Game Type: Puzzle, Casual Price: Free; $0.99 for ad-free version Get It: If you enjoy word games and casual puzzle games like Bejeweled I have to admit that when I think about Android games, I tend to focus on the ones that keep my kids entertained. But lately I’ve been hogging the phone for myself so I can play Dropwords. This game is sort of a cross between Bejeweled, Scrabble, and a word search. You start with a grid of letter blocks and find as many words as you can before the clock...

Note from Renee – I am pleased to introduce Tiara, who has agreed to do some app reviews for us! Her first review is for the game “Sleepy Jack“, which is getting excellent ratings in the Android Market. Let’s see what she thinks of it. Take it away, Tiara! Game Type: Arcade, Casual Price: $1.99 Get It: If you’re a casual or serious gamer who enjoys visually pleasing, arcade style games with whimsical themes The game’s objective is simple. Every night as Jack...

In the last post in this series, we met Mélanie of Second Gear Games. Now, we will meet the ladies with “the first female owned and run video game studio in Canada” – Silicon Sisters Interactive! They have developed a game for young teens called School26, which you can learn more about in this interview. What is School26 and how did you come up with the idea for it? Brenda Gershkovitch, CEO, Silicon Sisters: May 6 2010. I was at the Vancouver Video Game conference listening...

In our last post in this series, we met Jennifer Wong of Alt-12 games. Today, we meet another game developer, Mélanie Dompierre of Second Gear Games, makers of “Bubble Defense Free”, “Tropical Fish Shop”, and “Shopper’s Paradise”, to name a few. Hi Mélanie! I see you have many successful apps in the Android Market, but for this interview, let’s focus on one you just updated in the market in November of this year, “Shopper’s Paradise...

Earlier this week, we published an interview with Dora, creator of the JellyPlanner app. Today, we introduce Jennifer Wong from Alt-12 Apps. I thought it was interesting to learn from her website that Alt-12 was named after the keystrokes (Alt+1,2) used to create the female symbol: ♀ Alt-12 has been publishing apps for women since 2009, and now you can learn all about the creation of their app Pink Pad from Jennifer, who designed it! Hi, Jennifer! Can you tell us about the Pink Pad app and...

You may remember back when we featured Diana Luckevich, developer of TextDooDad as one of the few female Android developers at the time. Well, luckily since the Android Market has grown, so have the number of women that develop apps for our devices. We have a special series this week in which we’ll introduce you to several of them. First up is Dora, a European developer who started CheerApps and just released her first app, “Jelly Planner” to the Android Market in November....

I don’t normally post about individual phone updates, but this one is particularly exciting to me personally because I have a Droid 3 with front-facing camera, and according to this PDF on Verizon’s support site, the large software update my phone is downloading now includes Google Talk Video Chat! There are other improvements and fixes included, such as improved call audio and improvements to specific apps. Check out that PDF for full details. I’ll update when my phone...