Must-have apps for the Droid
zekester
Newbie

So I just got my Droid yesterday and I LOVE it. I can't imagine a better phone. It does everything incredibly well so far, and I have no complaints at all.

 

So now I'm ready to download some apps... I looked through the forum but didn't see any posts with any recommendations. What are some of your must-have apps for the Droid?

 

Here is what I need:

 

  • Digital clock widget for home screen
  • Weather
  • Sports scores
  • Movie showtimes
  • TV listings
  • Book reader
  • Flash light that uses the LED
  • Tip Calculator
  • Mortgage Calculator
  • Games
  • Anything else that shows off the awesomeness of the Droid!

 

Let me know what's working well for you!

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Re: Must-have apps for the Droid
GreySeal
Enthusiast - Level 3

some of mine:

 

PANDORA - I'm not one to listen to music much using my phone, but this program may change my mind. Just used it for the first time last night and it's pretty darn good. 

 

RINGDROID - great little app for making ringtones or notification tones.

 

WHERE - just about everything you need to look up.

 

SMSPOPUP - take control of those text messages.

 

ALARMS from Palmarysoft - do anything you want with alarms - very cool app.

 

COUNTDOWN ALARM by Adam K, - great for those times when you need a quick alarm set for 10 minutes, 15 minutes, whatever time.

 

 

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zekester
Newbie

Thank you, those are all great, especially Pandora. Any other suggestions anyone?

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SSHGuru
Contributor - Level 1

Ahhhhh..

 

Advanced Task Killer  (must have)

 

Amazon

 

Backgrounds  (this is killer)

 

Battery Widget

 

Bubbles Burst Lite

 

Bubble Wrap Game

 

Bubbles

 

CalWidget Config (great!)

 

Documents to go

 

Ethereal Dialpad

 

**bleep**Droid (gotta have it)

 

Finance

 

Flashlight (Im looking for an LED one also)

 

Gem Miner

 

Google Sky Map

 

Google Voice

 

Jewels

 

Labyrinth Lite (best game)

 

Metal Detector (the IPhone doesnt detect metal!)

 

MyBackup

 

NewsRob (best rss reader)

 

OpenTable (fantastic reservation system for eating)

 

Pandora  (must have)

 

PapiJump

 

Poke A Mole

 

Punch O Meter

 

S2 Calander  (must have)

 

SlimeBall Lite

 

SMS PopUp (must have)

 

Spare Parts (must have)

 

Speed Test

 

Splat Bugs II

 

Steamy Window

 

Stewie Griffin Sounds

 

Visual Voice Mail  (love it)

 

Weather Bug (must have)

 

Wiki Mobile

 

YellowBook

 

 

The widgets I have one my 3 screens are the Battery Widget, Two Individual Stock Widgets, a Calander Widget, an clock, and the weatherbug widget.

 

 

Anyone got some for me??

 

I want something that has the LED for a Flashlight.  I want something that gives me a single vibration email notification.  I want something that keeps your freakin emails closed (prob will be a fix coming hopefully).   As you can see I'll take anything cool..

 

Android and the Droid kick **bleep**!

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kenyu73
Contributor - Level 3

Dont forgot...

 

  • Google Sky Map (stars, planets, etc)
  • Compass
  • Compare Everywhere (or ShopSavvy)
  • Barcode scanner (scans most barcode types)
  • Shazaam (recognize music)
  • Xtremelabs Speedtest
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imdroidfan
Newbie

Can you explain more about what the SMSPOPUP does and where in the market I can find it?  Couldn't locate it.

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rbritto201
Enthusiast - Level 3

do a search for SMS Popup (the space between the two words are important in the market)

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GreySeal
Enthusiast - Level 3

imdroidfan wrote:

Can you explain more about what the SMSPOPUP does and where in the market I can find it?  Couldn't locate it.


 

Yep, what he said above.  search for "SMS Popup".

 

Mainly, it allows you to set whatever notification you want for SMS and MMS messages that are completely independent of the core notification sounds.

 

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Re: Must-have apps for the Droid
powderhoundrich

The SNES emulator is pretty cool, you can download ROMS off the internet and play Super Nintendo games on your phone :smileyvery-happy:

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DeezNotes
Newbie

Handcent SMS (much better SMS app than stock)

Advanced Task Manager (auto-kill tasks at intervals)

Locale (auto change phone settings based on location)

LockScreen On/Off (easily turn off the lock pattern)

USA Today (nicely designed news app)

Shazam

Barcode Scanner (scan apps from androlib.com)

Shop Savvy (scan barcodes, then get a map)

Key Ring (replace key ring discount cards)

Places (easily find what to do in your area)

Pandora (kills the battery, but better than regular radio)

 

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