{"id":1271,"date":"2010-07-16T19:45:24","date_gmt":"2010-07-17T00:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=1271"},"modified":"2010-07-30T12:24:46","modified_gmt":"2010-07-30T17:24:46","slug":"jays-list-of-the-best-android-apps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2010\/07\/16\/jays-list-of-the-best-android-apps\/","title":{"rendered":"Jay&#8217;s list of the Best Android apps"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:581,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/bk.gnarf.org\\\/creativity\\\/bigbrothergps&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250818004034\\\/https:\\\/\\\/bk.gnarf.org\\\/creativity\\\/bigbrothergps\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 15:21:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-15 15:21:44&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve had my Motorola Backflip for a month and have settled on a set of applications to keep on my phone. All of these applications work with Android version 1.5. My Backflip has a Camera \/ GPS \/ Compass and Accelerometers. Where an application makes use any of these hardware components I&#8217;ve mentioned it in the description. If you think I&#8217;m missing a great one, let me know!<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Internet Clients:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>K-9 Mail<\/strong> &#8211; K-9 Dog Walkers<br \/> My IMAP email client. This is the application I use the most on the phone.<\/li>\n<li>SSI <strong>gTasks ToDo<\/strong> &#8211; SSI <br \/> This application allows me to view\/edit my Google Tasks list on my phone.<\/li>\n<li><strong>NewsRob<\/strong> (Pro) &#8211; Mariano Kamp <br \/> This RSS reader syncs with Google Reader, and is the only application that I have paid to upgrade to the &#8220;pro&#8221; version.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Meebo IM<\/strong> &#8211; meebo <br \/> An IM client that supports all the networks I use.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Multimedia:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>museek<\/strong> Music Player &#8211; musicexplorer<br \/> I have several gigs of ogg vorbis music on my phone, and museek had the playlist support I needed.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Android\/Cellular Enhancement:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Advanced Task Killer<\/strong> &#8211; ReChild<br \/> This program allows you to kill off certain applications to save memory. <\/li>\n<li><strong>Android Agenda Widget <\/strong>&#8211; Everybody All the Time<br \/> The most customizable way to quickly and easily display your calendar on the home screen as a widget.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Apps Organizer<\/strong> &#8211; Fabio Collini<br \/> As you can see from this page, I&#8217;ve got a LOT of applications. The default applications drawer just doesn&#8217;t cut it. Apps Organizer allows you to put applications into little windows by category and call them up quickly.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google Voice<\/strong> &#8211; Google<br \/>If you use google voice for &#8220;visual voicemail&#8221; this application makes your transcripts easier to view than via SMS. It also integrates google voice calling with your dialer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>BatteryLife<\/strong> &#8211; CurveFish<br \/> A nice battery widget.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Battery Graph<\/strong> &#8211; Morgan H<br \/> This program tracks your battery voltage over time and plots the data on a graph.<\/li>\n<li><strong>System Panel<\/strong> &#8211; NextApp Inc<br \/> Allows you to see how much CPU (and Memory) each application is using. The paid version also records historical data.<\/li>\n<li><strong>DropBox<\/strong> &#8211; Dropbox, Inc<br \/> A free commercial product, DropBox makes it easy to keep files synced between your phone and various computers. I am impressed with their cross platform (linux) support.<\/li>\n<li><strong>GPS Status<\/strong> &#8211; EclipSim<br \/>A nice status monitoring program that gives you all kind of information about your internal GPS subsystem, satellites in view, signal strength, etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reference Tools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Easy Tie Lite<\/strong> &#8211; Basesign<br \/>Need to tie a Tie for a wedding or other formal occasion? This application will remind you how!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Unit Converter &#8211; Convert Pad <\/strong> &#8211; Sonny Moon<br \/>It&#8217;s unit conversions. I don&#8217;t use it much, but when you need it, it&#8217;s nice to have.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Periodic Table<\/strong> &#8211; PeriodicPad &#8211; Sonny Moon<br \/>I haven&#8217;t actually needed to look up information about an element yet, but should I ever need to do so, I&#8217;m ready!<\/li>\n<li><strong>SitOrSquat<\/strong> &#8211; Densebrain, Inc<br \/>A national directory of public bathrooms. Haven&#8217;t had to use it yet, but it sure seems like it might be useful to have!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google Sky Map<\/strong> &#8211; Google<br \/> Google really did a skymap right. Your phone uses it&#8217;s GPS, compass and accelerometers to make the phone display the stars in the direction you are holding it.