Co-workers and friends sometimes ask about nice apps for their Android phones, so here is a list of some that I can recommend. Most icons below are actually a link to the app on Android Market if viewing this on your Android phone.
Essentials
Barcode scanner, scan different types of barcodes to easily get apps, URLs or even exchange contact information.
LauncherPro beta, better & faster launcher/home app
Handcent SMS, excellent SMS/MMS app, customizable trackball/LED notifications as well.
Adobe Flash player, play flash 10.1, yup that’s right, not only flash lite! Requires Android 2.2
Google Gesture search, write letters with your fingers and it will show search results for contacts, apps etc.
Computer, server & networks
ConnectBot, excellent SSH client, including port forwards etc
Wifi analyzer, signal strength, channels etc
Remote desktop www.toremote.com not free!
MSN droid, one of the better MSN clients for android. Though I find that I mostly use Google Talk these days as it is so well integrated into Android and also very power efficient as it is using push notifications. Another good app is MSN talk
Netcounter, Shows number of bytes sent/received over wifi/3G per day/week/month etc
Dropbox, automatic sync of files between computers and now also iphone and android
Multimedia
Spotify, stream music, for premium Spotify users
Official XBMC Remote, remote control XBMC, browse movies/TV shows, show callers on screen,...
Gmote, remote controller and touch pad for your HTPC
Unified Remote, extensive remote control of windows computer, browse, power point etc, www.unifiedremote.com
Android
- Nav Launcher (Google navigate in non-enabled countries)
EStrongs File explorer, including LAN, ftp etc (the previous(?) best was Astro)
SayMyName Dessert, read out the name of the callers, SMS etc.
OS Monitor, CPU usage per process, network connections etc
Cool
Layar, Augmented reality with lots of different downloadable overlays
Google Sky Map, hold up your phone and it will show you the sky in that direction
Google Earth
Mario Live Wallpaper
Google Translate
Google Googles, scan books, paintings, foreign language menus, bar codes etc and get info/translation/prices about it.
Galactic Core Live Wallpaper, A good looking rotating spiral galaxy as the background
Other
TwoTouch timer, quick direct usage timer and stopwatch
CalWidget, calendar widget
Facebook (official), recently released a new version
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Twitter (official), one of the best apps regarding user experience and android integration
Current week widget, some countries, like Sweden, use the week of the year a lot
My Tracks, keep track of your running/hiking, upload to Google maps & docs spreadsheet
Snowstorm, Excellent weather widget for Scandinavian countries
Kindle for Android, Amazon kindle client in your phone, Read books!
TrueCaller, looks up numbers not found in your address book for incoming calls
SoundHound, music identification, lyrics etc
Bubble, a bubble level in all directions
Compass
Flashlight, simple and nothing more just as it should be
Speedtest, test your connection speed
Adobe Reader, best PDF reader
Free Games
I haven’t tried any paid games yet…
Robodefense Free, tower defense game
Chess for Android, great chess app (there are others with online multiplayer)
Age of Conquest Lite, Risk-type game but even more fun, lite version with less features
Sweden specific
Scandinavian keyboard, what the name says.need Swedish dictionary for Scandinavian keyboard as well, separate download!
Första hjälpen, hantera första hjälpen situationer, från Röda Korset.
Sveriges Radio play
Hemnet, find a new house
Prisjakt, price comparison including bar code scanning. Excellent while in the store; “Is this a good price?”
tv.nu, what’s on TV
Bank apps, Handelsbanken, Swedbank and other Swedish banks now have some great apps!
Vem ringde, looks up numbers not found in your address book for incoming calls
SMS-biljetter, buy SMS-tickets for bus rides in quite a few cities in Sweden
Another list of good Android Apps: http://www.techcredo.com/android/awesome-android-apps-part-2
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