Sci-tech : 20 best free Android apps

Most of the good stuff on Android is free, thanks to the work of developers who do it for love alone. So here's our pick of the top free Android apps you should install.

1. Seesmic


2. Facebook for Android


3. ASTRO File Manager


4. Hotmail


5. Google Sky Map


6. Layar


7. Foursquare


8. WordPress for Android


9. Google Goggles


10. Winamp


11. Samsung ChatOn


12. Skyfire 3.0


13. BBC News


14. RAC Traffic


15. Evernote


16. Flickr


17. Last.fm


18. Astrid Task / Todo list


19. Shareprice


20. Meebo IM

Let me know which one you liked most :)

Mobile Review : Samsung Infuse 4G

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The Samsung Infuse 4G feels a bit like a phone with an identity crisis. It costs the same as the Epic 4G Touch, but is excluded from the Galaxy line. It's got a 4G right in the name, but it doesn't boast 4G speeds.

And at 4.5" it's also large enough to feel almost like a tablet - albeit one rocking the stale Froyo Android OS. But is it a good phone?

The first thing anyone will notice about the Samsung Infuse is its gargantuan 4.5" Super AMOLED display. Samsung is no stranger to large displays; its flagship Galaxy S2 rocks a 4.3" screen, and the Samsung Galaxy Note is actually, legitimately, a tablet-phone crossover poised to launch stateside in early 2012.

But no matter how its predecessors feel, the Samsung Infuse's large screen and small borders make it feel bigger than it actually is.


This is at least in part due to the phone's thickness and weight - at only 131g (less than .30 pounds) and 8.8mm at its thickest the Samsung Infuse is thinner and just about as light as the Samsung Epic 4G Touch.

Read full specification here

Overall rating : Good stuff to buy ;)

Morphex The Transforming Hexapod Robot

We love robots, and it is fair to say that the Morphex Hexapod caught our eyes right away. It can transform from a globe into a Hexapod walking robot.

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It’s quite amazing to see this type of garage project, but beyond the technical feat, we really like the quality of the design which is always one of the most important factor for robot coolness.

A Norwegian engineer named Kare Halvorsen came up with an idea of a project to create a sphere shaped hexapod that could move in every possible direction. Some other features which he thought of was making it roll freely like a ball, walk like a hexapod, varying body dimensions and the capability of transforming the sphere to a hexapod and back again.

The principal material used for the outer shape of the robot was a globe, which he bought from a local toy store. The spherical structure was cut into 12 equal parts.

The MorpHex is controlled by a remote wirelessly, synced with a Basicmicro ARC-32 board.

If  you are curious,visit this site to know how the robot was built.

Watch this video if you don't believe.

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