I'm only new to Android for about 3 weeks but I was an avid iphone user for 3+ years prior. I noticed that after coming over to the Android *waters* it's pretty well supported!
So maybe *NOT* all of the iphone's APPS are here on Android market but here is a list of my MUST have apps:
ADOBE FLASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (c'mon, u just *KNEW* this was going to be #1)
COMIS - DC & Marvel
Dictionary
Engadget
Facebook
Flashlight
Gas Buddy
Gizmodo
Google Voice - Android phone ya gotta have G voice)
MobiUcare - Damn skippy because we ALL want to LOJACK our Android!!!
MX Video player
Pandora
PhotoFunia
Shazam
Skifta - STREAMING from my HP MEdia server to my droid couldn't be easier!!!
SpringPad
SVOX - Gotta love that British accent on Victoria
Voice Action Plus - Now called "Jeanie"..., who needs SRINI??!?!??!!!
Google Translate - So cool
C'mon what's on your list? What am I missing??!??
Here are a few of my favorites along with ones I can't live without!
Pandora - Streaming Music
Opera Internet Browser
Tweetdeck - for twitter
XDA Premium
Engadget
Evernote - take all my class notes and they're all synced
Dictionary.com
Doittomorrow - really awesome reminder app
QR Droid
Netflix
Gentle Alarm - Actually works
Amazon Appstore - Free apps everyday
Amex/Band of America
Dropbox - cloud/sync
Embiggen - really cool to use with Super Amoled
FML
Gameboid/ N64oid
Go SMS Pro
Launchkey - programs the long press search key into app/function (camera)
Peggle
Plants vs Zombies
Prox Pro (Jedi powers)
Ringdroid
Rom Manager
Titanium Backup
SMS Backup & Restore - Backups all texts automatically
Soundhound - tagging music and live lyrics!
Translate
Ubermusic (Metro Music)
Widgetlocker - SUPER AWESOME lockscreen replacement
Get rid of Engadget/Gizmodo. Why?
Pulse. It combines any news sources you want into one amazing interface. Works for phones and tablets very well
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Get rid of Engadget/Gizmodo. Why?
Pulse. It combines any news sources you want into one amazing interface. Works for phones and tablets very well
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Pulse is a gorgeous application, but I think Engadget's one of those sites that deserves it's own app. I'm not saying this due to differences in formatting, but the ease of access to the comments which are the heart of the Article.
Great thread thanks for posting
Here are the 50 or so apps I run (in the pics at the end of my post).
http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-galaxy-s-ii/130125-rom-flashing-update-mms-mod.html
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Here are the 50 or so apps I run (in the pics at the end of my post).
http://forums.androidcentral.com/t-galaxy-s-ii/130125-rom-flashing-update-mms-mod.html
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Keep up the good work!!! Lots of goodies...
Found another couple of great apps!!!!
Key Ring - For all those little store rewards cards... Store them on your phone instead of carrying them around!!!
Google Goggles - Augmented Reality! Uses GPS location and camera to tell you ANYTHING about what you're looking at!!!
Yelp! - Uses GPS location & Camera to let you know about the restaurant BEFORE walking in... !!!!
New York Subway & Bus maps!!! - for residents and TOURISTS... Keep track of subway updates and tracking transit info!!!
anybody mention shopsavvy? or barcode scanner?
AnimMod for root users is sick, you can change window/transition animations on your phone.
Words with friends with no ads is sweet.
Tapatalk is awesome for exactly what I'm doing now.
Dropbox, duh.
Adw.launcher ex is an awesome and consistent home replacement.
Tweetdeck is sweet, but tweetdark is even better because of the black theme.
Don't know if anyone has messed with Voodoo Screen Control but it does enhance the beauty of the super smiled plus.
Oh and Extended Controls for a couple extra toggles you night not find too many other places.
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AK Notepad
Alarm Clock Xtreme
Barcode Scanner
Beautiful Widgets
Cut The Rope(best game ever)
Download All Files
ES File Explorer
Tiny Flashlight
Netflix
Opera Mobile
Pandora
Sipdroid
SoundHound(I like it better than Shazam)
Swiftkey
Tapatalk
Titanium Backup
Vlingo
Voice(Google)
Widget Locker
Widgetsoid
I'm sure there are quite a few others, but that's a several.
Thanks for this! Gonna have fun with embiggen!
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Google Voice - Android phone ya gotta have G voice)
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SVOX - Gotta love that British accent on Victoria
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Have you tried Ivona Voice?
Main App
US English
UK English
The app's in beta and is free, but doesn't at all feel like either of those.
