For those of you who are new to Android, I have decided to give a few recommended top FREE Apps which you may find very useful. Note that this is just a few apps from the top Apps category on the market. If this is your first time on the Android platform and you are lost or confused as to which apps to use then you may find this thread helpful.I have decided to just include a few of the category on the market so all the categories are not listed. Those are the most used category and with some many different variation of those apps it's good to having an understanding or some sense of direction in terms of the top apps to use.
Note: This was started with the intent to help new users of the Android family get acquainted with a few of the top FREE Apps
Note: This thread is ONLY free recommended Apps, I will be starting a thread soon with the Recommended paid Apps for new users.
Finally: Note that other can use this thread to also share and recommend some of their most love apps to other users.
communication
Dolphin Browser HD
This is one of the best browser for android in terms of features and customization. This is most certainly a heavy favorite on the market to replace your default stock browser.
About:
Dolphin Browser HD2 highlights twice the speed, powerful add-on and innovative user experience. V2.1: +On Demand option for Flash (Android 2.2) +Cache to SD +Keep Screen On +Orientation option +Private browsing without history +Delete All bookmarks +FC Recovery +Set as default browser option(Android 2.2)
Google voice
If you're looking for a visual voice mail apps to replace your stock one or just need a good alternate option to manage your voice-mail, SMS and phone calls then look no further. If you already have a Google voice number then this app would be even more useful to you. You can set it as an option and use it as your outgoing calls rather than your default phone number.
About:
Place calls and send SMS showing your Google number. Listen to voicemail and read transcripts. Google Voice account required, currently only available in the US. v0.3.4 fixes several bugs. See http://goo.gl/zTy7 for details. IMPORTANT: You must open Google Voice at least once after upgrading to route calls.
New Version (2.1) FREE mobile video calls -1st ever on Android! Now: new devices X10, Streak +fixes fring gives you FREE Video Calls, voice calls & chat to friends over 3G & WiFi (Video calls only on capable devices) Communicate with friends on fring network + other services: MSN®,GTalk™,Twitter,SIP,Yahoo!™,AIM®& ICQ®
Handcent SMS
This is a more refine SMS/MMS app than most stock messaging app. This has so much more customization over your stock app that once you try it you may not want to go back to your stock messaging app. Note that if you use this apps you will need to display the receive notification in the settings of your default/stock app.
About:
Handcent SMS is a free sms tools for android,unleash the full power of your phone: Full support SMS & MMS ,great customize options,different style and power function(search sms,sms popup,speak sms & T9) Send animated greeting by handcent greeting View news.handcent.com for release notes *Independence day greetings added
MuiltiMedia
DoubleTwist Player
Double Twist is a default upgrade from your stock music player. This app can play both your music in an Ipod like interface along with your videos. You can also sync and play audio with makes it even more desirable than the stock media player.
About:
Free for a limited time! The doubleTwist Player is a fully featured music and video app that seamlessly integrates with the free doubleTwist desktop client on Mac/PC. Import your iTunes playlists, ratings and playcounts; sync and play your audio and video podcasts and more! Changes: http://twist.to/androids
Last.fm - Personal Radio
Personal radio just got better with Last.fm for android. This is another great streaming radio you can use along side Pandora. Remember you only get 30 hours of radio per month on Pandora so this makes last.fm a worthy option.
About:
Your personal radio station on your phone: Choose an artist or genre and Last.fm builds the perfect playlist just for you! Contacts are only used if you enable syncing on certain Android 2.x devices, logs are used by our bug reporter, location is used to find nearby concerts. Changes: http://bit.ly/lastfm-android
Pandora Radio
The famous radio is also available on android so get it now, enjoy hours of non stop internet radio. Choose your own station be your own DJ. Remember you got 30 hours per month with a free account so enjoy.
