this app you can browse the forums, read, post, send private messages, and more.

TFLN

$0.99. With the official Texts From Last Night Android App, you can view all the hilarious texts on TFLN, rate your favorites and submit your own texts to textsfromlastnight.com!

WBEZ Member Card Mobile

Free. Use this app to locate the nearest participating MemberCard restaurant. Just launch the app, tap on a nearby restaurant, and learn about what they have to offer.

Yahoo! Music Radio

Free. Listen to your favorite Yahoo! and CBS Radio stations while on the go. Whether it’s Pop, Rock, Jazz, Classical, Oldies, Country, World, Latino, News or Sports, Yahoo! Music Radio powered by Radio.com guarantees you’ll be able to connect directly with all your favorite music, news and information no matter where you are

Dibbs

Free. Dibbs is a revolutionary FREE events information platform and offers the most complete event listings available, delivered straight to your Android and other devices. Your phone instantly connects you to all the events going on around you. If you want to be “On the Go and in the Know”, we invite you to join the revolution!

Webkey

Free. Using this program you can control your phone from any browser: you can click and type, get screenshots, start phone calls, browse and download from the SDcard, get the phone’s location (GPS and network), etc. It has DynDNS support, so you can find your lost phone. The program requires rooted phone.

Gtasks

Free. Rich google task client, simple todo, checklist tool. Synchronize with google automatically, aslo support local mode.  Scroll honzentically to switch tasklist. Indent, unindent, share, etc.
Wyse PocketCloud RDP/View-BETA

Free. Wyse PocketCloud™ enables complete access to your Windows PC, virtual machine or Remote Desktop Services from your mobile device. Features: Intuitive User Interface. Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP 7). VMware View Support (Pending Certification). Enterprise Security. Connect over 3G & WiFi.  VNC Protocol (Tech Preview).

Find a Taco Bell

Free. Easy to use app to find a Taco Bell near your current location for when you need to make a run for the border.

Border Wait

$0.99. Provides up-to-date border crossing times for Mexican and Canadian borders returning to the U.S.

Machinima.com

Free. Watch your favorite Machinima.com videos in high quality wherever you go! (For best viewing experience, use a WiFi connection.) Machinima.com is the premier online network providing entertainment for the gaming culture. Check out our game trailers, gameplay videos and tips, video game reviews, and original series. Enjoy!

Stopwatch

Free. This application have all the classic function of a stopwatch like: start of time, pause and reset of time. Also this application can save laps of unlimited time. This app is in more language: Albanian, Macedonian and English. Also you can save time and load them.

eBooks by Kobo

Free. eReading: anytime. anyplace.â„¢ With Kobo eReading couldn’t be easier. Choose from thousands of FREE classics and over 2 million best sellers at an affordable price, download the books you want and start reading right away! Kobo for Android. The best reading experience available on your Android Smartphone.

Kindle for Android

Free. Read more than 620,000* Kindle books on your Android phone including thousands of free books. No Kindle required. Automatically synchronizes your last page read between devices with Amazon Whispersync. Adjust the text size, color mode, or brightness. * If you are a non-US customer, book availability may vary.

PhoneGuard Android Anti-Virus

$39.95. PHONEGUARD Mobile anti-virus software solutions powered by NetQin. Running in the background at low power consumption, the application protects you against ID theft and financial losses. Enables you to surf the web and download applications without concerns of a virus attack.