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

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Post by bmul17 »

Here's my current list:

-advanced task killer, to manage running processes

-all recipes, to find dinner options

-amazone kindle

-amazon app store, they give away one paid app every day

-barcode scanner

-daily dilbert

-google reader, hn droid

-gtasks, to manage gmail task list

-movies, to see upcoming movie releases, trailers

-netflix

-games (crossword, spaghetti & marshmellos)

-shazam

-spotify

-touchdown, corporate email

-verizon dvr, remote control dvr access

-wifi analyzer

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

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Post by babebridou »

I don't use that many apps - well, the usual I guess. in metro underground commutes I tend to rely on apps that only use minimal connectivity. The official twitter app for instance, works well.

To quickly preview t.co and bit.ly links without slowing down to a crawl I built and published a minimalist app called FairyPreview https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fairyteller.linkpr... that I can only recommend :-)

Otherwise, advanced task killer, ACV for comic book reading, AndroZip and Astro for file browsing. And Spotify.

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

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Post by udp »

riams wrote: post #17
lzm wrote: post #5

- Amazon Kindle, for reading books on the bus - DI Radio - OI Notepad - OI File manager - Aix Weather widget, has a temperature/precipitation graph

Sorry for being a noob, but how do unordered lists work on HN?

There's no such thing, but you can indent text to have it wrapped in 
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Re: Ask HN: What Android apps do you use?

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Post by iamben »

3 apps that haven't been mentioned yet but I couldn't rate highly enough:

Pubtran - if you're in London, is fantastic for trains and tubes.

Vignette - Absolutely beautiful and beautifully made camera app (lots of filters and whatnot).

gStrings - Brilliant guitar tuner.

Also worth noting: Pure calendar, Tweetdeck, Google Goggles.

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

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Post by mike-cardwell »

Here are some of the more interesting apps I use. They're all free. AdFree requires root access, but the rest don't.

  AdFree        - Blocks advertising domains in /etc/hosts
  AutoGuard     - Video/audio records my car journeys in case I get in an accident
  BackTrack     - Tells you the direction and distance to a location you previously
                  saved, without using Internet access.
  K-9 Mail      - Superb IMAP client. Much better than the stock app
  APG           - PGP app, which integrates with K-9 Mail
  Kik Messenger - Like Blackberrys BBM, but works on Android/iPhone/Windows phone
  TextSecure    - Adds public key crypto to SMS storage, and also to transmission
                  if both ends are using it.
  Prey          - Will allow me to track my phone if it gets nicked.
  RedPhone      - Encrypted phone calls

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

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Post by Raphael »

dorian-graph wrote: post #7

Ah, the SGS2, great phone. I'm currently using an SGS1. Here are the apps I use 'regularly.' - Flickr [new] - Songbird—Favourite music player so far - Aldiko Book Reader—Excellent interface + easy importing of PDFs and other files - Dictionary.com—Recently updated with a new interface and is also much faster - Dropbox, ConnectBot—SSH on the go - Pingdom—Notifications of website downtime - Opera Mobile—Favourite brows…

I can't recommend Aldiko enough. I've found so many books in ePub format. (Although some seem to be OCR, as there are obvious typos.)

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

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Post by kalleboo »

* PlayerPro for music listening

* Bankdroid for widgets to show my bank/credit balance

* mNote for SimpleNote syncing

* Aedict for japanese dictionary

* Google Listen for podcasts, but I'm looking for something better

* Raziko for japanese radio streaming

* BatteryView to keep track of how fast I'm draining

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

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Post by codypo »

I am legally obligated here to post the Famigo Sandbox. Our app finds the kid-friendly stuff on your phone and builds a sandbox around it, so your kids can play the games thy like without them accidentally sending a text, getting on the Internet, etc. Then we send you an email with what they've been playing, and games we think we'd like.

Other great apps, gaming focused: the Marbians, Alchemy.

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