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11-19-2009, 07:30 PM #1
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Droid (Andriod) Phone Apps
Let's list here the apps that you like and would recommend to others for your Droid (Android) phone.
A few I have installed and like:
Barcode Scanner: Scan a barcode and it will search the web for the best prices.
Radar Now: Gives you current weather condition as well as a weather map.
Fantasy Lockscreen: A nice little widget for locking your phone.
BatteryLife: Gives you the current state of your battery.
Pandora: Great program.
Accuweather: Another great weather program. Uses your GPS location to give you up to date weather info.
Advanced Task Killer: Kills tasks that are running and using up battery life.
Astro: Great little file program.
Google Sky Map: Give you the location of the stars in the night sky.
i Music: Nice little app to download music.
AK Notepad: Good little app for taking and saving notes.
Places Directory: Allows you to browse nearby places in categories such as banks, hotels, etc. Uses your current GPS location.
TG_Mateo: "Forget freedom, democracy, the blues and New York Pizza: Our lasting contribution to human society is Bourbon."
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11-19-2009, 07:55 PM #2
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Heres my app list and what I use them for:
AdFree - Gets rid of ads in apps.
AnyRSS Reader - RSS feeds.
Astro - File management/Zip capability
aTrackDog - MUCH improved app version tracking over the market.
Babbler - Facebook
Barcode Scanner - NOT USED FOR SHOPPING. Used for QR Codes and Barcode tracking
Bump - Contact trading
CM Updater - Gets me the latest cyanogenmod updates and theme updates without having to download, mount, transfer and flash.
Flashlight - obvious.
SkyMap - astronomy.
Google Voice
GPS Tracker - I can find my phone as long as its turned on.
Handcent SMS - better than the stock SMS/MMS app.
Layar - finding restaurants and stuff.
Listen - Podcast player
Movies - Movie times, buy tickets, read reviews
Mute - one touch phone muting.
Pandora - musics.
Quick Boot - one touch to reboot, boot to recovery, boot to fastboot
Shazam - Music identifier
Shopsavvy - barcode scanning price comparator.
Terminal Emulator - running linux commands on my phone (dev use)
Trapster - No getting pulled over
Twidroid Pro - twitter
Unavailable - automatic responses when I cant answer texts or calls.
Youmail - Visual voicemail with transcription
I also have the following widgets:
FML Widget
CNN Widget
AnyRSS feed from texts from last night
Pure weather widget
CallLog
Pure Messenger Widget
Internal memory widget
SD Card widget
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02-07-2010, 01:11 PM #3
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Not a phone app per se, but I've just released (Codeplex, open-source) a beta version of the solution I've created for my need to listen to podcasts at accelerated speeds on Android:
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07-13-2010, 04:12 PM #4
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Non-programmers can write Android apps:
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2010/...r-android.htmlDude, seriously, WHAT handkerchief?
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07-13-2010, 04:15 PM #5
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Now that I finally have my Droid, I can see a bunch of apps in Ferris' list I need to download.
Dude, seriously, WHAT handkerchief?
snooggums' density principal: "The more dense a population, the more dense a population."
Iliana: "You're a great friend but if we're ever chased by zombies I'm tripping you."
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07-19-2010, 09:56 AM #6
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I switched from the Droid to the HTC Incredible. I have found that it is a smoother running phone with the android system.
TG_Mateo: "Forget freedom, democracy, the blues and New York Pizza: Our lasting contribution to human society is Bourbon."
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08-09-2010, 01:04 AM #7
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WebSharing
If anyone knows of a better sharing app, please let me know.WebSharing enables you to wirelessly transfer files to and from your phone/device using a web browser. You can play and manage music, view your photographs, and manage files on your device using your WI-FI network. It additionally features the ability to browse/manage your phone as a WebDAV share.
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08-09-2010, 02:17 AM #8
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I'm glad this thread got bumped up. Guys, theres a site called androidplayground.net that is charging people for pirated android apps. thats right, they're pirating paid apps from the market and then charging people to get them, basically stealing the credit AND the money for the apps. as a developer myself and with at least one other developer in the TG community (wyzcrak, who made the Heavens Above Me app), this is something we should all be completely against. it's wrong and its illegal. so please, visit the petition below and sign it. after a couple weeks, the (hopefully thousands) of signatures will be sent to the host of the site to have it taken down.
http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/downwithapppool/
also, if you have the time, sent a complaint to paypal to have their account removed for selling pirated material. their paypal merchant account is "androidplayground". Thanks for the assists guys!|TG-6th|Ferris Bueller
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08-11-2010, 01:30 AM #9
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I just moved up from HTC Eris to Motorola Droid X. HTC = best interface. Droid X - best phone EVER!
there are a few apps I did not see that I use all the time:
battery time light - comes with widget as well.
car mode - one touch to switch settings to speaker on
tricorder - puts all the gps / compass / level / wifi analyser / audio analyser / etc apps into one package.... plus it looks like a ST:TNG tricorder. - the audio analyser is actually really acuarte as well.
rock player - for playing xvid / dixv / mp4 video
gmote - to control my laptop when hooked to my TV - also great for streaming music from my itunes library (on my desktop) to my phone - live
dropbox - great for keeping docs and whatever synced between multiple PC's and phone
drop - very addictive game
hibernate - turns off all the radios on your phone for specified time periods (i.e. 11:00pm to 6:00 am) also has an alarm... great for extending battery life and keeping phone from going off when you need it to shut up.
pdanet - tethering to laptop to use phone's modem for internet access
spare parts - access to advanced configurationsOnly two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former. -Albert Einstein
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08-16-2010, 03:19 PM #10
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I recently made the switch from the iphone 3G to the Samsung Captivate. I'm getting used to the new UI and also trying to track down similar features / apps to what I was used to.
