A ton of great applications are available through Google's Android Market, but it pays to be somewhat selective about the applications you download and install--or at least to organize all of your software--so you can easily find an app when you need it.

Two great ways to organize your Android Market software: dedicating home-screen panels to specific types of apps; and using folders.

If you use one home-screen panel for all your social networking apps, such as Twitter, Facebook, Foursquare, etc., you'll always know where to look for those apps. To move a specific app to a home screen panel, navigate to the panel to which you want to add the app, and then jump over to your "All Apps" page, where all of your Android software is listed in alphabetical order. Then just hold your finger on an app you wish to move, and drop it on the home-screen panel that appears after a second or two.

To create a home-screen folder for specific types of Android apps, find some empty space on a home-screen panel, hold your finger on the display for a couple of seconds, and then choose Folders from the on-screen options.

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