About:
Pandora Radio is your own FREE personalized radio now available to stream music on your phone. Start with the name of one of your favorite artists, songs or classical composers and Pandora will create a "station" that plays their music and more music like it. Already a Pandora User? Just log in to enjoy your stations
Photoshop.com Mobile
Need no introduction, it PS for Android get more option for managing and touching up your photos with this useful apps
About:
Edit and transform photos easily. Touch to crop, rotate, blur, add photo effects. Upload/Share photos with free Photoshop.com account. Needs SD card. From Adobe, the makers of Photoshop. By downloading you agree to the Terms of Use at www.photoshop.com/misc/terms.html. Developers, see mobile.photoshop.com/android/developers
Scanner Radio
Listen to live broadcasts from around the world, broadcasts from police,fire and other emergency signal in your area and around the country
About:
Allows you to listen to live audio from over 2,200 police and fire scanners, railroad communications, and weather radio broadcasts from around the world (with more being added daily). Audio is provided by volunteers, see the menu in the app for information on how to get your area added. Follow ScannerRadio on Twitter
Productivity
Dropbox
Have files and apps on your computer? wish you could sync them on your android phone? Then dropbox would be your best option. This allows you to view your files share files with other drop box users and more..
About:
The Dropbox app syncs your files between your computers and your mobile device. Now you can browse the files in your Dropbox folder from anywhere! Share links to files with your friends, save photos and video from your camera to your computers, and open files using your favorite Android apps. Small bug fixes.
EStrongs File Explorer
Just another file explorer for your android device. manage files, edit file names, compress files delete files and much more.
About:
V1.4.3(appear soon) ES Security Manager Donate Entrance, Please donate if you like it Free,Featured File manager & Appmanager & taskkiller which explores the phone & PC. *copy/cut move *thumbnails *multiselect *edit text *manage apps *send as *search *(de)compress *media on ftp *access home PC *bluetooth
LauncherPro Beta
A favorite for many users, this is a much smoother and customizable launcher than the stock found on your phone. Customizer your luncher, home screen and animation with this great Apps
About:
Based on the stock Android Launcher (Home app) - Super-smooth scrolling - Animated screen previews (like Exposé or HTC Sense) - Up to 7 home screens - App drawer (2D and 3D!) with a fly-in effect and smooth scrolling - Scrollable shortcut dock You can see the change log at my website below. For support, visit our forums.
Tools
Speed Test
The Famous speedtest.net is now on android. This is certainly an app for you if you are always concern of speed or would just like to know what your speeds are from time to time. Are you getting the best out of your 3g or 4G connection? you can surely use this app to find the answer.
About:
Speedtest.net is now available as a free Android application with no advertising! Use it to measure the network speed of your Android device. With over a million tests performed every day, Speedtest.net is the ultimate resource for bandwidth testing and related information. Visit it on your computer today to find out why
Google translate
Your favorite language translation right at your finger tips, now includes more voice inputs..
About:
Use Google Translate to instantly translate text between \u003e 50 languages. Featuring: * Dictionary results * Text-to-speech * Voice input * Romanization (e.g. Pinyin, Romaji, etc) * History/star favorite translations New in v1.1.1: * New voice input languages: French, Italian, German, and Spanish
Reference
Kindle for Android
Kindle for android are more usefully on the bigger screen phones but nevertheless it's for us all, Sync, browser and purchase books right on your phone or android device.
About:
Read more than 620,000* Kindle books on your Android phone including thousands of free books. No Kindle required. Automatically synchronizes your last page read between devices with Amazon Whispersync. Adjust the text size, color mode, or brightness. * If you are a non-US customer, book availability may vary.
Dictionary.com, LLC
The name def.ly speaks for itself, just keep in mind you need a data connection to use this wonderful app.
About:
New: Bug fixes The Dictionary.com app delivers trusted reference content from Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com. The app includes phonetic and audio pronunciations, spelling suggestions and our popular Word of the Day. 375,000 words & definitions 300,000 synonyms & antonyms Word of the Day home screen widget
Wikidroid for Wikipedia
Now you got Wiki on your phone, never be uninformed, features includes voice search. Great apps for doing your basic and quick research on your phone without opening up a browser.
About:
View all of Wikipedia's articles formatted perfectly for your device. Never be without the answer to an argument again! Features: - 64 languages - Jump to a random article - Share articles over email or SMS - Voice search - Search suggestions - Add bookmarks + home screen shortcuts to articles Keywords: wiki encyclopedia
Google sky map
Need to know more about the sky? The cosmos? Then Google sky map is for you.
