British bike company Triumph drives into India

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT">The list of iconic bike makers queuing up for the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Indian-Market">Indian market</a> is growing. British high-end bike manufacturer <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Triumph">Triumph</a> is the latest to enter the country and joins companies like Harley Davidson and <a href="http://www.zigwheels.com/newbikes/Ducati" target="_blank">Ducati</a>, which are betting big on the growing love of Indians for expensive cruisers and power-packed bikes.<br /> <br /> Triumph, which has been looking at India for over two years, finally announced a line-up of 10 models (six to be assembled locally) and said these would cost from Rs 5.7 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) onwards, running up to Rs 20 lakh.<br /> <br /> Paul Stroud, global director (sales and marketing) for Triumph Motorcycles, said there is a potential for bikes in India, despite issues like poor road infrastructure and the current economic slump. "As the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Economy">economy</a> picks up, the demand for premium bikes will go up." The company, which sells about 50,000 units per annum globally, has got models in the classics, roadster, adventure, cruisers and super-sports categories. "The infrastructure is improving, and we have already seen a good response from potential buyers."</span><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT">The company plans to have nine dealerships in India by March and these will be in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore to start with. "We will also open showrooms in Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata. These will also retail our merchandise and other accessories."<br /> <br /> The company's line-up will include the Iconic Bonneville and Bonneville T100, the legendary Speed Triple, the Rocket III Roadster and the Daytona 675R supersports bike. "Triumph is not just a motorcycle, but a way of life. India is an exceptionally exciting market for us and the premium motorcycle segment is seeing tremendous growth," Stroud said.<br /> <br /> The Bonneville (865cc) is the lowest-priced model from the company's stable at Rs 5.7 lakh, while the Rocket III Roadster (2294cc) is the most expensive at Rs 20 lakh. The company will assemble the Bonneville T100, Daytona 675R, Street Triple, Speed Triple and Thruxton at its facility in Manesar. The rest of the bikes - Rocket III Roadster, Tiger Explorer, Tiger 800 XC and Thunderbird Storm - will be imported as completely built units (CBUs).<br /> <br /> Stroud also said that Triumph has plans to open a factory in India, though this will take a few years. "We have purchased land for this in Karnataka, but I cannot provide further details on this now." High-end motorcycles form a very small portion of the Indian two-wheeler market, but they have been growing at a rapid pace, led by the relatively less-priced Royal Enfield, which is owned by homegrown Eicher Motors. Harley Davidson has sold around 4,000 bikes in India since its debut in 2010, and others selling power bikes include <a href="http://www.zigwheels.com/newcars/Honda" target="_blank">Honda</a> and Yamaha. BMW's Motorrad has also partnered TVS Motors to make sub-500cc bikes.</span><br /><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><br /> <img class="" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/26547678.cms" /></span></div>

British bike company Triumph drives into India

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British bike company Triumph drives into India

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT">The list of iconic bike makers queuing up for the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Indian-Market">Indian market</a> is growing. British high-end bike manufacturer <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Triumph">Triumph</a> is the latest to enter the country and joins companies like Harley Davidson and <a href="http://www.zigwheels.com/newbikes/Ducati" target="_blank">Ducati</a>, which are betting big on the growing love of Indians for expensive cruisers and power-packed bikes.<br /> <br /> Triumph, which has been looking at India for over two years, finally announced a line-up of 10 models (six to be assembled locally) and said these would cost from Rs 5.7 lakh (ex-showroom, Delhi) onwards, running up to Rs 20 lakh.<br /> <br /> Paul Stroud, global director (sales and marketing) for Triumph Motorcycles, said there is a potential for bikes in India, despite issues like poor road infrastructure and the current economic slump. "As the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/Economy">economy</a> picks up, the demand for premium bikes will go up." The company, which sells about 50,000 units per annum globally, has got models in the classics, roadster, adventure, cruisers and super-sports categories. "The infrastructure is improving, and we have already seen a good response from potential buyers."</span><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT">The company plans to have nine dealerships in India by March and these will be in Mumbai, Delhi, Hyderabad and Bangalore to start with. "We will also open showrooms in Ahmedabad, Chennai, Kolkata. These will also retail our merchandise and other accessories."<br /> <br /> The company's line-up will include the Iconic Bonneville and Bonneville T100, the legendary Speed Triple, the Rocket III Roadster and the Daytona 675R supersports bike. "Triumph is not just a motorcycle, but a way of life. India is an exceptionally exciting market for us and the premium motorcycle segment is seeing tremendous growth," Stroud said.<br /> <br /> The Bonneville (865cc) is the lowest-priced model from the company's stable at Rs 5.7 lakh, while the Rocket III Roadster (2294cc) is the most expensive at Rs 20 lakh. The company will assemble the Bonneville T100, Daytona 675R, Street Triple, Speed Triple and Thruxton at its facility in Manesar. The rest of the bikes - Rocket III Roadster, Tiger Explorer, Tiger 800 XC and Thunderbird Storm - will be imported as completely built units (CBUs).<br /> <br /> Stroud also said that Triumph has plans to open a factory in India, though this will take a few years. "We have purchased land for this in Karnataka, but I cannot provide further details on this now." High-end motorcycles form a very small portion of the Indian two-wheeler market, but they have been growing at a rapid pace, led by the relatively less-priced Royal Enfield, which is owned by homegrown Eicher Motors. Harley Davidson has sold around 4,000 bikes in India since its debut in 2010, and others selling power bikes include <a href="http://www.zigwheels.com/newcars/Honda" target="_blank">Honda</a> and Yamaha. BMW's Motorrad has also partnered TVS Motors to make sub-500cc bikes.</span><br /><span id="advenueINTEXT" name="advenueINTEXT"><br /> <img class="" src="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/photo/26547678.cms" /></span></div>

British bike company Triumph drives into India

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20 best Android widgets Fill your Home screens with the best widgets for Android

