Twidroid, the most popular Twitter client for Android, is the king of mobile Twittering. Since it was released as the first Twitter app, it has matured greatly and offers a wide range of features to please most Android users. The developers update the app frequently, and are very receptive to messages from users around the world about how the app is performing and what features should be added. Visit the Twidroid features page to decide which version is good for you – I prefer the free...

Ah, that good ole lifestyle change called Weight Watchers! It can be a dieter’s biggest joy or largest disappointment. With WWDiary, though, you’re more likely to fall into to the overjoyed category because of this great, free app for Android. The interface is easy to understand – the first time you use the app, you’ll enter your weight and activity level, so WWDiary can determine how many points you should be eating per day. You also get Activity Points and Weekly...

My biggest fear using Android is “What if I have to reset my phone and lose all of my bookmarks?” Well, Bookmark Backup and Restore solves this problem for you easily and makes it easier to view bookmarks through the default browser. BBR saves your bookmarks to your SD card. You can also sort your bookmarks alphabetically, instead of in order by when you saved them to the browser. Restoring is just as easy as backing up – just hit restore and watch the bookmarks get added...

I am perpetually on a diet and trying new methods to find calorie counts and what foods are the healthy choices when dining out. Calorie Counter (free in the Market) is a heaven-sent calorie counting, diet saving app! Some of its features include: A food quick pick to get calorie and nutrition information A barcode scanner for nutrition labels A food diary to plan and keep track of what you’re eating An exercise diary to record all the calories you burn A weight chart A journal to record...

Are you addicted to SMS like I am? If so, SMS Backup is probably the one app you can’t live without! SMS Backup backs up your SMS messages to your Gmail account (using IMAP) and neatly files them away under the SMS label. You can even set SMS Backup to mark new SMS as read in Gmail, so you won’t have to even worry about reading the messages unless you need them! My only complaint with SMS Backup is the speed – sometimes it can be incredibly slow, and it only syncs up to 100...

Welcome our 2nd guest-poster, Ellie, who describes herself as the “ultimate geek girl” and has a blog at thepinkc.net. Enjoy her app review! ~Renee Android is a great platform for mobile phones – but bloatware is added to it by our phone companies to subsidize the cost of our phones. Unfortunately, there wasn’t anything we could do to stop these applications from starting at boot until Startup Auditor became available on the Market. As its name indicates, Startup...

22 of you took part in our sidebar survey, which asked, “What Twitter client do you use on your Droid?” The winner by a large margin was Twidroid, with 11 votes (50%). Seesmic and Tweetcaster tied for 2nd with 4 votes each. Touiteur, Twicca, and “Other” each got one vote. Neither HootSuite nor Swift got any votes, but maybe their strength will increase now that they joined forces. What I find interesting is that Android Central was running a similar Twitter survey...

Liz, a frequent traveler and fellow DROID-loving woman from Maryland, has written our blog’s first guest-post! Her article is the first in a series about utilizing your phone while traveling to make going out of town less hectic and more enjoyable. Keep an eye out for future posts in our WomanWithDroids Travel Series! ~Renee Luggage…Check. Plane Tickets…Check. Apps…Wait, what? Spring is coming soon and we cannot wait to escape the cabin fever of our homes,...

As described on Android Central, Swype has opened up their Beta for a limited number of new users, so go here to sign up if you want a chance try out this early version of Swype. I had heard Swype was a new method for entering text using the on-screen keyboard that involved swiping the screen (obviously), but I didn’t know much more than that. I was skeptical about how well it could work – I’m a physical hardware keyboard kind of gal, which is one of the reasons I chose the...

Evernote, the popular note-, image-, sound-, and idea-storing program, was recently released for Android. I have used Evernote on my computer for a while to clip interesting web pages, to store family addresses, and to store code snippets to use as a computer programming reference, so I was happy to hear I could now create and access notes on my phone! There are lots of creative uses for Evernote. In fact, I’ve been using it to store ideas for articles to write for this blog, including...