About:
Google Sky Map turns your Android-powered mobile phone into a window on the night sky. New: 1.5.2: Move app to sdcard (Android 2.2 users) Find us elsewhere: http://www.google.com/sky/skymap http://twitter.com/googleskymap Keywords: planetarium, astronomy, skymap
Hope you find a few of these apps useful and again I will be starting a thread for recommended top PAID apps soon...
aldiko is better than kindle and adw launcher is better than launcherpro but besides that great list
Arcus Dictionary i think is better then Dictionary.com, it doesnt require a Data plan to do look ups and is very fast
launcherpro is ok, zeam is better imho.
themapleboy said:
adw launcher is better than launcherpro but besides that great list
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Having tried both, and several others (Zeam, Sweeter Home, and touchwiz) I stuck with Launcher Pro. Personal preference.
E_man5112 said:
Having tried both, and several others (Zeam, Sweeter Home, and touchwiz) I stuck with Launcher Pro. Personal preference.
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True. Launchers are completely down to personnal preference
Thanks for the list! I'll have my first Android phone (Captivate) coming in the next day or two so this will be very handy to refer to!
Thanks for the list! I just got a notice from VZ that I'm eligible for an upgrade (over a year early, so I guess they're really trying to sell those already unavailable Droid X and Incredibles...), and I'm planning on getting a new Android phone to replace my HTC Touch Pro2. Now I'll have a list of a few apps to try out!
Besides Dolphin browser, I would reccomend xscope. It is a free alternative to the regular browser and is pretty much just like Google chrome. Even set up to look like it. Not as much in the customization area as dolphin, buy definitely very easy to use, and most definitely faster.
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I can't find Pandora Radio. Does it still exist?
Pandora radio is still on the market, if you can find it then use the link provided below to install it. You will need to use a barcode scanner app to scan the barcode. Once this is done it will take you directly to the app on the market and you'll be able to install it.
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/multimedia/pandora-radio_bcmb.html
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themapleboy said:
adw launcher is better than launcherpro
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I believe it's the other way around. LauncherPro is WAAAAY better. IMO
HTC Legion said:
I believe it's the other way around. LauncherPro is WAAAAY better. IMO
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I agree, but Federico's work needs some work before its perfect.
Xiialive a lot better streaming music app than pandora, last.fm, or slacker. Pick from over 100 channels on shoutcast. So, less repetitive than the previous mentioned apps.
good list!
I like Gmote for streaming music from my home PC to my phone. You can do it over data connection (3g and 4g) or LAN. The only shortcoming is that it won't stream remotely via wifi, only LAN.
It also works as a remote control for your PC. Great for media servers!
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Pandora radio is still on the market, if you can find it then use the link provided below to install it. You will need to use a barcode scanner app to scan the barcode. Once this is done it will take you directly to the app on the market and you'll be able to install it.
http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/multimedia/pandora-radio_bcmb.html
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If they can't find it on the market, another link to the market won't help. Could be Pandora is protected and their phone isn't showing protected (and likely paid) apps.
Do try out my free apps here:
http://slideme.org/user/mlbl
A Thread where you can find useful Apps for your HTC Sensation
If this is useful, I always appreciate a thanks (button on the bottom of post)
And don't forget to post your favorite apps, it can be more than 3 if you have them, with quick description
S-OFF Root your phone
S-OFF - Thread on how to S-Off or Root your phone
Browsers
Dolphin Browser - Powerful, Fast & Elegant web browser for Android 2.0+.Browsing made wonderful.
Firefox - If you just have to have a different browser from Opera
Maxthon - Fast Browser
Opera Mobile Web Browser - Great Web Browser.
Skyfire – browser that does flash
Communication
ChompSMS - Has lots of extra SMS features like chat-style bubbles, contact pictures, quick reply, signatures, templates, blacklisting, heaps of customizations, themes, FREE texting using the **TextFreek Service** and much much more!
Craigslist Notification - Get notifications when stuff is posted to craigslist.
CSipSimple - High quality OpenSource SIP OpenSource (GPL) project for SIP on Android.
Dialer One - Smart multilingual T9 like dialer application. *Speed dial *Call log grouped by contact *Send contact *Customizable *Swipe between screens
Facebook for Android - Facebook on your phone, I like it better than the widgets, but that is just me.
Fring - Group video calls and chat.
Go SMS Pro - GO SMS PRO brings you cool UI, fast and convenient SMS/MMS experience. GO SMS Pro(yet FREE) is a huge enhancement for stock messaging app, much faster, more functions.
