After the recent crackdown on tethering apps, it’s becoming clearer than ever that we’ll soon have to look outside the Android Market to download some of our favorite apps — perhaps Android needs its own Cydia store. Meanwhile, we’ll have to download some apps directly from the source. That’s very easy and fool-proof to do on Android, just download the .apk and off you go. But some carriers — like AT&T — prohibit their Android users from doing just that. What to do then? The answer is Android Injector.

Android Injector is a PC application that allows you to literally drag and drop Android apps onto your phone. But firstly, you need to follow a few simple steps:

• Download and install Android Injector
• Install your phone’s drivers. They can be found at the manufacturer’s website
• Download the .apk you want to install
• Connect your phone via USB with USB debugging turned on
• Drag and drop the .apk file onto Android Injector
• You’re done!

It doesn’t get any easier than that. Happy app installing!