Best Android Apps for New Year’s Eve Celebrations
by Antonio Wells
Dec 29, 2010 5:09 PM –
As the new year approaches, the biggest party of the year could benefit from the hottest mobile platform’s apps! I’ll sound cliché but there is an app for that! So check out our list of festive or year round best Android apps for New Year’s Eve celebrations:
Check out these Android Apps, we’ve included the QR barcode to scan or Chrome to Phone/Firefox to Phone direct buy & download links from the Android Market.
Preparation
If you’re the host, invite everyone over with Handcent SMS to send mass text or picture messages. Then take a look at these apps for preparing tasty hors d’oeuvres with Epicurious, and avoid the drink run on the night of by locating stores with Liquor Run Mobile plus the app gives drink recipes. 
Set the party tunes with one click and forget it with apps like Pandora. Simply grab a 3.5mm to Composite cable off eBay
and plug into your surround sound system and instant party!
Handcent SMS
Free
Handcent SMS is a free SMS tools for android, it full unleash the power of your phone: Full support SMS & MMS, great customize options, different style and power function (search sms, sms popup, speak sms & T9). Full support MMS on Droid and add “Split 160″ function.
Epicurious Recipe App
Free
This app from award-winning food site Epicurious.com includes over 28,000 delicious, professionally tested and created recipes from renowned magazines such as Gourmet and Bon Appétit, popular cookbooks, top chefs, and leading restaurants. Features a home screen “Recipe of the Day” widget and voice search.
Liquor Run Mobile
Free
We find the closest beer, liquor, & wine stores and remind you of area closing times. You make the Liquor Run! America’s #1 alcohol shopping app. Get turn-by-turn directions to 31,000 US liquor stores, browse 1000+ drink recipes, check how many calories are in hundreds of beers. And, never miss last call again!
Pandora Radio
Free
Pandora Radio is your own FREE personalized radio now available to stream music on your phone. Start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a “station” that plays their music and more music like it. Already a Pandora User? Just log in to enjoy your stations.
At the Party
Check out Toshiba & Times Square official countdown app as a neat novelty to watch the live performances and countdown. While you’re waiting to pop the bubbly maybe beer or wine is your poison, so savor the beer moment with Beer + List and Hello Vino for wine connoisseurs.
Times Square Official Ball App
Free
New Year’s Eve in Times Square LIVE to your phone! Join millions of revelers around the world to celebrate New Year’s Eve 2011 LIVE. The Official Times Square Ball App is your exclusive access to be part of the activities in Times Square as you watch the LIVE co-hosted official show featuring A-List musical performances, celebrity appearances, first Times Square Wedding, hourly countdowns and the midnight Ball Drop! Don’t wait until December 31st to enjoy the Times Square Ball App. Download today!
Beer + List, Ratings & Reviews
Free, $2.99
description: Beer Lovers, keep track of your beer tasting notes, ratings and reviews. Share your ratings and reviews with others. Take a photo with your phone’s camera to remember the beer or occasion. Have a history of your favorite beers on your phone at all times. Track which beers you drink the most. Scan the bottle barcode to simplify data entry. Save data to the server to restore if you lose or change your phone. Export your info in CSV format to open with any spreadsheet. Read beer ratings that others have shared.
Hello Vino - Wine App
Free
description: Have you ever been stuck in the wine aisle with hundreds of bottles from which to choose? Hello Vino gives you wine recommendations for food pairings, occasions, gifts, holidays, and by personal taste preference.
When the Ball Drops
In the midst of the celebration, I’m pretty sure you’re going to be on Facebook and Twitter sending out shouts, so save time sharing to both with TweetDeck for Android so you won’t be the victim of a Windows Phone “Really” commercial. Use Handcent SMS over default Messaging app to send out mass text messages to family and friends. If you insist on an annoying noise maker try flashback from the World Cup, includes Vuvuzela and air horn. 
Get plenty of photos and video to upload to your fav social networks. Enjoy the festivities and pics on Facebook with batch photo uploading app like Speedy Uploader. For the videographer in you, don’t settle for low quality video… crank to the maximum video record quality (typically from the camera settings menu) and shoot. Then edit your video on your phone with VidTrim. You can still share the large file directly from your phone with a Dropbox!
TweetDeck for Android
Free
TweetDeck is your mobile browser for staying in touch with what’s happening on Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare and Buzz. TweetDeck makes it easy to view all of your data and post updates to multiple accounts, so you can stay up to date and organized no matter where you are.
Vuvuzela soccer world cup
Free
Shake your phone for the most annoying vuvuzela sound you can ever think of! The only vuvuzela app to include live world cup tweet updates! Show how much of a soccer fan you are, support your team and impose a stadium atmosphere around you. Now 50% more annoying with new french horn noise! So annoying it’s addictive 
Speedy Uploader for Facebook
Free, $0.99
BATCH UPLOAD Multiple PHOTOS & VIDEOS to Facebook Albums at once. The Best Facebook Photos/Videos Uploader! BATCH Upload PHOTOS BATCH Upload VIDEOS ADD captions to photos/videos UPLOAD High Res or Optimized photos TAG friends, objects in photos SHARE photos via Twitter, Email CREATE photo albums VIEW Existing Albums VIEW Uploaded Photos UPDATE your status VIEW, COMMENT, LIKE posts Become a Fan on Facebook to get updates and news!
VidTrim Pro - Video Trimmer
Free, $0.97
VidTrim Pro is a video editor and organizer for Android. Please try the free add supported version first. The following features are supported by both free and paid versions: – Trim video clips right on your device – Trim original clip (overwrite) – Save as a new clip – Play video clips – Delete video clips (long press on video) Features currently exclusive to VidTrim Pro: – No adds – Rename video clips (long press on video) – Move app to SD
Dropbox
Free
The Dropbox Android application syncs mobile device online and to your other computers. Now you can browse the files in your Dropbox folder from anywhere! Share links to files with your friends, save photos and video from your camera to your computers, and even open files using any of your favorite Android apps.
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