When the Motorola Droid was released on Android 2.0 OS, it was the only device that had the Google Maps Navigation App (Beta) as a free feature of Google Maps. This was disappointing for owners of devices like the T-Mobile myTouch 3G and the G1 because these devices came with older version of Android. But today Google has announced that they have made the Google Maps Navigation App available for use on devices running Android 1.6 (Donut) and higher.
For starters Google Maps Navigation is a GPS navigation system …

A small Chilean company called Tubaloo has come up with a product of the same name that enables the use of 3G data networks for the purpose of IP phone calls.
PhoneDog has posted a first look article on this application:
Tubaloo integrates itself into your dialer so that you can continue using your phone as usual while the app decides how each call should be routed. It offers a sort of automated VoIP. The user doesn’t need to worry about call routing, and the only differences one notices …

Finally there seems to be some competition in the Android IM client space and for the Meebo IM app in particular. Palringo is an instant messaging service that’s purpose-built for mobiles.
Like the iPhone application, Palringo for Android helps you to keep in touch with all your buddies on all the most popular IM services, without installing or switching between different applications. Palringo allows you to chat to your friends on MSN, AIM, iChat, ICQ, Yahoo!, Jabber, Gtalk, Gadu-Gadu and Facebook. However unlike its iPhone version the Android version lacks voice …

WeatherBug has announced their new weather application for Google’s Android platform. The WeatherBug applications integrates itself with Google maps to give users GPS-enabled Severe Weather Alerts, Customized Forecasts and More from the Largest and Most Precise Weather Network in the World.
This weather application is ad-supported so it will be free to G1 owners. WeatherBug delivers accurate neighborhood-level streaming information and images for thousands of locations.
With customized weather maps, daily weather videos, proactive location-based severe weather alerts from the National Weather Service and more, this application is all you need for …