One thing that I have noticed with my new-fangled Android phone is that to find good apps in the Android Market is, well, somewhat a pain. It seems that the Market searching process needs some refinement. So, it’s nice that the second installment of the Android Developer Challenge Winners have been announced. This gives us some new, useful, innovative apps to choose from the growing number of good and crap apps that the Market has to offer. Here are some of the highlights:

• What the Doodle !?
  • “‘WTD!?’ is a real-time online multiplayer game where one player tries to draw out a given phrase and others try to guess it.”
  • Sounds fun. I haven’t had the chance to try it yet.
• WaveSecure
  • “WaveSecure is a complete mobile security solution that protects your device, data and privacy.”
  • Adds some missing functionality to your Android phone like data wiping. Not sure if it has remote wipe, but if it does this could be the app that will bring Android further into the corporate world.
• A World of Photo
  • “Loosely inspired by the traditional “Spin the bottle”, A World of Photo is a casual, geographic worldwide multiplayer online game with a social touch. Players spin their phones and will receive a photo from whomever in the world they pointed to. For best play experience, let the app run in the background.”
  • This app is pretty cool. I have tried it out and it is still definitely in beta. Also, I kind of got a weird pic of some random guy’s hairy knee. Not so cool.
• Solo
  • “Solo is a great, easy to play and feature rich pocket guitar for your phone. A must for all guitar enthusiasts! Features include -Huge chord library with 380+ chords & diagrams -Load/save chord layouts -Play along with music on your phone -Overlay music & lyrics from the internet -Various strum modes, including shake strum”
  • Being a guitar player this app is extremely handy!
• Speed Forge 3D
  • “Speed Forge: Heavy duty hover vehicles, normally used for mining are now seen in illegal races organized in abondoned factories and dark Marsian alleys. The rock crushing explosives once used in these machines now serve a different purpose…”
  • I tried the free version of this app and I have to say that I am pretty impressed by the 3D graphics on my DROID. I  noticed in the comments section of the app that people on the G1 were experiencing very smooth gameplay as well. This shows me that Android CAN BE A GAMING PLATFORM.

Check out the rest of the Android Developer Challenge 2 Winners here. I am excited to see more and more innovative apps for the Android platform. Hopefully ADC3 will produce ever more great applications for Android.