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  • Android Apps
  • mikewsmith
    Free Member

    What do you suggest just got myself a desire

    jacko54321
    Free Member

    my tracks , robo defense !

    CharlieMungus
    Free Member

    shazam

    druidh
    Free Member

    Endomondo
    Airplane AutoSwitcher
    Chrome to Phone
    Google Sky Map
    gvSIG Mini Maps
    Where’s My Driod

    AndyF1
    Free Member

    Talking Tom
    FartDroid

    retro83
    Free Member

    Angry birds, google skymap,unblock me, imdb, bonsai blast,my tracks, opera mini, rac traffic, aldiko, jewels, layar

    Should keep you going for a bit

    MrsToast
    Free Member

    Shrimpocalypse, which is a tower defence game made by myself and Mr Toast. I won’t say any more in case I get the entire thread deleted! 😛

    loddrik
    Free Member

    I bought a desire but found the apps were, in general, crap by comparison and now gone back to an iPhone.

    TheFunkyMonkey
    Free Member

    I used an iphone once and found it to be crap in comparison to the desire

    yesiamtom
    Free Member

    i used an app once and found it to be crap in comparison to the phone.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Obvious troll is obvious.

    stumpy01
    Full Member

    Tank recon 3D
    Traffic Rush
    One of the many versions of Solitaire
    RAC traffic
    Note Everything
    Rainwatch
    ES File Explorer
    Yahoo Mail (if you have a Yahoo account)
    MyPlayer (iplayer)
    Ringdroid

    bigyinn
    Free Member

    I didnt think Angry birds was available on Android?

    scholarsgate
    Free Member

    3g watchdog for monitoring data usage
    timerrific for managing profile.
    Dolphin Browser
    Handcent sms
    Lookout mobile security
    Multicon
    Sdmove for moving apps to sd card
    instant heart rate

    fbk
    Free Member

    All good suggestions so far. May I add

    Move to SD – automatically moves apps to SD if possible
    Mixzing – good free media player
    Last FM
    Google Goggles
    TuneIn Radio
    MyBackup

    And AngryBirds is currently in Beta version in the Marketplace

    beamers
    Full Member

    A timely thread indeed. My Legend is arriving tomorrow.

    Mackem
    Full Member

    Had my Legend about a week, it’s great.

    have a look at backcountry navigator, havent tried it in anger but looks promising. There’s a free trial.

    mikewsmith
    Free Member

    I bought a desire but found the apps were, in general, crap by comparison and now gone back to an iPhone

    ooo well get you hows flash going?

    peachos
    Free Member

    dildroid

    dooge
    Free Member

    Advanced Task Killer
    Fruit Ninja
    Run, Zombie, Run!
    Angry Birds (in a Beta version at the mo)

    philsimm
    Free Member

    +1 for Advanced Task Killer – can help you “kill” selected apps running in the background that are taking up memory, battery power etc.

    Quick Settings – really useful app for switching WiFi, mobile data, GPS, bluetooth etc on and off. I really like the auto brightness setting on this.

    Aloqa or AroundMe – see what banks, restaraunts, cash machines, pubs, garages are near.

    Net Counter or 3G watchdog – so you can keep an eye on your data usage.

    AK notepad – for when you haven’t got a pen.

    Songbird remote – Rip your music collection to pc and contro it all from anywhere in the room.

    Robo Defence – Tower defence (is that what you call it?) game.

    Goggles – take a picture of something (book, bike, car etc) and it’ll identify it and direct you to the web giving you info on it.

    Loads more on there – just have a search and download, they’re mostly free and you can always uninstall if you don’t use em.

    neilsonwheels
    Free Member

    Flikie wallpaper hd
    Album art grabber
    Wheres my droid
    S e x wiki
    snesoid
    BBC browscast

    Cougar
    Full Member

    +1 for Advanced Task Killer – can help you “kill” selected apps running in the background that are taking up memory, battery power etc.

    -1 for Advanced Task Killer, Android does it’s own memory handling, you’re fixing a problem that doesn’t exist.

    bassspine
    Free Member

    Swype
    App brain app market
    Tricorder
    google sky map
    Spira defence, Alchemy, robo defence
    Aldiko
    batteryminder
    task list
    calendar pad
    chomp sms

    Thanks for the suggestions, I’m on appbrain downloading like mad

    beamers
    Full Member

    AlpineQuest.

