Android apps

[Laxie]

If you're an iphone user, turn away now.  This thread will only tilt your brainwashed mind.  You have been warned.  

The links take you to each app's page on the Marketplace website.  Here's what blondes are using on their Androids:

Out and About Apps
Barcode scanner - Scan barcodes on products then look up prices and reviews.
Shop Savvy - ShopSavvy will provide you with a list of online and local prices.
cab4me - helps you to get a cab when you need it & see taxi ranks where available.
Google Sky Map - turns your Android-powered device into a window on the night sky
Quidco - personalised offers and deals on the go
c:geo - Simple and always ready-to-go client for Geocaching.com

Phone Helps Apps
Bar Control - This allows you to switch to your most used apps quicker without going to the home screen.
handyCalc - almost all the features you can imagine on a calculator
Locale (paid) - never worry about your ringer going off accidentally again
MyBackup Pro (paid) - Backup (with schedule option) to our online secure servers, or SD card
Ringdroid - Create ringtones from your own music library, or record new ones on the fly.
Yata - a simple yet very customizable countdown timer.
Wireless tether (but only if you have root access) - enables wifi AND bluetooth-tethering (PAN) for "rooted" handsets.
Hoccer - Data sharing simplified: Drag or throw any data to other devices
App Brain - Discover the best Android apps and share them with your friends.
Swift Key - Award winning touchscreen keyboard for Android
Camera360 Ultimate - camera app for your phone
Retro Camera - Take old-school pics on your Android
Juice Defender - Battery saver app
PhotoFunia - Fun photo editing tool
LogMeIn Ignition (Paid) - Access your computer from your Android
Google Drive - store all your files in one place, so you can access them from anywhere and share them with others
Catch Note - Easily create new notes with text, voice or images, online or offline
Business Calendar - a complete calendar application that is synchronising with your Google calendars
Dropbox - any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your Android device, and even the Dropbox website
Fancy Widgets - Personalize your Android home screen with highly customizable widgets
RealCalc Scientific Calculator - A fully featured scientific calculator which looks and operates like the real thing.

Media Apps
BBC Olympics - 2012 London Olympics
beebplayer - BBC player for Android
Movie Finder - search movies instantly and check out their rating, runtime and plot.
FotMob - Football app with news feed, live scores and more.
MixZing Media Player - advanced media player
SkyGo - On Demand and Live TV from Sky
Sky+ - lets you record entire seasons of favourite shows to your compatible Sky+ HD box

Social Network/Messaging Apps
Seesmic - manage your social networks in a simple app.
eBuddy Messenger - Chat on multiple MSN, Facebook, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, GTalk, MySpace & Hyves accounts

Reference Apps
The Weather Channel - accurate and relevant weather information whenever weather matters to you.
Shazam - Hear a song you don't know? Shazam identifies it instantly
QuickDic - Offline multilingual translation dictionary
Engadget - obsessive daily coverage on gadgets & consumer electronics.
Met Office Weather - Get your forecasts on the go with the official Met Office weather application
thetrainline - search scheduled train times as well as purchase train tickets from the thetrainline.com
IMDb - Movies, TV & celebrities
Amazon Kindle - Read books on your phone, including thousands of free Kindle books
Ebay - browse, shop, sell and manage your eBay activity whenever and wherever you are

Health & Fitness
Instant Heart Rate - Turns your phone into a heart rate monitor.
Endomondo - Sports tracker, personal trainer and social fitness partner.

Poker and Games
Poker Income Tracker (Paid) - record keeper for all things poker
PokerEquityCalculator - works in a similar way to PokerStove, Pokerstrategy Equilator or Equilab
Poker Session Logger - full featured bankroll tracker / poker log
Ultimate Holdem Timer - Fully customizable timer for your poker tournaments.
Angry Birds - addictive or annoying (depending on your mood) game.
Stick cricket - The most popular cricket game in the world with over a billion game plays.
Ninja Fishing - Sharpen your swords and swing your rods - it's time to fish...the NINJA way!
Alchemy - Fire, Water, Earth and Air. Combine them and their products to get more than 300 new elements
Cut the Rope - Cut the Rope, catch a star, and feed Om Nom candy in this award-winning game
Jewels - a simple, yet quite polished and fun match-3 puzzle game
Robotek - Robots took over your world. This is your chance to take it back. Now with free online multiplayer.
Stupid Zombies - One man, one shotgun and lots of stupid zombies.
Tower Raiders 2 - Get strategic in this epic tower defence extravaganza



EDIT - OP will be updated as and when you lot post new info.  
 

[cdw1111]

Have a look here

http://www.avforums.com/forums/htc-mobile-phone-discussions/

also a big thread on Android apps in the mobile phone thread but it goes back a long way.

[mondatoo]

Getting one on Monday,and selling it on Tuesday

[Laxie]

Found their apps thread a bit more useful

http://www.avforums.com/forums/android-software/1017740-android-apps-discussion.html

Also found an apps thread on an Irish site

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055658304


Having so much fun with this!!!  Will report back with specific apps once I've had more time to play around.

[Linux]

1.01 sledge says HTC are better than apple, any takers?

[Bongo]

But the iPhone is the 8th most important invention of all time!

 

[TightPaulFolds]

But the iPhone is the 8th most important invention of all time!

 

Next to 'flushing toilet', which is fairly apposite.

[kinboshi]

Handcent SMS is the best SMS app I've come across for android - very customisable as well.

SMS backup is also a must if you want to back up your texts.

Others I have include:

Barcode scanner
Shop Savvy
Bar Control
Bet on the move
beebplayer
cab4me
Facebook sync
handyCalc
Google Sky Map
Locale (paid)
Missed Call
Movie Finder
MyBackup Pro (paid)
Power Manager
Ringdroid
Seesmic or Twidroid (paid) if you use twitter
The Weather Channel
Wifi Fixer
Yata

and the best app of all imo - Wireless tether (but only if you have root access)

[kinboshi]

Oh, and saw someone with a Nexus using 'Swype' - what a brilliant app for phones without a hardware keyboard. Makes text entry an absolute breeze.

Unfortunately, it's only in beta at the moment and they've stopped giving out downloads.  But I'm sure it will be in open release soon.

www.swype.com

[kinboshi]

Fennec is out soon as well, which will be Firefox for Android

http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-20005397-251.html

[sledge13]

1.01 sledge says HTC are better than apple, any takers?

Haha I got a Htc Desire and its amazing imo...told Linux and he went into a massive apple rage, Android is the future kid...ask Google! 

[LeKnave]

1.01 sledge says HTC are better than apple, any takers?

Haha I got a Htc Desire and its amazing imo...told Linux and he went into a massive apple rage, Android is the future kid...ask Google! 

just got mine today, the mfkin nuts!  owns the g1.

[Pelham Boy]

Oh, and saw someone with a Nexus using 'Swype' - what a brilliant app for phones without a hardware keyboard. Makes text entry an absolute breeze.

Unfortunately, it's only in beta at the moment and they've stopped giving out downloads.  But I'm sure it will be in open release soon.

www.swype.com

I've got swype on my Desire. It's pretty amazing.

Some good tips and advice here  http://androidforums.com/

[sledge13]

Any decent Betfair App yet? only matter of time I guess...

[Laxie]

Omg! Dunno how Iuckboxed picking this over the iPhone but dead happy with it.