The Androids have landed. But fear not, Earthlings, it’s time to embrace our new rulers, not cower as they take all before them in a brutal show of mobile strength. Here are five apps which you can add to your Android phone to give yourself cyborg-style abilities, welcome our robotic overlords and show yourself as being one with the all-conquering Android invasion.
Android Invasion! Everything you need to know about Android phones
Each Android app is available through the Android Market on the Android phone’s application menu. Just tap into it, search for the app, and install it with a quick press of the screen.
Layar
The Layar Android app lets you see just like your new Android rulers using the power of Augmented Reality. Download it free from Android Market, fire it up and point your Android phone’s camera at something. Layar works as a ‘reality browser’ working on top of your Android’s camera. Scan around and it’ll map the best restaurants, bars, places to hang out and even shops, using GPS and the digital compass inside your Android mobile. This is how Androids see the world, and now you can see like a cyborg too, just like our new extra terrestrial rulers.
SpoofApp
Androids can change their voices at will. Add the SpoofApp Android app and you can mimic our alien lordships in the same way. Fire it up and choose male or female voice and it’ll tweak the tone of your booming vocal chords into something wholly unrecognisable. Perfect for instilling Android-like fear in non-believers, and you can even use it while bellowing down the phone.
Google Sky Map
Android phones are out of this world, so get to know their neighbourhood with Google Sky Map. Load it up, point your phone’s camera at the sky and it’ll clue you in on the stars, planets and constellations wherever you are, even plotting names of the most obscure parts of the solar system. Who knows, point it in the right direction and you might be looking straight up at your Android’s home planet.
Translator
As well as using different voices, Androids are multilingual. Add the Translator Android app to your phone and you can be too. It’ll take text in your native language and using Google’s translation service turn it into words you can send to foreign pals. It works both ways too, so you can understand what’s going down when your buddies e-mail from overseas. Take this Android app on holiday too, and you’ll fit in like a robotic local. The app can even tell which language your Android is programmed to speak and will automatically translate to it when you’re away.
Twidroid
Spread the word about the Android invasion with Twidroid. It’s the first full-on Twitter Android app, with picture posting, auto-complete and location support, also helping you see what’s trending across the globe, so you’ll tap into the pulse of the populus without ever leaving the app. You’ve got 140 characters to tell the world why they should love the Androids and eschew their rivals now. Get tweeting!
