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 …

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 …

For a few days now Google has been blocking users of unlocked G1 from downloading for-pay applications from the Android market. Google says this is to prevent piracy but it has enraged some developers.
Apparently it was done to prevent anybody from using an unlocked phone from buying a for-pay application and then returning it within 24 hours to get a full refund from Google.  After the refund the user can then re-downloaded the application for free. This odd scenario can ocur because unlocked G1 phones give the user access to …

Skype has announced the release of a lite version of Skype™, a ‘thin’ client for Skype that can be downloaded on Android-powered devices, as well as more than 100 other Java-enabled mobile phones from LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, and Sony Ericsson. The mobile Skype is a scaled-back version of the PC version of the calling service, and it enables mobile users to make Skype-to-Skype calls, send and receive instant messages from Skype contacts, see when your contacts are online, and make Skype calls to landlines and cell phones for low …

According to a post at the Flickr blog, a new version of m.flickr.com has been released today, and one exciting development is that videos at Flickr should now work on the iPhone 3G and G1.
The Flickr blog says “Videos uploaded from today forward will be immediately viewable through our mobile site. As of today this particular feature is available on iPhone and Android phones, as well as iPod Touch. We expect to rapidly expand the number of devices that we support in the coming weeks.”
The new version of the interface, …

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 …