My Android App List

Running 1.5, and not knowing when/if/how I’ll be getting 2.X via Telus and needing to have a phone that can do what a ‘berry does has taken some digging and I think I’ve almost got it. Here’s what it took to get my ‘droid to about the same place as my ‘berry – and further in some places.

• Baby Puzzle (Better)
• Google Sky Map (Better)
• ShopSavvy (Better)
• chompSMS (Better)
• eBuddy (Equal – increasing the number of IM services)
• Car Mode (Equal – speakerphone)
• WeatherEye (Equal – there are loads of weather apps already, but this gives some important details like sunrise, sunset and weather alerts)
• SmsFixTimes (Equal – Androids on Rogers have a time stamp issue)
• Ringdroid (Better)
• AK Notepad (Equal)
• Layar (Better – AR app)
• Bloo (Equal – almost… better than the official Facebook app as it provides notifications that the official one doesn’t)
• AttachEmail (Equal – lets me attach any file to GMail or any other “sending app”)
• Toddler Lock (Better – interactive lock for Bug)
• ShakeIt (Better – activates speakerphone on shake)
• Share Ringtone (Better – lets me send ringtones)
• Seesmic (Equal)
• FlyScreen (Better)
• List Master (Better)
• Shazam (Equal)
• App List (Better…. there is no way to list apps on the BB)
• Bubbles (Better, another baby game)
• Jewels (Equal – no Texas Hold’em but, a distraction at least)
• Decepticons Theme for Flyscreen (Better – helps hide functional icons on Flyscreen)
• 2G-3G OnOff (Better)
• Rundroid+ (Better – lets me see my Nike+ stats)
• Key Ring (Better – Wallet works, but this can be scanned)
• Evernote (Equal, but a better app)
• iCalManager TRIAL (Equal, almost – needed to get ics invites into the calendar, but only on the device, not out to Google)
• Run+ (Better – another Nike+ app)
• Dolphin Browser (Better, better than Bolt)
• AndExplorer (Better – a file explorer)
• Facebook (Equal, almost, still can’t send “mail/inbox messages” natively, it defaults to the mobile site)
• Compass (Better – helps augment maps)
• Account at http://iphoneconvert.com/ to listen to voicemail over email

So if you want your new ‘droid to be almost to a ‘berry or iPhone, you’ll need to do some dling, hopefully this list helps.