Android.

[Chaz]

Who has Android based devices?

I thought a thread for "Good Apps" was in order.

Two I just started using recently (and seem to like a lot.)

• $Free - Go Launcher - Replacement Home Screen that's a lot better.
  
• $Free - Go SMS (I'd suggest the iPhone theme, or download the 2011 Night Theme)

Other apps that I've enjoyed in the past:

• $Free - Angry Birds
  
• $Free - Alchemy (game... combine elements of Earth, Wind, Fire and Water to form... well... everything from "Mud" to "Twilight Series" to "Alcoholic."
  
• $Free - Astrid - Task Manager
  
• $Free - Secret Settings - If you like to tinker with hidden settings.
  
• $Free - Endomondo - Sports Tracker - www.endomondo.com by far the best sports tracker that I've tried (though I only use free stuff unless I absolutely have no other choice.
  
• $Free - Mort Player - Audio Book player that plays folders of mp3 files like it's a single book... great for Audible.com
  
• $Free - Pandora - Internet radio.

I think that's about it for the apps that are "must have."

If you haven't started using Swype yet (yes, or ShapeWriter or SlideIT) do so. These new Input Methods are the way of the future. I can barely use a regular keyboard anymore, and "tap" onscreen keyboards make me shudder.

Please share any other Gems you've found. Even the pay apps if you absolutely must. Me, personally, I believe OpenSource will set us free, but that is, admittedly, the Socialist Anarchistic in me talking.
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[Death Mage]

All apps I use are free:

Useful info:
Wifi Analyzer
GPS Status

Games:
Unblock Free

Utilities:
Timers4Me
Antivirus AVG - Not that I've run into trouble, but just in case.

Also, if you play Magic:TG, there's a very good stat tracker for Android phones, simply called Magic TG Tracker. And, of course, there's the whole host of official Google apps that I love, like Navigator.

I've used other apps in the past, but at the moment that's about all I've left installed. Also, it's not a bad idea to look into custom firmware. On my Eris, I found a good 2.2 software that's extended my battery life considerably. (And there is no official 2.2 for Eris.)

[Edit] I stand corrected , I use Weatherbug Elite, a paid app. I use the radar map as my live background.
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[Chaz]

I usually use the Weather Bug map, but I saw that Go has a weather app.

The GO Launcher and GO SMS apps both have features that I only ever found in paid apps until these guys came along.

Also, I agree that the google stock apps (notably, maps/navigation, Voice, and gMail) are amazing.

Have you played with Goggles? It's not really "great" functionally speaking, but it's crazy cool that it can be done.
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[Chaz]

Go Weather does not have Radar. The Weather Channel app does, but it's not nearly as fancy as I suspect WeatherBug is. =D
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[Jack_Ian]

[Poisonium]

I might be one of the few people still using a mobile phone that's just that - a phone.
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[The Ragin' South Asian]

You're not. My social skills are poor enough without keeping an escape hatch to the internet in my pocket.

[Chaz]

Much like a car with power door-locks, smart-phones aren't necessary until you've had one.
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[Quailman]

[Dread Pirate Westley]

[Chaz]

I tried to Shazam a song that Samadhi posted hummed on here, but with no joy.
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[wordcross]

The difference in versions is how much you can use it in a month. The free version gives you 5 song matches a month or something like that. The paid version is unlimited. There might also be ads, I'm not sure.
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[Chaz]

Originally (and if you downloaded it before the change), it was unlimited for all. Then they limited it to five a month and a charge version for more.
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[Fezzik]

I recently got the Droid X and it's my first "big boy" phone!

Chaz - yea the goggles is pretty cool. It recognizes brand symbols pretty well.

