AC Asks Droid Owners: What are your must-have apps?

[leah2011]

Fave Apps!

Advanced Task Killer
Hungry! (shopping list)
ICE (In case of emergency)
Assistant Free (keeps track of accounts like netflix, credit cards, etc)
Mobile Banking
Astrid (to do list)
Digital Clock Widget
Epocrates (pharmaceutical info)
Pandora
Howcast (how to videos on almost everything)
My Verizon
Photoshop.com Mobile
Contact Owner (shows info you choose on your locked screen in case you lose your phone)
BBC News
ChaCha Droid (ask any question and it'll answer)
Engadget
Fandango
Lookout Mobile Security
News and Weather (stock, but still awesome)
Shazam (record a bit of a song you want to know the title to and it'll find it and find a place where you can buy it)
Silent Time Lite (schedule the times you want your phone to go on silent and it does it automatically)
Swype (new keyboard method)
Tip Calc
Twidroid
Zedge (ringtones and backgrounds for free)

AND all are free except for Swype, I think

 

[crash davis]

Maps
Handcent
eReader
Pandora
Dolphin Browser
Places Directory
SplashID
Seesmic
Foursquare
Act 1 Video Player

 

[CalebSchmerge]

1. Pandora
2. Weatherbug
3. Stock Browser
4. Car Home
5. Sudoku Daily

 

[digitard#WN]

I'm going to list mine by non-rooted and rooted.

NON-ROOTED APPLICATIONS (aka you can run in stock config):
- HelixLauncher - IMHO the best "HOME" replacement. 4 changeable icons on the bottom, and a very quick and efficient launcher. Allows up to 7 home screens (up from default 3) and stable. I've used quite a few, and this one blows them all out of the water (including Home++ which I came from).

- Facebook App - I'm sure everyone runs it, almost, by now but the main reason I list it as a "must have" is because of it's contact syncing. Just about everyone on my FB are real life friends/relatives. So most of their #'s are in my phone anyways. The FB app allows me to keep their "contact images" always updated w/o my intervention. This is nice because I don't really enjoy manually adding contact images, and this will always keep it updated for me. Plus the FB integration with the 1.2x update is awesome.

- Last.FM/Pandora: I love me some music, and between the two I've found that I'm happy. I prefer Last.FM lately over Pandora TBH, but both have extremely solid streaming. You can also add SLACKER to it, but I rarely use it.

- Handcent SMS: An amazing SMS/MMS application that lets you get various styles to your MMS/SMS and a lot more customization. I personally make it look just like the Android interface but I use the customization to make it feel more "integrated" by changing the background and Sent/Received colors. So whatever my theme is the SMS/MMS client has a more unified/integrated feel because of it. You can also change the LED blinking color, and the indicator on the top of your phone. NOTE: Make sure you disable notifications in the stock client when you use this or you end up with both.

- Opera Browser: Extremely fast browser. Lacks Pinch/Zoom but a minor inconvenience IMHO for the faster load times since it displays the page before it loads the images associated. Lots of settings too to tweak if you wish.

- Beautiful Widgets: Clock/Weather app, with various other little cool features. The best one out there IMHO with a broad selection of available skins and options.

- HTC Keyboard: Just what it sounds like. I prefer it over the stock. I also recommend SWYPE, but I've been using the HTC keyboard more and more.

- SMS Backup & Restore/Call Log Backup & Restore: I wipe my device constantly for new ROM's so being able to backup my SMS and Call logs is nice. Even if you don't root your device it's nice if you like to tinker since you can restore if you decide to wipe.

ROOTED APPS (Must have Root access)
- SetCPU: Allows you to change your CPU speeds. You'll need a modified kernel to achieve anything outside stock, but I have mine set to 1.25ghz right now and it FLIES! A must have for any gadget tweaker.

- Root Explorer: File system explorer that lets you view the actual device's hidden folders. Extremely well setup, powerful, and so forth. Great if you like to change your boot screen.

There's probably more but I just did a full wipe on my device, and I'll need to put everything back on to add to this list.

 

[bladerunner]

These utility apps should come standard with Android:

1. SMS Backup and Restore
2. AppControl
3. ASTRO File Manager

And these are great to have, I use them frequently, unlike a lot of apps that get downloaded and then forgotten:

TubeDownloader and mp3Tagger is a must have for anyone who uses their Droid as their main music player.

~>>>~

 

[Manuel Ortiz]

1) Beautiful Widgets
2) Movies
3) Lookout
4) Aloqa
5) Seesmic For Twitter
6) Facebook for Android
7) Chomp SMS
8) App to QR
9) HelixLauncher 1 or 2 I have both
10)NFL Mobile

Here are my top Application's for my "Droid By Motorola"

 

[juanito]

Well i would have to say

Google Maps
Engadget
Pandora
Advanced Task killer
NFL Mobile
Droid ligiht
Live Scores
Ringdroid

 

[BerkleyJ]

1. ASTRO
2. Google Voice
3. GameBoid
4. Rehearsal Assistant

Got to have those at ALL times.

