Most Important Apps On Your Android Phone

Mr. Rager

As the title suggests. If I were to make a top 5 (not in order):

1. K2: great app, i can use my free webtexts on my htc hero with it. i prefer it to Cabbage.

2. Advanced Task Killer: kills off apps running in the background. It has saved me a lot of battery and sped up my phone.

3. Engadget: great tech news, very reliable and up-to-date.

4. Tunee Music: best free music app on the Market, no question about it. So simple and always finds what you're looking for.

5. MixZing: my music player. finds album art, and is much better than the one provided with the phone.

Other apps close to the top 5 would be Google Translate, Soccer Livescore and Shazam. What is everyone elses top 5?

Breezer

Just 5?? How can I possibly limit it to that? :pac:

OK I'll try:

1) Evernote

2) Next Train Ireland

3) Jelly SMS (currently on Cabbage since Jelly SMS stopped working with O2, but I'll switch back as soon as it's fixed)

4) RealCalc - the stock calculator doesn't cut it for me

5) Dropbox/Linda File Manager (I've included the two together since both are for working with files)

If we're to include apps that come with the phone, then I also use the browser, email client and Google Maps constantly, as well as HTC's animated clock with the second hand (absolutely vital for me since my watch broke), and HTC's Tasks widget.

I also use Twidroyd heavily, but I could live without it. I don't know how I ever managed without the others.

TheIrishGrover

Nimbuzz (Now that it can use Skype credit)
K9 Mail/Mail Widget (For 1/3 screen mail widget)
Dolphin Browser
ChompSMS (For 1/2 screen SMS widget)
Cabbage (Haven't tried K2 but happy with Cabbage)
Astro File Manager
Android Agenda Widget
3G Watchdog
DialerOne (Prefer it to original dialer)
Google Maps. (Potentially MapDroyd. Can download aps to phone so no net connection needed. Just GPS.Have downloaded it for holidays in a few weeks. Will see how it goes)

long_b

Twitdroid
Next Train - just brilliant
Dialer One - great phone dialer for non HTC handsets
Track and Protect
Calendar pad

OI

Launcherpro ftw
Rommanager
Opera mini
JetVD
3g watchdog
Handcent sms
Shapewriter
Astro file manager
Ringdroid

All of these are far more useful than any app you can get on the iPhone, with the possible exception of Angry Birds

Ludo

1. Aldiko
2. GMail
3. Opera Mini
4. Soccer LiveScore (or goal.com app)
5. Advanced Task Killer
6. Google Maps

Abelloid

1. Handcent (SMS)
2. Vignette (Retro camera FX)
3. EStrongs file explorer
4. Double Twist (Media player)
5. Gmail

Ooh, and Swype.

Krusty_Clown

1. MarketAccess
2. GMail
3. Movies
4. Kindle
5. HTC Calendar

d_regal_jester

have you used swype yet... unreal, youtube it

jd83

Rock\divx player
Slingplayer
wunderradio
gmail
shazam

Ample Free ...?

This:

1. SwitchPro Control Widget
2. Astro File Manager
3. Handcent SMS
4. 3 (Cubed) music player
5. Quick Desk - to quickly access all of the above!:D

Mr. Rager

OI wrote: »

Launcherpro ftw
Rommanager
Opera mini
JetVD
3g watchdog
Handcent sms
Shapewriter
Astro file manager
Ringdroid

All of these are far more useful than any app you can get on the iPhone, with the possible exception of Angry Birds

Oh, completely forgot about launcherpro, what an app!

Sherifu

LauncherPro
MarketAccess
Dropbox
AdFree
3GWatchdog

OI

fjsanchez wrote: »

Oh, completely forgot about launcherpro, what an app!

You should have a look at widget locker aswell, completely customize the lock screen, pure geek stuff

kippy

Would be nice to know when you mention apps whether they are:
1. Free
and
2. As a result of above, available to stock phones.