Death Mage - wow, the MTG app is pretty cool. not quite sure how to get to the dice roll / coin flip though.

other kinda neat apps I like: (all free)

bubble - quite literally turns your phone into a bubble level. (you just have to be careful with the lay flat level because of the bump out on the back of the Droid X)

gStrings free - a pretty nice instrument tuner that displays approximate frequencies in Hertz

Barcode Scanner - similar to goggles, a red line appears and you center it on a barcode and it auto focuses, scans it and lets you search for information on that barcode. At the very least it gives you the numerical value for the barcode for later research.

and for a quick Physics reference there are two nice ones:

BS_Physics_Beta - just the equations

Physics Cheater - includes the equations and short definitions
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[Chaz]

If you like Physics, then you'll love Angry Birds. If you love Angry Birds then you'll never have time for anything else ever again.
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[Fezzik]

lol how do you think I spent my winter break?

...I even finished the holiday birds along with the regular, now just working on 3 stars for all.
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-SB

[Death Mage]

Coin Flip in Magic TG Tracker is is in the menu, while in the life counter (during a game). Press the menu button, and coin flip is there. (I also recommend setting it to dark theme, and turning off rotation, but that's just me.)

And yea, I've used Bubble as well. Good app.
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[wordcross]

Free Games:
Bubble Buster: great difficulty curve and tons of fun.
Coloroid: Early stages can be tougher than later stages, but it's a great conceptual game.
Untangle Me: you may have seen this before. some of the puzzles are maddeningly difficult.
The very first game in the "Waste of Time" thread is also an android app: SF Cave
Rocket Bunnies is pretty good as a game concept.
Glow Puzzle is fairly amusing for a while.
Has no one mentioned Slice-it?
Dropwords is like bookworm
Wordfeud is a Scrabble knockoff, but it's free. If you're up for a game I'm wordcross@gmail

Other free apps I use:
Opera Mini/Opera Mobile. Great alternative to the built-in browser.
Winamp for music. The built-in music player is decent, but I like how Winamp displays things better.
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[Sessie]

I just picked up a brand-new Samsung Captivate off craigslist, woohoo! Awesomer than all awesome things. Thus far ( * by my personal favorites):

OS: Android v2.2.1 Froyo
ROM: Serendipity by MikeyMike01 & ChancM (XDA) (Homepage) with various Gingerbread-y effects

Games:

• Abduction*
  
• Amtalee Lite
  
• Angry Birds*
  
• Farm Tower
  
• Glow Hockey
  
• Labyrinth Lite
  
• Ninja Kaka
  
• Paper Toss*
  
• PocketGod*
  
• Slice It*
  
• Tiki Towers (demo)
  
• Unblock Me Free
  
• X Construct

Apps:

• Amazon Kindle
  
• AppBrain
  
• ASTRO
  
• Facebook*
  
• Goggles*
  
• MetaMorph*
  
• Pandora*
  
• QR Droid*
  
• SCVNGR (haven't actually tried this yet, but it looks interesting)
  
• Titanium Backup*

I think I'm in love.
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[Sentran]

I like soundboards, for the sheer annoyance they cause my wife. I'm particularly fond of the Portal soundboard at present.
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[Chaz]

Sessie, didn't you have an iPhone?
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[Sessie]

Oh hells naw...what do you take me for?
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[wordcross]

Shame on you Chaz
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Has anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

[Chaz]

Huh. I thought I remembered seeing you post something from an iPhone on Facebook. Must have been another hot chica.

So.

If you haven't already, get Go SMS. It's better than whatever messaging app you're using. (by a lot.)

I'd suggest the "Simple Blue" theme, but any of the Simple themes are pretty great. The iPhone is also sleek looking.

Go also has a launcher that's pretty sweet, but it seemed to do a lot better on my Evo 4G, then it did on my mother's Samsung Epic FWIW.
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[Sessie]

Go SMS rocks my socks. =) Currently running the iPhone theme...it IS pretty, even though I die a little inside every time I look at it.

Launcher-wise, I like ADW Launcher EX. The Go one looks pretty sweet, but I just got settled into ADW and I'm not quite ready to change over yet.
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[Chaz]

ADW is great.

Go is free.
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[Sessie]

*cough* sideload *cough*
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[Chaz]

I support free apps, even when the cost apps are the same price.
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[lexprod]

Bump, I got a droid (samsung continuum with the cheesy ticker screen).

Yay!
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I'll have a P please...

[jesternl]

Don't forget Google Skymap