The social media darling Foursquare
is represented in fine form on Android, with the Google app offering
easy one-click check-ins, integrated Google Maps for a seamless
Google-branded experience and home page shortcut options to all your
favourite places.
The stunning augmented reality app Layar
has recently gone commercial, adding an online shop that allows users
to buy AR content such as travel guides, local house price apps and much
more. But you're still able to use the numerous free Layers to pop data
up over real-world locations, delivering a satisfying futuristic
experience.
A stunning app that uses your phone's orientation tools to give you an
accurate representation of the stars and planets on your screen. Point
your phone at the sky, then learn what constellations are visible and if
that's a UFO or just Venus. Google Sky Map even works indoors, if you're not keen on getting cold.
Hey, times are hard and you've got to pay for your oppressive monthly
mobile phone contract somehow. Offering a fully searchable database of
current UK job vacancies, UK Jobs, which pulls in its data from independent employment site 1job.co.uk is, a slightly cumbersome but useful and non-governmental tool.
After the original free, third-party National Rail apps went paid-for, National Rail has finally brought out its own free app. National Rail Enquiries
enables you to check live train times, plan your journeys, and get
notifications of delays. On first use, the app prompts you to enter a
home and work train station, and then you can use the 'Get me home'
button to see the next available trains.
Facebook for Android
is lacking in features compared to Facebook itself, but a recent update
added Inbox support to the Android app, finally allowing its users to
communicate in almost real time. The app's fast and stable, with a
simplicity that reminds you of the old days when using Facebook used to
be bearableCopyright @ 2013 Android Diamond .
