Must have Useful Android Apps

If you having an android phone it is sure that you will be searching for Must have and Useful Android Apps, good or best apps in android market and also best free android apps in market etc. I have spent two third of my time in searching, installing and testing android apps for my android phone for the past few months. So I have come to a conclusion on all the best apps and must have apps for android phones. I have listed all apps which you should have in your android phone. In this 16 out of 17 are Must have Useful free Android Apps.
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By defaults all android phones having many Google applications like gtalk, gmail, etc.
1) Google Maps

Google Maps a Google Inc product, it really helps those who travel.

2) eBuddy Messenger

eBuddy Messenger helps, Stay always connected with all your friends and family on MSN Windows Live Messenger or WLM, Facebook, Yahoo, MySpace, Gtalk, Orkut, ICQ, AIM (AOL) and Hyves.

3) Barcode Scanner

Barcode Scanner is must have application. This Scans barcodes on products then look up prices and reviews. You can also scan Data Matrix and QR Codes containing URLs, contact info, etc. Also share your contacts, apps, and bookmarks via QR Code.
You can also copy URL form you pc monitor if you have firefox with QR code add-on installed

4) Tiny Flashlight + LED

Tiny Flashlight + LED is one of the very use full application. It supports the widest range of devices with camera led/flash torch.

5) Dolphin Browser HD

Dolphin Browser HD is one of the best browser I found which support many add-on. Which is not that good in any other browsers, also nice design. Many customizations, themes etc.

6) Springpad

Springpad is a nice App which really helps to keep notes and also passwords protect etc

7) Adobe Photoshop Express

This is one of the very useful app which can be used to instant edit of images took in cam or stored in phone.

8 ) PicsIn Photo Studio

PicsIn Photo Studio is one of the amazing applications which are like image creator, wallpaper crater, paintbrush editor, image publisher to social network etc.

9) TubeMate: YouTube Downloader

TubeMate: YouTube Downloader is one of the nice application, this helps to search in youtube also helps to download videos we like in different resolution. Even this has supportive application to convert video to mp3 converter also.

10) GO Weather

GO Weather is nice weather application and it gives nice weather widgets also.

11) MixZing Media Player

MixZing Media Player is nice Media player, compare to default media player this having many options and also nice 10 band equalizer too.

12) ES File Explorer

ES File Explorer is nice application. It is having multiple functionality like featured file manager with FTP and network and blue tooth, app manager with app backup and task killer etc, which explores PHONE and PC.

13) App 2 SD Free (move app to SD)

App 2 SD helps you to get more free internal phone storage space, also it notifies which are application you can move to SD card.

14) Android Assistant(14 features)

Android Assistant it having many features. It really helps to optimize your device by clearing cache monitoring CPU, memory, battery usage etc even it have an advance task killer.

15) AndroZip File Manager

AndroZip File Manager is an archive manager (ZIP, encrypted ZIP, RAR, TAR, GZIP, BZIP2, 7ZIP – BETA – under development), app backup, Task manager, search files, app installer, send files, app installer. Has multiple/batch move, copy, delete, create ZIP

16) JuiceDefender Plus

Compare to all application I will strongly recommend JuiceDefender Plus to save battery usage. It really works grate but need to configure it nicely. You can customize many things in it. This app had a free copy earlier, but now it’s removed. Now you need to pay for it.

17) GO Launcher EX

This is one useful application. It gives very good flexibility for your android phone appearance. Many customizations, themes etc. You can change each and every part of your android phone looks also it have some nice widgets also. It is really awesome tool.

Google Updates Mobile Phone OS Android SDK

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It’s the Google’s first update since the SDK was released in November and includes changes requested by developers.

Google highlighted a couple of changes in the updated SDK, which was released midweek. It has a new user interface that the search giant said is still a work in progress.

In addition, developers can now support additional file formats in the Android media player. Also, applications can translate an address into a coordinate and the reverse, in location-based programs.

Even though developers said that the first version of the SDK was thin, Android has managed to gain momentum. Four chip makers, including Qualcomm and Texas Instruments, showed off prototypes that support Android this week in Barcelona at the annual Mobile World Congress.

Still, Android faces competition from the established mobile operating systems as well as companies that have rallied behind LiMo, the consortium that is developing an open Linux mobile operating system. At the conference in Barcelona, LiMo announced 18 phones that comply with the operating-system specification that are either on the market already or will be.

source:pcworld 

Demonstrate prototype Google Android phone

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Google’s Android software platform for mobile phones is coming to life in Barcelona, with a number of chip manufacturers showing it running on prototype or proof-of-concept phones at the Mobile World Congress today.

Freescale, Marvell, NEC Electronics, Qualcomm and Texas Instruments all had Android on show. Most of them expect to see Android phones based on their chips on the market in the second half of this year.

The device will also allow for the integration of different applications, a capability mostly limited to desktop computers. For example, a real-estate agent could combine information from its database with mapping software to let customers easily locate properties on the go, TI said.

The hardware ranged from bulky development boards with daughter cards sticking out at unlikely angles to more compact devices small enough to slip into your pocket. All were built around chips containing processor cores designed by Arm, a British fabless semiconductor company.

Google had said on Friday that while a number of companies would demonstrate Android products at the wireless trade show, the prototypes would give no real indication of the actual devices customers would ultimately be able to buy.

source:pcworld