It's free for Android and iOS.
These apps, like Goggles (free, for Android phones) and Layar (free, for Android and Apple devices), are like space-age glasses.
For a slightly more data-centric experience, there is Weather Bomb, free for Android.
It is being distributed free for Android devices only; an iPhone version is expected this summer.
Digital Recipe Sidekick is a similar app that's free for Android.
Doodle Kids (free) for Android or iPhone lets kids virtually draw shapes and patterns on your phone.
The company's app, free for Android and Apple devices, plots audio onto a map, creating a kind of location-aware radio.
Last year, Google bought the company behind the software, and last month it made Quickoffice free for Android and iOS users.
Shush!, which is free for Android, pops up a timer each time you turn off the ringer, then turns on the ringer when the timer runs out.... Pulse, free for Android and Apple, aggregates news items from major media outlets and niche bloggers.
Android users who like the little green Droid character can customize their own, with Androidify (free), from Google.... HeyTell, which is free for Android and Apple users, lets users send voice messages with a simple push-to-talk approach.
Google Translate has been free for Android and iPhone since February 2011.
