Best Droid apps....

[funkfool]

Just got my Droid the other day and have been looking around for cool apps... just extraneous free things really...
(Pretty sure ALL were free...)

Here are some gun ones:
Mil-dot Calc: Just what it says - a Mil-dot calculator
Shooter: Havent worked with this yet - looks cool
SchottGunn: A shotgun.. that's it
AK-47: An AK to mess with
Gun Tones: A bit goofy - but hey - fun for a minute or two...
Ruger SR-9: that is all it is...

Some other good ones:
Radar Now: Current weather radar.
The Weather Channel: of course.
Akido: A book reader app.
Beer Cloud: Look up brewers, beers or scan the barcode for info on a beer!! This is cool.
Google Sky Map: Maps the constellations and stars overhead.
Nasa Wallpaper: yep.
Gstrings: instrument tuner
GPS Status: yep. with headings and accelerometer
Guitar chords1: Just chords.
Robotic Guitarist Free: Can play chords or independent strings. Coolest one yet for guitar - free.
White noise Lite: White noise generator w/ nature sounds.

Goofy stuff:
Labrynth Lite: (Wooden type - table top) Maze game.
Surveyor: looks cool - but haven't really messed wit hit...
Tricorder: Yes, tricorder.

Other cool stuff:
Warplanes: Warplanes backgrounds
United States Constitution: yeppers.
US Presidents: Just a study guide like app.

What have you found?
What do you think is cool?

[Fentonite]

This just might push me over the edge to get a Droid! Are you happy with it?

[funkfool]

Getting there - I hated it for the first hour... then I heard it's little voice cry: "Droid"
and - well - you just can't help but love the little guy!
Seriously - I am getting used to it - it is going to be a bigger change than I realized - it is more a micro-laptop than a phone...
Yeah - I'm digging it.

[Fentonite]

Cool - not sure if I'm tech-savvy enough, but I just might try....

[bjl913]

I love my droid! there are alot of great free apps out there! I havnt paid for anything yet! There is so much it can do, its crazy!

[BadShot]

Network Discovery = nice for finding wifi
TrixoColor = silly game
Wheres My Drio = Lets you send and SMS text to your driod and light the GPS and volume
Aldiko = Book Reader, pretty good
Andriod Zip File Manager = duh
3banana Notes = simple notes tool
Unit Converter = cause I can't always remember metric to english conversions
Google Voice = schweet
Movie Finder = Cause Fandango on the Droid sucks
CIDR = calculator
/24 = IP Calculator
Advanced Task Killer = Must have app killer
Compass = Graphical compass
Missed Call for Android = changes the LED light to indicate missed calls
Bartender = :)
Save MMS = lets you save Multimedia MMS files

There are a few others, but all of those are free.

So I left the iPhone to get a Droid, mostly because AT&T is frakking evil and should go out of business. But I digress..

iPhone = Smoother user interface and function = easier for the average user
Driod (Android) = this is the Geeks phone, deeper control of the device ect, UI is not as slick, but still pretty damn nice = not the device for the below average user

[ronaldrwl]

I have an iPhone (probably have equivalent apps) but would add to your list:
APMEX to check gold and silver prices (stock up).
Showtimes to check what's playing at Elvis (cheapy theater).

[funkfool]

I picked up these in the last few days - they are good apps...


Network Discovery = nice for finding wifi
Wheres My Drio = Lets you send and SMS text to your driod and light the GPS and volume
3banana Notes = simple notes tool
Unit Converter = cause I can't always remember metric to english conversions
Advanced Task Killer = Must have app killer
Compass = Graphical compass

Is this just a voice dial app?


Google Voice = schweet

I went with the "Movies" app... may have to chek the other out...


Movie Finder = Cause Fandango on the Droid sucks


Some of the other ones you mention -
May have to try these:


Missed Call for Android = changes the LED light to indicate missed calls
Bartender = :)
Save MMS = lets you save Multimedia MMS files

What is this one?


/24 = IP Calculator

[BadShot]

Google voice does a ton of things, more like unified messaging than anything else

IP Calculator is used by geeks for subnetting and other unfun IP stuff.

[MattR]

BS Button, for thode pesky BSers.

[sniper7]

I almost got the phone last week...I am still trying to hold out for the new google phone. i asked the VW people and they said they hadn't even heard of it!!!!!!

Supposedly it is coming out this spring, if not then I can wait a bit for the droid to drop a touch in price and go from there.

[Hoosier]

Would be nice to have a similar list of apps for the iphone.

[sniper7]

Would be nice to have a similar list of apps for the iphone.


a better and quicker list would be the apps that AREN'T out for the iphone!

they have millions it seems like. every time i see one they are like hey check out my apps...30 scrolls later they find the one they are looking for

[Hoosier]

Yeah the number of apps for the iphone is staggering

But what I meant was, a list of useful iphone apps that other people have and are using. I'd list some that I like but my phone is upstairs atm.

[BadShot]

Honestly the only thing I wish I'd done was not get the Motorola Driod. I have absolutely zero use for the slide out keyboard.. might even have to see about swaping it out via Craigslist or something, yeah its that annoying.