Handcent SMS - A powerful free sms/mms tools for your android phone. Handcent fully unleashes the messaging power for android phones, fully customizable and more features than the stock android messaging app.
KakaoTalk - Enjoy free group or one-to-one chats anywhere in the world. (both iPhone and Android)
Rocket Dialer - The most powerful and comprehensive dialer in android. Makes 3 way calling and picking up call waiting easier.
Skype – Skype for your phone
SMS Popup - Quickly read and reply to SMS messages from a convenient popup window. SMS Popup provides a convenient popup dialog when a message is received that allows you to quickly read and reply to messages. It also provides in-depth customization of message notifications including contact specific sound, vibrate and LED settings.
Taptu – Clever social news feed reader. Get the latest on your interests in one place.
Viber - Viber is an Android and iPhone application that lets you make free phone calls and send free text messages to other users that have Viber installed.
Voice Dialer - although you can dial on your phone with voice search, if you want an explicit voice dialer it is here in this thread.
Qik – Video chat
WordPress - Write new posts, edit content, and manage comments on your WordPress blog.
Media / Entertainment
Audiogalaxy - Superb music streaming app. Install the server software on your PC or NAS and have all of YOUR music all the time. AG > Google Music for me, don't want to know what Google would charge me to host my 320g in the 'cloud'.
Camera360 - add effects to photos.
DI.Radio - Digitally Imported streams the world’s most addictive electronic music. If you like digital music, this is the app for you.
Dice Player - Hardware Accelerated Media Player
Double Twist - Itunes for Android.
Gmote 2.0 - Control your computer's media player from your phone.
Google Books – read over 3 million books on your phone. Some of them free.
Google Listen - Podcasts. Great settings to download new ones only while on WiFi and charging.
Hi-Q - Record audio in high quality directly into MP3 files! Voice dictation, songs, sermons, music, and concerts can be recorded in 44 kHz, much better than the default sound recorder application. You can manage and send recordings by email and Bluetooth (depends on phone model) or by copying files directly from the SD Card.
MixZing - MixZing is simply the most advanced media player around! A lot of cool features, way more advanced than stock music player.
Netflix - Reported to work with HTC Sensation. Another Link Here
Pandora – Internet radio station. Listen to your favorite music.
Photoshop Express - Edit and share photos virtually anywhere. Touch to crop, rotate, adjust color, and add artistic effects.
Picasa Tool - Picasa Tool Pro helps you to manage your Picasa web albums with simple yet powerful user interface designed specifically for Android powered smartphone.
Plex for Android - Plex for Android allows you to browse and play your video, photos, and music right on your Android device, streamed from Plex Media Server on your Mac or your PC
Pulse News - Pulse is a beautiful app that takes your favorite websites and transforms them into a colorful and interactive mosaic. Tap on an article to see a clean and elegant view of the news story.
QuickPic - Smaller! Faster! Clearer! The best picture viewer/browser/gallery!
RingDroid – Make and edit ringtones
Ringtone Maker – Make and edit ringtones
Robotic Guitarist – play the guitar on your phone
Scanner Radio - Listen to police and fire departments from around the world on your phone.
Shazam - Can identify songs by hearing them. Hold your phone up to the song to identify the track, buy it, check out the videos, get the lyrics, share it with friends – and more!
Slacker – Free Internet radio stations. Listen to your favorite style of music
StreamFurious - Simple streaming audio for your Android, browser link support. Free with no ads. Plays shoutcast/icecast mp3 streams.
TuneIn Radio - Browse and listen to radio -- live, local and global. Listen live to your favorite radio stations, DJs and programs and find new ones on local, global and Internet radio.
TuneWiki - The Music Player with Lyrics and a Social Network for Music Discovery
Unified Remote - Easily the most feature-filled Android-PC remote. Turns your Android device into a WiFi or Bluetooth remote control for your Windows PC. Control your favorite programs, mouse, and keyboard.
Voice Recorder - Voice recording app for your phone.
XDA Premium - This is the official XDA-Developers Premium Android App! By popular request, we present to you the Premium version of the official XDA-Developers Android app! This app lets you access the world-famous XDA forums, plus reply to threads, add new ones, manage your PMs, and more!
Zedge - Personalize your Android phone with the #1 wallpaper & ringtone app. Millions of free, unique and rare ringtones, notification sounds & wallpapers.
