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That’s right Google is celebrating 10 billion Android Market downloads by offering 10 apps for just $.10 each. That’s 10 apps for a buck for those of you counting on your fingers right now. Google is going to keep this promotion going for the next 10 days with a different 10 apps each day. Here is an easy  link to get to the 10 apps I’d bookmark it and check back each day – Android Market 10 Billion Promotion. Google made the announcement today on their developers blog. Here’s more about what they had to say. -Greg

One billion is a pretty big number by any measurement. However, when it’s describing the speed at which something is growing, it’s simply amazing. This past weekend, thanks to Android users around the world,Android Market exceeded 10 billion app downloads—with a growth rate of one billion app downloads per month. We can’t wait to see where this accelerating growth takes us in 2012.

To celebrate this milestone, we partnered with some of the Android developers who contributed to this milestone to make a bunch of great Android apps available at an amazing price. Starting today for the next 10 days, we’ll have a new set of awesome apps available each day for only 10 cents each. Today, we are starting with Asphalt 6 HD, Color & Draw for Kids, Endomondo Sports Tracker Pro, Fieldrunners HD, Great Little War Game, Minecraft, Paper Camera, Sketchbook Mobile, Soundhound Infinity and Swiftkey X.

Of course, none of these apps would have existed if it weren’t for the developers who created them. Every day, these developers continue to push the limits on what’s possible and delight us in the process. For that, we thank them.

Please join us in this 10-day celebration and check in every day to see what new apps our developer partners are making available on Android Market—for only a dime.

My biggest complaint for my XOOM isn’t the XOOM, it’s the fact that there is really so little apps out there that are designed for Android 3.0 (Honeycomb) and the real-estate the tabs running it have. I am understanding and can be patient until more developers start creating for both phones and tabs alike. That being said, I have come to notice more apps that have been updated and even designed for Honeycomb. I’ve got a short list of a few good ones I’d like to mention.

Wyse PocketCloud RDP/VNC - Quick full featured Remote Desktop and VNC app, the virtual mouse is simply awesome.

AccuWeather for Honeycomb – Very slick Weather App.

FriendCaster Tab – Facebook app that takes advantage of the space.

CatchNotes – Notepad supersized and feature filled.

Another thing that really bugged me was how tiny the widgets are and how useless they felt on my 10 inch screen. Now with the release of Android 3.1 and the ability to resize those widgets natively I can appreciate the widgets that were included in the stock OS. All around it seems that Honeycomb is starting to build up as expected and “I’m loving it.” -Greg

UPDATE – I forgot my single most favorite app “Wyse PocketCloud RDP/VNC”. This thing is the best RDP app I’ve seen and the virtual mouse makes using RDP from Android to Windows almost easier than RDP from Windows to Windows. Great job guys, hands down the best!

Looks like a Google employee has updated status on apps being stored on an SD card to “Future Release“. This is great, now you will be only limited to the number of apps by the size of you SD card. Just another reason that the iPhone will quickly be falling off the mobile device map. Android is the future of mobile devices and that future is here. – Greg

Engadget recently posted some ‘leaked’ info about Dell and their tablets and phones. It looks like the Dell Aero and Mini 5, both Android devices for AT&T, will making their way to the market in June. I’m pretty excited about both of these phones. I know they will more than likely be locked down, lets not expect anything less. However, I don’t care because adding apps from outside Google’s Android Marketis a cakewalk using the Android developer kit as seen with the Backflip. So, the only thing that leaves is the supposedly unremovable bloatware that AT&T may shove down our throats on the phone. I’m pretty excited and with any luck I will only a year later will get to finally join the Android world as an owner and user, not just reader and blogger. – Greg

AT&T has officially announced that it will be bringing Android smart phones to it’s network. They have a splash page at www.att.com/androidthat tells a little bit about what they have planned. The officially announced the Dell Mini3 and the Motorola (Backflip) which we had heard rumors about for quite a while. They have also announced 3 Android smart phones coming from HTC, which is 1 of the leaders in Android devices. In the press release they also said they are releasing a new AT&T SDK to help developers more easily and quickly develope apps for these devices. They also go on to say that they are “Taking the AT&T Developer Program to the Next Level”, by adding some new developer resources. I’d have to say AT&T has stepped up and it looks like they are going to knock this out of the park. They already have the “Fastest 3G Network” and this was even proved real world by Gizmodo. Now, with the addition of Android they will continue to be the leader in wireless mobile technology. I’m happy to say that I’m still with AT&T and will now not likely be leaving them anytime soon. Good show AT&T, good show! -Greg