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Favorite App so far.... Developers please see link to Announcements above.

I have been reading this thread for months and this is my first entry here.

Some Apps that everyone mentions I will leave off my list (like LauncherPro) but I will mention an App or two that were getting big props earlier in this thread and not getting mentioned much lately.

App Brain-- I know it sounds weird if you don't use Appbrain, or like an extra step to use an App to access the market, but Appbrain makes the whole market experience much more satisfying and much cleaner. Use Appbrain in conjunction with....

Fast Web Installer-- This automatically installs any apps you select on Appbrain (from your computer usually) right to your phone. Unbelievably more convenient.

Wifi File Explorer: I can upload/download files from my PC to my SD card through my router and manage all the files on my SD card without touching my phone or a USB cable.

GOTO Lockscreen-- It is a custom lockscreen that looks really cool and provides a nifty one touch to navigate to email, phone, SMS, or Home. Earlier versions of it would side-step your security lock pattern but that is fixed in current versions. It is surprisingly cool. There is no free version of this but read my note at the bottom of this post.... (*)

Shake2Mute-- With the paid "donate" version of this program you can use the shake motion of your phone to answer the phone rather than mute it. In bright sunlight or when driving or other situations I like to be able to shake my phone to answer rather than look for the slider (it allows either operation).

Unified Remote-- This has several remote control functions for your PC included in it. You can do mouse and keyboard functions from across the room, or control various media players from anywhere you and your PC are connected to the same wifi router. It also has an included Spotify remote and some others that I cannot recall off the top of my head.

SDMove-- handy, simple App that figures out what Apps can be moved to SD card rather than hogging on-board memory. Is handy for shuffling Apps back and forth from the SD card with total ease. Shows Apps that should not be moved in Red.

Wifi Analyzer-- Simple program that graphically shows all the wifi signals near you, what channel, what signal strength etc... Very nice for figuring out if your neighbor's router is screwing with your signal.

Talk to Me-- a nice App to translate text messages or emails into other languages. Crazy to translate a text message into Arabic and it actually writes Arabic characters into your text message. I was pretty surprised by that.

I am testing some other Apps to find some other real winners (AppBrain is especially helpful for this).


*** Note: if you are not aware of it ALL paid Apps in the market can be purchased and then, if you are not satisfied, you will be AUTOMATICALLY refunded if you uninstall within 24 hours of your purchase.


Cheers all


:)
 
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pandora

tv.com

radar now <weather radar maps

policestream <police scanner

c:geo

acar

quake alert

i (hart) radio

weed maps < find medical marijuana store locations

gps speedo <speedometer

barcode scanner

google sky maps

moon phase

sunrise sunset

Once you find the wacky weed shops, I imagine you can watch the sun rise or set anytime of the day or night.
 
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5 better games..

5 Best Games for Android – August - droidreign.com

(Note: Tiki Towers is now free from dev here) -Fun Game
http://droidreign.com/2010/09/tiki-towers-for-android-for-free/



Smart Taskbar - Organize and launch any app in 2 steps (very fast, stable and useful)

About/screenshots: [App] Smart Taskbar - Launch any app in 2 steps - xda-developers

In market or on Appbrain: http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.smart.taskbar

(pops up from tiny hotspot button on right side of home screen..)

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Radio: TuneIn and Pandora; Scanner Radio (police scanner)
Tools: ApptoSD, Bubble, AndExplorer, FastReboot, Frequently Called Remover (GOTTA HAVE IT), GBlocker (!!!!!), SCF, SMS List, SMS Backup, SPC, VirtualRecorder, WiFinder, Zedge
Games: Coloroid, JewelLust (Full Version), Bubble, UnblockMe
Utilities: Documents to Go (Full Version Lock Key)
Social: Twitter, Daily Horoscope (pretty darn accurate)
Fun: Ethereal Dialpad, FingerPaint, MagicMarker, Lightning Bug (great to go to sleep)
Photo: FxCamera (the bomb!!!)
Sports: SportsTap
Music: Tabular, Metronome, Chordbot
 