Office / Productivity
Andie Graph – A TI calculator emulator. You need the TI rom’s to use it.
CamScanner – turn your phone camera into a scanner. Generates .pdf’s.
Catch Notes - Catch Notes is a feature-packed app that allows you to capture your ideas and experiences in text, voice, images, and locations, all with free sync & backups to Catch.com. Passcode-protect your personal activity stream, set reminders, share content, and keep organized with easy #tags and a homescreen widget!
Documents to Go 3.0 - View Microsoft Word, Excel & PowerPoint Files - All in 1 App FREE! View native Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint files & attachments with Documents To Go Main App. Supported file formats include .doc,. docx,. xls,. xlsx,. ppt,. pptx. (to edit files you have to get paid version)
Epistle - A simple and clean text editor that can sync all your notes with Dropbox. It also supports the Markdown language, with a live preview of your notes.
Evernote - Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.
Freenote - FreeNote is the most convenient note app for android. Feature list: Unique hybrid model for combined handwriting and keyboard; Text,paint,voice,photo,video...Note everything; Calender,alarm,todo...Getting things done.
Google Docs - You need to be online to do it, but you can edit office docs with Google Docs, and it is free.
Grapher - Plot functions and trace their graphs with ease! This is a simple graphing calculator with graphing capabilities similar to TI-83 or TI-89 calculators.
Jorte - an app with the look and feel of real paper personal organizer with an appealing appearance and easy practical use. Jorte has a scheduler function and you can customize its style as you choose.
PocketCloud - Access your computer and virtual desktops from your mobile device. PocketCloud enables remote access to Windows or Mac desktops over WiFi and 3G/4G networks
Polaris Office – Open, read, and edit Microsoft word, excel and powerpoint (No Android Market link anymore. Not sure why)
Quick Office – Open, read and edit Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint and .Pdf’s
RealCalc – Scientific Calculator. More powerful than the standard one.
SimpleNote Notepad - SimpleNote Notepad is just a simple notepad app supporting editing, viewing notes, searching, exporting, importing, backing up, and restoring notes. No ads.
Springpad - Makes it easy to save notes, products and places you want to remember
Team Viewer - Remotely control your computer from your phone.
Thinking Space - A Mind-Mapping application. Create visual thought maps that help organize and plan your activities and ideas.
WakeVoice - Much more than a simple alarm clock, WakeVoice lets you interact with your phone using your voice: - Talk to it with custom commands to stop the alarm or activate the snooze option - Listen to your phone telling you about the weather, news of your choice or a personalized message while staying warm in your bed
Utilities
Advanced Task Manager - Best task killer for android system, speed up phone, free up Ram, save battery.
Alarm Clock Plus - Ensure you always wake up with Alarm Clock Plus! ALARM CLOCK PLUS IS HANDS DOWN THE MOST FULL FEATURED ALARM CLOCK APP ON ANDROID!
Anycut - Any Cut allows you to create Home shortcuts to anything! Popular shortcuts like directly calling a phone number or sending an SMS are supported.
AppSaver - Easy install apps from your SDcard, Quick save apps to SDCard, Quick uninstall apps you dislike.
Assited GPS Injector - Improve GPS fix time for ANY GPS-enabled application. Automatically request Assisted GPS data download (Internet connection required) before starting any application to ensure shortest time to acquire proper GPS fix.
AudioManager/AudioManager Pro - Customizable audio control app. Set different levels for everything - ringtones, media, alerts, etc... then save profiles. Makes switching them up super simple with shortcuts on the home screen.
Battery Monitor Widget - monitors Battery Use in every possible way you can imagine and more.
Blade Buddy - Blade Buddy Free (Ad-supported version) allows you go edit various system settings on your Android Device. Some functions don’t work if you haven’t rooted your phone.
Brightness Level - This is widget/app, which allows you easily change screen brightness.
Call Confirm - Stop making accidental calls. App confirms you want to make a call before placing it.
Car Home - The stock android car home - A car mode for your phone, makes it easier to use as you drive. Make sure you also download Car Mode Control. More details HTC Car Panel HERE (thanks GorillaPimp) Download HERE also
Car Mode Control - On HTC Sensation, you need this to launch Car Home.
Chainfire 3D - Chainfire3D is an intermediary OpenGL driver. What does that mean? It means that Chainfire3D sits between your apps and the graphics drivers, and can intercept and/or change commands between the two.
