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Top Android Market Apps – 15+ Free Social Networking Android Apps

On 01/04/2010, In android apps, By Brian

In the limited time I’ve had my Motorola Droid, I have found myself spending a significant amount of time diving into the Android Market and exploring countless Android Apps. Though the Apps are well categorized, the amount of Apps in each category seem to be never-ending. Hopefully today I’ll save you a bit of time. Below, you’ll find 17 of the best Free Android Apps in the Social Networking category. All Apps below have been rated an average of 3.5 out of 5 stars and a minimum of 500 downloads. Descriptions are quoted from the App developer and all information was borrowed from the Android Market.

AnyPost 4.5 Stars, 103 ratings, 5K – 10K downloads

“A full featured Ping.fm client that syncs with your Ping.fm account. Post to sites like Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, and more with ease. Attach photos or update your current location. You can even view your recent posts including photo thumbnails.”

Babbler Lite 3.5 Stars, 3320 ratings, 50K – 250K downloads

“Babbler is the first full-featured native Android application on Facebook Platform. See/post on walls, comment on posts, share photos and videos straight from your phone.”

Bloo – Facebook Beta 4 Stars, 1591 ratings, 50K – 250K downloads

“Live folder for Bloo friends. Instantly access your friends streams from your Home screen. Photo comments. Photo swiping. Brand new media section. Ability to setup notification refresh time.”

CavtelGPSClient for Twitter 4.5 Stars, 5 ratings, 500 – 1K downloads

“A location aware, Twitter client for sending and receiving Tweets which can include a link to a GPS location. Friends can see where you are just by opening a link to Google Maps in a tweet.”

Facebook for Android 3.5 Stars, 27K+ ratings, 250K+ downloads

“Facebook for Android makes it easy to stay connected and share information with friends. You can share status updates from your home screen, check out your news feed, look at your friends’ walls and user info, upload photos and share links. 1.1.2 adds the ability to browse your friends profiles and native photo integration.”

Top Android Market Apps 15+ Free Social Networking Android Apps

iTookThisOnMyPhone 4 Stars, 140 ratings, 10K – 50K downloads

“iTookThisOnMyPhone lets you automatically send photos and videos to an internet gallery where they are stored securely. You can organize albums for private and public viewing; send to websites like Facebook, Flickr, Twitter, Picasa, YouTube, PhotoBucket, WebShots and Shutterfly; and see the photos on a map if GPS is enabled.”

MySpace Mobile 4 Stars, 54K ratings, 250K+ downloads

“If you love MySpace, you’re really going to love MySpace Mobile for Android. Download the free application to stay connected with your friends…anytime, anyplace! Version 1.7: Create shortcuts on your desktop, set photos as Wallpaper, launch embedded URLs, Performance Improvements, Bug fixes.

Pingdroid 3.5 Stars, 347 ratings, 10K – 50K downloads

“Twitter, MySpace, Facebook, Flickr, Brightknight and more! Update all your social networks from your phone using your Ping.fm account. Post status, micoblog and blog messages. Upload pictures. Add geographic location using GPS. URL shortening (tinyurl.com, tcp3.com, tr.im, bit.ly). Full integration with Android Apps.”

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Pixelpipe Post & Upload 5 Stars, 212 ratings, 10K – 50K downloads

“Upload Photos and post to Blog & Status services directly from your Android with Pixelpipe Lite & get your content out to your favorite social network, blog and photo sites. Supported services include Facebook, Flickr, Picasa, Blogger, Twitter, hi5, Photobucket, TwitPic, TinyPic, yfrog, Evernote, Yahoo Meme, Pixel Pipe.”

Seesmic 4 Stars, 1454 ratings, 10K – 50K downloads

Seesmic now offers the Twitter client you’ve been waiting for! A powerful feature-rich application that’s simple and easy to use. Share photos on Twitter, post videos to YouTube, Search on Twitter and get notifications for new messages!”

Social Network All in One 4 Stars, 32 ratings, 1K – 5K downloads

This includes Facebook, Twitter and Myspace. Features multi tabs, smart bookmarks, full screen, switch between different social network sites. Light weight browsing.”

Swift App for Twitter 4 Stars, 2175 ratings, 50K – 250K downloads

“The fastest, leanest, meanest Twitter app. More features per KB than Twidroid or TwitterRide. Messages, Mentions, DM, Searches, Profiles, Notifications, Conversations. Open links in Swift. Photo/Video uploading.

The Snoop 3.5 Stars, 54 ratings, 1K – 5K downloads

A Twitter application with an emphasis on trending topics. Includes a home screen widget. Basic features (before login) – trends, nearby searches, search. Account features (after login) – user search, reply, Retweet, Favorite, Timeline (from widget), Tweet (from widget).

Tweetatorium 4 Stars, 56 ratings, 1K – 5K downloads

This app allows you to tweet your videos to TwitVid and your pictures to TwitPic or TwitGoo.

Twidget Lite (Twitter Widget) 4 Stars, 4360 ratings, 50K – 250K downloads

“A Twitter homescreen widget that keeps you up to date where ever you are. View tweets, reply, favorite, retweet, dm, set your status and upload pics, share web pages and youtube videos.”

Twitget 4 Stars, 19 ratings, 500 – 1K downloads

“Twitget is a widget bar for Twitter. It permits you to just send a tweet with your account without loading a big app which uses all your battery.”

XeekuTweets 3.5 Stars, 327 ratings, 5K – 10K downloads

“XeekuTweets is the most feature complete Twitter client which challenges popular iPhone apps such as Twittie 2.0, Twitterific, etc. It supports virtually all features as other clients yet rendering with speed and elegance.”