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; letter-spacing: -0.75pt;">20 best Android widgets</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">Fill your Home screens with the best widgets for Android</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.75pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">     </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 14.75pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.75pt; margin: 0in 7.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">   </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.75pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">         </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 14.75pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">We've dug out the top widgets for your Android phone</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0lnxSuZAQOUyIGkaWlV_AHzr7_7KE3k_hFJehurVtAZv0mzj5OaxAPIFiO241xwQgNc0N8JD0rJa8Tnz3lE56Tmw075GfqHNVNNZdCltq9WxFza7mk-E0BSVBFMV2BPbH12WIGXaVEq4/s1600/aix-weather_crop-578-80-757776.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284710519324994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0lnxSuZAQOUyIGkaWlV_AHzr7_7KE3k_hFJehurVtAZv0mzj5OaxAPIFiO241xwQgNc0N8JD0rJa8Tnz3lE56Tmw075GfqHNVNNZdCltq9WxFza7mk-E0BSVBFMV2BPbH12WIGXaVEq4/s320/aix-weather_crop-578-80-757776.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">One of the exciting and innovative things about Android has always been its use of widgets, which, to the uninitiated, are best described as little live apps that are embedded into your Home screens.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">You can have an animating photo frame that pulls out a selection of pics from your phone's gallery, a serious news ticker, constantly updating share prices, annoying social network status updates from people you hardly know - there's a widgetised version of pretty much any type of mobile app you can think of.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">What is an Android widget?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Widgets can cause a bit of confusion among newcomers to Android, as they don't open like normal apps from your phone's big list of applications. Instead, widgets are activated by long-pressing on a space on the Home screen, then installed into the nearest available slot.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">There are big widgets, wide widgets, little ones that only take up one standard icon slot, and there are also some absolutely terrible spam ones that look a complete mess. So here are our top 20 Android widgets to brighten up your Android phone's workspace.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">1. AudioManager</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhQhczJcPPEowbZKqKxZ9Jv-BmLKvmItOB-Nh8fT61XjoJpKgNRDT1kl7P2_f4iRrFtpI-1wMF8CPebIEwK-AStQ7RKX8nWVxQlPkWZFIjTJDxxPVa_c_NsWreV3_HZtKlx_9VVbJySJS/s1600/audiomanager-320-100-760979.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284728341730514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhQhczJcPPEowbZKqKxZ9Jv-BmLKvmItOB-Nh8fT61XjoJpKgNRDT1kl7P2_f4iRrFtpI-1wMF8CPebIEwK-AStQ7RKX8nWVxQlPkWZFIjTJDxxPVa_c_NsWreV3_HZtKlx_9VVbJySJS/s320/audiomanager-320-100-760979.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">It can be a little confusing delving through Android's numerous menu screens to try to find the particular setting to adjust the ring tone volume - so have it all presented as a nice widget instead.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">AudioManager</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">is nice looking, it lets you see what volume everything's at, and pops up adjustment slide bars when pressed. You life will get 0.01 percent easier with it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">2. Quick Battery</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWs5_8ZiIVEkFwdgN3ZLsiTRbMG5AVd3yNjnUmUhZAvt27ZudexRqaGQI17bX5FyxR_IjAMkieoT1dX_kb4C_dWSYureOleAZMSL2d-e4W9pSnIJanb1ZblnvzGBJs2_dw3HOlfanNysE/s1600/quick-battery-320-100-763660.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284736089841746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWs5_8ZiIVEkFwdgN3ZLsiTRbMG5AVd3yNjnUmUhZAvt27ZudexRqaGQI17bX5FyxR_IjAMkieoT1dX_kb4C_dWSYureOleAZMSL2d-e4W9pSnIJanb1ZblnvzGBJs2_dw3HOlfanNysE/s320/quick-battery-320-100-763660.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">A teeny tiny one-by-one size widget,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Quick Battery</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">isn't particularly glamorous - but it does a better and prettier job of representing your phone's battery status than anything else. Plus, when installing the widget, you can choose what you want it to link to - so pressing it can open up the power settings page or...</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <i>Angry Birds</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">. Anything.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">3. Extended Controls</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnDwKOByC_9SgxmKCgXcrL8J9YhtlOQeOK25aTVsdPKbWlPD99013pP75085XFs_qIqbr_WbwWvIzXcHoycqzn7nSR28uyGscVZh4n9kXVwGJdXI4EtjUT76m5My0KCn5hZeGsShUobn2/s1600/extended-controls-320-100-766161.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284748281240370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnDwKOByC_9SgxmKCgXcrL8J9YhtlOQeOK25aTVsdPKbWlPD99013pP75085XFs_qIqbr_WbwWvIzXcHoycqzn7nSR28uyGscVZh4n9kXVwGJdXI4EtjUT76m5My0KCn5hZeGsShUobn2/s320/extended-controls-320-100-766161.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The standard Android power strip is a useful widget that lets you quickly turn off Wi-Fi, adjust the screen brightness and toggle GPS, Bluetooth and data syncing, but</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Extended Controls</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">adds more. Loads more, from one-touch USB tethering to airplane mode and even switching your phone's vibration keyboard settings on or off. Plus it's visually customisable, too.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">4. ColorNote Notepad Notes</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_yNeTdBgpr_EnV_yJQvZExOTC8OO3RlSJW2K_4lx5_ftKT5sbjEVVUWQt5JCLT_ZKX22T-Q8EnfTYdoDoEuLnrLIH3FC9PqYZNf1pJY1W_Tz1QcsCq0ou9HDaVhu9DHQ_OuggDmu5k7h/s1600/colornote-320-100-769535.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284761026940338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_yNeTdBgpr_EnV_yJQvZExOTC8OO3RlSJW2K_4lx5_ftKT5sbjEVVUWQt5JCLT_ZKX22T-Q8EnfTYdoDoEuLnrLIH3FC9PqYZNf1pJY1W_Tz1QcsCq0ou9HDaVhu9DHQ_OuggDmu5k7h/s320/colornote-320-100-769535.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Everyone loves the classic Post-It note style of thing, and that's what<b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">ColorNote</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">brings to your Android Home screen. Tiny post-its, one icon square, each linked to either a text note or a simple to-do list. They look cute and you can change the colours for an extra adrenaline rush.