Custom Android Font Switcher - Custom Android Font Switcher is an easy to use font-switching app. It provides you switch over 150 custom fonts that, with the click of a button, you can apply to your phone.
EasyProfiles - EasyProfiles is an intuitive, flexible, battery saving tool which allows you to automatically or manually switch between profiles that you have defined. A profile is a collection of system settings you select to make your device behave as you would like for each situation (quiet, loud, GPS on, etc).
Easy Reminder - Remind You missed call and unread sms/mms, easy to use and highly configurable! You can easily set an alert that will be repeated periodically. You can also decide a time slot during which You will not be disturbed.
Elixer - Do you want to know everything about your device? Try Elixir and its widgets! Elixir is a system information application with highly configurable widgets. Displays information about battery, cpu usage, memory usage, internal and external storage (sd-card), display, wifi, mobile network, location services (gps), bluetooth, sync, airplane mode, sensors, etc.
Extended Controls – Great way to have a widget that controls and toggles many settings (wifi on/off, vibrate/sound/silent, gps on/off, etc.) Too many options to list, great tool!
Go Launcher EX - GO Launcher EX is the extended version of GO Launcher, one of the most popular home apps in Android Market. It’s a highly customizable home replacement application, which will run when you press your android phone’s HOME key.
Gravity Home - Gravity Home = Live wallpaper + Launcher + Physics. Transform your home screen in a funny alternative launcher. Turn the phone upside down and watch your favorite app icons respond to gravity, hanging aroung the screen, being completelly funcional. Thread on it HERE.
Intelligent Key Unlocker - The intelligent enhancement for your lockscreen! If enabled, the Intelligent Keylock Unlocker unlocks your lock screen automatically if the proximity sensor does not register any object closer than a few centimeters to it.
Irssi ConnectBot - Irssi ConnectBot is modified version of the popular ConnectBot SSH client. Has features which helps users to use Irssi.
Juice Defender Beta - Battery Saving Utility. Some find it useful.
Lightening Bug - Alarm Clock and Sleep noise generator. A simple but powerful ambience and white noise mixer for Android powered devices.
Linda Application Manager - If you want File/Application/Task Manager in one APK, download Linda File Manager -quick install/uninstall -Sort By and Group By Name/Date/Type/Size -Collapse All/Expand All -Backup/Backup All -Search at Market -Category your backup -Launch Application
Linda File Manager - The Best File Manager, do anything(File/App/Task/Zip etc.) , just 500k
Llama - Location Aware Profile Utility. You can change sounds, power settings, etc. based on where you are.
Lookout - Lookout offers top rated Android security to stop malware, spyware, data loss and device loss.
Network Info II - All the network information you'll need. WiFi/Bluetooth/Cell/IPv6
Overlook Fing - the ultimate tool for network management: network discovery, service scan (TCP port scan), ping, traceroute, DNS lookup.
PhoneLocator Pro - Complete control over your lost or stolen droid! Find your lost or stolen phone, auto enable GPS(rooted phones), make it ring, remotely lock, remotely wipe, hide the app, know with whom the thief is speaking!
Quick System Info Pro - Explore your system state better. Quick access of the basic system information for your Android platform, including information for CPU, memory, SD Card, running processes, network states and installed applications.
Smartbar - Manage Apps/Tasks. Batch Install/Uninstall/Backup apps. Customize things.
Spare Parts - allows you to enable some settings that are not found in the default setting menu
Speech Synthesis Data Installer - Installs the data files needed by the Android TTS for synthesizing in the following languages: English (US), English (UK), French, German, Italian, Spanish. (Need it for voice in Navigation)
Speed Test - speedtest.net for your phone. See how fast your data connection is.
Swiftkey X Beta – A nice replacement AI keyboard for you sensation. Not compatible with some hardware keyboards (works on HTC Sensation)
SwiFTP - An open-source FTP server that allows you to connect to your phone over wifi or cellular/3g to upload and download files. Any FTP client can be used.
Swipe Beta - Swipe keyboard beta.
Tap Tap App - Lock and unlock the screen with a double tap the proximity sensor. Also a widget that locks your phone with one click.
Tricorder – Mostly just fun. See what your sensors register on your phone. Supposed to be a star trek tricorder.
