Killer apps for Android?
 

Since there's an iPhone version, I figured I'd start a Droid version. After being handcuffed by Sprint's SERO plan for the past two years, I finally ordered my LG Optimus S last night. It'll be here in about 24 hours. So, what toys should I play with when it arrives?

I own a Nexus and this thread could help.

For starters, GTasks. Will synch your tasks with your Gmail account.
TimeMobile. RadioTime, make sure you are on wifi or have good data plan.
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you know you could have kept your SERO plan right?

Apps I use

Beam - Jabber Client
ConnectBot - SSH Client
Dolphin Browser [HD version for the EVO]
DroidSCP - SCP Client
Rock Player - DIVX Player
Chrome2 Phone: Send your desktop browser Page to your Phone
Dropbox - http://getdropbox.com
ES File Explorer - Android File System Browser Lots more
Google Goggles - Check it out / QR Scanning
Grooveshark
K9Mail for Work / Exchange email
If you use yahoo - they have a good mail/im client too
PocketCloud - RDP Client
Qik for Video Chat
Robo Defense- GREAT game
ESPN Score Center
Skype
SIP Droid - SIP Client
Shazam - Find out what song you're listening too
SlingPlayer - to watch my sling box
TapatalkPro for forum reading
The Weather Channel
Titanium Backup - Must have App Backup/Restore utility
Trillian - IM Client
TripIt - http://tripit.com
TweetDeck - / Twitter/FB Client
Wireless Tether

and the usual - Foursqure/Gowalla/Facebook app too
I think that covers it

Advanced Task Killer
BatteryTime

I had to change to SERO Premium for the Android phone. Still only paying $40, though.

I don't really have much on my phone...

espn scorecenter
810 whb app
espn bowl bound
facebook
tweetcaster
imdb
movies
vcast song id (shazaam)
skype
google maps
amazon
pandora
trapster

games
missle shield
air control lite
toss it
paper toss
robo defense free

barcode scanner - scan qr codes and barcodes
google sky maps - uses gps to tell you star names and planets
imdb app
my tracks - tracks your jogging/biking/whatever route. gives data on it. cool.
opera mini - my preferred browser
pdanet - connect phone to computer to internet. awesome when not around wifi
shazam - tells you what song is on
tunein radio - one of the best radio apps ive found
y! Music - nother music app i like (uses less batt than pandora)

wordfeud - scrabble against friends. fun.

Also....Angry Birds is free.

My wife ended up obsessed with that game after playing it for about 30 seconds in the store.

I'm obsessed with it after playing it on a coworkers Iphone.

It's a great time killer....and you can't beat free.

There is an app called "My Collection Pro" and it scans your DVD/Blu-Ray/Video game UPC codes and creates a digital catalog that you can keep track of.

Yes. ATK will save you some serious battery.

Hungry Shark is a good game, as is Spaghetti and Marshmallows

Seriously?

Just went and downloaded that bitch.

Do you know if you can export the catalog to your PC?

Yeah you have to do it with an SD card though.

This is all according to my friend who has it. I haven't got an Android phone yet.

I was just happy when flash was finally available for Android.

Meh...

http://lifehacker.com/5650894/androi...uldnt-use-them

Ooohhhh....I just realized that I can watch NFLST on my phone now...

It begins...

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I am thinking about picking one up for free just as a spare

I'm pretty impressed with that little phone

just found out tonight I get one for Christmas

I have ebough trouble staying off the web at home
you put it in my pocket
I am just ****ed

do they have help groups for that ?

wwwA
hello my name is brad I am a web addict

It's gotten pretty incredible reviews for a free phone. I don't really have anything to compare it to thus far, but I'm thrilled with the 2.5 hours of play time I've had with it.

I just called AT&T and my contract was in October. Picking up the same phone (LS670) after work or tomorrow during the day after reading reviews and comparing rates. It's not going to break heart to not have to deal with AT&T anymore either.

It's nerd off time biatch!!!

That article would require way too much of my time to read. I use ATK to shut down apps I don't want running and my battery lasts much longer than before I used ATK. That's all I need to know.

From Slickdeals.net

181 ****ing MB?

I have downloaded some of the Apps mentioned here. Thanks everyone.

I don't do much gaming and that's why Andriod works for me. It is extremely practical and it integrates well with Google services which I use a lot.

Not sure if anyone knew about this, but you can sync your Calender/Contacts/Tasks with your gmail account.

If you ever park in a huge parkade or at a concert or large event there is an app called Carr Matey that is pretty handy.

Couple more (require root)...

Terminal Emulator
AutoKiller
CacheCleaner
SetCPU
Root Explorer

Tower Raiders (better than Robo Defense!)