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">5. Evernote</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufZTEsbGBNMTqEKWr_AqfaeGI-w6dxwc9-bj5jQJX-4wEObxYCIV8yKKA5e_5IWdlO2-vvIExyZTwv7md84QglWGqNfJVVwdiynae_-8PZXMXzV8iCNVJpMag-p2dsW5aoaMPN749vByh/s1600/evernote-320-100-772066.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284775420247106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufZTEsbGBNMTqEKWr_AqfaeGI-w6dxwc9-bj5jQJX-4wEObxYCIV8yKKA5e_5IWdlO2-vvIExyZTwv7md84QglWGqNfJVVwdiynae_-8PZXMXzV8iCNVJpMag-p2dsW5aoaMPN749vByh/s320/evernote-320-100-772066.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The excellent</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.evernote"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Evernote</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">comes with a lovely little widget. While it's not visually that impressive, it adds very convenient shortcuts to your Home screen that make using the data-syncing, scheduling app even easier to use. Instant access to notes, searches, voice memos and more. Just don't judge it by its looks.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">6. HTC Bookmarks</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixz6Wt6tF79FfjTEqyhDWr5pvd-07H2Q4Wy293mpTMgtOTyqF2koMbLUMk_MMJaIPylXQ4h84At0vwqrgkSoWV193ZYYzv6HzZjuRhdHPAsS0_mYvMN96e4mQw6cxnobAsZ4fAMEHajRS/s1600/htc-bookmarks-320-100-774739.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284783928872930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixz6Wt6tF79FfjTEqyhDWr5pvd-07H2Q4Wy293mpTMgtOTyqF2koMbLUMk_MMJaIPylXQ4h84At0vwqrgkSoWV193ZYYzv6HzZjuRhdHPAsS0_mYvMN96e4mQw6cxnobAsZ4fAMEHajRS/s320/htc-bookmarks-320-100-774739.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">One for all the HTC owners out there. Its bookmarks widget is an excellent way to put one of your empty Home screens to use, with it giving you a full-size, scrolling list of bookmarks right there in front of your fingers. It's so useful, it's easier to quit the browser and select a link from here than navigate HTC's own in-browser bookmark system.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">7. Facebook for Android</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzduFHy2voKRb08CUQBxu4b8wZlM0WC_ix1EMGzuN5zWr0wsZVDlhARV59YzyfgNUCMVaoEI-W2EsPetTwExWYKVLpFBfkbOop6OWsjUWApXYPjiaB9I90AB9cZ9pAEpwIMyr5sNyoGO4/s1600/facebook-320-100-777057.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284794101493842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzduFHy2voKRb08CUQBxu4b8wZlM0WC_ix1EMGzuN5zWr0wsZVDlhARV59YzyfgNUCMVaoEI-W2EsPetTwExWYKVLpFBfkbOop6OWsjUWApXYPjiaB9I90AB9cZ9pAEpwIMyr5sNyoGO4/s320/facebook-320-100-777057.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">While the</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Android Facebook app</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">seems to be a little slow in development and still misses several key features, its Home screen widget is a lesson in simplicity and elegance. It has a clean look, comprising of only a text box for your latest amusing thought, and a scrollable list of recent status updates from your chums. White, clean, stylish and nice.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">8. Moon Phase Pro</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowCd2u1iE1VKJNwWX78nVbqgXC2M-0GH-Etob1bIotzve6-Q-wIhhebJ8i3KlOnleL8A65OWguNXi4J6Y4Yy9TbVrJITy1TocuwNAscOuP1OYPuCq5pjpahocHOZQ2oI13ySwDN5vJlVL/s1600/moon-phase-pro-320-100-779659.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284805907115266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowCd2u1iE1VKJNwWX78nVbqgXC2M-0GH-Etob1bIotzve6-Q-wIhhebJ8i3KlOnleL8A65OWguNXi4J6Y4Yy9TbVrJITy1TocuwNAscOuP1OYPuCq5pjpahocHOZQ2oI13ySwDN5vJlVL/s320/moon-phase-pro-320-100-779659.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If you live in a place where you're not constantly illuminated by council street lights, you might be aware of the Moon. It's a sort of massive rock in the sky that's nice and relaxing to look at. It also changes shape depending on the time of the month.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">You can keep track of these changes with the</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Moon Phase Pro</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">widget, so you'll always have something to talk to Sir Patrick Moore about, should you happen to bump into him in your local supermarket. It also makes a very nice live wallpaper.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android clock widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">9. Fancy Widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFgJpwtDigtc_e0oMWYdO97R7laOWnvRerVrKdrCy4oZm8olu0zKFXXikqgSITwJvdLPrZdvcJLywb25fKhMVwH_YosEF5lMGXwjqIgtvcJlBtgfouHGMRe_BPoXW_gv16z12iTyd-OcE/s1600/fancy-widget-320-100-782315.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284816503197986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFgJpwtDigtc_e0oMWYdO97R7laOWnvRerVrKdrCy4oZm8olu0zKFXXikqgSITwJvdLPrZdvcJLywb25fKhMVwH_YosEF5lMGXwjqIgtvcJlBtgfouHGMRe_BPoXW_gv16z12iTyd-OcE/s320/fancy-widget-320-100-782315.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">There are quite a few apps out there that copy the iconic HTC Sense clock and its animating weather system, with one of the finest being</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Fancy Widget</span></b>. It wins because it's free, offering a more traditional Android-style digital clock option, customisable text colours, alternate skins, transparency effects and more. There's also a Pro version for a couple of quid, if you need even more options.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android weather widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">10. The Weather Channel</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwlZChVBO9EEwwsffPyBlJRNF5FtChYAC9eyOgEYuGH6WyFxZ9eAMQeRVT7t1DZmamhatS4rifpgxrse2ECRJ4a_yWsRPGUcspz1Co3rwVcbV8oTtPL4KtJC8uJEldaG6dE-DCPAIfh3A/s1600/weather-channel-320-100-785065.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284828891581314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwlZChVBO9EEwwsffPyBlJRNF5FtChYAC9eyOgEYuGH6WyFxZ9eAMQeRVT7t1DZmamhatS4rifpgxrse2ECRJ4a_yWsRPGUcspz1Co3rwVcbV8oTtPL4KtJC8uJEldaG6dE-DCPAIfh3A/s320/weather-channel-320-100-785065.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If you are old, or a gardener, and therefore have a serious interest in the weather, there's no better app than the</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Weather Channel app</span></b>. Its widget isn't particularly beautiful, but you do get reliable data and a selection of widget shapes to suit your Home screen layout. This is also one of the few apps that's been optimised for Android 3.0 tablets, so is worth checking out for that reason alone if you're a tablet owner.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">11. Aix Weather Widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMk1MU8xpKFcamR7kY_wELjO7Hit3Z1DgQrrU3xv6doMradOnP9uRVGDpncd0VnNWUr-_os-bD91jFnkO2KMb45FUPkodgAVHHOF5oa2pldy0IRukrVzWnIeXv_tSvrsa-rfDIWrSzfUZ-/s1600/aix-weather-320-100-787763.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284837394500530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMk1MU8xpKFcamR7kY_wELjO7Hit3Z1DgQrrU3xv6doMradOnP9uRVGDpncd0VnNWUr-_os-bD91jFnkO2KMb45FUPkodgAVHHOF5oa2pldy0IRukrVzWnIeXv_tSvrsa-rfDIWrSzfUZ-/s320/aix-weather-320-100-787763.