Top Android apps

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Here are some very useful Android apps:

Contents 1 Social media 2 Security and antivirus 3 Emergency management 4 Cloud storage 5 File management 6 Online shopping 7 Media, music, video, books 8 News 9 Browsers and Internet 10 Email 11 Productivity, tasks, notes 12 Travel 13 Systems and app management 14 Interesting apps 15 Office and documents 16 Navigation 17 Weather 18 Communications 19 Games 20 General 21 External links

[edit] Social media

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Google+
• Hootsuite
• Tweetdeck
• LinkedIn
• Blogger
• Bitdroid - client for Bit.ly

[edit] Security and antivirus

• Lookout
• Find my Droid - a marvellous application for locating a lost phone (even if muted) by sending it an SMS
• Mydlink lite - remote access to Dlink video webcam

[edit] Emergency management

• FEMA
• Emergency

[edit] Cloud storage

• Google Drive
• Microsoft Skydrive
• Dropbox - access a "Dropbox" web folder for your documents, accessible across many devices and via a browser

[edit] File management

• Astro - file manager
• ES File Explorer

[edit] Online shopping

• eBay
• PayPal - client for your PayPal account
• Barcode scanner
• Key Ring - store credit cards, frequent buyers etc
• Goggles (Google)

[edit] Media, music, video, books

• Play music (Google)
• Play books (Google)
• BeyondPod - download and listen to podcasts
• Youtube
• TuneIn radio

[edit] News

• ABC
• BBC News
• LA Times
• Flipboard
• Huffpost
• CNN
• Currents (Google)
• Google Reader (RSS)
• NYTimes
• Wash Post
• SFGate.com

[edit] Browsers and Internet

• Dolphin - tabbed browser
• Chrome (Google) - tabbed browser
• Firefox
• Analytics (Google)

[edit] Email

• Gmail
• K-9 Mail
• Email (standard app)

[edit] Productivity, tasks, notes

• Catch - notes, photos etc
• Memento - a great database application that syncs with Google docs spreadsheets, complete with templates
• Evernote - notes, photos etc
• GTasks - task manager that syncs with Google Tasks
• Inserty - define custom text snippets to insert into messages, and even include your current GPS coordinates
• Pocket - store personal information securely (can use Dropbox)
• Stopwatch
• Clock - includes alarms
• Calculator
• World clock

[edit] Travel

• Offi - public transport services and maps
• Tripit - travel organiser
• Expensify - travel expenses
• Currency converter
• Translate (Google)

Tip: check for transport apps for cities you visit, e.g.: Los Angeles Transit, Los Angeles subway map, Paris Transport, DC Metro Transit

[edit] Systems and app management

• Play store - download apps and other content
• Advanced Task Killer - allows you to kill running apps to lighten battery usage. Very handy, and you can specify which apps to leave running.
• Chargebar - displays battery remaining
• Apex Launcher - custom launcher
• Onavo Count - manage data usage
• Android Assistant - manage phone setting and apps
• Juice Defender - manage power use
• Swype keyboard - cannot install from Play store
• Data ON-OFF (toggle data usage)

[edit] Interesting apps

• Earthquake
• Google sky maps - simply stunning. Hold your phone up to the sky at night and see which constellations, stars and planets are there.
• Ancestry - family tree

[edit] Office and documents

• Documents to Go - provides access to MS Office documents and PDF files. The only application I have bought.
• Adobe Reader
• Kingsoft Office

[edit] Navigation

• Google Maps - access to Google maps functions and integration with GPS
• Navigation (Google)
• Copilot GPS
• Route 66
• Earth (Google)
• Lat long calculator
• Compass
• Coord Transform

[edit] Weather

• Predictwind - very accurate wind forecasts, excellent for kitesurfing
• Weatherzone - customised weather updates in various locations (good widget)

[edit] Communications

• Skype
• Google Talk - IM client

[edit] Games

• Angry birds
• Air Control Lite

[edit] General

• Brightest flashlight
• Finance (Google)

[edit] External links

• Wikipedia:Android (operating system)