Visidon Applock - Fast, convenient and cool way to protect your mobile with face recognition. Protect any application (i.e. SMS, Gallery, E-Mail, Facebook, etc.) on your phone using face recognition. Convenient and cool way to increase safety of your private apps and content.
Volume+ - Volume Booster, FEATURES INCLUDE: On/Off toggle, Volume Boost, EQ pre-sets, Bass Enhancer, Stereo Widener (only for Headset/Bluetooth Headset), Virtual Room Effect (VRE - Echo). ALL FEATURES AVAILABLE FOR: Phone Speaker, Headset, Bluetooth Headset
Wave Launcher - A quick gesture-enabled quick launch bar always accessible with a simple gesture. With a single swipe you can launch up to 120(!) of your favorite apps, shortcuts and recently-used apps regardless of which app is currently running. Wave Launcher is accessible anytime, anywhere!
Wallpaper Wizardrii - WW will take any size image and set it as your wallpaper; which means you are no longer forced to Crop a large image to set it as wallpaper.
Widgetlocker - Powerful lockscreen customizing app. A lock screen replacement that puts you in control of the look, feel and layout of your lock screen.
Wifi Analyzer – see what wifi’s are around you, the strength of their signal, and what channel they are on, all in a great graphics interface. I love it!
WiFi Explorer - Browse, download, upload, delete, copy, ZIP, stream and manage files via WiFi!!
Wifi Manager – Control your wifi access, and switch between networks easily
Backup / Sync
Box.net - online storage (up to 5 gb free)
Dropbox - Lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere.
Funambol Sync - Delivers over-the-air synchronization of your personal data. Makes it easy to secure your Android pictures, videos, files, contacts and calendar in an online account and keep them in sync across your other mobile phones, tablets, and computers. Platforms supported include Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, and Symbian mobile phones, iPad and Android tablets, and Windows and Mac computers.
MyBackup Pro - The #1 backup application for Android. Secure your data with MyBackup Pro.
Titanium Backup *ROOT* - Extremely powerful backup tool, you must have root.
File Sharing / Organizing
Andftp – A usefull FTP browser and file browser.
ASTRO file manager – The file browser that did not come with your phone.
ASTRO Bluetooth add on – share files via Bluetooth.
ES File Explorer - An alternative to andftp. File copier/explorer, windows/samba networking support
File Expert - Powerful File Manager/WIFI File Transfer Web & FTP/App Manager - ALL in ONE
Folder Organizer - Group items according to labels and create customizable folders and widgets.
FTP Server - Simple & free FTP Server to transfer files to/from your android device with a FTP client. For more information visit this site
Koala File Encrypter - Helps you to encrypt private files with password. Encrypted files have extension ".spf", you can decrypt it or open it directly within this appli
*Root* Explorer (File Manager) - Root Explorer is the ultimate file manager for root users. Access the whole of android's file system (including the elusive data folder!). MUST HAVE ROOT ACCESS
Simi Folder - a Folder Widget with a horizontal/vertical scrollable Launcher.
Reference / Information
Antennas – Find where the cell towers are in your area. Kind of cool.
Barcode Scanner – Check if the prices are good at the store.
BASSWAR – check if your bass is in tune. Just a tone generator.
CoPilot Live Premium - Offline voice-guided GPS navigation
ConvertMe - Utility for converting over 100 various units of measurement (distance, area, volume, mass, temperature, and many others)
CrossConnect Bible – Free open-source Android Bible. Many different versions.
FlightBoard - Turn your Android phone into the Arrivals and Departures board for any airport in the world! FlightBoard lets you check out the boards of your favorite airports and view all the flight information in real-time.
FlightTrack - Get real-time flight status and map tracking for airline flights worldwide. The best flight tracking app out there! Track flights with beautiful, zoomable maps or get real-time departure info, delays and gate numbers at a glance.
Gas Buddy – I like finding cheap gas. This helps.
Google Earth - Google Earth for you phone
Google Goggles – Use pictures to search the web.
Google Sky Map - Point your phone at the sky, and Google Sky Map will show the stars, planets, constellations, and more to help you identify the celestial objects in view.
GSpeedo – GPS speedometer. Tracks speed and distance travelled, also G-forces.
Gstrings - a chromatic tuner app for android phones.
Guitar Scales – a list of guitar scales.