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>AR \/ Internet Data  Tools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Barcode Scanner <\/strong>&#8211; Zxing Team<br \/>A barcode scanner that can link to online content. It works with 2D barcodes and can decode email\/URL&#8217;s\/phone numbers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Shopper <\/strong>&#8211; Google<br \/> Looks up prices for books, movies, and CD&#8217;s. In addition to barcode scanning, it can also recognize cover art in some cases.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Zillow Real Estate<\/strong> &#8211; Zillow.com<br \/>Basically a layer of home prices overlaid on google maps.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Stock Quote<\/strong> &#8211; BlShlNews <br \/> An advanced stock portfolio tracker. Handles cost per share overall gain\/loss calculations. Smaller text display than Quote Pro (below) but offers links to financial news\/charts, etc, as well as a desktop widget. This is the best free stock tracking tool I&#8217;ve used, but if you want something a bit simpler, try out Quote Pro.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Quote Pro<\/strong> &#8211; Quirk Consulting<br \/>Keep an eye on your stocks with real-time tracking. Simple application with one-screen updates on your stocks of choice.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Trapster <\/strong>&#8211; Trapster.com<br \/>National database of police speed traps and radar cameras.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Google Translate<\/strong> &#8211; Google<br \/>Google powered translation system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tools:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Wifi Analyizer<\/strong> &#8211; farproc<br \/>Scans the WiFi bands and tells you what networks are nearby, and their signal strengths. Useful to find open (free) frequencies or to test your AP&#8217;s signal strength and coverage.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ruler<\/strong> &#8211; Babak Mozaffari<br \/> An on-screen ruler that can be calibrated.<\/li>\n<li><strong>JogTracker<\/strong> &#8211; Highway North Interactive<br \/> GPS map logger that calculates speed, caleries, etc. Also includes ability to upload jog\/walk\/run\/cycles to the jog tracker website.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tuner &#8211; gStrings<\/strong> &#8211; cohortor.org<br \/>Use your phone as a instrument tuner.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Metal Detector<\/strong> &#8211; Kurt Radwanski<br \/>Uses your phone&#8217;s compass to detect metallic objects. More of a party trick than an actual useful metal detector, but I guess if you had to find an old V8 engine that was buried only a few inches under sand&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Crow&#8217;s Flight &#8211; GPS<\/strong> &#8211; Cw&#038;t<br \/> GPS without the maps. Log a point, and it tells you the direction and distance back to the point.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Bubble Level <\/strong>&#8211; Antoine Vlaney<br \/> Uses your phone&#8217;s accelerometers to work as a level. May not be as accurate as a true carpenters level, but if you only had your phone&#8230;.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Compass <\/strong>&#8211; Snaptic<br \/>The best interface to your phone&#8217;s internal compass. Some modes also integrate GPS data. <\/li>\n<li><strong>StopWatch <\/strong>&#8211; sportstracklive.com<br \/>A standard stop-watch application, but it also includes count-down timers and alarms.<\/li>\n<li><strong>BACKFLIP Light <\/strong>&#8211; Motorola Inc.<br \/>A Backflip specific application with one lightbulb shaped button. It allows you to toggle the Motorola Backflip&#8217;s LED flash on\/off to use as a (quite powerful) flashlight.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Security:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Big Brother GPS<\/strong> &#8211; eGnarF<br \/>This application will wake up periodically and send GPS coordinates to a website of your choice. I like the fact that it sends the data to any website you want, and even <a href=\"http:\/\/bk.gnarf.org\/creativity\/bigbrothergps\/\">wrote a simple script to take advantage of it<\/a>. It&#8217;s not a stealth program, so perhaps not as good for securing your phone, but it can be used to allow others to see where you are, what routes you took, etc.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Lookout Mobile Security<\/strong> &#8211; Lookout<br \/>A (currently) free commercial product beta that includes virus scanning, phone GPS tracking, etc&#8230;<\/li>\n<li><strong>Wm Anti Theft Lite <\/strong>&#8211; Winkymega<br \/>A program that watches your SIM card. If somebody replaces your SIM card it will SMS you and a few other friends phone numbers with the new information so you can try and catch the person who stole your phone.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve had my Motorola Backflip for a month and have settled on a set of applications to keep on my phone. All of these applications work with Android version 1.5. 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