Must-Have apps for the EVO 3D

[Blue_Turtle]

For keyboard, FlexT9 is good.

Is there a built-in profile manager that can switch between different profiles based on the time/day? If not, what do you guys recommend?

I will try flext9. I only see the normal,vibrate,silent profile options. I wish they had a custom profile option

 

[adiampc1]

A great tracking app lookout & anti virus protection.

 

[Blue_Turtle]

Does anyone have the sprint total equipment protection app that uses gps to track ur stolen phone? Sprint texted me the app. I think its draining my battery. Is this app necessary?

 

[DonB]

No it is not

Does anyone have the sprint total equipment protection app that uses gps to track ur stolen phone? Sprint texted me the app. I think its draining my battery. Is this app necessary?

 

[jerofld]

Sprint can track you through their cell phone towers by your ESN. They don't need you to have a silly app that is active to track your phone

 

[Rose4uKy]

Me too I got it free from Amazon and love it. I also use the dragon dictation and speak a lot of my text and it gets it right almost all the time except on occasion if I am driving on the highway. Now I had Vlingo before but there was a glitch with EVO 4G and Froyo 2.1 and it rebooted the phone so I rarely used it but I got it back now and am anxious to try the in car features.

I personally now like Flex T9 more than Swype, it was even free from Amazon!

 

[Tyler Perez]

PewPew2
RoboDefence
iSyncer
PowerAmp
DishNetwork (so I can watch all my dish programming and recorded dvr stuff on my phone! It Rocks! If you have Dish and a 722 or 922 DVR, this is all free after you buy the 99dollar Sling Adapter.)
HBOGo
Where
Groupon
Pandora, Google music, Sprint music, tune in radio
MyTracks
Android System Info
Last but not least.. Phandroid!

Google Musiccc? Whattt? I didn't know they had this, I'm going to download it right now...

 

[DonB]

Auto SMS is also good and lite

Me too I got it free from Amazon and love it. I also use the dragon dictation and speak a lot of my text and it gets it right almost all the time except on occasion if I am driving on the highway. Now I had Vlingo before but there was a glitch with EVO 4G and Froyo 2.1 and it rebooted the phone so I rarely used it but I got it back now and am anxious to try the in car features.

 

[Blue_Turtle]

Sprint can track you through their cell phone towers by your ESN. They don't need you to have a silly app that is active to track your phone

I figured that. Why does sprint have us use these silly pointless apps?

 

[falconey]

Google Musiccc? Whattt? I didn't know they had this, I'm going to download it right now...

It's not better than any other music player unless you are signed up for the google music beta. With the beta you upload your music to a cloud and the you can access the music over the internet or through the google music app.

 

[Blue_Turtle]

Me too I got it free from Amazon and love it. I also use the dragon dictation and speak a lot of my text and it gets it right almost all the time except on occasion if I am driving on the highway. Now I had Vlingo before but there was a glitch with EVO 4G and Froyo 2.1 and it rebooted the phone so I rarely used it but I got it back now and am anxious to try the in car features.

How did you get this free from amazon? I have been searching all over android market for amazon app market and im not finding it. Also, the swype on the stock keyboard isnt working at all for me, making it useless. TIA

 

[Knewz]

Every app is a must have.. 140 apps in, still plenty of memory. No task killer

 

[Deleted User]

PdaNet is absolutely awesome. We have a beefed up DSL connection in my house which can get anywhere from 192 kb/s to 250 kb/s. i am currently hooked up to my computer via usb cable on my 3vo's 4g, downloading a 1.9 gb file, getting a consistent 400 - 500 kb/s.

this is absolutely awesome.

I absolutely recommend PdaNet for tethering.

 

[tuswm]

A few out-of-the-ordinary ones that I like:

Good Morning (the one by Flywheel with a yellow-and-blue flower-looking thing as the icon symbol)--Wakes me up in the morning with music, alarm (both pretty normal) but then by reading my calendar entries for the day to me, telling me the weather forecast, and reading any message I typed in.

WakeVoice--Similar to Good Morning, but slightly different. The voice that wakes you makes lame little jokes that change periodically, plus it will read the news. I alternate between the two programs for my alarm on different days.


Astro File Manager--Not that out of the ordinary, but great app!

Galaxy Wire and PhysOrg.com News--Space and science news for geeks.

Mvideo Player--Better video player than the stock one on my EVO 4G, I haven't really compared it to the one on the 3D yet.