JamBox Guitar Chords & Scales - Advanced guitar chord- and scale-finder for right- and left-handed players. It shows and plays chords in different variations and can also be toggled for left-handed players.
My Tracks - My Tracks allows you to record and share your GPS tracks, including statistics. Use My Tracks while you run, bike, hike, or do anything else outdoors, and it will use the GPS sensor in your phone to record the path you took. It will also gather useful statistics such as time, speed, distance, and elevation.
Pocket Auction - Bid, search and check My eBay using the award-winning Pocket Auctions for eBay!
Rail Planner Live - UK Journey Plans, Departure Boards, Return Fares, Platforms, SMS Alerts, Widget etc Plan your train journey using actual real-time train times, platform, delay and cancellation information from National Rail Enquiries.
Run Keeper - Track your fitness activities (time, distance, etc.)
ShopSavvy – Barcode reader, price comparison app
SnowStorm – For some, htc’s sense weather app is not enough. For those people there is Snowstorm.
Sygic Navigation - Premium turn-by-turn GPS navigation app.
Talk to me Cloud – voice input translator. Capable of speaking the translation. Useful and fun!
Ulysse Gizmos - The best set of tools to help you in a travel with your Android™ phone: Compass; Speedometer; GPS status; Bubble level; Clinometer; Magnetometer; Map view; Location/waypoint address; Location/waypoint exchange;
White & YellowPages - Phone book. Cool & simple navigation.
I love all these.
simi folder - customizable Folder Widget
taptu - extensive news feed reader
Snowstorm - weather forecast app/widget
SwiftKey - keyboard replacement with excellent word prediction
if you're going to make this post please keep it updated & most important of all: LINK TO THE APP IN THE MARKET!
Hi,
Juice Defender is kinda usefull (to me at least...!)
xnifex said:
if you're going to make this post please keep it updated & most important of all: LINK TO THE APP IN THE MARKET!
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And include a QR code please
I'm a noob and can't post links yet, sorry!
xnifex said:
if you're going to make this post please keep it updated & most important of all: LINK TO THE APP IN THE MARKET!
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I'll try to do that. For now all the apps come up in the android market if you input their names in search.
ES File Explorer - Built in windows/samba networking support
Car Home - The stock android car home - available in the Sensation forums
Car Mode - A launcher for the stock android car home - you need a launcher to use car home
So anyway, I've updated my list with links. If you have useful apps, also include the link in the android market, and if I feel your app is something to add to my list, I will.
Added Battery Monitor, Dice Media Player and Netflix.
Hi,
Could you please add CSipSimple (I can't add links for the moment). For me the best SIP/VOIP client...
Regards.
director_mr said:
So anyway, I've updated my list with links. If you have useful apps, also include the link in the android market, and if I feel your app is something to add to my list, I will.
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Can you add this link to Car Home apk since the Sensation isn't going to be able to see it in the Market.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14841694&postcount=3
don't forget the Swype beta
http://beta.swype.com
DI Radio - a must have if you dig electronic music
Box.net - 5GB of free space for sharing your files between your devices (Android/iOS/Windows/Linux/OSX)
Dropbox - 2GB of free space for sharing your files between your devices (Android/iOS/Windows/Linux/OSX)
doubleTwist - "iTunes for Android"
Fring - put the front-facing camera of your Sensation to good use!
Handcent SMS
Layar - a virtual reality app
NetCounter - keep track of your data usage
Photoshop
RunKeeper - for tracking your workouts (running, walking, cycling, etc.)
Sky.fm radio
Speed Test
TuneIn Radio
All free and available from the Market
Circular Battery Indicator
laegunum said:
DI Radio - a must have if you dig electronic music
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got a link for that?
GorillaPimp said:
Can you add this link to Car Home apk since the Sensation isn't going to be able to see it in the Market.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14841694&postcount=3
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I have a link to the car home launcher. Its called Car Mobile, and it is in the Android market now.
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got a link for that?
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Sure, here you go:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.audioaddict.di
I added a bunch of apps listed here in the thread, but I left a few out that I felt were duplicated, or didn't offer as much to people in general. Lot of cool ideas, thanks!
laegunum said:
Sure, here you go:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.audioaddict.di
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that's what I was hoping you were gonna link to. My buddy thanks you for letting us know that DI.FM has an app