Audio Galaxy
Astro File Manager
Amazon App Store
Dropbox
GameCIH
Netflix
Pandora
Pocket Legends
Screencast
Temple Run
SetCPU
Titanium Backup
XDA
Where's my Water
Cut the Rope
BEST LIST EVER
Xda
Enhanced email
NBA jam
S voice (until I get my gs3)
Weather underground
Voltage control
Adfree
Chrome
pandora
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NBA Jam
Adobe Flash
Facebook
XDA
PES 2012 (pretty deep for a mobile sports game)
Bleacher Report Team Stream
Evernote (kind of my personal 'diary/notepad' so protected with Applock)
4sync
Cleverbot
Tapatalk
Screencast
Root Explorer
Minecraft PE
Adway
TiBu
Just a few and not in any particular order...
Root explorer
Voltage control
Handcent
Poweramp
Zedge & flikie wallpapers
Easy mp3 v2
Tibu
Quickpic
One more clock widget
Voodoo louder
Pure calendar
Lord Vader Choice of Apps
click on App they are all links to Market
No love for google goggles?
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Its cool... But I don't use it that often....
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I just got my tab two months ago, and I have been trying to find any app that best suits this gadget. So far, I almost got what I want, so I decide to write them down, and maybe this can help some other newcomers like me.
player:
1.BSplayer. It has a very nice ui and an functional LAN mode(you can stream from any smb server within a LAN). It's currently introduced a hw acceleration method, which I think is as good as the one that Diceplayer has.
2.Google Music. Very cool UI with a nice widget. A must-have app for anyone who likes google's music streaming service.
Google Reader
HD Reader Since I rely on google reader to subscribe rss feeds, google reader app is definitely a essential reading tool on my tab. But I really don't like the google's version(it's just a phone app). After several days of app-hunting, I found this one, it supports 3 different theme, and many essential settings such as on/off line mode, font family, cache, image downloading, etc. it's ui design is just visually appealing. Plus it has a transparent widget which is also configurable.
Podcast download/streaming
Beyond Pod. This one is definitely the best choice if you listen/watch podcast on daily basis. the ui is optimized for tablet, and transition is quite smooth. It provided all the basic features of a podcast receiver app.
Ebook Reader
Mantano I tried a lot of ebook reader's but eventually settled with Mantano reader. It has a very nice ui which is optimized for tablet. It supports epub as well as pdf. The reading experience is excellent.
Ezpdfreader. Probably the best pdf reader I could find.
Facebook/twitter
Wizz widget for tablet. this applet is just enough for basic usage of facebook/twitter. so I don't need other apps for these. Anyway,you can try Friendme/Friendcaster, and tweetcomb. These individual apps are all optimized for the tablets.
My Recommended Apps For Tablet - From Galaxy 10.1 WiFi
Player
1) PlayerPro. It is about the only player app that gave me the opportunity to edit the album art for each one of my songs. Another cool thing of it is the ability to install and use personalized Skins. Pretty Nice looking interface, to me this is my Music Player Winner. My library looks so organized with this app.
2) Google Music. As hilltruange states, this is a must-have app for anyone who likes google's Music Streaming service. I also like the fact that it kind of connects your music experience with the new market Music feauture.
3)AudioGalaxy. This is the winner when it comes to a low capacity of storage on your device!. AudioGalaxy allows you to stream ALL your music from home straight to your personal device in just a few SECONDS! This app is kind of like Google Music nevertheless it does not upload it to the cloud but instead it streams it using the internet connection. Must-have as well.
Ebook Reader
I personally go more for the cool looking interface - Flipping pages like a real book rather than what the app itself can do. Ive had my Galaxy 10.1 Tab for about 4 months now and Ill have to admit that i havent found anything really better than the Ebook.apk app that came with my Task650 - ROM. It does the job just great! In my opinion this app really makes the reading feel like if you were reading a real technological book. I personally use online EPUB converters so that i can enjoy my PDF's with the "Flipping pages" feature.
Just for the record, Ive tried Mantano and dont get me wrong. The app is awesome but just the fact that it only does scrolling effect on the pages really bugs me. :-(
Live TV/Movies/Sports/Streaming
So far my Number One app for live Tv streaming is Veetle.apk. I've personally used Veetle for about 2 years now and trust me it is great!. It is about the only app out there that allows you to stream hd movies at a very nice quality on your Tablet!. I also have NETFLIX which also does the job for me.
Android Launcher
ADWLauncher Ex. I understand that the Stock Android Launcher looks pretty descent but the ADWLauncher Ex just turns your Android Tablet experience to a whole new level! Take a look at my Google+ TNDG page:
h t t p s : / / p l u s . g o o g l e . c o m / u /0/b/103728314829341153863/#
In there i have some of my tablet screen pics using ADWLauncher Ex.
WiFi Calling! For Free
Groove IP. If you have a WiFi ONLY tablet then you should really get yourself a Google Voice account and download GrooVe IP from the market!. Groove IP tuns your WiFi Tablet into a Phone. Must-Have if you want to make phone calls for free.
