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 Email 10 Productivity, tasks, notes 11 Travel 12 Systems and app management 13 Interesting apps 14 Office and documents 15 Navigation 16 Weather 17 Communications 18 Games 19 General 20 External links

Social media

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

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

Emergency management

• FEMA
• Emergency

Cloud storage

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

File management

• Astro - file manager
• ES File Explorer

Online shopping

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

Media, music, video, books

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

News

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

Email

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

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

Travel

• Offi - public transport services and maps
• Tripit - travel organiser
• Expensify - travel expenses
• Currency converter

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

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

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

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

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

Weather

• Predictwind - very accurate wind forecasts, excellent for kitesurfing
• The Weather Channel - customised weather updates in various locations

• Finance - Google finance client for accessing share prices etc.

• Dolphin Browser - fantastic browser that has tabbed browsing, good bookmark feature and is easy to use

Navigation - a tool for navigation - to contacts, or speak a destination, or to stored locations Wind Alert - get information on wind reports for locations you define

Communications

• Skype
• Google Talk - IM client

Games

• Angry birds
• Air Control Lite

General

• Brightest flashlight
• Data ON-OFF (toggle data usage)

External links

• Wikipedia:Android (operating system)