Almost one month since first Android launch and the list of application is already getting bigger. This week there is another set of great and useful application, from geo localisation, text games, and mobile remote server control.

LocateMe, Geo Localisation for Android

Locateme is a se of experimens by Davanum, who is also behind the twitter and gmail client, to create a geo location application using CellID/LAC combinations and the latest Google Maps location feature.

zaTelnet, Telnet client for Android

zaTelnet, provider of mobile toolset for remote server control for mobile, already released its telnet client for Android platform. The current client emulates terminal VT100 and offers extended opportunities for interface customization, such as full screen mode, different display sizes, 240×240, 240×480, 480×480 and 480×640 screen resolutions, portrait and landscape orientation modes, screen with adjustable size and different font sizes.

Twisty, z-machine interpreter for Android

For text adventure games fans, they can have fun on Android with Twisty, the first z-machine interpreter for Android platform. The application allows to play Infocom classics as well as hundreds of newer text adventures written in the last ten years or so. The package comes bundled with a few built-in games, but also allows you to load games from your sdcard.

There are more amazing solutions and technologies coming to Android platform in the next days to make application development easier and faster. Some of them already exists such the IntelliJ IDEA plugin, or the android-positron. There are also very important database solutions that we’ll see with more details in future posts.

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