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Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by buster »

My Nexus One runs MIUI for 2 weeks now with the following software (hasn't change for months):

Öffi (awesome public transport app for free) https://market.android.com/details?id=de.schildbach.oeffi

Plume (Twitter Client) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.levelup.touiteur

Feedr (RSS/Google Reader) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.feedr

Cardiotrainer & Addons https://market.android.com/details?id=com.wsl.CardioTrainer

imdb https://market.android.com/details?id=com.imdb.mobile

all kinds of Google Apps, most recently Google+ https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.app...

Flighttrack (track your flights and notify of changing flight times) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobiata.flighttrac...

Kayak (flight search) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.kayak.android

SMS Backup (automatically push SMSs to a GMail folder = never lose SMS) https://market.android.com/details?id=tv.studer.smssync

Documents to go (Word, Excel, GDocs Client) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.dataviz.docstogo

ROM Manager (manage custom ROMs and kernels) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.koushikdutta.romma...

Chrome to Phone (send links from Chrome to your mobile) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.app...

Cab4me (shows cabs, stations, numbers of cab companies in every city) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cab4me.android

Trillian (messaging, duh) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ceruleanstudios.tr...

MySettings (longpress search button = Settings popup ) https://market.android.com/details?id=jqsoft.apps.mysettings

Make your Clock Widget (awesome custom clock widget) https://market.android.com/details?id=net.hubalek.android.ma...

Beautiful Widgets (same as above) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.levelup.beautifulw...

Jorte (awesome calendar widget, far better then the Android Stock Widget) https://market.android.com/details?id=jp.co.johospace.jorte

ReadItLater (well.. read it later client) https://market.android.com/details?id=com.ideashower.readitl...

every game from Hexage is high quality and fun, most recently Robotek! https://market.android.com/developer?pub=Hexage+Ltd

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

#12

Post by flexd »

I have a SGS2 myself, loving it! How long does your battery usually last? I find myself having to charge nearly every day but a friend with a very similar usage pattern only has to charge every other day. His phone is newer than mine but we run the same software versions :-/

Here's the stuff I use:

  - DrumSound app for those times you need a quick drumsound! http://trommelyd.no/ 
  - JuiceDefender (free at the moment), seems to help a lot. 
  - Twitter/Facebook/Google+, hoping the average person will move to Google+ as I find it much nicer.
  - Connectbot IRSSI for SSH (and irssi)
  - AlarmDroid, for much better alarms/countdowns/timers.
  - Spotify for genious easy music playing (requires premium)
  - 3G Watchdog to keep track of my BW usage. I have a 600MB quota I'm never close to.
  - RealCalc for a better calculator on the go.
  - Dropbox to easily access things
  - Notifo for awesome irssi highlight notifications as well as pushing the current page I'm visiting from chrome to the phone (say I'm looking at a recipe and I'm going to the store)
  - SSHdroid (not used often) to ssh into the phone.
  - ElectroDroid for amazingly useful calculators, resources and pinout info.
  - Hacker News and Reddit is fun
  - Google Docs
  - Various games (Angry Birds, Dragon Fly!, Fruit Ninja, X Construct and the FPse emulator)
  - Hacker's Keyboard, full-sized keyboard which is nice for SSH
  - SoundHound for recognizing songs
  - EverNote (not used much) for keeping notes
  - Astrid Tasks for keeping tasklists
  - A flashlight app for turning the lights on/off.
  - Epicurious for food 
  - DuckDuckGo app for super easy access to information
As well as a bunch of Norwegian-only apps (Package tracking, norwegian equivalent of Epicurious, City Bike info, Bus info,Yellow pages)

Wow, I really use a ton of apps.

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

#13

Post by riams »

mrich wrote: post #10

Apps aside, I can recommend putting the latest beta MIUI ROM on the Samsung. The default Samsung UI is kind of ugly in my opinion. With MIUI you get a beautiful interface which is very customizable. Standard disclaimers apply. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130951

From what I can gather, the MIUI SGS2 port isn't officially supported by MIUI, and has a few bugs and issues. Do you think it's good enough to use on a day-to-day basis?