 

[nosam111]

Favorite apps, in no particular order:

Handcent SMS
Astro file manager
Sportstap
Dolphin browser
iMusic
Epocrates
TuneWiki
FxCamera
K-9 Mail
Slacker
Ultrachron Lite
Repligo Reader

 

[jerkules]

Dialer One. An absolute must that should be standard on the phone, but at least it's available as a third party app.

 

[WmBolegs]

Must have app

Advanced Task Killer. Don't leave hove without it!

 

[WAM]

helix launcher2, pandora, shazam, and paper toss!!!

 

[anoi073]

must have apps

Advance task killer
Ak notepad
Astro
Chomp sms
Contact groups
Facebook
Flip2siklent
Lookout
Is it on?
Where's my droid?
Seesmic
These will greatly en hance your experience

 

[stlbryson]

Favorite Droid App

I can't seem to get enough TechBuzz or Seesmic. Killer apps, both!

 

[fire1hawk]

1. Beutiful Widgets
2. Dolphin browser
3. eBuddy
4. Task killer
5. Pandora
6. Facebook
7. Vlingo
8. Handcent sms
9. Helix Launcher
10. You mail

 

[titaniac]

1. SETCPU
2. Mototorch
3. Mylock
4. Astro
5. Rom Manager
6. Handcent
7. Dolphin browser
8. Audiomanager
9. Titanium Backup
10. Google Maps

 

[WolfSix]

1. Google Voice
2. Handcent
3. K-9 Mail
4. Opera Mini Browswer
5. AppBrain
6. Seesmic
7. Shazam
8. AnyCut

 

[Gunner]

Slacker Radio
Astrid
Google Voice (for visual voicemail)
K-9 Mail
Sticky Memo Widget
'3' Music Player
Astro
SetCPU (might be the single most important app...if you're rooted)
Setting Profiles
SMS Popup

 

[droidweasel]

i gotta say handcent for sure, then i would say pda net.
and if we are talking games then i play alot of homerun 3D.
NFL MOBILE IS SWEET TOO. ASTRO, I ALSO HAVE LOOKOUT ON IT TOO. WEATHER WIDGETS AND TOGGLE. ANDRO ZIP.......THE LIST GOES ON AND ONNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN. LOL GOOD LUCK ALL YALL.


DWEASEL

 

[droidweasel]

i'm going to list mine by non-rooted and rooted.

Non-rooted applications (aka you can run in stock config):
- helixlauncher - imho the best "home" replacement. 4 changeable icons on the bottom, and a very quick and efficient launcher. Allows up to 7 home screens (up from default 3) and stable. I've used quite a few, and this one blows them all out of the water (including home++ which i came from).

- facebook app - i'm sure everyone runs it, almost, by now but the main reason i list it as a "must have" is because of it's contact syncing. Just about everyone on my fb are real life friends/relatives. So most of their #'s are in my phone anyways. The fb app allows me to keep their "contact images" always updated w/o my intervention. This is nice because i don't really enjoy manually adding contact images, and this will always keep it updated for me. Plus the fb integration with the 1.2x update is awesome.

- last.fm/pandora: I love me some music, and between the two i've found that i'm happy. I prefer last.fm lately over pandora tbh, but both have extremely solid streaming. You can also add slacker to it, but i rarely use it.

- handcent sms: An amazing sms/mms application that lets you get various styles to your mms/sms and a lot more customization. I personally make it look just like the android interface but i use the customization to make it feel more "integrated" by changing the background and sent/received colors. So whatever my theme is the sms/mms client has a more unified/integrated feel because of it. You can also change the led blinking color, and the indicator on the top of your phone. Note: Make sure you disable notifications in the stock client when you use this or you end up with both.

- opera browser: Extremely fast browser. Lacks pinch/zoom but a minor inconvenience imho for the faster load times since it displays the page before it loads the images associated. Lots of settings too to tweak if you wish.

- beautiful widgets: Clock/weather app, with various other little cool features. The best one out there imho with a broad selection of available skins and options.

- htc keyboard: Just what it sounds like. I prefer it over the stock. I also recommend swype, but i've been using the htc keyboard more and more.

- sms backup & restore/call log backup & restore: I wipe my device constantly for new rom's so being able to backup my sms and call logs is nice. Even if you don't root your device it's nice if you like to tinker since you can restore if you decide to wipe.

Rooted apps (must have root access)
- setcpu: Allows you to change your cpu speeds. You'll need a modified kernel to achieve anything outside stock, but i have mine set to 1.25ghz right now and it flies! A must have for any gadget tweaker.

- root explorer: File system explorer that lets you view the actual device's hidden folders. Extremely well setup, powerful, and so forth. Great if you like to change your boot screen.

There's probably more but i just did a full wipe on my device, and i'll need to put everything back on to add to this list.

damn nice layout.