must have incredible apps

[elroy jetson]

Hey all,
I am new to the android community. Been using winmobile for years, but the specs on the incredible are just nice to pass up.
My primary use will be work, ton's of spreadsheets and pdf's to review. I also tether a good deal.
I guess what I am looking for is advice on the must have app's to have a seamless transition as possible to android.

What I have found I need are:

Documents to go
document scanner
wifi tether
flashlight

any other suggestions would be appreciated. One other concern I do have is whether the Incredible will be able to sync contacts, email, notes, etc., with MS Outlook on my pc. VZW said yes but they have been wrong before whaen i have asked specifics.

thanks in advance for your replies.
-elroy jetson

 

[sisyphus]

https://www.dropbox.com/ might help you keep documents organized. You get about 2 gigs that you'll be able to access anywhere. Great site and they have an android app.

 

[malice]

You will. There is a video. Hold up ill find it. Doh. YouTube - DROID Incredible by HTC Review (interview w/ HTC)

Watch that : ) I was worried too. Not no more homie.

 

[dibs ODDJOB]

I've seen in several places that you can sync Outlook through USB with the HTC Sync desktop software. Although it might be just contacts and calendar.

As far as Docs to Go, The DI comes with Quick Office, which lets you see, but not edit, Office files. I'd try that first to see how it works, it's what I'm going to do. But DocstoGo lite is free, so it'd be nice to compare the two.

I believe you can open PDFs out of the box, but there are several free apps if you don't. Hopefully it has pinch to zoom and good resolution, because I read a lot of PDFs too.

 

[TheSultan]

The first things I install next Thursday will be:

The Weather Channel
Barcode Scanner
Google Sky Map
PDANet
eBuddy
Speed Test
Craigslistnotifica
NewsRob

 

[carooster]

The first things I install next Thursday will be:

The Weather Channel
Barcode Scanner
Google Sky Map
PDANet
eBuddy
Speed Test
Craigslistnotifica
NewsRob

I'm new to Android (and smartphones), what does the barcode scanner do?

 

[WizeGuyDezignz]

The barcode scanner uses your camera to scan a barcode on a product. It then will search for that item and the best prices for it at various stores and such.

 

[Nimbus79]

I'm new to Android (and smartphones), what does the barcode scanner do?

It's really cool a friend of mine has it on his iphone... basically when your out shopping for something say the latest game you can load the app and take a photo of the barcode. the app accesses the onboard camera and puts a red laser line over the center of the shot. take a photo of the barcode and it will then look up the product and give you prices at other stores!

very useful! especially if you want the best prices when your out and about.

 

[Reprobate]

I'm looking forward to finally having a phone that can use Evernote.

Welcome to your notable world | Evernote Corporation

 

[Evil Sports]

swype

 

[elroy jetson]

swype

the files for swype are still out there. I have a samsung omnia, then upgraded to the omnia 2 and loved the phone and swype, but even with samsung's ui disabled i felt it was too slow for the price and took it back and found a cab to swype on my omnia and love it. I know there are similar programs out there, but i can't imagine texting w/o swype

 

[Tony Touch]

One of the main reasons I'm upgrading to a smart phone is so I can get the DirecTV NFL SuperCast app. As long as you have NFL Sunday Ticket + SuperFan, you can watch any Sunday afternoon NFL game on your phone. This is pure heaven when I'm out of town and can't be in front of my big screen.

And add to this, Verizon just got NFL Mobile..so I can watch Thurs and Sun night games on my Incredible too.

 

[appleaj]

By the way, a writer at ZDNet told me that when he talked to his Verizon contact, he told him that Skype will be out for the Incredible and hopefully at launch.

 

[jwm2]

Wireless tethering is only available if you root your phone, which won't be possible for the first couple months. EasyTether will get you by until then, its $10 and allows you to share your connection with any laptop via the usb cord.

 

[TheSultan]

There is another, reason for using the barcode scanner, and the primary reason I do it. You can scan QR codes to get info, or to download a new app as well.

 

[b.kllewis]

I'm also new so go a bit easy on me. I was checking out pocketnow.com and I ran across this app. Its called Wheres My Droid. It looks pretty sweet. Its able to tun your phone volume up if you cant find it and left it on silent. Also if you lose it you can text/email it and it will send you the lat. and long. I'm definitely going to get this when I get my incredible.

Android Market Pick: Where's My Droid

 

[tifozi]

Anyone recommendations for VPN app? I have to use Contivity for work and it would be great if there is a decent VPN app

 

[wonderbread]

[SPAM] might help you keep documents organized. You get about 2 gigs that you'll be able to access anywhere. Great site and they have an android app.

I'm looking forward to finally having a phone that can use [SPAM].

I'm also new so go a bit easy on me. I was checking out pocketnow.com and I ran across this app. Its called [SPAM]. It looks pretty sweet. Its able to tun your phone volume up if you cant find it and left it on silent. Also if you lose it you can text/email it and it will send you the lat. and long. I'm definitely going to get this when I get my incredible.

[SPAM]

Holy crap, how did this thread become such a magnet for spammers? They must google for any thread with "app" in the title on any forum and automatically post their POS wares.

My first app downloads:

google sky
rhapsody (yeah, that's right, i like the new music playlist option)
google earth
google goggles
google voice
shazam
Swype!!!! (been holding on to the beta for a while now)

 

[Rubik76]

Quickoffice won't do Office 2007 or higher. Documentstogo is nice, but the lite version likes to tease you by offering full functionality and prompting you to purchase whenever you try to do anything from the full app. Still, it's the best option for Office 2007.

My "must haves" are:
Swype
Handcent
3Banana
Astro File Manager
Barcode Scanner
Google Gesture Search

I'm also a big fan of:
Assistant Free
Car Locator ($)
Google Goggles
SystemPanel
Flixster
My Tracks
Shazam

Finally, for me, a lot of the value in my Droid comes from being able to interact with data on my home PC's and WHS, so I have:
Subsonic
SugarSync
Remote Desktop

 

[jazztalker]

I seem to remember coming across some talk of an app that would change the profile (Scene I think they call it on this phone) based upon your GPS location.

Anyone know what I'm talking about? What app is that? Does it work pretty well? I think it would be awesome to walk out of the office and have my phone automatically change from vibrate to ring, I forget to do that sometimes, and my gf is less than happy with me when I do

 

[dibs ODDJOB]

Quickoffice won't do Office 2007 or higher.

Do you know this for sure on the Incredible? That sucks it doesn't do 2007. Even my BB Storm let me edit 2007 documents, but I couldn't create them, which wasn't a big deal.

 

[stanfna]

I seem to remember coming across some talk of an app that would change the profile (Scene I think they call it on this phone) based upon your GPS location.

Anyone know what I'm talking about? What app is that? Does it work pretty well? I think it would be awesome to walk out of the office and have my phone automatically change from vibrate to ring, I forget to do that sometimes, and my gf is less than happy with me when I do

you are looking for Locale

 

[Dex]

therealdex's Incredible

 

[jazztalker]

you are looking for Locale

Cool, thanks! Does that work pretty well?

 

[XDaydreamerX11]

LOVE Appbrain Super easy to use to prepare your list!

http://www.appbrain.com/user/XDaydreamerX11/new-phone

Does a NORMAL calculator come on the Inc? Or do I need to get a calculator app too?