Featuring Mary Ann Cotter CEO and Founder of Smart Capsules, the company behind Cooking Capsules.

The co-hosts included Ashley Esqueda, Dave Buchanan and Lane Montgomery from The Android App Show and The iPad Show.

The big news this week was Google Buzz and what it means for Android. Read on for the rest of the news.

The app of the week was Cooking Capsules, an Android application that provides three steps to the cooking experience: Watch a short cooking show, create a shopping list, and and go through the steps of a recipe (Watch, Shop and Make). Mary Ann Cotter, the CEO and Founder of Smart Capsules was on the show to talk about it. Cooking Capsules is great for people who can’t cook and people who love to cook alike. This application was in top twenty in the Android Developer Challenge 1.

The panel talked about the future of Android, exploring the possibilities of regular appliances integrated with Android. In addition, Dave and Lane discussed Google’s experimental fiber network.

News:

• The discussion began with Buzz, the big Google news of the week, which was touted heavily by Google as an excellent tool for mobile. While mobile applications have not been released yet, one can use the web application or maps applications on certain phones with a layer for Buzz. Buzz works similarly to Foursquare, in the sense that location is very important and well integrated. Lane and Dave thought that the integration with maps was innovative, and a new way to experience a social network.
• The Nexus One gained phone support, a missing feature that received a lot of attention. Nexus One owners can call 888-48-NEXUS (63987), available daily from 7:00 am EST to 10:00 pm EST. Previously, Google only offered forum only support.
• The equipment recovery fee for the Nexus One was lowered from $350 to $150.
• Buzz also aims to create a network of “buzzers”, shown on a map for easy integration with businesses, events and other locations. The move to mobile social networking was also discussed.
• Steel, an Android browser application, was bought by Skyfire. Steel will remain in production until Skyfire can release their own browser.
• According to Distimo, the iPhone app store is comprised of 75% paid applications and 25% free applications in contrast to the Android app store which has 60% free applications. In addition, more than 27,000 of iPhone applications are book applications.

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