Droid Apps

[PNWGirl]

Well, I just joined the 21st century, in cell phones, this month. I was given- for an early birthday gift- a Samsung Droid Charge smartphone.

Coming from a 'plan Jane' cell phone, with only a camera, no internet or text, this is a huge leap for me and I have become completely enamored with it. Especially apps. Wow, NOW I understand what all the fuss has been about!!

My question is for those of you with Droids; what are your favorite apps and why?

A few apps that I have found, that I really like are:

"A Online Radio"-- Whatever type/era of music you like, it's in this app

"Beat the Traffic"-- you can see the traffic, in your area, to know where the heavy traffic is and where the accidents are so that you can- possibly- move around it.

"Bookmark Manager"-- this app allows you to sort/delete/add/ launch your Internet bookmarked sites.

"Colornote"--- this allows you to make notes, lists, check lists and color sort them.

"Gas Buddy"- you can see all the gas stations, in the area you are, and sort the results by price.

"Google SkyMap"-- uses your GPS to show you the stars, with the star names. Great for knowing what you are looking up at

"HBO Go"-- if you have HBO, then you can use this app to watch anything on that site. I have found that you need to have a strong 3G or better 4G for this. If you have a weak 3G, then you will only get the sound, but not the video.

"NASA"- more cool stuff than I can list here. Really enjoy that one.

"WSDOT"- this is the Dept of Transp. for WA state. Lot's of cool stuff on that one, to include where the current construction is and the pending construction area's.

I have others, but these are my favorites. Would love to be directed to lot's more

Sheila

[WheelingIt]

Google skymap is awesome. I also love

- sanidumps. To find dump stations
- the iRV2 app. To access this forum!
- compass.
- weatherbug. Simply the best weather app out there
- greader. For reading all my blogs
- pandora. For your own custom music stations

[Route 66]

AK Notepad
Voice Recorder
Amazon Kindle

[Campnh]

Get the task killer as well, it saves your battery big time

[Elkhartjim]

Poynt for gas, restaurants, movies, events, etc
Latitude so others can keep up with your location
Zedge for wallpaper, ringtones
Navigation for...well you know
Where's my Droid, in case you can find it.

[PNWGirl]

THANK YOU guys, keep 'um comin'!!

Sheila

[wa8yxm]

And in another thread someone posted a link to an article on how to turn a NOOK E-book reader into a 'Droid. yes, it can be done, legal too.

[Rockman1]

LEVEL

[MICHIGAN CAMPER]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rockman1 LEVEL

"LEVEL"? REALLY?

I've only had a Tracfone before now because all I was interested in was,... (get this) to MAKE CALLS. Never had any other interests like picture taking, (I use a CAMERA for that) reading my email, (while driving no less) I usually pull into a Micky "D"'s and use my laptop for that one.

But I recently heard that there is a "AP", kinda a foreign word to me, I guess, that can locate TV satellites . Since I travel a lot and take a portable dish, it would be very handy to 'know' just where my satellite is in relation to the trees around me.

I still like my Tracfone, it works better than my wife's Nextel. Her phone plan is $30 a month where my Tracfone is $100 a YEAR.
But I'd like to know if anyone uses the satellite locator AP. If it works well, I'll need to find a cheaper way to use it. I DON'T need a $100 a month phone.

michigancamper

[Senior Chief]

Quote:

Originally Posted by MICHIGAN CAMPER "LEVEL"? REALLY? I've only had a Tracfone before now because all I was interested in was,... (get this) to MAKE CALLS. Never had any other interests like picture taking, (I use a CAMERA for that) reading my email, (while driving no less) I usually pull into a Micky "D"'s and use my laptop for that one. But I recently heard that there is a "AP", kinda a foreign word to me, I guess, that can locate TV satellites . Since I travel a lot and take a portable dish, it would be very handy to 'know' just where my satellite is in relation to the trees around me. I still like my Tracfone, it works better than my wife's Nextel. Her phone plan is $30 a month where my Tracfone is $100 a YEAR. But I'd like to know if anyone uses the satellite locator AP. If it works well, I'll need to find a cheaper way to use it. I DON'T need a $100 a month phone. michigancamper

Well, maybe not really cheaper, but I am saving my pennies for an iPad2 3G with the $25/mo data plan. Besides running the same cool apps like the satellite locator, rig leveler and so on, I can use it as a ATT Wifi hotspot when we lose our Millenicom (Verizon) 3g data.

We'll be keeping our cheapie Straight Talk phones.

As far as I know, no pre-paid plan will support the true "smart" phones required to run apps. Maybe in the future...

[MICHIGAN CAMPER]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Senior Chief Well, maybe not really cheaper, but I am saving my pennies for an iPad2 3G with the $25/mo data plan. Besides running the same cool apps like the satellite locator, rig leveler and so on, I can use it as a ATT Wifi hotspot when we lose our Millenicom (Verizon) 3g data. We'll be keeping our cheapie Straight Talk phones. As far as I know, no pre-paid plan will support the true "smart" phones required to run apps. Maybe in the future...

Chief,
Sounds like the same thing?
I'm askin' 'cause i really don't know. Sounds like what I was trying to describe though.
michigancamper

[MICHIGAN CAMPER]

Chief,
Sorry if the above post didn't make any sense. My Wi-Fi went out and a post I made didn't make it to the board.
This was the missing post:
I think your right, Chief.
I stopped in at the Sprint store today. They had a little thingie similar to an I-pad, I guess but a lot smaller, yet about 4 times larger than a phone. It was $200 and the cheapest plan was $29/mo. She said you didn't need a plan if you didn't use the phone portion, just Wi-Fi. With Wi-Fi you can use any APs as well as view your email.

Interesting to me.
michigancamper

[dons2346]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Campnh Get the task killer as well, it saves your battery big time

It has been proven by all the Droid geeks that a task killer sucks your battery. Don't install one, the phone is smart enough to manage the apps and your battery will not suffer.

[IMPULSE DRIVEN]

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Originally Posted by WheelingIt Google skymap is awesome. I also love - sanidumps. To find dump stations - the iRV2 app. To access this forum! - compass. - weatherbug. Simply the best weather app out there - greader. For reading all my blogs - pandora. For your own custom music stations

There is also Slacker radio sorta like Pandora, but better, it has unlimited skips with a payed account.