Android apps, what's your favourite?
I decided to succumb to the smart phone craze and picked up an HTC Magic on Rogers. I figured that eventually Google is going to take over the world so better to get on early. Sorry iPhone guys.
The phone arrived yesterday and I spent most of the evening in the marketplace looking at apps.
Given that the Android is relatively new compared to the iPhone the number of apps is significantly smaller, but there are some cools ones out there.
Right now the coolest one I have on my phone is Google Sky. It works really, really well. You get a view of the sky based on where you hold the phone and it shows stars, constellations, planets, a horizon line, etc. Also cool is that if you point it at the ground it "sees" through the earth. The Sky app is unique to Android so far.
Other apps I've got right now that look pretty good:
K-9 for email: much better than the built-in mail app.
iMap weather: I like the GPS location and radar overlay.
Shazam: Haven't tried it yet but it's the same as the iPhone
Ultimate Stopwatch: A neat stopwatch app.
What other apps do the Android users like?
I decided to succumb to the smart phone craze and picked up an HTC Magic on Rogers. I figured that eventually Google is going to take over the world so better to get on early. Sorry iPhone guys.
The phone arrived yesterday and I spent most of the evening in the marketplace looking at apps.
Given that the Android is relatively new compared to the iPhone the number of apps is significantly smaller, but there are some cools ones out there.
Right now the coolest one I have on my phone is Google Sky. It works really, really well. You get a view of the sky based on where you hold the phone and it shows stars, constellations, planets, a horizon line, etc. Also cool is that if you point it at the ground it "sees" through the earth. The Sky app is unique to Android so far.
Other apps I've got right now that look pretty good:
K-9 for email: much better than the built-in mail app.
iMap weather: I like the GPS location and radar overlay.
Shazam: Haven't tried it yet but it's the same as the iPhone
Ultimate Stopwatch: A neat stopwatch app.
What other apps do the Android users like?