Recently, I acquired an android Smartphone and while browsing in several android forums and the android market, I discovered the following useful applications:

Gmote: An amazing application that turns Android into a remote control for a computer, allowing users to run movies and music at a distance. It supports all of the standard remote control features such as play, pause, rewind, volume controls etc. It also has a built-in file browser that lets you select what to play.

TasKiller free: Let you close (kill) any running application in one click.

BatteryLife: Displays the percent of the remaining battery.

Power manager: Adds new power settings to the phone (e.g. how long the screen is on during a call, if device stays on while the keyboard is open, etc.) and allows you to quickly view and change other phone settings depending on different conditions (e.g. low battery).

Quick Uninstaller: Uninstalls applications from the phone using a desktop-style view. The uninstall is performed by only two clicks.

Any Cut: Allows you to create Home shortcuts to anything! Popular shortcuts like directly calling a phone number or sending an SMS are supported.

Some of the applications listed here have also a paid version, but this post refers only to their free versions.

All Web Developers/Designers need to test their Websites in several different versions of all the famous browsers to ensure compatibility with each one of them. Sometimes it’s almost impossible to have every version installed on your computer (e.g. multiple versions of Internet Explorer on Vista..).

A great solution to this problem came from Spoon. They created the Browser Sandbox, which allows you to run different versions of all the famous browsers in your computer, without having to install any of them. Only a tiny plugin needs to be installed and then you can run all the supported browsers without any other installation.

The list of browsers that are currently available:

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 8
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 6
• Mozilla Firefox 3.5
• MozillaFirefox 3
• MozillaFirefox 2
• Apple Safari 4
• Apple Safari 3
• Google Chrome
• Opera 10
• Opera 9

The application is free, so why don’t you try it?