So I have this awesome HTC Evo. Do I like it? Well yeah, I really, really do. It does everything I need and oh-so-much more. I agree that iPhones and iPod Touches are nifty, but honestly, I don’t see one single reason why I would ever consider an iPhone instead of the Evo, even if they did have the same monthly charges (which they totally don’t).
The Android Market has a zillion apps. No, not close to the number of apps iTunes has, and the Android Marketplace really kind of sucks, but there are certainly enough apps for everything I wanted to do (and a lot of things I didn’t realize I would want to do) and App \Brain (app number one on my list) helps ease the pain of the sucky Android Market.
You want to know what my most recommended apps are? I’ll try to put them in order of importance. Here goes:
- AppBrain: From here you can access reviews, search for apps to handle certain needs and check out the most popular apps. The following link will get you to the apps that I currently have loaded on my phone – and that’s kind of cool: being able to share an entire list in one fell swoop. http://www.appbrain.com/user/krush/
- Timeriffic: this will automatically change the settings on my phone so I’m not awakened at 1am by a super loud message notification or by a ringing phone, however it will still allow my alarm to go off.
- Taskos: Voice to text ROCKS! I just click on the microphone, tell it what I need to remember or add to my to-do list, check for accuracy (surprisingly good) and click Add. DONE.
- Our Groceries: With a Blackberry app, too, I can create a shopping list and both my mom and my husband can see it. They can check things off the list and share their lists with me. I haven’t written on our grocery list by the pantry for at least a week.
- Touch Calendar (Beta): Basically, this looks like a regular wall calendar, but you can scoot it around to see other parts of the screen. Click on a day and use the menu to view the agenda. It looks pretty sweet and syncs with Google.
- Dropbox: This is for both your computer and your phone. I have a folder called My Dropbox in my My Docs on my computer. I copy files to that folder and they appear on my phone AND on my other computers that have the app installed. This was crazy helpful when I needed a file on my laptop that I hadn’t put there.
- Epic Fails (with the ‘S’): I have to put this towards the top of my list because it inevitably cracks me the hell up. These are pictures of the stupidiest, creepiest, whateverist things you can imagine. I had to go and load it on one of the phones in the Sprint store when I was waiting for something just to kill my time. It did the job.
- Apps Organizer: I probably should have put this nearer the top – maybe around #2 or so. Like the newest versions of iTunes, you can organize your apps into categories and place those folders on your phone rather than having hundreds of free-floating apps all over your home pages. LOVE IT!
- SlideIT Soft Keyboard: Although the reviews seem to be going downhill, I sure loved this app until the trail period expired. It is a totally NEW way to type on a keyboard. You just slide your finger across the letters that would go into a word and it guesses the word you’re aiming for. Surprisingly, it was rarely wrong. I’ll have to see what the complaints are about. Swype is another app that does this, but it’s not available for the Evo yet, and might never be.
- chompSMS: makes cool bubbles for chats. I just like it better than the generic comes-with chat app.
- Talking Tom Cat Free: I can’t even try to explain this. It’s just something that should come standard on the phone, that’s all.
- Spider Man: good, mindless fun. Simple and worth loading. It’s not the comic book Spider Man, don’t worry.
- Kindle and Nook for Android: Duh. Just good ones to have. There are zillions of free books you can download, too.
- Key Ring Reward Cards: if you hate those tons of key cards you have hanging all over your keychain get rid of them! Scan or type in the numbers for your cards and the cashiers can scan or type them in to get you your discount. Really works!
OK, so I have many, many more. This is a good start, though, and I’ll add more as I discover them.
