If you're new to the Mac operating system, then you may not know that it has a VNC server capability built-in via its screen sharing feature.

By installing a suitable VNC viewer application on your Android device you can remotely view your Mac's screen and, depending on what permissions you configure on the Mac, remotely control its operation as well.

HTC have released an update to the HTC Sync application for Android devices running version 1.5 or 1.6 of the operating system: ie the Magic, Tattoo and the original Hero.
This application provides Outlook synchronisation and application installation, but does not provide the media, document and bookmark synchronisation features offered by HTC Sync 3 for later Android models.

CamCard is an application for Android that enables you to scan business cards using your device's camera and have contact information imported automatically into your address book (and from there synced to your online account if one is enabled).

Available in both a free and paid version (the free version only provides access to a portion of the feature set), the application is simple to use and imported all the information on my business card with no problem.

Google have released an update to their Earth application for the Android platform, version 1.1, available to download free from the Android Market for devices running Android 2.1 or later.

This updated version enables you to explore our planet's undersea terrain as well as good old terra firma:

A regular reader of the blog who accesses the site's updates via the RSS feature, raised an issue that the site was not being updated in Google Reader, Google's own RSS aggregator service.
The issue is still being investigated, but in this instance the problem was resolved by unsubscribing from "blog.brightpointuk.co.uk/rss.xml" and re-subscribing instead to "www.brightpointuk.co.uk/rss.xml"

If you do access the site using Google Reader and have found the blog suspiciously quiet recently, then you may want to run through this procedure, or just access the site via your browser.

HTC have released an updated version of the HTC Sync for Android application that provides support for all HTC Android devices running 2.1 or later of the Android operating system, including the Hero, Legend, Desire and Wildfire.
This means you can now enjoy Windows Media Player and iTunes synchronisation on all of the above devices as well as synchronisation of pictures, documents and bookmarks with the desktop, not to mention synchronisation of contacts and calendar with Outlook.

Over on the My Kind Of Phone blog (http://www.mykindofphone.com) they have posted a number of videos providing an insight into what the XBox Live experience will be like on the new Windows Phone 7 platform, including Halo Waypoint, Rocket Riot, Max and the Magic Marker, Bejeweled and Ilo Milo...

I tweeted about WidgetMedia's project to develop an Office Communicator client for Android a number of months ago. Still in beta stage, the developers have posted a number of screenshots of the forthcoming app on their web site showing the client in operation:

Google's Gesture Search application for Android allows you to perform a system-wide search of your Android smartphone by drawing characters directly onto the screen, be it a contact, music track, bookmark or anything stored on your device: