WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Hollywood's awards season is in the home stretch with moviemakers' most anticipated night happening in just a few weeks. As the nominees write their stirring acceptance speeches and prepare to walk the red carpet on March 7, Verizon Wireless phones can get you caught up with box office hits with a slew of entertainment-themed applications.

The Droid by Motorola has received excellent reviews and Verizon heavily promotes the smartphone with deals. Previously their channeled highlighted sports, useful tips and many of their Verizon app-picks had appeared on our favs. This time Verizon's picks did appear in the Wireless and Mobile News Top Ten (Plus) Best Coolest Free Android an' Droid Apps Review of Reviews.

Verizon Wireless customers can find these Tinseltown apps and other helpful, cool and popular apps in the Verizon Channel in Android Market on their DROID by Motorola smartphones. This week's highlighted apps include:

• Fandango Movies - Get to the theater to see all of the nominated work. Fandango Movies is free and makes going to the movies simple by allowing you to watch trailers of new movies, view fun ratings, and use GPS to find the closest theaters and the movies playing at them - even purchase your tickets quickly and drama-free. It  Fandango will be waiving all service fees for ticket purchases on Android through March 7, 2010.
• E! Online - Now you can get the very best of E! Online, including the latest entertainment news, photos and videos of your favorite celebrities while on the go. This free app allows you to watch clips of your favorite E! shows, including "The Soup," "The Girls Next Door" and "Chelsea Lately." The exclusive My Celebs feature lets you create a personalized experience.

• Movies - With this free app, you can browse 65,000 DVDs, watch 15,000 trailers, get reviews from RottenTomatoes.com - the ultimate movie reaction site - and manage your Netflix queue. Also get showtimes and nearby theaters for the top box office movies.
• Yelp - Is the movie you want to see no longer in the theaters? With Yelp, you can not only search for the nearest movie rental store, but can also seek out places to eat, shop, drink, relax and play complete with reviews from an active community of locals in the know.
• buzzd - With the free buzzd app, you can act like you're part of a celebrity's entourage and use the "buzzdmeter" to see which restaurants, bars and clubs in your city, neighborhood and within walking distance are hot right now, based on real-time posts from Twitter, buzzd and more.

Top Ten (Plus) Best Coolest Free Android an' Droid Apps Review of Reviews.

Android  an' Droid  Apps Articles:

• TweetCaster for Android Released.
  
• Verizon Market Channel for Droid.
• Mighty Meeting PowerPoint Sharing App.
• Android an' Droid Apps2Day: Sears 2Go.
• Doubletwist Free Cloud Sync App.
• Phishy Banking App vXER Pulled From Android Market.
  
• Leaked Android an' Droid Apps 2Day: Swype Beta.
• Vote for Your Favorite Android, iPhone, WinMo, BlackBerry Apps @ Mobile Apps Showdown CES.
  
• Sprint's Top BlackBerry Android Palm Pre Apps 2Day.
•  Android an' Droid Apps 2Day: Skyscape for Android for Medical Pros.
  
• Android an' Droid Free Apps 2Day: SeversMan Cloud Storage.
  
• Android an' Droid Free Apps 2Day: PdaNet Tether App Use Droid as Modem.
• Android an' Droid Free Apps 2Day Feel-Goodies Free.
• Android Droid Tips 2Day: How to Unistall Removed Unwanted Apps / Programs.
• Android Apps 2Day:iHeart Radio.
• Verizon's Top Best Favorite Android Apps 2Day for Droid and Droid Eris by HTC.
• Android an' Droid Free Free Apps 2Day  NPR with Multitasking.
• Android an' Droid Free Free Apps 2Day: PhotoBucket.
• Android an' Droid Free Free Apps 2Day:Citysearch with GPS for Finding Places
• Android an' Droid Free Apps 2Day: Buzzd get Buzzd on Android.
• Android an' Droid Free Media Syncers 2Day: Dazzboard.
• Dolphin Social Browser with Multi-Touch for Droid & Hero.
• Android an' Droid Free Apps 2Day:DC2 Winners Help You Sleep, Adjust Volumes, Find Song Info, Play Golf and More.
• Droid Must-Download Free Apps 2Day: Motorola Media Link.
• Droid Free Apps 2Day Slacker Radio.
• Android and iPhone Apps 2Day: Google Fast Flip: Pub Viewer.
• Android Apps 2Day: OpenTable Restaurant Res, Share & Free Meal App.
  
• Android Apps 2Day: HotelsByMe Hotel Booking Finding App.
• Android Apps 2Day: Inspector Gadget, Katamari & Brain Coach.
• Android Apps 2Day: Listen to Listen Podcast Finder App.
• Free Android Apps 2Day: Aloha to Aloqua.
• Adroid Apps 2Day: Layar Adds Augmented Reality Layers
• Android Apps 2Day: Caldwell Banker Int'l Home Finder.
  
• Android Apps 2Day: Layar Reality Browser Adds Info to Photos Where U At.
• Android Apps 2Day: DataViz Free and Paid.
• Google Voice Mobile.
• Free Android App of the Day: ShopSavvy.
  
• Android Free App of the Day: imeem Mobile Music.
• Google Mobile Spreads Spreadsheets to G1.
• TeleNav for Android Starts 2/24.
  
• Opera Mini Browser Available for Android.
• Flycast Available for Android.
• GoTV Goes Android.
• YourKey Free App Keys into LifeLock Keyed with Ads in App Android Version 1st.
• Free Android Apps 2Day: m:Vampire Sucks Your Blood.
• Android Google Maps Updated with Voice Search and Latitude.
  
• Exit Strategy: NYC Subway Exit Maps 4 Android.
  
• Android Apps 2Day: Amazon Remembers.
• Boingo Wi-Fi Locator Android App.
  
• Visa Android App Launched.
• Firethorn Mobile Banking Android Apps.