The countdown to the start of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver is almost over. Keep up to date on medal counts for countries competing from around the globe. This is a simple app but it provides easy access to medal counts.

You can download this on the Market here.

So if you are like me and you just got a new android and have been using it nonstop you certainly have been noticing that your battery can only take you so many hours before it tells you it needs a charge. This article will deal with some of the pointers we have found across several phones we have been using (G1, MyTouch, Hero, Droid, Nexus).

Here are some of the steps you can take to prolong your battery:

 PicSay provides photo editing software for you phone. If you are using Android 2.0 or higher and have a phone with multi-touch support, you will be able to perform pinch zooming with this app. Crop photos, blur images add titles and captions with PicSay.

You can download this on the Market here.

Fantasy LockScreen is a widget that allows you to switch between locked and unlocked mode when your phone is activated from standby. Fantasy LockScreen allows you to quickly switch off the unlock pattern on your phone. What it lacks in graphical beauty it makes up for with ease of access and usefulness.

You can download this on the Market here.