Top Android phone apps

[CodeRedFox]

Hey guys, I just recently switched from a blackberry to a Nexus one and wanted to know your top 10 apps. I've been extreamly please with it so far and love to Open source and Paid app options to far.

*this is not a phone .vs phone thread

My top 10

• Android VNC
  Log on to computers in my house or at work while on the can ;-P
• Barcode Scanner (ZXing)
  
  Scan barcodes and ZXing for information
• Calendar Pad
  Home screen Calendar replacement
• FeedR
  So far the best RSS feed yet, has some improvements but for a dollar its worth it, also its how I keep tabs on all of you
• Google Goggles
  I really cannt explain in a few words what I LOVE about this, look it up
• Google Sky Map
  Find Mars....
• NPR News
  Not only a cool app but also easy find for radio streams
• Wordpress
  Update and check my sites from my phone
• K9 email apps replacement
  Not sure what Googles deal is but the default email apps blows and IMO doesnt work.
• MeeboIM
  Replaces ALL my IM clients
• Google Maps with my google integration and Buzz
  So far the best one. I have my Google map connected which means all my markers, favorite places in town, notes about clubs and eats are all available.

[Wilkinson]

I love the Nexus One. A buddy of mine has got one. It's so sleek. Me, being the Apple Lover I am. Have the iPhone 3GS. They don't vary too much regarding internet speed though where I live it's a couple seconds faster.

My Favorite app for the Android Phones is Goggles. So ingenious and creative. Shows how the world of technology is stepping up

[Rambo Hunter]

I just got the Droid two days ago, so I'll be watching this thread closely

Some good ones I've found so far: (in no order)

Google Goggles - I haven't really used it yet but I'm 100% it'll come in handy in the future.

Google Maps - The Droid doubles as a GPS, so it has a turn-by-turn navigation system when used with Maps. Again, I haven't really used it yet, but It'll come in handy so I don't have to rent a GPS unit when I go to the East Coast later this year.

Backgrounds - A nice app with thousands of backgrounds and a bunch of categories to choose from. Supports a "slideshow" background. Better than having to bring all of them from your computer.

Brightness Level - A small but useful app to manually change the brightness level. Make sure to disable automatically changing the brightness level in the system settings.

Pixelpipe - Uploads images taken on the phone directly to any of dozens of social networking sites. I only use Picasa and it works wonderfully.

Photoshop.com Mobile - Useful for small image enhancements such as cropping, rotating, and changing color settings.

[Conman51]

I don't have a nexus but I have a droid, I'm actually using it for this now, I don't think ireally have ten fave apps but I do have some usel free ones, mostly some games

But the useful ones I find are

Moto torch LED, for when lights go out, it uses the LED light and can strobe and even do morse code

Barcode scanner, preety useful some times

Backrounds app, makes my phone look nice

Xfire app, dunno which one made it

Weather channel app, useful some times and accurate

[Spartan0189]

Ooh, Good switch, I wanted an HTC Hero, but didn't get it. (It runs on Android OS.)

But there are a few good apps, My mom has the Hero, and I play with it here and there.

- Gameboid Lite (I think) - GBA Emulator, You have to find games for it though.
- XFMobile - Xfire Mobile, Great for on the go Xfire-ing. It will add [XFMOBILE] to your online name when you log in though.

Those are the two I have installed on my mom's phone (Sounds a bit cheesy to be using my moms phone, LOL)

[SkyJumpy]

i'm still running a G1 :/ on cyanogenmod
here my 10:

fring - for messaging and skype etc
Aldiko - eBook reader
3banana - note syncing (or alt. Evernote)
Gmote - remote for PC (mouse & keyboard)
CoPilot Live - Navigation
Gem Miner - Mining Game
Glympse - LocationSharing
Advanced Task Manager - kills apps
GDocs - Edit Google Docs
My Tracks - Google GPS-Tracker

[Brummy]

eBuddy - for MSN
Advanced Task Manager - definitely get this, it's awesome.

aand..

Abduction is a fun time-wasting game

[[R-CON]creepin]

Also running a Nexus One here.
I agree on:

Fring - Awesome multi platform chat client.
Abduction - Better than Papi jump
CoPilot Live - Will probably need to buy this as i don't have a data plan for the google maps navigation.

Some more useful stuff:
ApkInstaller - Good for installing apk's from sources other than android market.
Google Earth - Only available for nexus one at the moment.
Google Skymap (dunno if this was preinstalled) - good to impress wife/gf
Jewels - classic timewaster..
Layar - EPIC Augmented Reality App
Radiant Lite - Sidescroll shooter with style
Task Manager by Futon Redemption - Great to kill tasks and generall see what your phone is up to.

one thing i realized was that the scrolling in the app menu on the Nexus One got smoother the more apps were in it

[Spartan0189]

Abduction is a fun little game, It's a good time killer, lol

Your like a little cow going up these platforms with little powerup things that you collect that either make the game easier or harder.

[[R-CON]creepin]

not really an android app, but nonetheless epicly usefull:


Connectify - Turn your Windows 7 laptop into a Wi-Fi Hotspot

turns you laptop into a wifi hotspot, even when you're sharing a wifi connection (the same network card can be used for sharing, and connecting to the internet)

works only with Windows 7 since that comes with this new 'virtual wifi' technology...