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If you want a more modern take on seeing if it's raining in a place you're nowhere near, try</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Aix Weather Widget</span></b>. It presents its results in a very sexy (yes, sexy) four icon wide bar, that displays a lovely timeline of temperature and condition fluctuations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">You will never be short of an observation about the weather with this to hand. Look at how quickly the temperature dropped off at 16:00 hours in Oslo!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android calendar widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">12. Touch Calendar</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe44_T2hQNoqGFI6a0PGVZNovBZJzGVH7OHIIMIRNcDqJbeH4awVsCiN3zBq2g8IaZa92ZQq2qTZGLBo2tDDy6IAdfF9ALNQhADcqO4tqYukZ_vpYtSL70zZ_cungKAIcShDVeeiZgdOOU/s1600/touch-calendar-320-100-790287.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284852196113986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe44_T2hQNoqGFI6a0PGVZNovBZJzGVH7OHIIMIRNcDqJbeH4awVsCiN3zBq2g8IaZa92ZQq2qTZGLBo2tDDy6IAdfF9ALNQhADcqO4tqYukZ_vpYtSL70zZ_cungKAIcShDVeeiZgdOOU/s320/touch-calendar-320-100-790287.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Google's built-in Calendar app is excellent, but it's widget is a little on the simple side. If you want massive, full-page, data-rich Calendar action,<b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Touch Calendar</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">is a great option. The free version doesn't include widget support, sadly - so if you like its style, paying £1.45 for the full version brings you the massive widget.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">13. S2 Calendar Widget 2</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlma00klXNEvmy7VBTjZIPw8PtOxZmJaphrIy6alBNWfwRkU3oyd5lunDHtqMYOzJ0zbQkQ2K5_jqOhMVKKtZB1DwRnl9KAJL122uoJUeOijyYWFFbehvE5AS_LX0PS1MIDloGO8C4IhAr/s1600/s2-calendar-widget-320-100-792715.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284859487669090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlma00klXNEvmy7VBTjZIPw8PtOxZmJaphrIy6alBNWfwRkU3oyd5lunDHtqMYOzJ0zbQkQ2K5_jqOhMVKKtZB1DwRnl9KAJL122uoJUeOijyYWFFbehvE5AS_LX0PS1MIDloGO8C4IhAr/s320/s2-calendar-widget-320-100-792715.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If you want more choice when it comes to the design of your Calendar widget,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">S2 Calendar Widget</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">is a good choice. You can edit fonts, background colours, change the default action for when you press it and much more. Makes you wish you had more things to do to put on it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android contacts widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">14. life.contacts.beta</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHel_wLGTM0zid30uHMtEGgMBciryngg-vO69s5rVn03LJPA-Lo0Il_LKmUsugus7PTSzOanKmXBbWg4NVvwS0dj8LsKHTOuAbjqHeUZ_5H4UeqkG8yzqSR2rOlPbA_I5tpa55NK70u2Tc/s1600/lifecontactsbeta-320-100-795610.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284872057105410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHel_wLGTM0zid30uHMtEGgMBciryngg-vO69s5rVn03LJPA-Lo0Il_LKmUsugus7PTSzOanKmXBbWg4NVvwS0dj8LsKHTOuAbjqHeUZ_5H4UeqkG8yzqSR2rOlPbA_I5tpa55NK70u2Tc/s320/lifecontactsbeta-320-100-795610.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Developed by Sony Ericsson, this one works on all Android phones running version 2.1 of the OS or higher. The</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">life.contacts.beta</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">widget automatically pulls in photos of your most contacted contacts, generating picture icons from any associated images it can find - whether that's on your phone or via Facebook. Very simple and stylish.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">15. Picture Dial</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmUjIQapZGqCRAPDtId04-KbYvCd4cxzMnE55ru7x7jUpdjJrWNvZyo3TTj2C36oA4snEGv-5F4pGodrnOBfPkCgNbHw3enOD4iZCpt7mcfb6B5f-j-ofR_M3Zv_DZ_rLhflrM1KrW3nz/s1600/picture-dial-320-100-798509.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284887152295314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmUjIQapZGqCRAPDtId04-KbYvCd4cxzMnE55ru7x7jUpdjJrWNvZyo3TTj2C36oA4snEGv-5F4pGodrnOBfPkCgNbHw3enOD4iZCpt7mcfb6B5f-j-ofR_M3Zv_DZ_rLhflrM1KrW3nz/s320/picture-dial-320-100-798509.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Most Android phone makers include their own photo-based dialler shortcut widgets, but if yours doesn't there's always</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jasoncalhoun.android.picturedialwidget"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Picture Dial</span></b></a>. As well as creating a nice widget with photos of your contacts, you're able to specify a default action for what happens when you click on someone's lovely face - avoiding the modern embarrassment of phoning someone you usually only ever text.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">16. Last Call</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGNX9171nhz4vAP7CpFedRo_fXagPp6bHptOIt51li8BFVrErD7QSUPnJKcSTXp_GZdCVP-9cD-Y7kIjAM3HCTmwSzSAHRtJuRAis1jJGe6Cb5J89xh1Xsz1L2_vuCMb2OjHBMEx80Kho/s1600/last-call-320-100-701076.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284897150317138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGNX9171nhz4vAP7CpFedRo_fXagPp6bHptOIt51li8BFVrErD7QSUPnJKcSTXp_GZdCVP-9cD-Y7kIjAM3HCTmwSzSAHRtJuRAis1jJGe6Cb5J89xh1Xsz1L2_vuCMb2OjHBMEx80Kho/s320/last-call-320-100-701076.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Last Call</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">adds a live widget that updates with the details of the last phone call you made. Ideal for phone pests, you can set it so that a press dials the person - or not, if you'd rather avoid the possibility of accidentally calling people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The widget's background colours are customisable, as are the fonts, although you'll have to pay for the premium version if you'd also like it to show your last SMS data as well.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android news widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">17. Google Reader</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_UiifGuORvq9GLSb-DcB3gbzUGCfk6uwHdgn9o90I-gYOno2knqlbGMJPwl0fqa9W-wwT_88cJuGeq9YAwWdb6pFEsiP57DRpS6aaKlBNwgOt7gzOg3hznW1u5kOjRAA2BeUImPqxzRZ/s1600/google-reader-320-100-704993.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284916696904050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_UiifGuORvq9GLSb-DcB3gbzUGCfk6uwHdgn9o90I-gYOno2knqlbGMJPwl0fqa9W-wwT_88cJuGeq9YAwWdb6pFEsiP57DRpS6aaKlBNwgOt7gzOg3hznW1u5kOjRAA2BeUImPqxzRZ/s320/google-reader-320-100-704993.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Google's simple</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Reader app</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">has a fantastic customisable Home screen widget, letting you pick any individual element from your RSS feeds and have it pop up as a single widget. It's not the best looking thing, but if you're a heavy RSS user it's great to have a constant ticker of your most-read feeds.