FoxyRing--I've never used the program, but I really like the widget that comes with it. Lets you quickly silence your phone for a period up to five hours, but the sound will come back on automatically at the end of that time, even if you forget to intervene.

GasBuddy

EONW (Effects of Nuclear Weapons)--For the morbidly curious creep in all of us.

Pulse or MyTaptu--News feed organizers

RadarNow--Fast, simple non-fancy radar. Essential for those who live in Tornado Alley.

QuintessArt--If you don't care for the art yourself, use it to try to impress cultured women!

Tricorder by Moonblink--Incredibly cool and geeky app, especially if you are a fan of Star Trek TOS. Even if you are too young for Kirk and Spock, this thing uses the sensors in your phone to do some really cool things that actually work!

Wifi Analyzer by Kevin Yuan

I've actually used Sprint Radio a few times as a change from Pandora. I realize I may be the only person on the planet who did this. Occasionally I find Sprint TV has free peeks at channels that are actually worth a darn, and I'll watch 'em if I'm traveling and bored.

I actually enjoy some live wallpapers on a short-term basis till I get tired of 'em for the moment. The ones by Kittehface tend to be good, especially Aquarium Live and Friendly Bugs.

Hi This is my first post here.

This is my first smart phone, I love it so far. I know many of you have had several droids already so you already know most of these apps but some of us dont. but as a first timer here this post is awesome. It explains why each of his choices are useful. I know how to use a search button but with a list of 30 apps I have never heard of that is kind of a daunting task. So thanks for the explanation of each app. I hope more of you will do this.

 

[Qnz92Lude]

Any one with Adobe flash player 10.1? Is it any good? Tend to watch animes so curious to know if its any good. I don't even know if we need it on the EVO 3D but can't hurt to ask.

 

[Emmexx]

Any one with Adobe flash player 10.1? Is it any good? Tend to watch animes so curious to know if its any good. I don't even know if we need it on the EVO 3D but can't hurt to ask.

I believe the latest update is 10.3. I have that on my phone so I can view flash content on web pages. Works like a charm

 

[Fbomb!]

Launcherpro- I love the scrolling dock!
Handcent SMS- Sexier skin than stock
Color Note- I am someone who NEEDS post it reminders!
SlideIT- AM I the only one who LOVES this keyboard and prefers it over all?
Beautiful Widgets- not an app per say, but sexy!
TuneWiki- music player that databases lyrics to go along with the music.

 

[Rose4uKy]

Ok here is my list

Amazon app store (For whoever asked get Amazon from the market place then sign into your Amazon account from there to get the Amazon app store. One free app everday.

Flex T9 (Awesome Keyboard with Dragon Dictation which works great) I think it's worth 4.99 I love it but got it free off Amazon/

Words With Friends and Word Feud Two great scrabble games.

Jangle formerly knows as Squabble fun multi player game

Sirius XM (Requires Monthly Subscription. I have it in my car and pay an extra 2,99 to listne online and on phone

NetFlix

Handcent SMS

Audio Galaxy

I heart Radio (I got it from there website not in the market place anymore)

Tune in Radio (I got the pro version free off Amazon)

Angry Birds

Vlingo

Astro File Manager

App2SDCard

Tweetcaster Pro ( Free Amazon App)

Facebook

Business Calendar I like it better than the stock calendar and I got the paid version of this off Amazon too.

Call Confirm (Ask you before you call someone are you sure you want to call that person so you don't accidentally call someone)

I have talking caller ID it's ok it speaks the callers name

Circular Battery (Shows your battery status by number)

Caller ID Faker (Not in market place anymore but I googled it and found the apk. Fake call people and have any number show up on there caller ID. I call people from Jenny all the time 867-5309 LOL!)

Miren Browser &
Dolphin Browser

Foursquare ( I love checking into places and getting badges and becoming the Mayor LOL!)

Gas Buddy

Good Morning ( I used this on my EVO all the time and had a song picked out it would play and it would say good morning Rose time to get up. But I now found out you can speak and say set alarm for 9am and it sets the alarm that is on the phone and I have been using that one but I downloaded Good Morning also.

Calorie Counter

Flixter Movie App

Grocery IQ &
Out of Milk

Appbrain of course (Without this I wouldn't of gotten most of my apps back that were on my OG EVO.)