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by barrkel » 

    LauncherPro, for a more configurable launcher
    Google Reader and NewsRob, when online and offline respectively
    Kindle
    ES File Explorer, probably the best file explorer
    AK Notepad, smaller than catch.com stuff
    Battery Left, uses history of usage to estimate remaining time
    Arity, decent calculator implemented as expression evaluator
    DoggCatcher, works far better than Google Listen for me
    Wifi Analyzer, great for e.g. surveying hotel wifi reception
    Compass, to guess what direction to walk in without needing GPS fix
        Very handy when e.g. emerging out of the tube in London
    Act 1 video player, nicer interface for playback
    3G Watchdog, fantastic to monitor b/w usage if you have a quota
    APNdroid, to disable mobile data usage for certain when roaming
    Extended Controls, to make settings handier to acccess
    Fuel Log Pro, to monitor gas prices and usage
    IP Cam Viewer, to check my home cams when I'm away
    Maps+, for cached (i.e. offline) maps access when roaming
    Micro Second, for monitoring clock drift. With root it can fix it, but I don't
        run root. My network time is about 5 minutes out, and my phone loses about 
        2 minutes a week.
    MultiPicture Live Wallpaper, far more flexible wallpaper
    OpenTable, Yelp and Google Places, to find somewhere to eat when abroad

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

#15

Post by riams »

flexd wrote: post #12

I have a SGS2 myself, loving it! How long does your battery usually last? I find myself having to charge nearly every day but a friend with a very similar usage pattern only has to charge every other day. His phone is newer than mine but we run the same software versions :-/ Here's the stuff I use: - DrumSound app for those times you need a quick drumsound! http://trommelyd.no/ - JuiceDefender (free at the moment), s…

It lasts a little more than a day, regular usage, not too much gaming. I noticed that the latest 2.3.4 ROM really helped boost battery life.

As a side note: Samsung has released an official 2000mAh battery for the SGS2. It's very reasonably priced here in Sweden, at less than 300 SEK. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239719

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by rodh257 »

-TweetDeck (best twitter client IMO)

-Hacker News Reader (HN client, I have a few installed as they regularly start/stop working)

-Reddit is fun (reddit client)

-Hanging with friends free (hangman game)

-Google listen (podcasts)

-Amazon Kindle (books)

-Google Authenticator (two factor auth for google services)

-Alarm Clock Plus (alarm clock app, has a feature that makes you do math before you can turn alarm clock off - only way I can get up after late night coding )

-Google Reader

-Pulse Reader

-ESPNCricinfo (cricket scores)

-Beautiful Widgets (weather widget, changes background based on weather)

-Robo defense (tower defense game)

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by flexd »

mrich wrote: post #10

Apps aside, I can recommend putting the latest beta MIUI ROM on the Samsung. The default Samsung UI is kind of ugly in my opinion. With MIUI you get a beautiful interface which is very customizable. Standard disclaimers apply. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130951

I actually find myself liking the TouchWiz interface over HTC Sense. I've tried others HTC phones before and my SGS2 is the first android device I've owned. It's quite nice so I haven't bothered changing roms yet. I might if there's a significant battery usage improvement though.

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by d99kris »

Some of the apps I use:

  Google apps (Docs, Gmail, Maps, Talk, + etc)
  Polaris Office
  Local banking apps 
  Local public transportation and taxi apps
  Whatsapp
  Facebook
  Dropbox
  Linkedin
  Skype
  IMDb
  RealCalc
  ConnectBot (SSH client)
  XE Currency (exchange rates)
  ES File Explorer (for access to SAMBA shares)
  ChromeMarks (for sync of bookmarks to Chrome bookmarks)
  Shazam (finding artist/songname of playing song)
  Barcode Scanner (for work)

Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by jeffool » 

  -Mint.com
  -Audiobooks
A bunch of others as well, but I think that's the only one not mentioned so far. Add in extra votes for Google's (Gmail, Voice, Talk, Music, Maps, G+, etc.) and the official Twitter app; it works well for me. And "Audiobooks" is only a Librivox front-end, really. I love it, though. I often listen to books as I drift off to sleep.

And games? GOD I love games.:

  -Game Dev Story (Or any Kairosoft game with a flavor that floats your boat,
   but I think most agree GDS is a good place to start.)
  -Pirates and Traders
  -Plants vs Zombies
  -Archipelago
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