Apps list

[tystevens]

Let's get this started in anticipation for tomorrow when we can get our hands on the new phones. I'm an Android newbie, but I've scouted out a few apps I plan to download pretty quickly (don't know the exact names for some of them).

Full suite of Google apps (maps, calendar, navigation, night sky, goggles, etc)
ESPN
Time
Barcode Scanner
MapMyRide
Level/compass

Will also look for a good hiking/camping GPS-type app (eg, an app that will show me where i am on a map, hopefully without 3g service), a variety of sports apps, some games, who knows what else.

Especially for those more experienced Android users, what are your "essential" apps for the Fascinate? Help us get started right!

 

[summerfish]

Let's see. I use these all very often. Thank goodness for App Monster!

Amazon, Android Agenda Widget, AppMonster, Astrid, Astro, Barcode Scanner, Beautiful Widgets, Bump, Camera Illusion, City Caller ID, Coupons, Daily Horoscope, Dropbox, eBay, eBuddy, Foursquare, GameBoid, iheartradio, Meteor, Monopoly, mp3tagger, My Tracks, Nesoid, Pandora, Paper Toss, Parkdroid, PdaNet, PrinterShare, Pure Music Widget, Quadrant, RealCalc, retro Camera, SayMyName, Scanner Radio, Shazam, ShuffleTone, SNesoid, Solitaire, Space War, Springpad, StreamFurious, Microsoft Tag Reader, Tesla LED, TiKL, tAttachAPKInstaller, Touiteur, Universal Androot, WallSwitch.

 

[TheAlmightyDrew]

Here are the things I am going to download as soon as I get my phone:

• Google Maps
• Launcher Pro
• Barcode Scanner
• LED Flashlight
• Facebook
• Solitaire
• Sudoku
• Cubed (Although I am still not sure about this one yet. I am hearing that the music player for the Fascinate is pretty fantastic)

Those are the basics for now. I will download more apps as I see fit, or as I start to need more apps for various things.

 

[pospower]

Is the Need for Speed Game inlcluded? I see it on all the videos.

 

[eleazar]

Here are some of my favorite apps...

Alarm Clock Plus V2 (Best free alarm clock app i've found)
AppAware - tells you what other people are downloading, useful to find new cool apps
Appbrain - has a similar feature to appaware, also lets you install apps from your PC
Astro - great file browser
Audible - self explanatory, plays audible books
Craigsnotifica - best craigslist viewer/search, can run in the background and search for your terms
Fox News - great news app, runs a little slow sometimes
Fring - free video/voice calling to other fring users
GasBuddy - great app for finding the cheapest gas nearby
Guns'N'Glory - the best tower defense game I have found so far
IMDb - internet movie database
Jewellust - nice bejewelled clone
Kayak - flight/hotel/car search from your phone
LastPass - stores all my passwords securely
Let's Golf! - great golf game, only available from gameloft.com
Mint.com - tracks all of my finances
MOG - streams millions of songs to my phone
Movies - shows movie times and information
PdaNet - tethering!
Photoshop - limited photo editing
Quadrant - speedtests your phone
SABcontrol (remotely controls SABNZBd newsgroup downloader)
SoundHound - fastest song detection in the biz
SMS Backup+ - backs up all your text messages including MMS!
Speed Test - tests your internet connection
Subsonic (let's you stream music on your pc to your phone)
Titanium Backup (requires root)
Tuoiteur - my favorite twitter app
Trillian (best IM app available)
TV Shows Light (tracks your TV shows and when they will be airing next)
Vlingo (translates voice to text, works really well, used to be $10 until Google released a similar app for free)
Wireless Tether - self explanatory
XBMC Remote - awesome if you have something running xbmc on your network
Zillow - the best real estate searching app. hopefully realtor.com will release an app.
ZumoDrive

Phew that's a lot of apps.

 

[substring]

SocialScope Lite (the best Twitter + Facebook app on the market, and their Android beta client will be out soon)
FourSquare
Slacker Radio
Reuter News Pro

That's it for now.

 

[JJBetty]

NoLed, got to have my notifications
Angry birds
Talking Tom cat
Congress
Doubletwist (maybe)

 

[tystevens]

Thanks for the input. Several there that I've thought about adding but forgot about. Can't wait to get my phone this afternoon and start downloading.