Does anyone have a good app that syncs my desktop music folder(s) / mp3s with android?
What about syncing photos / videos?
Any apps that can stream video from the phone over the web in real-time?
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08-16-2010, 03:21 PM #11
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Since you are a recent "convert" what is your opinion on the droid vs the iphone? Myself still being an avid iPhone user but looking to maybe change.
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08-16-2010, 04:12 PM #12
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audiogalexy for streaming music from PC. Originally Posted by asch
For photos I bought extra google storage for $5 a year and upload every photo I have to picassa
Don't know about streaming video from the phone.
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08-17-2010, 10:46 PM #13
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I got a Samsung Vibrant (the T-Mobile version of the Galaxy S) last month. Coming from a Blackberry and wouldn't/couldn't switch from Android if I had to.
I did a lot of playing around with different apps the first couple of weeks but I'm now into my standard "minimalist" frame of mind so for my Home screen(s) I switched from Samsung's TouchWiz to Launcher Pro with some custom icons and really like it. I have a single, real basic home screen (basically just weather, a couple apps and a couple of widgets) and take full advantage of Launcher Pro's scrolling docks (a total of 3) to allow quick access to my most commonly used functions.
The full list of applications I have installed are:
Act 1 Video Player
Album Art Grabber
Barcode Scanner
Engadget
GPS Status
NetCounter
OurGroceries
Roboform Bookmarklet
ScoreCenter (ESPN)
Smooth Calendar
Speed Test
Touiteur
Wifi Analyzer
XDA
Zedge
How are you liking your Captivate asch? I've loving the Vibrant. Smooth and fast all-around. The Vibrant comes pre-loaded with Avatar and it really shows off the Super AMOLED. Hopefully Samsung releases the GPS fix soon and I've heard Froyo (2.2) ROMs loaded on the Galaxy S phones are just screaming.
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Digi: the 2.2 roms ARE screaming. I have seen quadrant scores in my tests that are jaw droppers. However, unless you've been doing the root/dev thing for a while, I'd recommend against trying any of them because there isnt a single one out there thats remotely close to stable. I've soft-bricked my vibrant half a dozen times so far (thankfully, no true bricks or I'd be in trouble).
As far as the apps you're running, thats a good list.
In addition, I have a couple useful apps you might want to look into, especially if you carry the phone around at work or travelling.
Unavailable (can set up auto-response texts/messages for incoming callers/texts on demand or on schedule)
No-Signal Alert (self-explanatory)
Call Waiting Configurator (allows you to set up custom alerts for incoming calls/texts/voicemails while you're on the other line)
Extended Controls (you can set up custom widgets like the android "Power Control Widget" thats built in, but with vastly more options)
Also, if you're interested, rooting your phone will give you some extra perks to use. Root is ridiculously simple on this phone by the way. Theres a GPS semi-fix that will improve GPS lock speeds, as well as the ability to increase the max volume on the earpiece and ringer.|TG-6th|Ferris Bueller
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@Dredge... I'll start another thread about my experience with the iphone vs captivate (android).
Here are the apps I currently have on my phone. Nothing real exciting. I'm holding off on doing much more because I'm experiencing the random shutdown issue that many others are.
Amazon: http://market.android.com/search?q=c....mShop.android
AT&T myWireless Mobile: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.att.myWireless
Barcode Scanner: http://market.android.com/search?q=c...client.android
DIRECTV: http://market.android.com/search?q=c...v.dvrscheduler
Facebook: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.facebook.katana
Fandango: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.fandango
fring: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.fring
Google Voice: http://market.android.com/search?q=c...ps.googlevoice
Grooveshark: http://market.android.com/search?q=c...ark.android.v1
Handcent SMS: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.handcent.nextsms
Kindle: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.amazon.kindle
LastPass: http://market.android.com/search?q=c...pass.lpandroid
Meebo IM: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.meebo
Movies: http://market.android.com/search?q=net.flixster.android
Pandora: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.pandora.android
PingChat!: http://market.android.com/search?q=c...k.android.ping
Qik: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.qik.android
Radar Now: http://market.android.com/search?q=c...uide.radar_now
ScoreCenter: http://market.android.com/search?q=c...n.score_center
ShareMyApps: http://market.android.com/search?q=c...ry.shareMyApps -- this app auto-generates this list to make it easier to share your apps.
Shazam: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.shazam.android
Springpad: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.springpad
Tiny DVR: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.alexvas.dvr
Twidroyd: http://market.android.com/search?q=com.twidroid
Ustream Broadcaster: http://market.android.com/search?q=tv.ustream.usclient
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