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">18. News & Weather</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jgaxMoc51DuKdG_bc6abfDn0JCHz2l9MLdqgNysrU9feDJ6th1FzaY29k1XXLjZclA1zeQu-FT6_Fnkckdw8PK5OFyRKR9thdHbD5BvkGwq3-Wh375dsVrx10Pt1XHdgMJATKjb9Qt8W/s1600/news-and-weather-320-100-707455.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284924139577746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jgaxMoc51DuKdG_bc6abfDn0JCHz2l9MLdqgNysrU9feDJ6th1FzaY29k1XXLjZclA1zeQu-FT6_Fnkckdw8PK5OFyRKR9thdHbD5BvkGwq3-Wh375dsVrx10Pt1XHdgMJATKjb9Qt8W/s320/news-and-weather-320-100-707455.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">For a simpler and more mainstream curated selection of news, Google's own built-in News & Weather app offers a simple and attractive little widget. If you don't mind seeing the occasional Daily Mail headline appear, it's a nice little ticker.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">It can be set to show just the weather, just the news or - wait for it! - the news and weather. So versatile. Comes pre-loaded on Android 2.1 phones or higher.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">19. Pulse News</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wI1RN23ShSZ2SO-fKFgOOvYMw7OUuDmxHhqTtK8vGHfXYuwDNr3Z3pAkCiaZYsk4vTTQ4Pb8dTDln4LB9hSIMET7DtBq-diefh94w5oxhRsLbXGLEBt6sgmrm-XsrZ78nG08hYa9Osrb/s1600/pulse-news-320-100-710017.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284937744943266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wI1RN23ShSZ2SO-fKFgOOvYMw7OUuDmxHhqTtK8vGHfXYuwDNr3Z3pAkCiaZYsk4vTTQ4Pb8dTDln4LB9hSIMET7DtBq-diefh94w5oxhRsLbXGLEBt6sgmrm-XsrZ78nG08hYa9Osrb/s320/pulse-news-320-100-710017.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Another RSS reader, only</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Pulse</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">makes a good attempt at pulling in the images that accompany stories to give it a more visual, magazine like feel. The Android widget pulls this off too, popping up an illustrated, scrollable box dedicated to any particular channel you've imported. Can also sync with a Google Reader account, too.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android Twitter widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">20. TweetDeck</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiqpwtDaTgpytHL0YfwyQS9Cvort_Da9nfDwiQpUea5lXp2leqI3RqeGaS1qyfyOeMJ6-sNitEzYCuvQIC2NbEMfdPWUJ9xQct3Ta25hiWM1L9UmvyOGh_6b8cESsb3H77eJ-zlJwkY6g/s1600/tweetdeck-320-100-712995.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284950777285266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIiqpwtDaTgpytHL0YfwyQS9Cvort_Da9nfDwiQpUea5lXp2leqI3RqeGaS1qyfyOeMJ6-sNitEzYCuvQIC2NbEMfdPWUJ9xQct3Ta25hiWM1L9UmvyOGh_6b8cESsb3H77eJ-zlJwkY6g/s320/tweetdeck-320-100-712995.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The official Twitter client has a nice, simple widget, but</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">TweetDeck</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">offers three separate options depending on your screen layout. There's a simple text box for posting, a more complex horizontal box for keeping track of messages and replies across multiple accounts, plus a whopping great vertical box if you take Tweeting way too seriously.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>

20 best Android widgets Fill your Home screens with the best widgets for Android

20 best Android widgets Fill your Home screens with the best widgets for Android         ·                 We've dug out the top widget...

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20 best Android widgets Fill your Home screens with the best widgets for Android

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 24pt; letter-spacing: -0.75pt;">20 best Android widgets</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 15pt; letter-spacing: -0.4pt;">Fill your Home screens with the best widgets for Android</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.75pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">     </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 14.75pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 14.75pt; margin: 0in 7.5pt 0.0001pt 0in; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt;">·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">   </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Symbol; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 14.75pt;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal;">         </span></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 9.5pt; line-height: 14.75pt;"> </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;"></span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; font-size: 12pt;">We've dug out the top widgets for your Android phone</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.5pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify; vertical-align: top;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0lnxSuZAQOUyIGkaWlV_AHzr7_7KE3k_hFJehurVtAZv0mzj5OaxAPIFiO241xwQgNc0N8JD0rJa8Tnz3lE56Tmw075GfqHNVNNZdCltq9WxFza7mk-E0BSVBFMV2BPbH12WIGXaVEq4/s1600/aix-weather_crop-578-80-757776.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284710519324994" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0lnxSuZAQOUyIGkaWlV_AHzr7_7KE3k_hFJehurVtAZv0mzj5OaxAPIFiO241xwQgNc0N8JD0rJa8Tnz3lE56Tmw075GfqHNVNNZdCltq9WxFza7mk-E0BSVBFMV2BPbH12WIGXaVEq4/s320/aix-weather_crop-578-80-757776.jpg" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">One of the exciting and innovative things about Android has always been its use of widgets, which, to the uninitiated, are best described as little live apps that are embedded into your Home screens.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">You can have an animating photo frame that pulls out a selection of pics from your phone's gallery, a serious news ticker, constantly updating share prices, annoying social network status updates from people you hardly know - there's a widgetised version of pretty much any type of mobile app you can think of.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">What is an Android widget?</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Widgets can cause a bit of confusion among newcomers to Android, as they don't open like normal apps from your phone's big list of applications. Instead, widgets are activated by long-pressing on a space on the Home screen, then installed into the nearest available slot.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">There are big widgets, wide widgets, little ones that only take up one standard icon slot, and there are also some absolutely terrible spam ones that look a complete mess. So here are our top 20 Android widgets to brighten up your Android phone's workspace.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">1. AudioManager</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhQhczJcPPEowbZKqKxZ9Jv-BmLKvmItOB-Nh8fT61XjoJpKgNRDT1kl7P2_f4iRrFtpI-1wMF8CPebIEwK-AStQ7RKX8nWVxQlPkWZFIjTJDxxPVa_c_NsWreV3_HZtKlx_9VVbJySJS/s1600/audiomanager-320-100-760979.