Android phones are gaining lot of buzz these days. Each and every company like HTC, Samsung, Huawei, Dell, Motorola and many others are manufacturing Android phones these days. Every Android phone is great in terms of hardware, features, music and much more.

But, I think apps are the most important part to make a Android phone more powerful and productive. Google Play is the marketplace where you can download numerous apps that you feel is useful for you. Besides Google Play, there are a number of websites where users can download Android applications and install it in their phones.

Some of the sites which could be of real help to the users are listed below.

1. Amazon App Store is a very popular site for downloading android apps

Sugar Sync, Woot Check, Ever note Hello, Avg Antivirus Pro are some of the applications that can be downloaded from the site. Ion Racer, Double down casino, Monster shooter, Tap Dragon Park are few popular games for Android.

2. Android Tapp is another website where designs for different categories are available. The URL for the site is www.androidtapp.com.

This website features the reviews for the Android apps and interviews for Developers. Mobile War is a shooting based game which makes use of GPS in the phone to battle it out with the other players in the game.

3. Another useful web site for accessing and downloading the apps is appitalism.com.

This web-service offers a range of applications from free apps to paid apps. To mention a few, 02 Skull Clock widget, 0 bubble , 0 Back up Gold are some of the popular applications ,a user can download from the site.

4. Appbrain is one of the sites where the best of the applications can be found via rankings, search and categories. The user can directly install and manage the applications from the browser and download it on the phone.

5. Appguide is the part of pcworld.com suite. The latest applications that are available are Must have apps for Shoppers, Bull guard Mobile Security, Look Out Mobile Security.

Look Out Mobile Security apps provides free security protection and contacts back up for phones and tablets. Bullguard offers protection against viruses, identity theft and spywares.

6. Appolicious is another website where different games and apps can be downloaded.

Few of them are as follows:

Monster Ate my Condo: This is one of the favourite mobile games users wish to download on their phones.

HD Widgets: It allows to personalize the Android device, be it phone or a tablet.

Airport City : This application allows the user to become an air traffic controller by building their own airport. There are two exciting modes for airport city : the first is creating the airport and second one is developing the city to support the airport. The user can send planes to different parts of the world, import items from different parts of the country ,organize last minute travel plans for tourists.

7. Aproov is another place where users can find a number of applications and these can be filtered by category and ability to search.It makes use of the algorithm called App Rank to filter applications according to rankings.

8. Get jar allows a large number of apps to be downloaded. Few of them are listed below:

• NQVault : The application is useful for hiding videos, pictures ,SMS and call logs.
• NQ mobile Security allows to prevent the user from getting exposed to spyware ,viruses etc.
• Facebook Mobile allows users to get connected to their friends, family and other colleagues.
• Buddy Messenger allows chat on Facebook , Orkut, Yahoo, MSN ,Gtalk etc .
• Real Player is one of the apps which allows users to watch movies or listen to their favourite music whenever they have spare time.

9. Openappmkt.com is another place where users can visit to look for a number of applications. Sudoku, Chronic TV, Breath Holding, Saints Social are some of the popular applications which may be of interest to users.

10. Handmark is one of the sites where a number of application scan be downloaded by the user . There are number of applications such as Fast Food calorie counter ,Caller Id Plus Monthly Subscription, Finnish Flash Cards etc.

The list given above gives few places where popular apps may be downloaded by the user. However, the list is not restricted. There are many other sites which provide android applications and other games etc.

Hope the Android has a lot more to give to its users in the coming future!

Author Bio: Nancy Rorie is a blogger from Baltimore who writes about led lights, car headlights, lighting systems and home improvement tips.