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ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
January 16 2011 08:42 GMT
#1
To my fellow tlers I would like to ask a favor. I just got a new phone today the samsung galaxy s captivate and I am looking for some suggestions for good and useful free apps available on the android marketplace. I am running android 2.2 if that makes a difference at all.

Thanks for the suggestions in advance :D

*
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
Ideas
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States8145 Posts
January 16 2011 09:10 GMT
#2
angry birds
bonsai blast

that is all
Free Palestine
The_LiNk
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Canada863 Posts
January 16 2011 09:17 GMT
#3
Dev Game Stories
Dukat
Profile Joined April 2009
United States235 Posts
January 16 2011 09:39 GMT
#4
Google Goggles (image search)
Google Sky Map (astronomy is cool yo!)
SnapTell (shopping aid)
Advanced Task Killer (don't want your battery to be run down by the apps do you?)
AndChat (best IRC client for android phones imo)
DiscCat (uses a barcode scanner to help you track your DVD/Blu-Ray/video game collection)
SysTray Monitor (I use an older android phone, so I don't know if stuff like battery/memory monitoring is built in now)

Plus there's the TL app, can't forget that one. It'd be far more useful to you than it is me. My phone is nearly 2 generations old now. And everything I've listed here is free.
Graham
Profile Blog Joined January 2010
Canada1259 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-16 10:11:22
January 16 2011 10:10 GMT
#5
Appbrain (find it better for searching through apps as compared to the default Market)
Team Liquid app (makes browsing the site much easier)
+1 Google Goggles (just a pretty fun app. Lets you take pictures of movie covers/paintings/etc and tells you what they are and gives you related links. i.e. imdb page of a movie)
TuneIn Radio (lets you listen to pretty much any radio station around the world)
SoundHound (for figuring out what a song is. Better than Shazam since they changed their free version to only 5 songs per month).
Relax and Sleep (good replacement for a clock radio. Love it for its timer sleep function as well as wide variety of white noise/etc to fall asleep to).

As far as games go..
Baseball Superstars (2009 is good, 2010 is slightly better but the free version is a lot more limited compared to 2009; if you're into these kind of games anyways).
Zenonia 1 or 2 (really well done RPG).
aka most games by Gamevil. They're really well done and feel extremely polished. They have paid versions for $5 but all games also have free versions.

edit: Just wanted to say also that I personally have the Samsung Galaxy S Captivate and that it is a kick ass phone. Good choice and android ftw! :D
ondik
Profile Blog Joined November 2008
Czech Republic2908 Posts
January 16 2011 10:11 GMT
#6
Good choice with galaxy S, I've got one too

Apps:
Google goggles is the shit.
AudioManager - used it quite often
Color Flashlight - always comes in handy
SC2Casts

Games:
SliceIt
Air Control Lite (great for multitasking practice and highely addictive)
Scrambled Net
Alchemy
Angry birds as mentioned
Bisu. The one and only. // Save the cheerreaver, save the world (of SC2)
Ciryandor
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
United States3735 Posts
January 16 2011 10:13 GMT
#7
ANGRY BIRDS most definitely. Watch as it sucks time away from whatever you need to work on in the pursuit of 3 stars.
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KurtistheTurtle
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
United States1966 Posts
January 16 2011 11:12 GMT
#8
handcent -- alternate sms program identical to iphone
juicedefender -- save your battery
taskiller -- clear your memory so your phone always runs top speed

shopkick -- scan barcodes and input price information for $$
“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears."
AyeH
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
United States534 Posts
January 16 2011 11:38 GMT
#9
your phone comes with froyo! DONT DOWNLOAD TASK KILLERS. FROYO Does a much better job of maintaining programs anyways. Trust me. I've hacked my phone to a great degree and know what I'm talkin about. go check xdna.org?com? one of those. you'll find out what i'm talking about. as for apps get these:

appbrain
fx camera
handcent (has good popup notification for text so u can text in games and not ahve to back out)
dolphin browser (it has tabs)
instant heartrate (pretty cool, can meausre ur heart rate)
word reference (if you speak a diff lang in school and need quick translations)
fruit ninja, robodefense, and angry birds are solid games.

