Piyush Patel: Android Fever – the 5 must-have apps for the World Cup

The world cup has started. No, literally – it kicked-off about an hour ago. The office here at work has absolutely no men at all and there are only women left. And me, of course. Naturally, I'm watching the world cup on a streaming feed and enjoying my solo status.

For the rest of you unlucky folks who don't have such a lenient (or slack) Internet policy, Mashable have compiled a list of the top five must-have applications for your Android phone for the 2010 World Cup, so you need never miss a goal, booking or metatarsal injury.

While each of the five applications is slightly different, there is invariably something for everyone – well, if you are interested in keeping abreast of the World Cup, anyway. It might be worth trying out all five, seeing as they look pretty polished and funky.

The five similarly-named applications are:

In the meantime, I'm looking forward to the next four weeks of football, if only for the fact that the office will be half empty.