Android Platform is becoming one the most popular mobile operating system, powered by Linux Kernel. Here is a list of some of the best android applications available. These include social networking/bookmarking, music, browsing and much more.

1. Ebuddy: Ebuddy is one of my favourite applications for instant messaging purposes. With eBuddy, you can login to many different networks like Facebook, Aim, Msn, gTalk, and much more.

2. AnyPost: Anypost is an excellent ping.fm app for Android which allows you to post your status on multiple social networking websites at once. So, if you like to update your status very often and want to find an easy way to update your status on all social networking sites, this is the app for you.

3. Wapedia: Wapedia is for all those Wikipedia fans who like to search Wikipedia a lot. Wapedia is the fastest way to access the 3 million articles of Wikipedia and many other wikis on your phone. It enables users to search and load Wikipedia faster even on slow mobile connections.

4. QuickPedia: If you are not satisfied with Wapedia, Quickpedia can be your next alternative. It is rated among the top 9 Google Android Apps reviewed by CNET. Quickpedia features search with autocomplete, search history of previous articles viewed on your android phone, read regular news that comes on Wikipedia and much more.

5. Dolphin Browser: Dolphin Browser is an excellent replacement for the default browser comes in android phones. It gives you an excellent browsing experience just like Firefox with tabbed browsing. With Dolphin Browser, you can sync you Google bookmarks, download youtube videos, Gesture and much more.

6. HandyCalc: Handycalc is an excellent calculator and comes with a unit and currency calculator as well. It allows you check the current exchange rates easily on your android phone and helps you convert amount in many different currencies. It also comes with an automatic suggestion and solving feature which makes it easier to use compared to the default calculator that comes with Google Android.

7. WordPress for Android: If you are a blogger and don’t want your readers to miss any news even if you are not near to your computer, then you can post the news as soon as it comes out using WordPress for Android. It’s an official WordPress application which enables users to run multiple blogs, moderate comments, and get comment notifications.

8. Seesmic: This one is for all the twitter fans that cannot live without updating their status. Seesmic is one of the best android applications to manage twitter. It enables you to manage multiple twitter accounts, has a built-in spell checker and much more.

9. Movies by Flixster: It is an excellent application for all the movies fans who want to know which movies are running and where. You can even check different movie reviews and trailers as well.

10. Advanced Task Killer: If you are android user, you would have noticed that the phone might become slow after you use it for some time because of so many applications running in the background. With Advanced Task Killer, you can end all the apps that are running in the background, which are not being used and drain you phone’s battery.

11. Astro File Manager: Astro File Manager is a great utility for all the android users. It enables users to view and edit the files that are saved on your SD Card. With Astro File Manager, you can copy, edit, paste, move, delete, create folders, open files and much more.

12. Ringdroid: Ringdroid is an Android application for recording and editing sounds, and creating ringtones, directly on the handset

13. Talk To Me: Talk to Me is a great real time speech to speech translator application for Google android. It translates what you speak into multiple languages.

14. Nesoid Lite: It’s a great Nintendo emulator which allows you to play almost every Nintendo game on your Google android smartphone.

15. The Weather Channel: The Weather Channel is a great application for android which can tell you all you need to know about the weather of different places. It features hourly, 36-hour and 10-day forecasts, multiple locations, and live video from the TV channel.

If you think any application is missing in the list, kindly share it with us.