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284728341730514" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAhQhczJcPPEowbZKqKxZ9Jv-BmLKvmItOB-Nh8fT61XjoJpKgNRDT1kl7P2_f4iRrFtpI-1wMF8CPebIEwK-AStQ7RKX8nWVxQlPkWZFIjTJDxxPVa_c_NsWreV3_HZtKlx_9VVbJySJS/s320/audiomanager-320-100-760979.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">It can be a little confusing delving through Android's numerous menu screens to try to find the particular setting to adjust the ring tone volume - so have it all presented as a nice widget instead.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">AudioManager</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">is nice looking, it lets you see what volume everything's at, and pops up adjustment slide bars when pressed. You life will get 0.01 percent easier with it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">2. Quick Battery</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWs5_8ZiIVEkFwdgN3ZLsiTRbMG5AVd3yNjnUmUhZAvt27ZudexRqaGQI17bX5FyxR_IjAMkieoT1dX_kb4C_dWSYureOleAZMSL2d-e4W9pSnIJanb1ZblnvzGBJs2_dw3HOlfanNysE/s1600/quick-battery-320-100-763660.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284736089841746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjWs5_8ZiIVEkFwdgN3ZLsiTRbMG5AVd3yNjnUmUhZAvt27ZudexRqaGQI17bX5FyxR_IjAMkieoT1dX_kb4C_dWSYureOleAZMSL2d-e4W9pSnIJanb1ZblnvzGBJs2_dw3HOlfanNysE/s320/quick-battery-320-100-763660.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">A teeny tiny one-by-one size widget,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Quick Battery</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">isn't particularly glamorous - but it does a better and prettier job of representing your phone's battery status than anything else. Plus, when installing the widget, you can choose what you want it to link to - so pressing it can open up the power settings page or...</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> <i>Angry Birds</i></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">. Anything.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">3. Extended Controls</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnDwKOByC_9SgxmKCgXcrL8J9YhtlOQeOK25aTVsdPKbWlPD99013pP75085XFs_qIqbr_WbwWvIzXcHoycqzn7nSR28uyGscVZh4n9kXVwGJdXI4EtjUT76m5My0KCn5hZeGsShUobn2/s1600/extended-controls-320-100-766161.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284748281240370" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwnDwKOByC_9SgxmKCgXcrL8J9YhtlOQeOK25aTVsdPKbWlPD99013pP75085XFs_qIqbr_WbwWvIzXcHoycqzn7nSR28uyGscVZh4n9kXVwGJdXI4EtjUT76m5My0KCn5hZeGsShUobn2/s320/extended-controls-320-100-766161.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The standard Android power strip is a useful widget that lets you quickly turn off Wi-Fi, adjust the screen brightness and toggle GPS, Bluetooth and data syncing, but</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Extended Controls</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">adds more. Loads more, from one-touch USB tethering to airplane mode and even switching your phone's vibration keyboard settings on or off. Plus it's visually customisable, too.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">4. ColorNote Notepad Notes</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_yNeTdBgpr_EnV_yJQvZExOTC8OO3RlSJW2K_4lx5_ftKT5sbjEVVUWQt5JCLT_ZKX22T-Q8EnfTYdoDoEuLnrLIH3FC9PqYZNf1pJY1W_Tz1QcsCq0ou9HDaVhu9DHQ_OuggDmu5k7h/s1600/colornote-320-100-769535.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284761026940338" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis_yNeTdBgpr_EnV_yJQvZExOTC8OO3RlSJW2K_4lx5_ftKT5sbjEVVUWQt5JCLT_ZKX22T-Q8EnfTYdoDoEuLnrLIH3FC9PqYZNf1pJY1W_Tz1QcsCq0ou9HDaVhu9DHQ_OuggDmu5k7h/s320/colornote-320-100-769535.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Everyone loves the classic Post-It note style of thing, and that's what<b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">ColorNote</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">brings to your Android Home screen. Tiny post-its, one icon square, each linked to either a text note or a simple to-do list. They look cute and you can change the colours for an extra adrenaline rush.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">5. Evernote</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufZTEsbGBNMTqEKWr_AqfaeGI-w6dxwc9-bj5jQJX-4wEObxYCIV8yKKA5e_5IWdlO2-vvIExyZTwv7md84QglWGqNfJVVwdiynae_-8PZXMXzV8iCNVJpMag-p2dsW5aoaMPN749vByh/s1600/evernote-320-100-772066.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284775420247106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiufZTEsbGBNMTqEKWr_AqfaeGI-w6dxwc9-bj5jQJX-4wEObxYCIV8yKKA5e_5IWdlO2-vvIExyZTwv7md84QglWGqNfJVVwdiynae_-8PZXMXzV8iCNVJpMag-p2dsW5aoaMPN749vByh/s320/evernote-320-100-772066.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The excellent</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.evernote"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Evernote</span></b></a></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">comes with a lovely little widget. While it's not visually that impressive, it adds very convenient shortcuts to your Home screen that make using the data-syncing, scheduling app even easier to use. Instant access to notes, searches, voice memos and more. Just don't judge it by its looks.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">6. HTC Bookmarks</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixz6Wt6tF79FfjTEqyhDWr5pvd-07H2Q4Wy293mpTMgtOTyqF2koMbLUMk_MMJaIPylXQ4h84At0vwqrgkSoWV193ZYYzv6HzZjuRhdHPAsS0_mYvMN96e4mQw6cxnobAsZ4fAMEHajRS/s1600/htc-bookmarks-320-100-774739.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284783928872930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiixz6Wt6tF79FfjTEqyhDWr5pvd-07H2Q4Wy293mpTMgtOTyqF2koMbLUMk_MMJaIPylXQ4h84At0vwqrgkSoWV193ZYYzv6HzZjuRhdHPAsS0_mYvMN96e4mQw6cxnobAsZ4fAMEHajRS/s320/htc-bookmarks-320-100-774739.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">One for all the HTC owners out there. Its bookmarks widget is an excellent way to put one of your empty Home screens to use, with it giving you a full-size, scrolling list of bookmarks right there in front of your fingers. It's so useful, it's easier to quit the browser and select a link from here than navigate HTC's own in-browser bookmark system.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">7. Facebook for Android</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzduFHy2voKRb08CUQBxu4b8wZlM0WC_ix1EMGzuN5zWr0wsZVDlhARV59YzyfgNUCMVaoEI-W2EsPetTwExWYKVLpFBfkbOop6OWsjUWApXYPjiaB9I90AB9cZ9pAEpwIMyr5sNyoGO4/s1600/facebook-320-100-777057.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284794101493842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwzduFHy2voKRb08CUQBxu4b8wZlM0WC_ix1EMGzuN5zWr0wsZVDlhARV59YzyfgNUCMVaoEI-W2EsPetTwExWYKVLpFBfkbOop6OWsjUWApXYPjiaB9I90AB9cZ9pAEpwIMyr5sNyoGO4/s320/facebook-320-100-777057.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">While the</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Android Facebook app</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">seems to be a little slow in development and still misses several key features, its Home screen widget is a lesson in simplicity and elegance. It has a clean look, comprising of only a text box for your latest amusing thought, and a scrollable list of recent status updates from your chums. White, clean, stylish and nice.