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This wireless hotspot thing is the best thing ever.

I got a HTC Hero, I really don't have much on there but...

ATK, Lookout(scans files after you download them)TweetCaster(twitter) and I play IMobsters.

I'm completely fascinated with Sky Maps. My dad's a huge astronomy buff, and I can't wait to show him that thing. Very cool.

chiefs news
TMZ
Pandora
NFL Mobile
Scores
Yahoo Fantasy football

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On my Evo:

Album Art Grabber- gets album artwork for mp3's
Aldiko- book reader (lotsa free books)
Angry Birds
Audiobooks
Barcode scanner
Bible
Google Books
Carr Matey (GPS car locator)
CNET News
Compass
Coupons
Custom Car Home (car dock)
Doom
Google Earth
Google Maps
Google Navigation
Evernote (notes)
eBay
Fring
gStrings (guitar tuner)
IMdb
Lookout (virus app)
Metal Detector (works!)
Mobile Banking
Mobile FAX
Movie Time
Music Downloader
Music Junk
MyFitnessPal (calorie and fitness calculator- awesome!)
Pandora
PayPal
Photoshop
Places
QuickOffice
Radar Now
Raging Thunder 2
Rhapsody
Runkeeper
Scanner Radio (police scanner)
Skyfire
Skype
Weather Channel
TIME Mobile
TuneIn Radio (AWESOME streaming radio app)
TV.com
USA Today
Virtual Beach
Virtual Winter
Virtual Recorder
W&Y Pages
Where
Where's My Droid
Wikidroid
Winds of Steel
WorldScope webcams
YouTube

That's just some of them... :-)

So what's your impression of the phone so far? I still haven't made it to the sprint store but plan to this weekend.

It's my first smartphone, so I an probably not the best evaluator, but I love it.

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Documents to Go (open MS Docs)
AccuWeather
G-Tuner
Bible (YouVersion allows you to pick any translation)
ShopSavvy
Shazam
Pandora
Weather Channel

The best of all: Toddler Lock - shuts down all external functions and lets little ones draw shapes on the screen. Can keep a 2 year old entertained for at least one hour.

what i use the most:
setcpu
androidVnc
google voice
google - maps - brut mod
google - my tracks
handcent sms
appmonster
launcherpro plus or ADWlauncher

Oh hell yes! I've been waiting for the game to come to Droid. Just saw they have an angry birds seasons as well, downloading both as I type this.

There are a lot of useful and fun apps, but the two most important IMO have already been mentioned: Advanced Task Killer and Lookout Mobile.

How do you like that Tapatalk? I've been prompted on my phone a couple of times when logging on to this place that it is available, but I want to know just how well it works. Looked like mixed reviews in the market.

I like it, but it's got its drawbacks. There's a tapatalk thread around here somewhere if you want to search for it.

I believe there's a free version that lets you do everything except post if you want to give it a try.

Best phone I've ever owned. Hands-down. Almost nothing this little jewel won't do. Now when the Netflix app for Android comes out, that will be the ultimate.

Found it, thanks. Wasn't real sure until I saw that there is an option to view in the browser if need be. Might go ahead and give it a try. What the hell, it's only $3.

FYI

They just changed the rules on Refunds on Market Apps -

Now you only have 15 Min for Refund

That's cool, I think I like it.

Oh-

If you're rooted

Try the Gingerbread Keyboard - its super slick

http://downloads.unrevoked.com/unrev...d-keyboard.zip


Instructions:

http://twitter.com/#!/unrevoked/stat...99634642411520

I'll look into it. Trying to get swype down right now.

Just Got a DroidX

So Far The apps I really like are:

Gasbuddy (finds cheapest gas prices nearby)
Coupons
Shopsavvy
Advanced Task Killer
Pandora (music / radio)
Tune In Radio
Flash
Dolphin


So far I have to say I am loving the Droid X.

I'm stuck with a Blackberry Pearl for awhile. FML.

PDANet - I'm currently tethered to my DROID X and online from my laptop using only the phone for internet. Fast speed no hiccups. FREE and AWESOME

Didn't read through 4 pages - but saw this one today:

BeerCloud 2.0 from greatbrewers.com

Can't find it....
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It's there. Atleast on my G2 it is. It should be on all android phones though.

Went to market and searched. said nothing available... Pdanet right?
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If Pdanet isn't working, try searching "june fabrics". Those are the makers.

