Smartphones can process some amazing ideas that developers have found to be their sandbox, as well Google Inc. itself utilizing all the features provided.

There are some popular Android apps for Twitter, some for news, and a few great multiplayer games, but not all apps must have a specific purpose for some are just interesting, amazing, or too cool not to keep in your back pocket as a conversation starter.

Utility be darned, here are some free android apps that are just plain cool.

1. Floating Image

If you feel the current photo gallery of the Android is not up to scratch or not igniting your fire, check out the Floating Image app that will breathe new life into your photos, as well as pull in some great shots from around the web.

2. Google SkyMap

Google SkyMap is a couch-potato astronomer’s dream come true. Using data from Google Sky and your GPS coordinates, the SkyMap app becomes a handheld map unto the heavens. As you move your phone across the horizon of the evening sky, you can see real-time information on the stars, celestial objects, and constellations as you scroll past them. You can also disengage the compass view and float freely through the galaxy with your finger.

There are tons of utilities available to the Android so let us know what you’d like and we’ll see what we can do to get them for you.