Android Apps

Here is a collection of Android apps that i have compiled with the help of various friends. Please feel free to add anything cool that you find or make comments about existing apps on this list. Just please don't delete any. Enjoy Batteries: Seidio 3500mAh battery with extended back cover: http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&fieldkeywords=Innocell+3500mAh&x=0&y=0&ih=1_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0_0.2549_1&fsc=-1 Anti-Virus: Lookout

Google: Google Buzz widget Google Voice Google Translate [CA - the voice recognition is awesome!] Google Maps / Latitude ( last update included bike paths! ) Google Sky Map Google Goggles Google Earth : 1.1 is out but it breaks Google Talk! Avoid for now. Google Reader (new!) Google Books (new!)

Woah! Cool stuff: Beerby : Beer checkins integrated with Levlr.com Metal Detector (crazy) Layar - Augmented Reality : The Layar Reality Browser shows what is around you by displaying real time digital information on top of the real world as seen through the camera of your mobile phone. [I: Yelp's now in on the AR bizniss.] Speed Trap Alert : http://www.trapster.com/android.php PDANet (urooted internet tethering to your laptop/pc) Social: Foursquare! Gowalla Yelp Jabiru : Michal "zet" Zbortek : The best Jabber client that I can find that will effectively do XMPP / Jabber xep-0045 : Jemi's blog entry about it: http://jemimus.net/?p=807 Bump : Bump Technologies, Inc. : Automatic contact/photo/app sharing. Will swap predetermined info based upon proximity to other users. Facebook for Android : meh [I: Gizmodo or someone mentioned that the latest version was finally decent.][I can confirm newest FB4android is much better. Not specific to Froyo (same on a Hero with 2.1) -steve] Trillian Multi-IM (not available in the Android market yet, requires a Trillian account): http://www.trillian.im/get/android/ Beerby : Beer checkins integrated with Levlr.

Twitter Twitter : Twitter, Inc. Twitdroid Free / Pro (Recommendeed by Jemimus) Seesmic Touiteur (fancy) Tweetdeck

Audio: Grooveshark (find any song you want to hear or stream 'radio stations' based off of a song you like) grooveshark.com Audiogalaxy (stream your music library from your computer to your phone!) audiogalaxy.com last.fm : last.fm Ltd. : http://last.fm/ A Online Radio : aor.leadapps : Can open m3u streams Pandora : streaming music

SoundHound : More features than Shazam. Seems to recognize more songs. Much better interface. Shazam : Shazam Entertainment Limited : Listens to a song and returns the name/artist Digital Turntables: http://www.beatronik.com/djstudio-application-for-android (they also have DeeJay for the iPhone/iPad) Video: RockPlayer 7 : An amazing xvid/divx player that can play video at full speed.[Also only thing I can find that plays .mov decently -steve] QQ Player is better than Rockplayer 7 now. Also, ad free. Ustream Viewer : Ustream.tv, Inc. Ustream Broadcaster : Ustream.tv, Inc. Qik: stream live from your phone doubleTwist: Audio/video player, podcasts, radio. Also try the PC/Mac client for podcast download/music syncing.

Web Browsers: Dolphin HD Opera Mini 5 Skyfire Steel Sharing: Dropbox! News: NPR News: [I: The official one's good.] Public Radio Live: [I: This is how I listen to WBUR while wandering aimlessly around town.] [A: Is this better then listening using the official NPR app?] Engadget NYTimes Congress

Lifestyle | Fun | Misc. Where : Where, Inc. : Can tell you where shit is. I have this because Zipcar is too lazy to make an Android app. Slackers. Favorite Frequencies : Favorite Android : A frequency generator. Scare off mosquitoes!, train your dog!, impress your friends! Dice for D&D : Thomas Edison Barcode Scanner : ZXing Team OpenTable : Easy way to make restaurant reservations or find an open table. Yelp : Places to eat, shop, etc., and reviews on 'em. Zillow : Map based real estate app. Flixster : Movie reviews (Rotten Tomatoes), Trailers, showtimes and location. Includes DVD coverage, Netflix integration. Key Ring: Digitally store your key ring cards (grocery cards, etc.) [CV: Great app! Had success with Stop & Shop, except their self-checkout. No luck with PriceChopper.] Solo Lite: Digital Guitar Mini Piano Beta: Digital Piano Kindle app by Amazon Amazon Mp3 ACV ( Comic Book e-reader ) Ski & Snowboard Tracker by Phresheez - Let's you find your friends on the mountain and compete against them by logging position, speed, trail difficulty, # of runs, etc... My Tracks (Google Maps) - breadcrumb dropper and movement statistics. Saves to SD card and overlays with Google Maps. (I wander a bit on my bike & when I travel, and like to be able to lookup where I went. Closest I've found to a Garmin yet = no signal except GPS.) Personal Finance: Mint : Mint.com : Personal Finance app from the TurboTax people. Google Finance : Follow the market and your portfolio. Bank of America : Mobile banking. Find nearby ATM's. e-Trade Tools: PDANet (urooted internet tethering to your laptop/pc) TasKiller free : Thibaut Nicolas : Lets you kills processes [Ichiro: Advanced Task Killer the same thing? It's sexy.][ Does not work on Froyo, since it does not allow one app to kill another. May be a root-only taskKiller out there now, though][Stopped running any app killer at all and my battery life got better. I think Androids battery management is really good and will shutdown apps when needed.] Advanced Task Killer TaskControl [I: Sometimes seems to get stuff the others miss.] GPS Status : EclipSim : Displays your GPS and sensor data, position and signal strength of satellites. RF Signal Tracker (Eclair) : Ken Hunt WiFi Analyzer : farproc ShootMe : Johan Cloetens : A screen grabber. Needs root access AndFTP : LYSESOFT ConnectBot : Kenny Root and Jeffery Sharkey : Open source SSH client. Sound Manager : Daniel Roozen : Exposes your device's sound & volume controls. Audio Manager Widget: same as above but widget for quick access Retro Calculator by Foak House (basic, but cool looking) RealCalc Scientific Calculator

