For the new guys: Top Android apps to download?

[GoodEnough]

There are going to be a tidal wave of new Droid users from this free Verizon promotion, so I want to redo a topic I am sure has been done to death.

What "must have's" should a new Droid user install ?
Keyboard app? Which one?

I am closing this thread as it goes over existing material that is on the front page and available via searches.
Moderator TheStu

 

[gorcorps]

As you said... the topic has already been done to death and theres even one on the front page talking about the very same thing. No reason to start this over when the search button works.

 

[Exterous]

As you said... the topic has already been done to death and theres even one on the front page talking about the very same thing. No reason to start this over when the search button works.

Perhaps the AT search app? 😛

 

[GoodEnough]

As you said... the topic has already been done to death and theres even one on the front page talking about the very same thing. No reason to start this over when the search button works.

I don't see an "fav apps" thread on the front page of Mobile Devices & Gadgets

 

[MagickMan]

I don't see an "fav apps" thread on the front page of Mobile Devices & Gadgets

Then you go to the top of the page and hit search and type in "favorite android apps".

Edit: This search took 5 seconds and look what I found.

 

[gorcorps]

I don't see an "fav apps" thread on the front page of Mobile Devices & Gadgets

Not to sound like an ass, but you either aren't looking very hard or purposefully acting out to get under our skin.


http://forums.anandtech.com/showthread.php?t=2208693

It's been on the front page for days. Apps are not device specific.

 

[GoodEnough]

What is Launcher Pro for?

What's better? Handcent or Swype?

 

[GoodEnough]

New guys, so far, here is what I am going to install this weekend:

1. Handcent
2. Swype - One of the best alternatives to the stock touchscreen keyboard
3. Bright Flashlight
4. Browser: Opera, Dolphin
5. LMI (log me in rescue) for remote support to the phone
6. Google maps/navigator - awesome free gps
7. Quick Office
8. Barcode Scanner
9. Google Maps
10. Android Speedometer (Kinda fun for skiing, biking, driving, etc.)
11. Lookout. (Anti-virus. Lost-phone finder/tracker/shut-down.)
12. Pandora / Jango
13. Sorami. (Lets you access 25GB of free Windows SkyDrive cloud storage.)
14. SoundHound.
15. Ultimate Stopwatch.
16. Where's My Droid. (Find, track, or ring your lost phone by sending it a secret text message.)
17. Google Voice. (Needed for free phone calls through SIPDroid.)
18. Chess
19. Google Goggles

 

[GoodEnough]

Anyone do anything to enhance the speakerphone ?

Is it worth getting one of those annoying bluetooth headsets to jam in your ear?
Have they gotten better in the last few years?