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Apps

AppBrain App Market: perfect to keep all apps up-to-date
Barcode Scanner: Bit useless once you have all the apps you want
Beautiful Widgets: Love the clock/weather widgets
cab4me: Perfect if you need to find a cab
Camera 360 Pro: Best camera app...and it's not even close!
Chrome to Phone: Easily share links/text/pics from your computer
Dolphin Browser: Best browser imo...very fast and good bookmarks
doubleTwist: Replaced iTunes completely
ES File Explorer: prefer it over Astro
FeedR: My favorite RSS app, great widget
Google Translate: I travel a lot, and don't speak Arabic :D
K-9 Mail: Best email program
London Journey: Tube/Bus journey planner rocks!
Meebo IM: My favorite IM app
Navigation: A must if you got a car!
Reuters News Pro: I love that I can download all articles at once before a long flight
PingChat!: I got friends all over the world, this cut down costs of SMS a lot
Pure Grid Calendar: Best calendar app (love the widget)
ShopSavvy: Best way to compare prices while out shopping
SlideIT keyboard: Best keyboard app
Spotify: Free music...I got the premium access because I like to have offline playlists
SwiFTP: No more USB cables required when transferring files to my computer
TED: Hooked on those videos!
TubeMate: Download Youtube videos
Voxofon: Suuuuuper cheap international calls
Widget Locker: Best locker replacemant
Yelp: Looking for a burger joint, use Yelp :)
Launcher Pro Plus: Best home replacement, and the widgets rock...can't wait for the FB widget
First Aid: A must imo...just in case you ever need to help someone and don't know how
Dropbox: A MUST HAVE! Cool to transfer files, and saves space because I can just download stuff whenever I need it instead of having it on the SD card all the time.

Games

Angry Birds: Ok, just one more try! It eats my time!!
Falling Ball
Guns'n'Glory

Those are just the apps I use regularly. Layar, Google Goggles and a few others are cool too, I just don't use them that often.
 
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So my droid committed suicide and I just got the new one in the mail today.

I can't for the life of me remember the app/widget name so I thought I'd come ask!

It was a widget that allowed all in one, one touch control for Bluetooth/GPS/WIFI/and Screen Brightness. It was a 4x1 bar. If any one could point me in the right direction that would be awesome!
 
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So my droid committed suicide and I just got the new one in the mail today.

I can't for the life of me remember the app/widget name so I thought I'd come ask!

It was a widget that allowed all in one, one touch control for Bluetooth/GPS/WIFI/and Screen Brightness. It was a 4x1 bar. If any one could point me in the right direction that would be awesome!


It is the power control widget.
 
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So my droid committed suicide and I just got the new one in the mail today.

I can't for the life of me remember the app/widget name so I thought I'd come ask!

It was a widget that allowed all in one, one touch control for Bluetooth/GPS/WIFI/and Screen Brightness. It was a 4x1 bar. If any one could point me in the right direction that would be awesome!

Extended Controls ;)
 
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WidgetLocker Lockscreen

Gauge Battery Widget

Gesture Search

Google Sky Map

Launch-X Pro

LauncherPro Plus

Pandora

Galactic Core Donation

Adding

Animated Analog clock by DNS Project

and

Fuzzy Clock Widget by Active Frequency

to this list :)

My Newest Favorite App "drocap2 for root users":

Description:

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Screenshot taken with drocap2:

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any app to costumize top bar? ie: change/remove battery icon?
thanks

I second this question/request.

The top bar on my Captivate is so crowded with stuff that's visibile elsewhere on my device (and in easier-to-view shapes and sizes, places, etc.) than the tiny top bar.

To take it a step further, the only things I need on that bar are my signal strength, 3g transmission, Weatherbug temp and variable email/text notificiations.

Is there an existing way to modify this bar or might there be someone out there working on an app to allow for such modification??

-Ryan
 
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