Scan2PDF Mobile KeePassDroid (Android port of KeePass, r+w for 1.x db's, ready-only for 2.x db's) Note-taking: Evernote Catch (formerly 3banana) NoteEverything Springpad : Notes, tasks, recipes, barcode scanner, restaurant/business/wine finder. [CV: Good for notes, haven't tried much else.] Audio note taking: Tape Machine Note Everything Rehearsal Assistant File Browser/Explorer EStrongs (The most feature rich) Linda Astro File Manager (Metago) Exercise / Cardio: Cardio Trainer: http://www.worksmartlabs.com/cardiotrainer/about.php - Added AGF 7/29/10 CardioTrainer (better than RunKeeper and the like) (can track dancing! lolz) Softrace : Appify AB : A GPS based racing application for outdoor sports. Remote/Admin: ConnectBot (Telnet/SSH) RemoteRDP (Remote Desktop/RDP/Terminal Services for Windows) androidVNC

Games: Angry Birds : Awesome!!! (one of the best games for Android/iPhone) Game Dev Story (Run your own video game company) Raging Thunder 2 Lite : Polarbit AB : Demo version of a 3d racer that contains only one course. Great app to test and show off tech spec/graphics capability. Battle.net Authenticator : Blizzard : RSA key generator for your Blizzard games ( WoW, SC2, Diablo 3 ) World of Warcraft Remote Auction House app SchottGunn by Sheff's Blend (hysterical shotgun simulator) Speed Forge 3D Nintaii Replica Island icommando : http://www.icommando.net/ Pac-Man Championship Edition (free version) Zenonia : Role Playing Game (pay & free) Blocks 4000 (formerly Tetris 4000) [there's tons of tetris clones, but this one is cool, in 3d, and decent control for touch] Abduction! (At least get it for the icon :p -V) Alchemy (combine elements to make new ones. Like Scribnauts... sort of. -V) SliceIt (geometry/math game. Figure out how to cut up shapes. -V) The Moron Test by DistinctDev ($0.99 worth every penny -V)

X Construct (Bridge building game. Listening to the people scream when you fail is my favorite. -V)

Emulators: (essentially anything by yongzh, updates regularly) Nesoid Snesoid Gensoid Gearoid GBCoid Gameboid PSX4Droid Playstation Emulator: http://phandroid.com/2010/07/26/android-receives-a-playstation-psx-emulator-psx4droid/ Bluetooth Wii controller app: https://market.android.com/details?id=ray.android.wii&feature=search_result Mobile apps for existing online services: My Verizon (If you are running the Incredible) eBay : eBay Inc. Fandango Movies : Fandango Amazon UPS Mobile e-Trade Flickr Android App- official Android app from flickr. Can do minimal editing right on phone and upload instantly to flickr. Easier to view photostreams as well! (http://blog.flickr.net/en/2011/09/28/introducing-flickr-photo-session-and-the-flickr-androidapp/) Must-have apps for rooted phones (a.k.a. reasons to root) AdFree Android by BigTinCan - Uses same blacklist as AdBlockPlus for Firefox, patches your hosts file. Can auto-update daily. Wireless Tether for Root Users by Muller, Lemons, Buxton - Hotspot/tethering app. Up to 8 clients over wi-fi. Also does bluetooth and USB. Can do infrastructure mode now (tether PSP or DS), on phones that have native hotspot app (EVO 4G, Droid X) --> http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/ for more info. Titanium Backup - can backup pretty much everything. Can do scheduled backups, tons of features, versioning, dev updates often.