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Dolphin Browser HD (4.8 MB) |
A powerful browser with multi-tab browsing, bookmarking and syncing, multi-touch zooming, back and forward navigation, better HTML5 support, versatile add-ons, optional mobile view and many more features. (Review)
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Chrome (23.9 MB) |
A popular browser for you to search and browse fast, sync your open tabs, bookmarks, passwords, and omnibox data from your computer to your phone or tablet, and open a tab in Incognito mode to browse without saving your history. Runs on Android 4.0 and up.
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Firefox (17 MB) |
Enjoy the mobile version of the desktop Firefox. You can switch tabs with live thumbnails, control privacy, customize with mobile add-ons, and sync your desktop history, bookmarks and passwords to your mobile devices.
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Opera Mini (908 KB) |
A good alternative to Android's Web Browser to provide fast pageloads as it uses powerful servers to compress Web pages by up to 90% before sending them to your mobile device, with Speed Dial to get you to favorite sites quickly too. (Review)
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Skyfire Web Browser (1.7 MB) |
Gives you more features with tabbed browsing, loading pages as an Android user agent or desktop browser, support for HTML5 flash videos, easy access to Facebook and Twitter news feeds, various useful settings and more.
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Maxthon Android Web Browser (5.5 MB) |
A fast and handy browser with supports for tab browsing, gesture commands, forward and backward navigations, full-screen browsing, favorites manager and sync, download manager, add-ons and many more features.
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Gmail (2.5 MB) |
A dedicated Gmail application with email pushed automatically to your phone. Supports for multiple Gmail accounts, search and access synched messages when offline and other common features.
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GMX Mail (4.4 MB) |
Access your GMX mails on the go using this official app optimized for your mobile device. The app also includes a Mail Collector for you to read and send emails from your multiple email accounts, such as Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo Mail and more, all in one place.
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K-9 Mail (1.83 MB) |
A powerful and open-source email client for replacement of Android's default Email app, supporting standard protocols such as IMAP and POP3, with search, push email, multi-folder sync, flagging, signatures, bcc-self and more.
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Download All Files (438 KB) |
Tried to download a file but greeted with the message Content not supported? This app helps you download all file types (except for streaming media) and save email attachments to your SD card.
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Flipboard (3.6 MB) |
Flip through the news from websites, or the updates and photos on Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Instagram, etc., all in a magazine layout that's easy and fun to read. You can also customize your Flipboard with the sections you like, share articles and photos, or comment on posts.
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Pulse News (8.3 MB) |
Manage your news sources in tabbed pages, browse stories by sliding visual mosaics and tap one to read in full. What's more? Add stories to your Pulse.me accessible on the Web, or share them with your friends via Facebook, Twitter or email. 
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Google Currents (6.0 MB) |
Read your news and RSS feeds in beautiful magazine-like editions on your mobile devices with features including Pick of the Week, saved stories, your favorite blogs and feeds, and publisher editions covering news, lifestyle, business, science, technology, sports, entertainment and more.
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World Newspapers (2.4 MB) |
Take a few you like from a directory of thousands of local and international newspapers, magazines and websites, and add them to your favorites for reading with optimized display. You can also download webpages for offline viewing, mark Pocket (formerly Read It later), etc.
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Pocket -formerly Read It Later (2.6 MB) |
Ever come across something on the web you'd like to view but can't at that time on a browser? Add it to your Pocket bookmark list from your PC or mobile for viewing at your leisure. This app downloads articles or web contents (except videos) in the list to your Android device for offline viewing too.
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Google Search (608 KB) |
Search the Web, as well as the applications and contacts on your device, with this official Google Search app and get search results and suggestions instantly as you type.
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Google Goggles (3.0 MB) |
Snap a picture and search the web for the info you want—either it's barcodes, print ads, landmarks, books and DVDs, contacts info, logos, some text to translate or even Sudoku puzzles to solve.