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Nope. Just another program they have. Hmmmm. Just using the android marketplace on my phone.
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i use a program called Barnacle, does the same thing

Love the dish network mobile app

So can you only get apps at the marketplace part of your phone?
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no, you can download them other places, copy them to your phone and install them with a program called AppMonster or any File Manager.

you can search this place for all apps at the marketplace:

http://www.androidzoom.com

here is that pdanet app http://www.androidzoom.com/android_a...anet_bfkm.html

THANK YOU.

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Very belated props for TuneIn Radio. It was nice to be able to listen to postgame on the way to Wichita after the game without having to channel surf the whole way there. I just wish the damn NFL didn't have so many goofy contractual agreements that prevent TuneIn from streaming games.

I wasn't able to find the Philly/Green Bay game on the way and ended up just channel surfing for it on the AM.

Just picked up a Droid X today. I can't wait to try some of these out.

Just bought the Evo and my wife got the Evo Shift. Pretty cool phones.

My wife and I have the same phones but I have the shift and she has the big ass evo.

Sso does tapatalk really make this easier

Definitely makes it easier
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Whos top and whos bottom?
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I've gone back and forth about it. I used it for a while and really liked it, but I hate how much scrolling you have to do. I wish there were some options for configuring font sizes and whether the thread "preview" shows and that type of thing.

Right now, I'm just using http://m.chiefsplanet.com through the browser.

Paper Toss FTMFW!!!11

T-Mobile offered the G2 online for free, so I upgraded from G1... and it's given me a reason to look for the latest and greatest apps.

Has anyone used Open Home? I've tried several searches in the market, but all I ever come up with are skins.


Google Voice... used another visual voicemail app with the G1, but the G2 came with Voice. Free voice to text, and it emails you the audio and text... it's been out a while, obviously, but I didn't realize it was that much better than what I was using.

I never looked around for mobile FB chat for the G1, but found ebuddy, which looks pretty useful with FB, AIM, gtalk, msn, etc.

I downloaded Advanced Task Killer, because sometimes killing the browser helps when it's not downloading content, but I don't really think it's necessary for battery life... not from what I've noticed, anyway. And between the upgrade from 1.6 to 2.2, better processor speed, and having the apps in memory, the load time is basically like maximizing a window.

I downloaded Photoshop Express, but I've read there are better photo apps, and I'll probably try out a few different camera apps.

Mr Number call block is my new favorite app, because some douche in Wisconsin keeps asking for Vicki and I ran out of ways to say "You have the wrong number, stop calling me"... it does a simple pick up/hang up, almost always before the phone rings (granted, when he calls now it's usually 2 or 3 times within a few minutes... yeah, that must be frustrating getting hung up on like that. Dumbass.). /rant

The other Google apps are cool... navigation and maps of course, Earth, Goggles, Sky Map... they have a Listen app for audio feeds, podcasts, and news. It also has QuickOffice, Google Translate, a couple of news feeds and social media apps... great phone.

These are my must have apps... all free:

Dropbox (access up to 2GB of data in a predetermined folder on my home computer, can stream or d/l)

TeamViewer (basic VPN access to my home computer) - Not in the Market, you have to go to their website.

TV Shows (HUGE library of a bunch of TV shows)

Music Wizard (you can search and d/l any song you can search, then edit for a ringtone. you can also use it to listen to one single specific song w/o having to dl it)

Cox DVR (allows me to set recordings from my phone)

Wifi Manager (allows me to manage my wifi connections - widget)

Juice Defender (battery manager)

AdFree (removes the ads from the apps I dl - requires root)

Lookout (lets me find my phone if I lose it)

Wireless Tether (lets me use my phone as a wifi hotspot... FREE - requires root)

I just got my HTC Inspire 4g on Sunday. I'm still trying to figure out what kind of apps I want and need. I haven't rooted yet, but I plan to soon. :D

I'm addicted to Angry Birds.

Join the club.

Meh. I don't think it's much more fun than any other catapult game. I know I'm in the minority here.

I recently switched to GO Launcher and lost the stock HTC Calendar widget, so I went off to find a replacement. I found Business Calendar Beta, and it does everything I need it to do. Syncs with Google calendars. The widget displays a month view with calendar entries as either bars or text. You can configure the widget so that tapping a day takes you straight to that day in the calendar app. Tapping a day in the app shows a pop-up with the details of that day.

Overall it's a really, really nice calendar app, and best of all it's FREE.

Amazon has released their Android Appstore, and it's actually pretty decent. They have the Angry Birds Rio exclusive, and it's free for right now, so if you're into that, go grab it while you can.

They're also giving away a paid app a day. Today's is Doodle Jump, which actually is pretty fun and addicting.

Be warned, you must have an Amazon account with a CC attached, even for free apps. I assume most of the world has that, but if you don't, no bitching to me about it.