The Best 2012 Android Apps, Reviews and Roundups
It’s Christmas morning today which means that a lot of you have woken up to some awesome gifts under the tree. If you’ve been good throughout the year, we hope you got some nice Android gear to finish 2012 and start 2013 in style. Whether it’s a new phone or tablet, or maybe even an Android TV stick — I bought one but it hasn’t been delivered yet! — you’re most likely looking at your new gadget and wondering where to start and how to get its true potential.
That’s why we decided to give you an easy-to-check summary of our best articles of 2012. So grab your shiny new gadget and follow us down this wonderfully geeky journey. A fair warning though: you might end up neglecting the family time and drowning in a sea of apps and games!
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Apps and ROMs
Roundups
- Our Top 100 Android Apps
- 50+ Apps and Resources to Customize Your Android Homescreen
- 50 More Gorgeous Android Apps
- 40 Minimalist and Customisable Widgets
- 30+ Beautiful Holo-Designed Android Apps
- 15 Stunning Holo-Themed Applications
- 10 Useful Apps for Blogging on the Go
- Forget Google Listen: 10 Great Podcasting Apps
- Choosing the Best Video Player for Your Device
- 10 Tasker Alternatives to Automate Your Android
- 10 Other Ways to Discover Android Apps
- Learn More with These Educational Video Apps
- Pulse, Currents and Flipboard: Top Android News Readers Battle
- Get Your Daily Dose of Reddit With These Apps
Reviews
- AntTek Explorer is a Versatile File Manager
- InFoto: Great Infographics About Your Photo Habits
- 6 Reasons Dolphin Should Be Your Default Browser
- Thumb Keyboard: Customizable Two-Handed Typing
- Save Interesting Articles for Later With Pocket
- Lapse It: More Control Over Your Time Lapse Videos
- Inspire Yourself in the Kitchen With BBC Good Food Recipes
- Snapseed: Mobile Photo Editing, Evolved
- TunnelBear VPN Opens Restricted Local Websites
- AOKP: Turning Scrap Into ICS Heaven
- FoxHound ROM for Galaxy S3: The Best of All Worlds?
Games
Roundups
- 50 Deeply Addictive Android Games
- 33 Fantastic Retro Games to Get Nostalgic About
- The 10 Best Android/iOS Cross-Platform Multiplayer Games
- 14 Awesome Tower Defense Games for Android
- 12 Great JezzBall and Qix-Style Games
- 16 Quintessentially Scintillating Word Games
Reviews
- The Force is with Angry Birds Star Wars
- Pocket Frogs: Collect, Farm, Breed, and Race Virtual Pets
- Where’s My Water? – A Disney Puzzle Game for All Ages
- Save the World From Aliens With Voxel Invaders
- Rayman Jungle Run: Nostalgia with a Dose of Modernism
- Fun and Wild Shoot’Em Up With Major Mayhem
- Spirits: A Modern Day Lemmings?
- Dead Trigger: An Excellent Zombie FPS
- Monsters Ate My Condo
Tablets
- 50 Must-Have Applications For Android Tablets
- 40 News Apps For Android Tablets
- 10 Android Tablet Apps You Won’t Find on iPad
- Five Cookery Apps for Your Android Tablet
- Ten Social Apps for Android Tablets
- Replacement Browsers for Android Tablets
- 10 Multimedia Apps For Android Tablets
Opinions and Editorials
- Looking at the Language and Intent in the Android Design Guidelines
- Why the HTC “One” Line Is a Big Change
- Looking at a Brand New Low-End Phone? Get an Old High-End One Instead
- What I Miss About Android: Thoughts From an iOS User
- 7 Windows Phone Features I Want In Android
- 7″ Is a Totally Different Tablet Market, and Google Chose Wisely
- Nexus: From a Phone to an Experience
- Here’s How and Why I Use a Bluetooth Keyboard
- Near Field Communication and the Future of Mobile
- Smartphones: Are They Only for Tech Geeks?
- Scrobbling, Social Sites, and Privacy
- Google, It’s Time to Get Serious About Tablet Apps!
Useful Tips and How-Tos
- 40+ Tips and Tricks to Get the Most Out of Android
- Set Up a Home Theater PC and Control It With Your Android Phone
- How to Take Better Pictures With Any Phone
- What Is Google Now and How Do I Use It?
- Get Google Now on Your Ice Cream Sandwich ROM
- Create a Minimal Lock Screen With WidgetLocker
- How to Recreate the “One Goal” Custom Home Screen Layout
Miscellaneous
- 30+ Christmas and Holidays Wallpapers and Ringtones
- 60 More Gorgeous Wallpapers for Your Android
- 50 Awesome Wallpapers for Your Nexus 7
- 40+ Android Wallpapers To Automate With Llama Tasker
- Not Just Helicopters: Gadgets You Can Control With Android
Whether you just got your first Android device or you’re a veteran of the OS, we hope this list will help you discover more apps, games, ROMs to try.
2012 has been an excellent year for Android and our Android.Appstorm team has done its best to bring you detailed reviews, relevant roundups, thought-provoking opinions and useful tips. We can’t wait to see what 2013 brings and to do it all over again!
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