First Android Ever - HTC ONE - Help please!

[andras5soul]

I've just received my first Android phone ever - coming from a Blackberry Bold (ha!)

Could people please recommend best apps (games, news, sports, entertainment) as well as best Launchers to make my phone look as minimal, quickly accessible, and user-friendly as possible? Also, how do I make the most of this beast of a phone? How do I maximize battery life? Any tips for a first time Android user?

I know there are many threads regarding all of these questions, but it all feels like drinking from a fire hose all of a sudden. Any recommendations or useful links help!!

Thanks

 

[jsntrenkler]

My new favorite app was released this morning ... The Android Central "app" ... Great Stuff!

As far as launchers go, I use the stock HTC Sense 5 launcher although Nova Launcher Prime was my favorite on my Nexus 4 ... Seems that it won't load the native HTC widgets on the one so I just stuck with stock. Some of my other favorite apps are as follows:

RSS
*Feedly

Web Browser

*Google Chrome Beta

Office
*Quickoffice

Calendar
*aCalendar+

Tasks
*Gtasks

Notes
*Evernote

Cloud Storage
*Google Drive <-- Most affordable, still behind in features from Dropbox

File Manager
*ASTRO File Manager

News
*NewsHog:Google News & Weather
*BBC
*News Republic
*reddit is fun golden platinum

SMS
*MightyText --- Lets you send and receive text messages straight to your chrome browser on your computer ... Love it!

Games
*Minecraft Pocket Edition
*Jetpack Joyride
*Temple Run 2
*Ingress
*Punch Quest
*Angry Birds <-- Classic time killer

Those are just a few of my favorites!

 

[jsntrenkler]

Also when enabling power saving mode, consider going into settings/power and uncheck vibration ... This way you will still have haptic feedback when you type.

 

[scorpiodsu]

Battery thread for HTC One:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one/269518-htc-one-battery-life-stats-discussion.html

App threads:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/htc-one/276267-list-your-5-top-must-have-apps-htc-one.html
http://forums.androidcentral.com/samsung-galaxy-s4/276119-your-top-10-s4-apps.html
http://forums.androidcentral.com/member-favorites/
http://forums.androidcentral.com/android-applications/

 

[dotB]

Some of my favorites:

• Battery Widget Reborn, FREE https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...et.hubalek.android.reborn.beta&token=LRCe_6tH - Great battery widget, has Daydream setting for when we get 4.2+
• BaconReader for Reddit, FREE https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...s?id=com.onelouder.baconreader&token=6hBmvBsD - Reddit reader, get your /r/gonewild fix on your phone
• Any.DO, FREE https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...tore/apps/details?id=com.anydo&token=CK_5Ki_I - To do list, has a browser plugin for most browsers. Very nice for those of us who can't bring our cell to work. Add it in Chrome, and its on my phone as well.
• Airdroid, FREE https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...s/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&token=K4JOXbGK - AirDroid is a fast, free app that lets you wirelessly manage your Android from your favorite browser
• Helium - App Sync and Backup, FREE https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ils?id=com.koushikdutta.backup&token=tYgAx6fa - Helium is the missing app sync and backup solution for Android. Carbon does NOT require root.
• Feedly Google Reader, FREE https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ps/details?id=com.devhd.feedly&token=73E3Fxv9 - Great RSS reader that syncs with Google Reader for a better news browsing experience
• Carbon for Twitter, FREE https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ils?id=com.dotsandlines.carbon&token=5delR73f - Twitter client that was super popular for WebOS due to its design.
• Google Keep, FREE https://forums.androidcentral.com/e...ils?id=com.google.android.keep&token=EXADWMpj - Google's "new" note taking app. Sync across anywhere you log in. Simple and it works.

I also found this video to be very helpful with getting to know the features of the phone, even for an Android veteran:
20+ tips and tricks for the HTC One.
20+ Tips and Tricks for the HTC One - YouTube