    If you can get your head round how to make them you can store OS Maps on your phone and see your location on them. The App creates the maps using Multi-map. Brilliant bit of software as the maps are sitting on your phone so even without a phone signal you can still use the maps.

    dave_rudabar
    Free Member

    Rmaps, i think someone on here put it together – IIRC it does offline OS mapping.

    FunkyDunc
    Free Member

    Bearers, still not managed to get my head round alpinequest, maybe I need to spend a bit more time on it unless you know of an absolute dummies guide?

    IA
    Full Member

    Tasker. ace.

    fbk
    Free Member

    Hmm – some good suggestions on here. I’m updating my apps list as we speak 🙂

    And another -1 for task killers. They’re not needed

    edit: just trying RMaps. This seems to be a very powerful GPS/mapping tool. I like it 🙂

    defaultslipper
    Free Member

    still not managed to get my head round alpinequest, maybe I need to spend a bit more time on it unless you know of an absolute dummies guide?

    Just takes time. Another similar program is trekbuddy. It doesn’t have the downloadable maps within the app like alpinequest (you still have to create them on your pc) but you can add your own CMS which is basically a display for your speed, altitude, etc…
    OP- get yourself appbrain much better than the stock market.

    sadexpunk
    Full Member

    advanced task killer. just wondering whether if as you say android does its own monitoring.

    i installed it, and then stopped some tasks that were running. so therefore its better than not having it?

    dave_rudabar
    Free Member

    Google Navigation is good too – free satnav. Only problem is that it hammers the battery running it. It’s still a beta version so not perfect but is better than nowt!

    Cougar
    Full Member

    therefore its better than not having it?

    It’s fairly hotly debated on the forums, TBQH. There’s a danger that you’ll kill something critical and whether it’s necessary to kill tasks at all is questionable.

    It’s not necessarily “better” not having it (other than the point above), so much as there’s not a lot of point having it in the first place.

    WhatWouldJesusRide
    Free Member

    Some promising apps on here that I’ll have to investigate…

    Right my turn:

    Appbrain [This is a must!]
    Dolphin Browser HD [Huge improvement over standard Dolphin browser]
    GPS Test Plus [Paid for app, but very useful & great fun]
    Shopper together with Barcode Scanner
    Folder Organizer
    Street View
    Speed Test
    Urban Dictionary

    /thread hijack/
    At the moment I’m after some multi-taking note taking app. What are you lot using?
    /thread hijack/

    Munqe-chick
    Free Member

    Light saber
    Moron test 😉
    EBay
    To do list

    Will have to look at some of those suggested shortly as i dont many.

    Cougar
    Full Member

    Notepad:

    I use two. AK Notepad for quick note-taking, and 3banana for shared notes; it’s synced via convoluted methods to the OH’s iPhone, so we can share notes. Fantastic for shopping lists.

    mattythemod
    Free Member

    Just got a HTC widfire and are confused beyone belief to all these apps ….do i just download one on to my laptop and then plug in the USB and synch the app to my phone …..

    Wot would you say the most important apps are to get me started ??

    mogrim
    Full Member

    Just got a HTC widfire and are confused beyone belief to all these apps ….do i just download one on to my laptop and then plug in the USB and synch the app to my phone …..

    No need for the laptop, just click on the Android Market icon on your phone and search away.

    For notes I use Springpad, synchs nicely with an external server which means I can check & add more notes when I’m using the main computer.

    dave_rudabar
    Free Member

    As the minimum, i’d suggest:
    Astro file viewer
    Double Twist (music player, better than standard one by far)
    Facebook (if you use it!)
    Last.fm
    Layar (if you think you need something like the yellow pages a lot)
    Google Navigation
    myPlayer (BBC Iplayer copy)
    Photobucket (if you want to upload your phone photos online)
    Rmaps (OS maps, but these cache to the phone so you can use it in weak signal areas)
    Swiftkey (better keyboard & word predictions than standard)
    Talk (used to convert text to speech)
    Weatherbug
    WiFinder

    I like Android Agenda widget too, shows your calendar for the next nn days on a homescreen page.

    And when you go on the android market (however you get access to it), check for updates that are available for programs already installed.

    Frankenstein
    Free Member

    Waiting for the Desire HD in a few weeks!

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