OoVoO. Number ONE Video conference app WAY better and HD quality compared to Tango. If you have Google Talk and most of your friends are on it then you should be fine using the Talk Video feauture. Nevertheless, if you want to experience something different but with the same quality as Google hangouts then i strongly recommend to download OoVoO.apk.
Sound Equilizer
EQualizer. EQualizer from Google Music takes the quality of your tablet sound to a whole new level!.
Best Keyboards
SwiftKey Tablet X. SwiftKey Tablet X is in my opinion the best when it comes to a nice looking neon easy to use keyboard experience!.
HD Tablet - Video Games!
Riptide GP - HD
ShadowGun - HD
Pinball for Tegra - HD
Ocean Bubble - HD
Light Racer 3D - HD
GOF2 THD - HD
Block Breaker 3 - HD
Stardunk - HD
Heave Gunner 3D - HD
Hero of Sparta - HD
Asphalt 6 - HD
UNO - HD
BackBreaker Tegra2 - HD
AirAttack - HD
WaveBlazer - HD
CrazySnowBoard - HD
N.O.V.A. 2 - HD
Radio Services
Pandora
Jango
TuneIn
hilltruange said:
I just got my tab two months ago, and I have been trying to find any app that best suits this gadget. So far, I almost got what I want, so I decide to write them down, and maybe this can help some other newcomers like me.
player:
1.BSplayer. It has a very nice ui and an functional LAN mode(you can stream from any smb server within a LAN). It's currently introduced a hw acceleration method, which I think is as good as the one that Diceplayer has.
2.Google Music. Very cool UI with a nice widget. A must-have app for anyone who likes google's music streaming service.
Google Reader
HD Reader Since I rely on google reader to subscribe rss feeds, google reader app is definitely a essential reading tool on my tab. But I really don't like the google's version(it's just a phone app). After several days of app-hunting, I found this one, it supports 3 different theme, and many essential settings such as on/off line mode, font family, cache, image downloading, etc. it's ui design is just visually appealing. Plus it has a transparent widget which is also configurable.
Podcast download/streaming
Beyond Pod. This one is definitely the best choice if you listen/watch podcast on daily basis. the ui is optimized for tablet, and transition is quite smooth. It provided all the basic features of a podcast receiver app.
Ebook Reader
Mantano I tried a lot of ebook reader's but eventually settled with Mantano reader. It has a very nice ui which is optimized for tablet. It supports epub as well as pdf. The reading experience is excellent.
Ezpdfreader. Probably the best pdf reader I could find.
Facebook/twitter
Wizz widget for tablet. this applet is just enough for basic usage of facebook/twitter. so I don't need other apps for these. Anyway,you can try Friendme/Friendcaster, and tweetcomb. These individual apps are all optimized for the tablets.
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thanks for the suggestion of Reader HD, that's the kind of RSS program I've been looking for! Love the theme unification with Gmail!
hilltruange said:
I just got my tab two months ago, and I have been trying to find any app that best suits this gadget. So far, I almost got what I want, so I decide to write them down, and maybe this can help some other newcomers like me.
player:
1.BSplayer. It has a very nice ui and an functional LAN mode(you can stream from any smb server within a LAN). It's currently introduced a hw acceleration method, which I think is as good as the one that Diceplayer has.
2.Google Music. Very cool UI with a nice widget. A must-have app for anyone who likes google's music streaming service.
Google Reader
HD Reader Since I rely on google reader to subscribe rss feeds, google reader app is definitely a essential reading tool on my tab. But I really don't like the google's version(it's just a phone app). After several days of app-hunting, I found this one, it supports 3 different theme, and many essential settings such as on/off line mode, font family, cache, image downloading, etc. it's ui design is just visually appealing. Plus it has a transparent widget which is also configurable.
Podcast download/streaming
Beyond Pod. This one is definitely the best choice if you listen/watch podcast on daily basis. the ui is optimized for tablet, and transition is quite smooth. It provided all the basic features of a podcast receiver app.
Ebook Reader
Mantano I tried a lot of ebook reader's but eventually settled with Mantano reader. It has a very nice ui which is optimized for tablet. It supports epub as well as pdf. The reading experience is excellent.
Ezpdfreader. Probably the best pdf reader I could find.
Facebook/twitter
Wizz widget for tablet. this applet is just enough for basic usage of facebook/twitter. so I don't need other apps for these. Anyway,you can try Friendme/Friendcaster, and tweetcomb. These individual apps are all optimized for the tablets.
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I've had my tab since August, and I've spent a lot of time trying out different apps and bouncing around.
I still stick with Stitcher for Podcasts, having tried BeyondPod and a few others and just not being that impressed. I'm hoping Stitcher will get more tablet-optimized soon.