While many of the above Apps intrigue me, my favorite current social networking Apps are Facebook for Android, TwiDroid ($4) and Seesmic. Which are your favorite Apps? Did I miss one that belongs in the list above?

Top 10 Most Popular Twitter Apps – iPhone, Adobe AIR, URL Shortener & More

On 12/08/2009, In iphone apps, twitter apps, By Brian

In my quest to find the best Twitter Applications, I’ve found no better resource than oneforty.com. One Forty tracks, reviews and provides information on over 2000 Twitter Applications in 21 categories and 16 different platforms. Using this outstanding resource, please find the overall top 10 most popular Twitter applications.

10. Screenr (iPhone) – 5 rating, 116 reviews, used by 292 people

“Instant screencasts for Twitter. Now you can create screencasts for your followers as easily as you tweet. With Screenr’s web-based recorder, there’s nothing to download. Your screencasts play everywhere, even on iPhones. Record one now, it’s completely free! Try it now at http://screenr.com/“

9. TweetStats (Analytics) – 4.5 rating, 137 ratings, used by 931 people

“Graph your Twitter Stats including – tweets per hour, tweets per month, tweet timeline and reply statistics.”

8. Digsby (Facebook) – 4.5 rating, 180 reviews, used by 867 people

“A multiprotocol IM client that lets you manage all your IM, email, and social network accounts from one easy-to-use application. For IM, it brings all your buddies into one merged contact list with support for AIM, MSN, Facebook Chat, Yahoo, ICQ, GTalk, and Jabber. For email, it offers notifications of new emails with message previews, as well as, the ability to perform actions such as “Mark as Read” and “Delete” right from the notification with support for Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail, AOL/AIM Mail, POP, and IMAP. For social networks, it provides a newsfeed of events on the network and the ability to set status with support for Facebook, Twitter, and MySpace.”

7. Friend or Follow (Networking) – 4.5 rating, 349 reviews, used by 755 people

“Friend Or Follow helps you manage your Twitter contacts. Submit your Twitter screen name to find out who you’re following that’s not following you back, and who’s following you that you’re not following back.”

6. Brizzly (Web) – 4.5 rating, 107 reviews, used by 1,712 people

“Thing Labs’ new browser-based Twitter client allows you to use multiple accounts, monitor searches, share photos, save drafts, interact with Facebook and edit trending topics. It’s in public beta, but you can try Brizzly at http://brizzly.com!”

5. TweetDeck (AIR, Facebook) – 4 rating, 283 reviews, used by 7,129 people

TweetDeck is your personal browser for staying in touch with what’s happening now, connecting you with your contacts across Twitter, Facebook and more. TweetDeck shows you everything you want to see at once, so you can stay organized and up to date.”

4. HootSuite (Web) – 4.5 rating, 229 reviews, used by 2,250 people

“The professional Twitter client. Monitor keywords, manage multiple Twitter profiles, schedule tweets, and measure your success. We’re in free beta! HootSuite lets you manage your entire Twitter experience from one easy-to-use interface.”

3. Tweetie (iPhone) – 4.5 rating, 167 reviews, used by 3,974 people

“Tweetie is a fast, full-featured twitter client for iPhone and iPod touch. It offers everything you’d expect – from your timeline to trends – all with an incredibly polished user interface, fantastic performance, and unparalleled ease-of-use.”

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2. TwitPic (Photo Sharing) – 4.5 rating, 204 reviews, used by 6,901 people

“Share photos on twitter by posting them to a site and tweeting a link to it.”

1. Bit.ly (URL Shortener) – 4.5 rating, 210 reviews, used by 2,469 people

“bit.ly allows users to shorten, share, and track links (URLs). Reducing the URL length makes sharing easier. bit.ly can be accessed through our website, bookmarklets and a robust and open API. bit.ly is also integrated into several popular third-party tools such as Tweetdeck. A more full list of third party tools can be found on the bit.ly blog. Unique user-level and aggregate links are created, allowing users to view complete, real-time traffic and referrer data, as well as location and metadata. Tracking stats are available after users shorten their long links with bit.ly by clicking on the “Info+” link on bit.ly, or just adding a “+” sign to the end of any bit.ly link (for example, http://bit.ly/n0og+).”

Tagged with: adobe air • apps • iphone • social networking • twitter

5 Free Droid Social Networking Apps

On 11/21/2009, In android apps, By Brian

I’ve been looking into potentially switching from my current BlackBerry smartphone to the Google Android. While I further explore the Droid, I thought it was fitting to share some of the different features and Apps I explore. Today’s posting centers around the current Free Social Networking Droid Apps.

Twidroid

“Twidroid is the first full-featured twitter client application on the android platform with features like native photo posting, location support, auto-completion, a fully integrated notification system and the latest news from twitter buzz.”

FBabble

“FBabble lets you stay in touch with your friends on Facebook wherever you go! Features include real-time chat, uploading photos, changing current status and even automatic tweets to your Twitter account.”

MySpace Mobile

“If you love MySpace, you’re really going to love MySpace Mobile for Android. Simply download the free application to stay connected with your friends, share photos, and check out the tour schedules of your favorite bands… anytime, anyplace!”

Comeks Fun Photo Blogger

“Create and share funny cartoon-like images. Take and filter photos, add stickers and text bubbles on them. Lots of stickers and text styles to choose from. When done, share the funny image in Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr, Bebo, Twitter or Comeks.com. You can also send it as an email or MMS.”

Loopt

“Loopt connects you to your friends and the places around you. See where your friends are and what they’re doing. Connect on the fly and instantly share photos, comments, and cool places. Turn your phone into a social compass and never be bored or lonely again!”

If you currently have a Droid, I’d love to hear your input. Do you have any other great free Social Networking Android Apps I may have missed?

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