Also, What is the big deal with these task killers? Highly unlikely they are of any benefit based on what I've read........

I am using a Desire - Android 2.2 - all apps are free and available either within the OS itself or on the App market.

Anyway, my "most used apps"

Wi Fi Hotspot - Just started using that this week - part of the new 2.2 release of Android.

Aldiko - ebook reader. Free and paid for books available through varying services

Cabbage - Free Texting App via your webtexts

3G usage Monitor - more important now that I am using Wifi Hotspot

Runkeeper - I do a bit of walking/running and soon cycling. Excellent app which tracks your progress and can be used to set up training plans.

Soccer Score - Not in major use at the moment but will be used extensively throughout the season.

Call Confirm - Saves you "accidently" calling someone.......Its saved me a few times despite all the other "safeguards" built in.

Word Scramble - A game and a very addictive one in the form of Boggle.

A few apps I find handy from time to time......
TV Guide
Qype
Mobile Account Control (to keep track of remaining minutes/texts/data) May only work with Meteor at the moment.


I've tried a heap of apps at this stage and those are the "most used" so far.

Kippy

Mr. Rager

kippy wrote: »

Would be nice to know when you mention apps whether they are:
1. Free
and
2. As a result of above, available to stock phones.

Also, What is the big deal with these task killers? Highly unlikely they are of any benefit based on what I've read........

I am using a Desire - Android 2.2 - all apps are free and available either within the OS itself or on the App market.

Anyway, my "most used apps"

Wi Fi Hotspot - Just started using that this week - part of the new 2.2 release of Android.

Aldiko - ebook reader. Free and paid for books available through varying services

Cabbage - Free Texting App via your webtexts

3G usage Monitor - more important now that I am using Wifi Hotspot

Runkeeper - I do a bit of walking/running and soon cycling. Excellent app which tracks your progress and can be used to set up training plans.

Soccer Score - Not in major use at the moment but will be used extensively throughout the season.

Call Confirm - Saves you "accidently" calling someone.......Its saved me a few times despite all the other "safeguards" built in.

Word Scramble - A game and a very addictive one in the form of Boggle.

A few apps I find handy from time to time......
TV Guide
Qype
Mobile Account Control (to keep track of remaining minutes/texts/data) May only work with Meteor at the moment.


I've tried a heap of apps at this stage and those are the "most used" so far.

Kippy

Just downloaded Runkeeper, sounds great. Does anyone know any games similar to Replica Island?

TheIrishGrover

kippy wrote: »

Mobile Account Control (to keep track of remaining minutes/texts/data) May only work with Meteor at the moment.


I've tried a heap of apps at this stage and those are the "most used" so far.

Kippy

Where did you get this App? I can't find it on the marketplace

Mr. Rager

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

Where did you get this App? I can't find it on the marketplace

That's because its called mobile account checker, not control. It's in the market.

Ron DMC

fjsanchez wrote: »

That's because its called mobile account checker, not control. It's in the market.

I can't get the option to choose o2. Seems to be locked to meteor.

mkennedy

Layar.
Copilot.
Astro or EStrong file explorer.
OI notepad.
Gmail.

eoferrall

TheIrishGrover wrote: »

Where did you get this App? I can't find it on the marketplace

search 'mobile account checker' and it should come up. only works for meteor and o2 at the moment.

smackyB

1. Next Train Ireland (Of course!)
2. Radiotime (very slick radio app, paid for so had to pirate it)
3. Spotify (truly awesome)
4. Twitter (official client)
5. BBC News (pretty BBC feed-reader)

Worthy mentions: FXCamera, Vignette, Slingplayer, Navigon, Shazam

Dr.Winston O'Boogie

Great thread and got a few apps off peoples suggestions but would it be possible for people to give an explanation of what the apps do when listing them? Some of them can be hard to judge on names only!

nedd

I just went looking for Swype and its not on the market. Where do i get it?

