Android: Personal finance uber-aggregator Mint.com just released a free Android application, and it's a must-have for Mint fans. Besides the usual glances at your accounts, spending, and budgets you'd expect, Mint brings Quick Search integration and handy home screen widgets.


Once you install Mint on your Android phone, you'll want to hit the Menu key, head into the settings, and enable a four-digit passcode lock. Mint's app shows nearly everything about the financial accounts you've shared with Mint that its web counterpart shows, so you'll want to make sure potential thieves and sneaky eyes don't get a look at your sum financial totals, accounts, and transactions.

The home screen for the application is quite a bit like the iPhone version. Apologies for the somewhat bland screenshot—it's from my own phone, with the accounts blurred, and no activity yet for May—I couldn't find a way to scroll back to April's activity:


More interesting are the search box integration, pictured up top, a home screen widget with recent data, shown at left, and the ability to add a folder with recent transactions to the home screen. All of these options must be turned on from Mint's settings, and you'll definitely want to enable a home screen lock on your phone if you're going to have your net cash worth and recent transactions available on your phone. Still, if you want to know exactly how much you just spent at Target, being able to search it and see the numbers instantly from your Android search box is mighty convenient.

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Mint's Android app is a free download for Android phones. It should be available shortly in the Android Market, and from a page going live on the Mint site.

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