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Maps (6.9 MB) |
An excellent mobile mapping app by Google to get directions to go from one place to another, search for any business or place to find more info, or see where your friends are right now on the map and so on.
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Waze social GPS maps & traffic (18 MB) |
A voice-guided navigation app complete with live maps, turn-by-turn directions, automatic re-routing as conditions on the road change, and community generated real-time traffic and road alerts including accidents, hazards, police traps and more.
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GO Weather (5.2 MB) |
Monitor live weather conditions and forecasts at your location or other places you selected from around the world, with a desktop widget, video or image background, alert notification and other features. No ads.
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Conmigo - expense manager
elixir - u still have not updated it
picturen lite - alternative to quickpic
maxthon - good browser
fireworks - another excellent game
Thanks Av-Crazy, Maxthon Browser and Elixir 2 are now on the list.
I'm gonna recommend Financisto (https://market.android.com/details?id=ru.orangesoftware.financisto) in the Personal Finance category. I've tried a lot of personal finance manager apps including Expense Manager that you recommend, and Financisto blows all of them out of the water IMO. It has good UI, many functions including filtering, custom categories & currency, can handle multiple accounts, can backup to SD and export to CSV, PIN lock... There's a considerable learning curve there but once you're used to it, it's working great. Moreover, there's no external content function like market rate, news, stocks. That is another plus for me (may be different for those who actually use those).
Financisto is a good recommendation Deetailed. Thanks and added to the list.
Dear Jojoyee,
Pl consider the following very good apps:
1. app Backup & Restore by Infolife LLC - this app is very good at backing up apps such that you can automate the process of backing up at the time of installation itself as it automatically backs up the latest version once it is installed. You can also decide how many versions to keep. This has totally automated the process of backing up my apps, such that I need not worry about manually backing up everytime I do updates.
2. Hearing Saver - it is very handy and useful app in the sense that it locks the media volume you set while hearing music with earphones attached and mutes the media volume once the earphones are unplugged.
3. Default App Manager - it has provided me a windows like options on android.
You will surely add these to the list, such is the usefulness of them.
App Backup & Restore is a good addon to the list Abhay2009. Other suggested apps are being tried while this list is split into multi pages for quicker page loading.
[Update: Default App Manager added to the list.]
Another class of application: "Best Free Ad Blocker".
Recommend "AdFree Android" by BigTinCan.com.
It turns out that there is an etc\hosts file on android, which means that specific IP addresses can be diverted to la-la-land. Addresses of AdMob servers, for example, can be changed from AdMob to a site that will never respond. Thus all the applications that show ads will never receive any ads to display. Elegant!
The list is updated via the (optional automatic) marketplace application update process, so it can stay current.
I have no association with BigTinCan -- I just like the product!
For adfree to work phone needs to be rooted
Maybe we need a "Best rooting (unlocking) app"? [grin]
Try "Revolutionary: S-OFF & Recovery Tool 0.4pre4" documented at http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/revolutionary.
The program actually runs on your Linux or Windows PC with the phone connected to the USB port.
One more update, SU, [link to direct file edited out] will be needed to allow the SuperUser application to authorize apps like AdFree when they are launched.
Rooting the phone is a 5 step process.
1. Attach you phone to a USB port on the PC.
When/if the phone asks how to connect to the PC, select the "mass storage" or "external drive" option. The phone will be just like any USB thumb-drive.
(PS: you can now copy your music or pictures to/from the phone. Look in the DCIM and Media folders.)
2. Run Revolutionary on your PC.
This will unlock the phone's secure storage and install a "recover program".
Note there will be a reboot involved, which will disconnect the phone as a mass storage device. Repeat step 1) if it doesn't automatically reattach.
3. Copy the superuser zip file (don't unzip it) to the root directory of the SD card/external storage device.
Revolutionary will have changed the phone's hardware security settings to allow this. I just "dragged and dropped it".
