Android users, app question

[tabbycat31]

Ok I just got a new Android phone yesterday and I'm completely new to the platform (and smartphones that can do more than email).

What apps do you recommend? (I'm maxed out on games with 3 versions of Angry Birds and Words With Friends).

[tdb63]

1. Pulse is great for news articals

Here's a few I like to use

Pulse
Tunein Radio
Accuweather
Iris (Androids Siri, note backwards spelling)
GO Launcher ex
Lookout
MP3 Ringtone maker
Quickoffice
Real Racing
Titanium Backup
Zedge

[wysimdnwyg]

2. My favorites

Weatherbug - The app from The Weather Channel is large and slow. This is much more efficient.
Comic Reader - For those who don't get a newspaper or their paper doesn't run the comics you like.
Cribbage Pro - quality, free cribbage game
Flixter - The mobile app for Rotten Tomatoes (movie reviews and info)
GasBuddy - find the cheapest gas near you
KeyRing - Useful for keeping all of your discount cards (you know, the ones the stores give you so they can track your shopping habits)
MixZing - better music app than the default one
Pandora - how could you not like having mobile Pandora?
ScoreCenter - ESPN's app for tracking sports scores and news
Solitaire Deluxe - the best free solitaire app I've found
XfinityTV - If you use Comcast as your cable provider, this app allows you to not only see the channel guide, but control your DVR(s) and record shows - even if you're not at home

[Sentath]

3. Interesting, almost no overlap.

Timer from TheSpinningHead
Nook
Kindle
Out of Milk
Robo Defense
Trillian (for talking to the jabber server at work)
Amazon App Store
Amazon MP3 (I know I know)
Astro
Dice Bag (rpg / frpg utility)

flixster
words with friends

[Sentath]

4. Oh Yeah

Where's My Droid

[Behind the Aegis]

5. Out of Milk is awesome!

I have been running around the house scanning stuff like a crazed chimp! But, do keep an eye on the scans, some don't pop-up with the correct information and you have to add size and price.

I also downloaded "sayings" from "Airplane" and Young Fankenstein." That shit makes me laugh.

-- Weather Channel
-- Animal sounds (the kitten drives my puppies wild)
-- Dog Whistle
-- Flixter
-- Amazon price check
-- My Coke Rewards

I hunt for new ones on occasion and am currently looking for a good coupon one that allows me to scan my coupons, not download others.

[Ruby the Liberal]

7. What does Out of Milk do?

[Behind the Aegis]

8. It creates a shopping list.

The coolest feature is you can scan products in with your phone. You can also create to-do lists for other things as well. It isn't just groceries that scan either. I scanned a few magazines and blu-rays.

[Ruby the Liberal]

11. I just downloaded this last night.

Seems rather cool!

Would be nice to organize it based on where you need to go (grocery store vs office supplies), but that may be there and I just didn't see it yet.

[Behind the Aegis]

12. I just double checked...

You can create mutliple shopping lists. I haven't sued it yet, but I have created multiple lists in the "Pantry List" section. I have one called "new" which is where i scan new items, to double check them, then I move them to the correct list. I will eventually have lists like, dairy, meat, bread, backing, and the like.

What I am really looking for and can't find is a coupon program that would allow me to scan my coupons and create a shopping list from that. THAT would be really useful to me. If you hear of one, let me know!

[OriginalGeek]

14. On a similar note, while y'all are scanning food anyway

try Fooducate

it scans a barcode and tells you all about the product's real nutritional value and often has links to healthier alternatives and even recipes for making the same thing more cheaply and/or more helathy...

[Ruby the Liberal]

16. Oh cool!

Fooducate is in the Market (renamed Google Play) today.

Note - do NOT like the new name.

[Behind the Aegis]

19. Thanks. I will look into that!

[Ruby the Liberal]

17. That would be helpful

I am going to play with the lists tomorrow.

[Ruby the Liberal]

6. Keycard (or Keyring as noted upthread?)

Allows you to scan in those loyalty cards with the camera so you don't have to carry them in your wallet/keychain.



Edit - unsure about the name. May be Keyring not Keycard.

[csziggy]

9. Kicking because I just got a tablet and need Android apps

Though my tablet (a LePan) came with most everything I really need but with no games.

[unionworks]

10. Ustream is a must

...for watching Occupy events live. I sat transfixed watching the LA eviction, it put you right there in the Occcupy camp.

[Stan Smith]

13. Here's what I have.

Words with fiends I mean friends lol, facebook, twitter, juice defender for the battery, a boring but addicting game called brik breaker, and the Amazon mp3 downloader.

[OriginalGeek]

15. Keep an eye on your juice defender

I got worse results with it on than I do with it uninstalled. Maybe I didn't tweak it right...

[Stan Smith]

18. It has worked well for me.

The only issue I have had is if I don't kill all running tasks before I let it hibernate it freezes up sometimes.

[tabbycat31]

20. lol about words with friends

I'm getting my ass kicked in that game.

[OriginalGeek]

21. qat, za and xi

are your friends. ;o)