New Android apps: Expedia Hotels & Flights update, Pixlr Express, Sleepwalkers Journey

If you plan to travel this holiday season, you might want to check out the latest update to Expedia Hotels & Flights that makes mobile booking easier. You might also grab Pixlr Express if you plan to take lots of photos, and Sleepwalkers Dream, a relaxing and lighthearted side-scroller game.

Expedia Hotels & Flights update (Free)

Whats it about? The mobile app for travel site Expedia.com now includes lets users book their flights from their Android devices.
Whats cool? Expedias newly streamlined app adds better capabilities for finding flights and hotels, and now you can book from your phone in about 30 seconds. Of course, you can still search for flights and hotels, and compare prices. The app also provides exclusive deals that arent available anywhere else, and doles out Expedia rewards for your bookings.
Whos it for? If youre looking to set up travel quickly and easily and you like the Expedia service, the mobile app is definitely for you.
Whats it like? The major competitors, including Travelocity and Priceline, have quality travel apps as well.

Pixlr Express (Free)

Whats it about? Adjust your photos with a huge number of different effects and editing tools with the powerful Pixlr Express.
Whats cool? Altering, filtering, and improving photos is a cottage industry in the mobile market, and Pixlr Express offers a ton of options to do just that. The app boasts some 600 effects, ranging from auto-fixes to alterations to lighting and color adjustments. Pixlr includes all the basics and a lot of other useful features, and you can favorite any effects, overlays or other adjustments that you find you really like.
Whos it for? Android photographers should check out Pixlr, even if your device doesnt have a camera you can still alter shots saved to your device.
Whats it like? Both Adobe Photoshop Express and PicsArt Photo Studio include a lot of photo-manipulation tools.

Sleepwalkers Journey ($0.99)

Whats it about? Side-scrolling puzzler Sleepwalkers Journey has players moving elements around the screen to build a path for a roving sleepwalker, helping him to gather items and keeping him from falling as he makes his way back to bed.

Whats cool? A great art style and a lighthearted atmosphere surround Sleepwalkers Journey, and its puzzles arent bad either. Your job is to move obstacles out of the sleepwalkers way and keep him from plummeting off the path, but youll also need to act fast to make sure he collects all the stars and moons found in each level to get the best score you can. The game is all about reflexes and easy-to-learn touch controls, and manages to be challenging without getting frustrating.
Whos it for? Casual gamers, fans of side-scrollers and those who are fond of puzzlers will get a kick out of Sleepwalkers Journey
Whats it like? Give Wind-up Knight a try for a similar feel and tone, but with an emphasis on running. Bad Piggies also includes a similar puzzle-solving flare.
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