4. Power off the phone and reboot into "recovery mode".
This starts the recovery program Revolutionary installed. It is a method of doing maintenance, somewhat analogous to powering on a PC and entering setup instead of booting Windows.
For my HTC phone, I hold the volume down button while I press the power button and quickly get a text mode menu driven program.
The recover menu will have a "flash the rom" option. This automatically finds the SU zip and applies it as an update. This update enables SuperUser to work.
After the rom is flashed, use the "reboot" option to reboot the phone.
5. Go to the market and install the "Superuser" application. This application watches for other applications to request superuser status, and (after prompting you) upgrades their privileges so the can successfully run as a superuser.
Sorry for the long post. Maybe I should write an article explaining all the "slang" and processes power users have for jail-breaking there Android phones?
Rooting is not such a tedious process and every phone has got its own rooting method which can be found on other forums...and rooting is not for the average joe...if anyone wants to root there phone they can just search the net
"Revolutionary comes with NO WARRANTY (express or implied), and NO GUARANTEE OF FITNESS for any particular task. Although we have attempted to minimize the risk the best we can, the authors disclaim any chance of damage to your phone. The entire risk of running Revolutionary lies with you, the user".
I believe this is best avoided at this stage unless you are a developer.
Elixir has been updated to version 2 with more awesome features and widgets
and other apps worth considering -
browser texting
bunny shooter [ 5 stars in market right now ]
equalizer [ increase sound output ]
appbrain [ keep track of apps ]
go contacts ex
friendcaster - alternative to facebook
go book - constantly updated
go keyboard
robo defense - original tower defense game
GO Keyboard is a good suggestion Av-Crazy. Added now to the list.
Thanks for your many other suggestions too. Some of which are in my to-be-reviewed list and I'll test them out one by one whenever I can get some free time.
Ok take ur time
Hi Jojoyee,
I have 2 suggestions that have made my life much easier
1. FTPServer. is exactly what its name says
2. automateit which is kind of light, more user friendly and free version of the famous Tasker app.
Now my wifi is enable automatically when I'm at home and my FTP server is also automatically started when I'm connected to my home WiFi and my phone FTP is auto-mounted on my Ubuntu, so: my phone is wirelessly accessible when I get home without touching anything!
Good suggestion Vahid. AutomateIt added to the list.
I like http://smslemon.com. This is Android app to manage smses by the website. I can send, receive, browse and... my smses from phone by the website smslemon.com. This app is very helpful and simple for me. It's worth to check.
Finally i can utilize all the best and hd applciation with my new S2 :D
And here are some apps for u to consider
1. 2 player reactor - great game
2. air control lite - another great game
3. alarm clock xtreme - better than alarmdroid imo
4. android pro widgets - cool set of widgets
5. android lost - many features for free
6. autorun manager - like autoruns for pc
7.appremover - much faster dan easy uninstaller
and many more..will add later
Good suggestions Av-Crazy.
[Update: both Air Control Lite and 2 Player Reactor added to the list.]
Speedtest.net is widely used for giving key measurements on ping,Easy Filter Call Blocker & SMS is not on the market anymore, anyother sources or similar app? I know Handcent has a blacklist feature
Try Mr Number to block calls and texts from numbers you don't want to talk to. It is by far my favorite app. You can add groups such as all blocked/private calls as well as by what the number starts with. For example, you can block all calls that start with 800, 877, 866, etc. You can choose to also block texts from the numbers whose calls you have blocked. You can also choose whether you want these calls to go straight to your voicemail, or if you want your phone to pick up and hang up on these callers.
Hi There,
I used both contact managers you mentioned here but didn't like them and ended up with "Go Contacts". Free and cool! based on HTC Sence contact manager I think but great for that am on CM7 at the moment.
Cheers
Hi Jojoyee,
I would like to suggest a new app that got released to the Android market a couple of weeks back.
