Entertaining Android Apps

The Google Android mobile platform is well known for being one of the most intriguing and feature packed operating systems ever relapsed. Since the OS is open source, there are plenty of impressive apps that fully utilize the hardware and software features present in Android devices –giving the handset an unprecedented range of capabilities. Of course, not all apps are made to be outright functional; some of these Android apps are just outright fun to use. Here are some of our favorite Android apps to play around with.

The Ghost Radar may seem like a cheap gag tool, but it does function in a very eerie manner. The handset tries to detect information using the smartphones’ available hardware such as microphone, WiFi, Bluetooth and other transceiver-type components. When the readings go beyond the normal rate, the spike will cause the ghost radar to give users an approximate location of the source of the anomaly. According to developer Spud Pickles, the app is effective for up to a range of about 50 yards. No guarantees that you will actually find ghosts with this, but it certainly makes for an interesting app to walk around empty hallways with.

If you do not feel like hunting down ghosts, you might want to chase after criminals in your neighborhood –or at least know their faces well enough to know that you have to avoid them. RJGII has developed the Most Wanted app which gives you an updated list of known criminals and updates from the most wanted lists. On a side note, the app also lists missing persons and children, which might be pretty useful when you are deciding whether to call the police or the local social office.

According to the developers, these two apps are compatible with the upcoming Android 2.2 Froyo.

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