Cheers

Sherifu

nedd wrote: »

I just went looking for Swype and its not on the market. Where do i get it?

Cheers

Try searching this forum. It's in closed beta now but there's an apk somewhere.

kippy

nedd wrote: »

I just went looking for Swype and its not on the market. Where do i get it?

Cheers

Its a paid for app and not available to phones outside of the US unless they have been "rooted".
Kippy

yimrsg

Gmote.



That is all.

Professey Chin

kippy wrote: »

Its a paid for app and not available to phones outside of the US unless they have been "rooted".
Kippy

Im not sure is it even on the market.
This since the beta closed its only available to manufacturers who want to put it on their phones like the Samsung have it on the Galaxy S and I think the mytouch 3g has it too

kippy

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Im not sure is it even on the market.
This since the beta closed its only available to manufacturers who want to put it on their phones like the Samsung have it on the Galaxy S and I think the mytouch 3g has it too

Ah, I see. I was under the impression it was Paid for, hence unavailable to many.

nedd

had a further search for it and from what i can see its not on the Market (either paid or free). I did find an apk of the beta version on-line though.

Thanks

Turnstyle

google maps with the beta navigation add on,

On holidays in Germany recently and this worked really well for driving and walking about the place as well as finding some bars and shopping centres etc
only limitation was driving in a heavily forested rural area and the data connection was lost.
Bet the hell out of giving Hertz €80 for a nav system

breeno

yimrsg wrote: »

Gmote.



That is all.

I find remote droid is better as a wireless mouse for what its worth!

To the poster who recommended quickdesk I thank you, but very handy!

OI

Launcherpro ftw - BRILLIANT Launcher, fully customizable, just set it as your default launcher and you have options to get rid of the sense dock and hide the notification bar, use fully customisable icons on the dock, use custom dock backgrounds, rotating dock (up to three docks), 3D app drawer, hide unused apps and tons of other options

Rommanager - loverly settings type interface for downloading and switching between roms, partioning the SD card and loads of other stuff
Opera mini

JetVD - Downloads youtube videos in HQ

3g watchdog - monitors your mobile data usage

Handcent sms - third party customisable sms client, nice widgets and notifications, a better alternative to stock sms IMO

Shapewriter - similar to swipe i'd imagine, gestured keyboard input

Astro file manager - great way to view files on your phone and install apps etc

Ringdroid - extremely user friendly programme for cutting songs on the phone to custom ringtones, unbelievably easy to use

Widget Locker - excellent lock screen options for widgets, customizable unlock actions, get rid of sense lock screen

Calwidget - excellent, fully customisable and free calendar widget, syncs with existing mail clients, facebook etc.

Beautiful Widgets - No. 1 paid app, very customisable clock and weather widgets, loads of clocks to choose from

With the customisable apps listed above, the only limits to how you want your phone to look is your imagination, just dont put Megan Fox as your lockscreen wallpaper, its far too distracting.

by the way, can anyone tell me where to get swipe, I cant find it on the market.

kippy

Turnstyle wrote: »

google maps with the beta navigation add on,

On holidays in Germany recently and this worked really well for driving and walking about the place as well as finding some bars and shopping centres etc
only limitation was driving in a heavily forested rural area and the data connection was lost.
Bet the hell out of giving Hertz €80 for a nav system

I hope you had some roaming data agreement with your carrier or it could have cost you a lot more than 80 squids.

Turnstyle

kippy wrote: »

I hope you had some roaming data agreement with your carrier or it could have cost you a lot more than 80 squids.

yup, checked all that before i left + its tax deductible

Mr. Rager

Does anyone have any games important to them? Only one I can think of is replica island to me, though I've completed it twice :P. Most of them are terrible unfortunately.

AAAAAAAHHH

fjsanchez wrote: »

Does anyone have any games important to them? Only one I can think of is replica island to me, though I've completed it twice :P. Most of them are terrible unfortunately.

