For a list of apps that I use, see Self:tips-computer-android-apps.
Apps that I've uninstalled but that I might reinstall, or that other people might want to check out
Books
Product Identifiers
| Compare Everywhere | found some different local stores | |
| Shopper (by Google) | Google Products; find by barcode or picture or voice or text; history, favorites; no local search | |
| ShopSaavy? | full-featured but a little slow; tries to reside in memory upon boot and after running | |
Misc
| Alchemy Clip | OCR | |
| AsciiCamera? | | |
| Astrid | todo list with rememberthemilk integration. NOTE: stays resident in memory | |
| Bank of America Mobile Banking | i'll install this when you can pay your credit card bill with it | |
| Bar Control | Put apps into notification bar pulldown | |
| BuddyMob? | IM and social networking and friend proximity alert | |
| Call recording | record phone calls | |
| CloudList? | Share/sync a list over the network | |
| DynDNS? | when you're on wifi, the phone acquires a DNS address so that you can ssh into it (assuming you're running sshd) from another computer on your LAN | |
| ES File Explorer | Like ASTRO; maybe a little more featureful | |
| EverNote? | can search text inside pictures (via OCR; annoyingly, you can't just look at the OCR and copy/paste it) | |
| fIRC | IRC | |
| flyscreen | put web content on lock screen | |
| GDocs | Google Docs | |
| GeoPoll? | polls linked to nearby locations | |
| Pkt Auctions eBay | ebay | |
| GDocs | Google docs | |
| lite setting profiles | free app like Locale, which is now pay. removed b/c it stayed in memory | |
| math alarm clock | You have to do progressively harder math problems in order to activate the "snooze" | |
| meridian | featureful music and video player with playlists, ID3, etc | |
| NightRinger? | only ring for certain contacts | |
| NimBuzz? | IM | |
| Notification notes | put notes into notification bar | |
| OpenVPN? GUI | | |
| OurGroceries? | Share/sync a list over the network | |
| PayPal? | | |
| PdaNet? | USB and Bluetooth tether (i don't use this b/c i have a rooted cyanogenmod system, and on cyanogenmod, usb tether is builtin and bluetooth and wifi tether can be had in "wireless tether for root users") | |
| quick poll free | send sms to a list of ppl from contacs, tally responses. note on market: "currently does not work on android 2.0". anyone can send a response to a poll, not just the ppl you sent it to. | |
| sensor list | trace graph of sensors | |
| smart vibrator | set custom vibration patterns for various groups of contacs | |
| textPlus | group chat over SMS | |
| Tricorder | read out the phone's sensors in a Star Trek UI | |
| Ultimate Stopwatch | |
| VPN Connections | VPN client | |
| Wave Write | "NOT a strobing text writer.... wave your phone slowly through an arc to display a large text message" | |
| WikStuff? | reminders triggered by locations | |
More
For some old notes on other apps, see tips-computer-android-appsOld.
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