ROOT your phone if you can. try at least. it's worth it. you c an tether your phone and use it as a internet source and get almost 1.5 mbps which is enough to play games without lagging as long as you have full 3g bars. you'll love your smart phone, galaxy is a solid phone.
Is it in you?
FractalsOnFire
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Australia1756 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-16 12:34:07
January 16 2011 12:27 GMT
#10
MyTracks - In combination with a GPS, allows you to log where you've gone, speed, elevation etc. I'm a stat junkie so i love that sort of shit.
Alarm Clock Plus - Awesome alarm app and it has a math mode, essentially you have to solve a math problem before it allows you snooze or dismiss the alarm. Gets me up better than just constantly mashing the snooze =P
SoundHound - Obligatory music identifier app, found it better than Shazam? I think it was called that.
Doodle Jump (I think this one is paid... Can't remember) - Simple and ridiculously addictive..
SwiFTP - Allows you to create an FTP server on your phone so you can transfer files wirelessly instead of having to use cables.
MSNTalkPro (Paid but well you know the internet =P) - Great MSN application.
PowerAMP (Paid *cough*) - Great music player and you can use a last.fm scrobbler in conjunction.
Fancy Widget (Free or Paid) - My favourite widget, i think it looks better than beautiful widget and its free to boot! (Weather isn't terribly accurate but good enough).

Also its really good to fully modify your phone, my quadrant scores on the Galaxy S I9000 almost rival a stock Nexus S (though apparently quadrant isn't exactly the best benchmark). I'm using Darky's ROM but for you i'd just look around on http://forum.xda-developers.com. Best forum for customising your android phone.
vek
Profile Joined March 2010
Australia936 Posts
January 16 2011 13:10 GMT
#11
Aw I wish I had 2.2 already

- Starcraft Sounboard: Good for annoying/entertaining people
- HistoryEraser: Good for.. yeah that.
- SwiFTP FTP Server: Allows you to run an FTP server on your phone. This means you can copy to and from your phone via WiFi without having to plug it in or turn on memory card access.
- Color Flashlight (+1): Finding keys etc is a pain in the ass without it.
- uPnPlay: Connect to windows media center or any upnp based media server (foobar). Lets you stream or copy music/videos/pictures. Not the best interface but it gets the job done. Super handy.
PrinceXizor
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States17713 Posts
January 16 2011 13:48 GMT
#12
Unfortunate related pic:
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Hope you enjoy your new phone. :D
tofucake
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Hyrule19162 Posts
January 16 2011 14:19 GMT
#13
Get the one that makes it not send your texts to random contacts.
Liquipediaasante sana squash banana
kaleidoscope
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Singapore2887 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-01-16 15:42:21
January 16 2011 15:40 GMT
#14
you can get things like Daum (the player so you can catch some kpop MVs/ BW VODs),

or Afreeca (korea livestreaming programme, and watch players like 1a2a3a[fou] or other koreans playing sc2 on FPVOD)

there's the TL app and the SC2Casts app as well (you can just search it here in TL forums)

AndroIRC for mIRC, Ventriloid for Ventrilo..

and for games, i only have Angry Birds and Tank Hero.. you might wanna try them..

edit: if you need good voice recording, i suggest getting the paid app of TapeMachine.. It records in .wav format and really good quality..
대지따라 돌린게 시간이다.. 흘러가고 돌아오지도 않고..
ZeromuS
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada13389 Posts
January 16 2011 15:49 GMT
#15
Thanks for the suggestions

As for the Dolphin browser with tabs I would love that but the problem is it comes with a Browser on a lower Dock bar and I can't (or havent yet figured out how to) change it so I don't want a useless button on there. I may end up rooting it since I work at best buy and have a service plan on the phone and all I gotta do is reset to factory firmware before swapping the broken phone (if ever it breaks) and its still covered under the best buy warranty.

The TL app is quite cool though I am finding I need to program a lot of starcraft related words into it
StrategyRTS forever | @ZeromuS_plays | www.twitch.tv/Zeromus_
DoubleZee
Profile Joined July 2010
Canada556 Posts
January 16 2011 16:28 GMT
#16
To change your dock icons press applications > press the bottom left button > edit. Now you can swap any 3 app's on to the bottom dock. I just got my galaxy s on monday ^^
Just think of how stupid the average person is, and then realize half of them are even stupider!
ProjectVirtue
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Canada360 Posts
January 16 2011 18:22 GMT
#17
Handcent - Replace the default android messaging app cause it's really bad. God knows why they decided to organize your messages at the bottom. Plus, this one has nice quick reply pop ups. and conversation style viewing etc. great replacement.

Swype - Honestly...its awesome. The amount of average mistakes made while typing goes down so much, bigger words come out easier than smaller words. Faster (beat my friend on iphone when he's owned it for 2 years and i've only had my android for a week). And its just a lot funner. Swooping your finger around lol

RealCalc - Duno if you still have a need for trigonometric and logirithimic functions on the go but if you do, this app is nice.

EStask manager - I prefer this over advanced task killer

Astro File manager - Reads SD cards in an explorer type format.

Automatic task manager - another one to close select applications whenever putting the phone to standby/sleep.

AKnotes - my favorite note taking app. others are a little bloated

To do widget - Mine came with HTC sense so thats one of the default widgets, 10 pages, checkmarks, editable and lightweight.
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