For an RSS reader, I hadn't seen HD Reader before -- it looks pretty slick. I've been turned off by all the apps like Pulse which turn my daily news-reading into a huge multimedia experience; I much prefer the simplicity of the standard Google Reader app to that. HD Reader looks like it might be a nice merging, though, and I'll give that a try.
MoonReader+ works well for epub reading, but I think I'll give Mantano a try.
DicePlayer was one of the first apps I bought for my tablet for videos, and I haven't regretted it.
Reddita is great for browsing and posting to Reddit. I have Reddit is Fun for my phone, but Reddita is just perfect on tablets.
I prefer Thumb Keyboard | Tablet over SwiftKey X for Tablet, but it's pretty close. I use Hacker's Keyboard occasionally when I'm doing terminal sessions. Speaking of, Better Terminal Emulator pro is the only option for SSH sessions!
Make sure you browse around Tablified.
news360 is my favorite news app for the tab so far, but I'll have to checkout HD reader.
thank u so much guys...these lists were needed a long ago but its never late.
i agree that these lists are awesome and this thread must be sticky so that newcomers can take advantage.
Music
TuneIn Radio - Ha! Who needs an FM antenna? I can get all my favorite radio stations from everywhere I've ever lived, oh and that cool one from Germany. I haven't even bothered putting MP3s on my tab because of this app.
Ebook
FBreader - No fancy graphics, just customizable and simple epub access. Quite possibly the most opened app on my Tab.
TV
Crunchyroll - Mmmm anime. I've been tempted more than once to invest in the premium access.
Keyboard
Thumb Keyboard - Very fast, and has an awesome Tron-styled theme.
HD Reader is amazing, I've been using it since the first day I got the tab. it is the best Google Reader that I've seen
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HD Reader is amazing, I've been using it since the first day I got the tab. it is the best Google Reader that I've seen
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for me justreader better than hd reader.
mynewuser said:
for me justreader better than hd reader.
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will try that out now... thanks
Data counter apps
Hi Guys,
Need your 2 cent of advice for data counter or data monitor apps, currently all the apps related program to capture our data in and out is not working well for my tab 8.9 only wifi.
any suggestion
thanks in advance
My Recommended Apps
I am an engineer, a designer, a developer, editor and a computer enthusiast
i have these tools on my tab to work on
adobe creatpdf
touch retouch
smart tools
touchnote
photofunia
google reader
money lover
andromedia
adobe kuler
sketch n draw
think free office tablet
ps touch
pixlr o matic
qr droid
mobile biz pro
electrodroid
tape machine
sketch book
super note
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abima80 said:
Hi Guys,
Need your 2 cent of advice for data counter or data monitor apps, currently all the apps related program to capture our data in and out is not working well for my tab 8.9 only wifi.
any suggestion
thanks in advance
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use this
this is the best one
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.carl.trafficcounter
Is their a way to increase font size in mantano reader?
I just tried Stitcher and I love it so far, I think that is my media news (podcasts/video/news radio) and Goggle Currents has been nice so far for reading.
So my favorite apps are:
Podcasts: Stitcher
News Reader: Currents, Pulse
Launcher: ADW
Browser: Dolphin w/ LastPass & Xmarks
Voicemail: Google Voice
Media: Pandora, Plex, 8tracks
DLNA: Skifta
Remote Desktop: PocketCloud
Other:
Evernote
Read It Later
Dropbox
someone recommended reddita for reddit, while it is good, i prefer f5 for reddit on tab, and on the phone, bacon reader( also for redit)
I use Pulse and I really like it, some times Currents too but one big issue is offline reading i have 32gigs on my tab and i dont care how much it takes to download all news everyday from about 100 sources. but I want to read full articles with images offline when im on the road..
I would be greatful for any advice
Just had my wifes replacement tab arrive today, boy its gonna be fun getting into this thing!
I've seen a lot of great suggestions here, but was wondering if there are many launchers optimized for tablet?
I saw ADWlauncherEX suggested, i already own that on my phone so i will definitely try that first.
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Mirmensky said:
Just had my wifes replacement tab arrive today, boy its gonna be fun getting into this thing!
I've seen a lot of great suggestions here, but was wondering if there are many launchers optimized for tablet?
I saw ADWlauncherEX suggested, i already own that on my phone so i will definitely try that first.
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I don't know about launchers designed for tablets, but I use ADWex and have had no issue at all with it.
On a side note, Mint just optimized their finance app for tabs and it is great. If you're a stickler about managing your expenses, I find this app to be incredible.
Anybody know pdf readervthat is quick to open not so complex docs and pdf, mostly meeting notes. Ccurrently using ezypdf and polaris office, both is quite slow and for polaris after many pdf docs will force close.
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Anybody know pdf readervthat is quick to open not so complex docs and pdf, mostly meeting notes. Ccurrently using ezypdf and polaris office, both is quite slow and for polaris after many pdf docs will force close.
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Repligo reader
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