It is myBantu - a free online personal assistant.
myBantu is a free online personal assistant that helps you in dining, movie, shopping and local business needs. It gives you very personalized and relevant recommendations, opinions from friends and web world, online coupons and more.
Check this link: www.mybantu.com
Also, https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mybantu.app
hey thanks Nimitha! thats a great app!
HI Jojoyee,
I need email application which can save my inbox read email and read it as and when i needed with attachment.
Currently am using maildroid...this application has a functionality to send and receive email and also to move to sd card ( Memory Card )
Once i download all the email's to my computer mail clinet like outlook...that's end of it..
i will not be able to view email's on my mail droid which is in android phone.
Need a solution for this.
Thanks & Regards
Nagendra Prasad
IMO a better option is to use a webmail which you can access across platforms and devices from any places. If I understand it correctly, I don't think MailDroid supports for reading Outlook archives or the other way around.
Go Launcher EX is getting better and better in my opinion.
Anyway, I wanna share this, maybe the easiest way to activate and deactivate either pin or password or pattern screen lock if we set one on. With just 2 clicks :)
First of all, I use pin for screen lock. I prefer to lock the phone to only just some applications. Personal taste.
'Turning off' the security lock password/pin/pattern via Android setting is time wasting :)
I use Simi Clock Widget
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.th.android.widget.gTabsimiClock
2x1 is enough for me as I like clean home screen. Simi Clock can also be used as applications launcher. I set the left tap for No Lock app
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.jraf.android.nolock
So if I don't want to lock my phone, I just use No Lock to disable locking. Same way if I want to lock it (with security pin is always on).
Plus, set Go Laucher EX glide down action for Screen Off and Lock app
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.katecca.screenofflock
Thanks
Hi guys, we are happy to announce here that we have released ScanCard FREE VERSION (instead of previous lite version) on Android Market.
You would be able to capture images, recognize and save limitless cards. The service is also cloud-based, which means your cards are backed up on the cloud service as well. Then you will be free to manage your contacts anywhere at anytime. The only constraint is that you need a web synchronization account, which is free charge as well, to use the solution.
By far, we are the only “100% free” business card reader working on Android OS, which recognizes Chinese, English and other European languages, with a real performant OCR (Optical Character Recognition) engine, accuracy up to 95%+++. Compared to most cloud-based solutions, with ScanCard you are getting the recognized contact information immediately after capturing the business card's image, no need to wait days and hours before getting it on hand.
View ScanCard's video on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/user/xmscan?v=XP4hqLK410I
View more ScanCard’s reviews:
http://xmscan.wordpress.com/products/press/
Download Link:
https://market.android.com/details?id=scan.bcr.ch
Any comments are welcome! Thanks for your supporting!
XMSCAN
Hi Jojo and All,
Here is my first contribution. I was searching for a music player, frustrated that most are library based, I need a directory based one but couldn't get on with your suggested MyMusicOn music player.
When I upload a compilation album, I want it to stay as an album, not get scattered around as a hundred thousand artists!
I found MortPlayer, which I'm very happy with, it simply shows my albums.
However, while searching I found the most brilliant music app, moodagent. It has 5 sliders (sensual, tender, happy, angry, tempo) to adjust, so depending on your mood it will search your library and generate and play a playlist, perfect. What it also does is point you in the direction of other related music, online.
Try Cover Art Downloader if you're missing any covers
So now I have all music bases covered, Sorted!
Other apps I use thanks to this list are:
Application Protection (personal / confidential notes in Evernote)
Lookout AV and contacts back-up
Opera Mini (the Only browser to use!)
CamCard Lite
MoboPlayer
Other apps:
SlideIt Soft Keyboard for all my typing
Smart Rotator
Thanks for a brilliant site!!!!!!!!!!
G.
P.S. gonna try out Diaro, thanks for the tip abhay2009
[Moderator's note : Names edited of some programs to point to free versions. Commercial program edited out.]
Welcome your contribution Gregster and thanks for sharing it with us.