It’s best Android apps time here at Electricpig, right on cue. Over the past seven days we’ve tirelessly searched the Android Market for the most notable applications in order to collate them into one exhaustive list. Recounted below are five truly brilliant digital downloads – apps you can place in your phone’s memory without any fear of disappointment.
As always, direct links to the online Android Market are supplied, which allow you to use your PC to install the app to your phone without even having to pick it up. If you’d rather be more hands-on, you can use the Barcode Scanner app to snap the QR Codes shown below. Whatever your poison, let the app-recommendation commence!
Firemint’s Flight Control surely needs no introduction – it’s accrued millions of downloads on the iPhone and iPad, and was recently ported to Sony’s PS3 with motion-controlled 
The jingle that your computer or console plays when you switch it on is part of its personality, and we dare say that many of you will have fond memories of hearing the PlayStation 2’s boot-up sound, or the familiar cry of ‘SEGA’ when starting a game of Sonic the Hedgehog on the 
Bizarre Creations – the UK studio behind the brilliant retro shooter Geometry Wars – sadly closed its doors last week. What better way to morn the passing of this legendary studio than to play an Android clone of that very same Xbox Live Arcade shooter?
Even the most dedicated Google phone fan will admit that Android’s live wallpapers were a bit of a battery-sapping gimmick that never really took off, but every now and then we encounter a fresh take on the concept that can’t help but make us smile. Jumpgate Live Wallpaper features a fully-rendered 3D Andy the Android, who zooms through space from the comfort of your home screen.
Just the other day, we were struck by the full horror of not knowing the gross domestic product of Ecuador. Only a few seconds after this ground-breaking revelation hit home, we were terrified by the reality that we couldn’t state the total population of Norway. These are crucial facts that every man, woman and child should have at their fingertips, and thankfully the scarily comprehensive Fact Book is here to help.
