Need a way to pay for your new Android smartphone? No problem -- just search for all those coins that people have dropped around your neighborhood, with Easy Metal Detector Lite.

How does it work? Well, apparently your phone uses a magnetometer for its compass function -- and magnets are good at finding metal.

There are actually a few worthwhile metal-detecting apps out there, such as . Metal Detector works just fine, but Easy Metal Detector Lite has a snazzier interface and uses a friendly beeping sound to let you know that you've struck pay dirt. (Easy Metal Detector Lite also has a version without ads, called Easy Metal Detector, for 99 cents.)

There isn't an extremely powerful magnet in your phone, and as a result, you have to be pretty near the metal to register it significantly. So if you want to know the truth, you're not going to find an awful lot of coins with this app. But that's beside the point -- it's just plain fun.

CWE Software