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">8. Moon Phase Pro</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowCd2u1iE1VKJNwWX78nVbqgXC2M-0GH-Etob1bIotzve6-Q-wIhhebJ8i3KlOnleL8A65OWguNXi4J6Y4Yy9TbVrJITy1TocuwNAscOuP1OYPuCq5pjpahocHOZQ2oI13ySwDN5vJlVL/s1600/moon-phase-pro-320-100-779659.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284805907115266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiowCd2u1iE1VKJNwWX78nVbqgXC2M-0GH-Etob1bIotzve6-Q-wIhhebJ8i3KlOnleL8A65OWguNXi4J6Y4Yy9TbVrJITy1TocuwNAscOuP1OYPuCq5pjpahocHOZQ2oI13ySwDN5vJlVL/s320/moon-phase-pro-320-100-779659.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If you live in a place where you're not constantly illuminated by council street lights, you might be aware of the Moon. It's a sort of massive rock in the sky that's nice and relaxing to look at. It also changes shape depending on the time of the month.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">You can keep track of these changes with the</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Moon Phase Pro</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">widget, so you'll always have something to talk to Sir Patrick Moore about, should you happen to bump into him in your local supermarket. It also makes a very nice live wallpaper.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android clock widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">9. Fancy Widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFgJpwtDigtc_e0oMWYdO97R7laOWnvRerVrKdrCy4oZm8olu0zKFXXikqgSITwJvdLPrZdvcJLywb25fKhMVwH_YosEF5lMGXwjqIgtvcJlBtgfouHGMRe_BPoXW_gv16z12iTyd-OcE/s1600/fancy-widget-320-100-782315.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284816503197986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibFgJpwtDigtc_e0oMWYdO97R7laOWnvRerVrKdrCy4oZm8olu0zKFXXikqgSITwJvdLPrZdvcJLywb25fKhMVwH_YosEF5lMGXwjqIgtvcJlBtgfouHGMRe_BPoXW_gv16z12iTyd-OcE/s320/fancy-widget-320-100-782315.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">There are quite a few apps out there that copy the iconic HTC Sense clock and its animating weather system, with one of the finest being</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Fancy Widget</span></b>. It wins because it's free, offering a more traditional Android-style digital clock option, customisable text colours, alternate skins, transparency effects and more. There's also a Pro version for a couple of quid, if you need even more options.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android weather widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">10. The Weather Channel</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwlZChVBO9EEwwsffPyBlJRNF5FtChYAC9eyOgEYuGH6WyFxZ9eAMQeRVT7t1DZmamhatS4rifpgxrse2ECRJ4a_yWsRPGUcspz1Co3rwVcbV8oTtPL4KtJC8uJEldaG6dE-DCPAIfh3A/s1600/weather-channel-320-100-785065.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284828891581314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBwlZChVBO9EEwwsffPyBlJRNF5FtChYAC9eyOgEYuGH6WyFxZ9eAMQeRVT7t1DZmamhatS4rifpgxrse2ECRJ4a_yWsRPGUcspz1Co3rwVcbV8oTtPL4KtJC8uJEldaG6dE-DCPAIfh3A/s320/weather-channel-320-100-785065.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If you are old, or a gardener, and therefore have a serious interest in the weather, there's no better app than the</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Weather Channel app</span></b>. Its widget isn't particularly beautiful, but you do get reliable data and a selection of widget shapes to suit your Home screen layout. This is also one of the few apps that's been optimised for Android 3.0 tablets, so is worth checking out for that reason alone if you're a tablet owner.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">11. Aix Weather Widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMk1MU8xpKFcamR7kY_wELjO7Hit3Z1DgQrrU3xv6doMradOnP9uRVGDpncd0VnNWUr-_os-bD91jFnkO2KMb45FUPkodgAVHHOF5oa2pldy0IRukrVzWnIeXv_tSvrsa-rfDIWrSzfUZ-/s1600/aix-weather-320-100-787763.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284837394500530" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMk1MU8xpKFcamR7kY_wELjO7Hit3Z1DgQrrU3xv6doMradOnP9uRVGDpncd0VnNWUr-_os-bD91jFnkO2KMb45FUPkodgAVHHOF5oa2pldy0IRukrVzWnIeXv_tSvrsa-rfDIWrSzfUZ-/s320/aix-weather-320-100-787763.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If you want a more modern take on seeing if it's raining in a place you're nowhere near, try</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Aix Weather Widget</span></b>. It presents its results in a very sexy (yes, sexy) four icon wide bar, that displays a lovely timeline of temperature and condition fluctuations.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">You will never be short of an observation about the weather with this to hand. Look at how quickly the temperature dropped off at 16:00 hours in Oslo!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android calendar widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">12. Touch Calendar</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe44_T2hQNoqGFI6a0PGVZNovBZJzGVH7OHIIMIRNcDqJbeH4awVsCiN3zBq2g8IaZa92ZQq2qTZGLBo2tDDy6IAdfF9ALNQhADcqO4tqYukZ_vpYtSL70zZ_cungKAIcShDVeeiZgdOOU/s1600/touch-calendar-320-100-790287.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284852196113986" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe44_T2hQNoqGFI6a0PGVZNovBZJzGVH7OHIIMIRNcDqJbeH4awVsCiN3zBq2g8IaZa92ZQq2qTZGLBo2tDDy6IAdfF9ALNQhADcqO4tqYukZ_vpYtSL70zZ_cungKAIcShDVeeiZgdOOU/s320/touch-calendar-320-100-790287.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Google's built-in Calendar app is excellent, but it's widget is a little on the simple side. If you want massive, full-page, data-rich Calendar action,<b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Touch Calendar</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">is a great option. The free version doesn't include widget support, sadly - so if you like its style, paying £1.45 for the full version brings you the massive widget.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">13. S2 Calendar Widget 2</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlma00klXNEvmy7VBTjZIPw8PtOxZmJaphrIy6alBNWfwRkU3oyd5lunDHtqMYOzJ0zbQkQ2K5_jqOhMVKKtZB1DwRnl9KAJL122uoJUeOijyYWFFbehvE5AS_LX0PS1MIDloGO8C4IhAr/s1600/s2-calendar-widget-320-100-792715.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284859487669090" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlma00klXNEvmy7VBTjZIPw8PtOxZmJaphrIy6alBNWfwRkU3oyd5lunDHtqMYOzJ0zbQkQ2K5_jqOhMVKKtZB1DwRnl9KAJL122uoJUeOijyYWFFbehvE5AS_LX0PS1MIDloGO8C4IhAr/s320/s2-calendar-widget-320-100-792715.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">If you want more choice when it comes to the design of your Calendar widget,</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">S2 Calendar Widget</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">is a good choice. You can edit fonts, background colours, change the default action for when you press it and much more. Makes you wish you had more things to do to put on it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android contacts widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">14. life.contacts.beta</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHel_wLGTM0zid30uHMtEGgMBciryngg-vO69s5rVn03LJPA-Lo0Il_LKmUsugus7PTSzOanKmXBbWg4NVvwS0dj8LsKHTOuAbjqHeUZ_5H4UeqkG8yzqSR2rOlPbA_I5tpa55NK70u2Tc/s1600/lifecontactsbeta-320-100-795610.