Speedx 3D is the best game I've played on it. It's a paid app though. Brings me back to it more than any other game.

Mr. Rager

AAAAAAAHHH wrote: »

Speedx 3D is the best game I've played on it. It's a paid app though. Brings me back to it more than any other game.

God, can't wait for the paid apps. Tempted to buy a UK sim...

EGriff

smackyB wrote: »

3. Spotify (truly awesome)

Has this come online for people in Ireland yet ?

Mr. Rager

EGriff wrote: »

Has this come online for people in Ireland yet ?

Pretty sure it hasn't. I tried it on a UK proxy but it caught me out after 2 weeks :pac:

EGriff

Yeah the same thing happened to my account. Are there any good custom radio apps out there like pandora in the US.

squire23

BizCard Reader
Twitter
XBMC Remote
MyTracks
Gmail Unread Widget

Goodshape

ZumoDrive -- store your media files in the cloud. Up to 2GB for free.

Touiteur -- best Twitter client I've found. Good widget too. (widget only in paid version I think).

FeedR -- Very good news feed (RSS) reader that syncs with Google Reader. Paid app.

SwiFTP -- Start an FTP server on your phone to wirelessly transfer files to/from it.

Listen -- From Google. I use this for Podcasts. It's good, though I'd be interested to know if there's a better one.


And "+1" to a few apps that others have mentioned...

Rom Manager -- For anyone interested or thinking of using custom roms, this is pretty indispensable.

Swype -- Gesture keyboard. Don't think they're giving out new beta accounts anymore but when this gets released it'll be totally worth whatever they decide to charge.

LauncherPro -- Alternative home screen etc. Just downloaded based on above recommendation... and I like what I see!

smackyB

EGriff wrote: »

Has this come online for people in Ireland yet ?

I signed up through a UK proxy in the days when an invitation wasn't needed and then converted it to a premium membership (using a UK paypal account), meaning music can be played back in any country. Worth every penny.

cojomo2

eoferrall wrote: »

search 'mobile account checker' and it should come up. only works for meteor and o2 at the moment.

Is it not a bit risky giving a stranger your number and pin?

Theoretically , they could ring meteor and get full access to our accounts , send webtextx from our numbers etc?

Tech3

Some of mine:


PdaNet: Application that lets you surf the internet on the pc via a usb connection to your phone.

3G Watchdog: Keeps a track of the amount of data you use

MixZing: Much better music player than the stock.

Opera Mini: Handy internet browser to use if you want to keep the data usage down.

Rockplayer: Plays music and movies.

Robo Defense: Seriously addictive game. Demo version long enough to keep you going for a while.

Raging Thunder: Currently only have the demo version which has only one track available but the multiplayer function is good fun and other users who are hosts on the gamerooms can offer different tracks.

World Newspaper: Great little app for reading the main Irish newspapers in mobile format. BBC News apps is also as good.

Cababge: Handy little app for using the 300 free webtexts

Mr. Rager

Updated list of my most important apps:
1: Launcherpro (different homescreen options)
2: MixZing (music player)
3: Advanced Task Killer (kills apps in the background)
4: Tunee Music (free music downloads)
5: K2 (makes use of free Irish webtexts)
6: Astro (file manager)
7: chompSMS (alternative SMS app)
8: GoChat (Facebook Chat)
9: Engadget (gadget app)
10: Google Translate (translating app)

rushnaldo

Now that the new season is upon us for the premiership, what do you lot reckon is the best football app for news and scores etc?

Mr. Rager

rushnaldo wrote: »

Now that the new season is upon us for the premiership, what do you lot reckon is the best football app for news and scores etc?

I would say Soccer Livescores

Tech3

it'd be great if someone had enough time to create an app for the fantasy football. its a pain trying to change the team through a web browser.

mcasey

How do I get my MSISDN Number and password for K2?