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What do you suggest just got myself a desire
my tracks , robo defense !
shazam
Endomondo
Airplane AutoSwitcher
Chrome to Phone
Google Sky Map
gvSIG Mini Maps
Where's My Driod
Talking Tom
FartDroid
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
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! 😛
I bought a desire but found the apps were, in general, crap by comparison and now gone back to an iPhone.
I used an iphone once and found it to be crap in comparison to the desire
i used an app once and found it to be crap in comparison to the phone.
Obvious troll is obvious.
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
I didnt think Angry birds was available on Android?
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
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
A timely thread indeed. My Legend is arriving tomorrow.
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.
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?
dildroid
Advanced Task Killer
Fruit Ninja
Run, Zombie, Run!
Angry Birds (in a Beta version at the mo)
+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.
Flikie wallpaper hd
Album art grabber
Wheres my droid
S e x wiki
snesoid
BBC browscast
+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.
[u]Swype[/u]
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
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.
Rmaps, i think someone on here put it together - IIRC it does offline OS mapping.
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?
Tasker. ace.
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 🙂
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.
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?
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!
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.
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/
Light saber
Moron test 😉
EBay
To do list
Will have to look at some of those suggested shortly as i dont many.
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.
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 ??
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.
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.
Waiting for the Desire HD in a few weeks!
Any riding/navigation suggestions?
ADW launcher
Handcent SMS
Scandinavian keyboard
Opera mini
Data widget
Double Twist music player
Endomondo
Flashlight
Lightsword
Don't bother with a task killer, they can use as much power as the tasks they are killing!
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?
FunkyDunc (or anyone else having a drama with AlpineQuest)
PM me (address in profile) and tell me where you have got to with trying to get it to work and I'll see if I can help.
twohats comment about task killers using lots of power is right too, same goes for battery % monitors, i've gone through a few before I found one that was ok.
Free adult moves 😈
Sickipedia
parallel kingdoms - GPS based MMORPG
Last.FM