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284872057105410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHel_wLGTM0zid30uHMtEGgMBciryngg-vO69s5rVn03LJPA-Lo0Il_LKmUsugus7PTSzOanKmXBbWg4NVvwS0dj8LsKHTOuAbjqHeUZ_5H4UeqkG8yzqSR2rOlPbA_I5tpa55NK70u2Tc/s320/lifecontactsbeta-320-100-795610.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Developed by Sony Ericsson, this one works on all Android phones running version 2.1 of the OS or higher. The</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">life.contacts.beta</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">widget automatically pulls in photos of your most contacted contacts, generating picture icons from any associated images it can find - whether that's on your phone or via Facebook. Very simple and stylish.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">15. Picture Dial</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmUjIQapZGqCRAPDtId04-KbYvCd4cxzMnE55ru7x7jUpdjJrWNvZyo3TTj2C36oA4snEGv-5F4pGodrnOBfPkCgNbHw3enOD4iZCpt7mcfb6B5f-j-ofR_M3Zv_DZ_rLhflrM1KrW3nz/s1600/picture-dial-320-100-798509.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284887152295314" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPmUjIQapZGqCRAPDtId04-KbYvCd4cxzMnE55ru7x7jUpdjJrWNvZyo3TTj2C36oA4snEGv-5F4pGodrnOBfPkCgNbHw3enOD4iZCpt7mcfb6B5f-j-ofR_M3Zv_DZ_rLhflrM1KrW3nz/s320/picture-dial-320-100-798509.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Most Android phone makers include their own photo-based dialler shortcut widgets, but if yours doesn't there's always</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.jasoncalhoun.android.picturedialwidget"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Picture Dial</span></b></a>. As well as creating a nice widget with photos of your contacts, you're able to specify a default action for what happens when you click on someone's lovely face - avoiding the modern embarrassment of phoning someone you usually only ever text.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">16. Last Call</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGNX9171nhz4vAP7CpFedRo_fXagPp6bHptOIt51li8BFVrErD7QSUPnJKcSTXp_GZdCVP-9cD-Y7kIjAM3HCTmwSzSAHRtJuRAis1jJGe6Cb5J89xh1Xsz1L2_vuCMb2OjHBMEx80Kho/s1600/last-call-320-100-701076.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284897150317138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCGNX9171nhz4vAP7CpFedRo_fXagPp6bHptOIt51li8BFVrErD7QSUPnJKcSTXp_GZdCVP-9cD-Y7kIjAM3HCTmwSzSAHRtJuRAis1jJGe6Cb5J89xh1Xsz1L2_vuCMb2OjHBMEx80Kho/s320/last-call-320-100-701076.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Last Call</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">adds a live widget that updates with the details of the last phone call you made. Ideal for phone pests, you can set it so that a press dials the person - or not, if you'd rather avoid the possibility of accidentally calling people.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">The widget's background colours are customisable, as are the fonts, although you'll have to pay for the premium version if you'd also like it to show your last SMS data as well.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android news widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">17. Google Reader</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_UiifGuORvq9GLSb-DcB3gbzUGCfk6uwHdgn9o90I-gYOno2knqlbGMJPwl0fqa9W-wwT_88cJuGeq9YAwWdb6pFEsiP57DRpS6aaKlBNwgOt7gzOg3hznW1u5kOjRAA2BeUImPqxzRZ/s1600/google-reader-320-100-704993.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284916696904050" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgD_UiifGuORvq9GLSb-DcB3gbzUGCfk6uwHdgn9o90I-gYOno2knqlbGMJPwl0fqa9W-wwT_88cJuGeq9YAwWdb6pFEsiP57DRpS6aaKlBNwgOt7gzOg3hznW1u5kOjRAA2BeUImPqxzRZ/s320/google-reader-320-100-704993.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Google's simple</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Reader app</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">has a fantastic customisable Home screen widget, letting you pick any individual element from your RSS feeds and have it pop up as a single widget. It's not the best looking thing, but if you're a heavy RSS user it's great to have a constant ticker of your most-read feeds.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">18. News & Weather</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jgaxMoc51DuKdG_bc6abfDn0JCHz2l9MLdqgNysrU9feDJ6th1FzaY29k1XXLjZclA1zeQu-FT6_Fnkckdw8PK5OFyRKR9thdHbD5BvkGwq3-Wh375dsVrx10Pt1XHdgMJATKjb9Qt8W/s1600/news-and-weather-320-100-707455.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284924139577746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-jgaxMoc51DuKdG_bc6abfDn0JCHz2l9MLdqgNysrU9feDJ6th1FzaY29k1XXLjZclA1zeQu-FT6_Fnkckdw8PK5OFyRKR9thdHbD5BvkGwq3-Wh375dsVrx10Pt1XHdgMJATKjb9Qt8W/s320/news-and-weather-320-100-707455.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">For a simpler and more mainstream curated selection of news, Google's own built-in News & Weather app offers a simple and attractive little widget. If you don't mind seeing the occasional Daily Mail headline appear, it's a nice little ticker.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">It can be set to show just the weather, just the news or - wait for it! - the news and weather. So versatile. Comes pre-loaded on Android 2.1 phones or higher.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">19. Pulse News</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wI1RN23ShSZ2SO-fKFgOOvYMw7OUuDmxHhqTtK8vGHfXYuwDNr3Z3pAkCiaZYsk4vTTQ4Pb8dTDln4LB9hSIMET7DtBq-diefh94w5oxhRsLbXGLEBt6sgmrm-XsrZ78nG08hYa9Osrb/s1600/pulse-news-320-100-710017.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5948284937744943266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9wI1RN23ShSZ2SO-fKFgOOvYMw7OUuDmxHhqTtK8vGHfXYuwDNr3Z3pAkCiaZYsk4vTTQ4Pb8dTDln4LB9hSIMET7DtBq-diefh94w5oxhRsLbXGLEBt6sgmrm-XsrZ78nG08hYa9Osrb/s320/pulse-news-320-100-710017.jpg" /></a><br /> </span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Another RSS reader, only</span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"><b><span style="color: #0099cc; text-decoration: none;">Pulse</span></b></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">makes a good attempt at pulling in the images that accompany stories to give it a more visual, magazine like feel. The Android widget pulls this off too, popping up an illustrated, scrollable box dedicated to any particular channel you've imported. Can also sync with a Google Reader account, too.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">Best Android Twitter widget</span></b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;"></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 15pt; margin: 7.5pt 0in 0.0001pt; text-align: justify;"><b><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10.5pt;">20. 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