Fring (Group video chat now I like it)

PNC Bank Mobile

Shoot Me

Photo Funia

RedBox

Bar Code Scanner & Scan life and shop savvy I have several of these

Sound Hound (Like Shazzam)

You Mail VIsual Voice Mail

Zedge ( Has cool ringtones alert tones and wall papers)

Speed test

Tikl (Walkie Talkie app)

Sprint User app

Coffee Card app one of my new favorites got the pro version a week or 2 ago off Amazon. It keeps track of my starbucks card and my balance. I go into the store and just open the card and hold my phone up to there scanner and then it shows me my balance on the card.




Ok I have way too many apps... But that is just some favorites that I like alot

 

[Rose4uKy]

I have an app question? I used to use find my car lite. I park my car in a parking garage and I know that when I 1st got this app and this is weird but it had a white checkered background with this arrow and the arrow was on the 5th line and I was on the 5th floor. I don;t know if that was a coincidence or not. I never got it to do that again. After that it just showed me a map and I had to know what floor I was on and it would direct me.

Anyway what's the best find my car app out there and is there one that really can show you what floor of a parking garage your on? I usually kind of remember the spot but never the floor. But I know find my car lite when I 1st got it the way it showed this arrow on the 5th X and I was on the 5th floor I thought it was weird. But I didn't know if find my car apps really do that or not. Thanks,

 

[slackr]

i dont have much heres my list;

pandora, soundhound, gtunes music, 9 innings pro baseball, avg antivirus, app2sd, astro file mgr, autozone, google goggles, handcent, homerun battle 3d, live hold em pro, nhl game center, office jerk, pdanet, espn scorecenter, tune in radio, words with friends

 

[EarlyMon]

How did you get this free from amazon? I have been searching all over android market for amazon app market and im not finding it. Also, the swype on the stock keyboard isnt working at all for me, making it useless. TIA

I'd post a link if I could get a clean one.

Ok, so goto amazon.com and use their search for Apps for Android.

You'll want to already have an Amazon account to proceed. On that page to the right is a tool: Download the Amazon Appstore - enter your phone number or email there. You'll get a pop-up with step-by-step instructions and little video on how to proceed to download their appstore app.

Each day, they give away a paid app for free. You can get an app, try it, uninstall it if you don't like it or aren't sure yet. After that, it shows in your bullpen so you can re-download as often as you need - works thru resetting or losing apps, no problem.

No telling if the feebie is going to be a moose or a dog so you have to check every day and see what's available that day. Once you've missed a chance for a paid app for free, no do-overs, you've missed it.

Hope this helps!

BTW and FWIW - I've moved from swiping to SwiftKey and find that because of its next word prediction, it's faster for me. I can bang out sentences and not type much.

 

[PittsPgh]

Couple of app questions. Which car navigator is better, the phone comes with two? Is there any reason why iheartradio doesn't show up on the app store when I search, same with Crackle?

I had the iHeartRadio v3.0.3 apk backed up on my old Hero and Computer. It installed and does work on my EVO 3D.

Paul

 

[EarlyMon]

I had the iHeartRadio v3.0.3 apk backed up on my old Hero and Computer. It installed and does work on my EVO 3D.

For those without the side-load:

Didn't show up in the Market for me either, but worked fine if I went to iHeartRadio - iHeartRadio - Free Online Radio - Listen to 750+ Live Radio Stations and downloaded from there.

 

[jerofld]

I figured that. Why does sprint have us use these silly pointless apps?

A reassurance, I'd assume.

 

[jerofld]

I have an app question? I used to use find my car lite. I park my car in a parking garage and I know that when I 1st got this app and this is weird but it had a white checkered background with this arrow and the arrow was on the 5th line and I was on the 5th floor. I don;t know if that was a coincidence or not. I never got it to do that again. After that it just showed me a map and I had to know what floor I was on and it would direct me.

Anyway what's the best find my car app out there and is there one that really can show you what floor of a parking garage your on? I usually kind of remember the spot but never the floor. But I know find my car lite when I 1st got it the way it showed this arrow on the 5th X and I was on the 5th floor I thought it was weird. But I didn't know if find my car apps really do that or not. Thanks,

I thought most, if not all, of these apps ran off of marking a GPS location? My solution, although not as eloquent as an app, would be to suggest this: Take a picture of the markings on the support pillars where you park. Most of the time, they mention which floor. If they don't, take a picture of the floor before you get in the elevator/stairs.