[Joshua Munoz]

Some of you might be wondering why we're deviating from the polls that currently exist, and trust me, we've got good reason. The last time we ran a "Best Of Android Apps" article was about a year ago, and the Android landscape has changed pretty significantly since then.

These polls are starting nice and fresh, so we can get a true idea of what apps are worthy of being called Android best, so sit back, buckle up, and get voting.

[dwappo]

I use the stock messenger for ICS. Why slow it down with anything else?

[BoxArtGuy]

Yeah, I use stock for ics, anything else seems to slow it down for me

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[sasha]

Well it use to be Handcent but since upgrading to the Evo Lte I've went back to stock since my contact pictures no longer show up in handcent.

[stimpy01234]

I use the stock messenger for ICS. Why slow it down with anything else?

I hate the fact that you can't go down to the next line and that you can't send an sms to a group ...

seams that those features are greatly missing from the stock ICS sms app... strange that Google didn't add those features to JB

[Lanhoj]

Use to be GO SMS Pro but switched to stock until they update supporting expandable Notifications in Jelly Bean.


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[Itladyee]

Use to be handcent, just switch to GO.... like the feature with stock ICS on galaxy (just hold to your face to dial) but I love unique individual tones for texting!

[tearfang]

I tried most of these when I first got my phone. A lot offer nice features, but I prefer the default interface of the stock android for sms.

What I would like is a good sms enhancement app. Something that lets me schedule a txt for later. I know there are tuns of these, but they all have low download counts so it seems hard to find which ones are worth trying. Anyone have a favorite. I don't mind buying the app if it is good, but I need a free trial version to play with, a lot of comments complain about scheduling txts and then having them get sent at the wrong times, seems hard to test in any reasonable amount of time.

[Lanhoj]

...
What I would like is a good sms enhancement app. Something that lets me schedule a txt for later
...

Handcent does that-->

I use to use GO SMS Pro but they started charging for features so switched back to Handcent. I also think Handcent is the only 3rd-party SMS App to currently support the JB-style Notifications, which is pretty awesome.
My only complaint is the way they handle Copy / Cut / Paste, but I rarely use those so it's ok for now. I've Emailed the Dev & they're working on implementing the stock functionality.

[Lanhoj]

Lately I'm real digging "Messaging 7"-->

Compliments super well Launcher7 & StatusBar+ in terms of the WP7 look & feel.

[Ry]

The Messenger feature of the Google+ app.

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[asherking]

use go SMS all the time, it rocks.

[xlDeMoNiClx]

I've only used the stock and Go SMS Pro. So I'm going with Go SMS.

[tdobynes]

Definitely Go sms

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[SoftWrighters]

Hancent SMS

[zmann]

Handcent

EVO-LUTION 4G LTE

[Blaize19]

I like ChompSMS.

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[wschlitz]

Stock for JB, good enough

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[li2327]

Was using Go sms pro but back on stock since getting my EVO LTE.

[duddy23b]

Stock for me too!

[leegodsell]

I use standard stock SMS but I also use Whatsapp for some of my friends when im at home on wifi or in a hotspot.

[Dandroid2010]

Stock is fine with me.. but i also have Go sms for the resend feature which is not availbel in stock app.

[Jackie222]

Handcent.

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[javi9600]

Tried stock and Handcent, but the best for me is GoSMS.

[gvXVI]

For those of you using GoSMS, the reviews for the current version are really bad. Can you guys vouch for them being wrong?