Users of mobile smartphones of almost any platform are familiar with Astraware games, due to their high quality and variety of platforms games are available for. Handmark recently released Android versions of Astraware Solitaire, Astraware Boardgames, and Astraware Sudoku.

Astraware Boardgames for Android ($4.99) includes 7 classic board games in one easy-to-use pack with three levels of difficulty, designed with casual players in mind. Games include:

• Backgammon
• Tic Tac Toe
• Checkers
• Chess
• Ludo
• Nine Men’s Morris
• Reversi

Astraware Solitaire for Android ($4.99) features 12 of the most well-known and best-loved single player card games, and has customization for a variety of rules for each game. Games include:

• Klondike
• Pyramid
• Spider
• Clock
• Yukon
• Canfield
• Four Seasons
• Sultan’s Harem
• Idiot’s Delight
• Golf
• Calculation
• Freecell

Astraware Sudoku for Android ($4.99) implements the popular Japanese logic puzzle game that featuring a 9×9 grid. Within the grid are 9 boxes each featuring 9 cells. The object is to fill in the numbers 1-9 in each row, column and box, but they must only appear in each one once. Astraware Sudoku includes many unique features, including:

• Pre-built puzzle packs from the Sudoku of the Day server
• Download any of the Puzzles of the Day over the air and then compare your times with other players worldwide.
• Ability to add automatic or manual pencil marks
• Smart hints system to aide in puzzle solving

All three applications cost $4.99 and can be purchased and downloaded directly in the Android Market or purchased via the Handmark Android Store online. Gear Diary will be reviewing all three apps shortly.