Top Android apps
From Greenlivingpedia, a wiki on green living, building and energy
Here are some very useful Android apps:
Social media
- Google+
- Hootsuite
- Tweetdeck
- 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
- Huffpost
- CNN
- Currents (Google)
- Google Reader (RSS)
- NYTimes
- Wash Post
- SFGate.com
- 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)