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** My personal favorites or most frequently used

AdFree Android (root) – I stopped using this b/c it slowed browsing down considerably. It uses a hosts file to block known ad sources. I wish there was a regex ad blocker like AdBlock Plus for Android.
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– streaming my mp3s from the cloud. pretty stinkin’ cool
Amazon.com
Android Terminal Emulator (root)
Androidify
Angry Birds – finished this one and got bored with the holiday one.
AppBrain App Market – i like this because of the sorting and filtering of app listings.
Arctic Orange LP Theme – been messing with LauncherPro widget skins. this is my favorite so far.
ASTRO File Manager
Barcode Scanner – the go-to app for QR code scanning
Basecamp – haven’t used this much yet. but I see some basecamp projects coming up soon.
Battery Calibration (root) – I keep experimenting with settings, etc to see how long I can get my battery to last.
**Bible – YouVersion is such a great app. Do all of my Bible reading here. I wish the phrase search was better. That’s it, though.
c:geo ~ geocaching for Android
Camera360 Ultimate (paid) – I like this, but it’s a little buggy on my phone.
CamScanner -Phone PDF Creator
COLLAPSE!
Craigslist
Documents To Go 3.0 Main App
Dropbox
EasyTether Lite
ESPN ScoreCenter
Evernote
Facebook for Android
Flash Player 10.3
**Foursquare
Fruit Ninja
**Gmail (sys) – this by far gets the most use on my phone
Google Books
Google Chrome to Phone
**Google Docs – awesome now that it’s an app. I see Google Docs giving Basecamp a run for it’s money
Google Goggles
Google Maps
**Google Reader
Google Search (sys)
Google Shopper
Google Translate
**Google Voice – probably my second most used app. Voice calls and text messaging all go through here.
GroupMe
GTasks
**HootSuite – I think this is way better than all of the other Twitter apps (including the official Twitter one)
IMDb Movies & TV
Jewels
Kindle (sys) – I really don’t mind reading books on my phone, thanks to YouVersion.
**LauncherPro
**LauncherPro Plus Unlocker (paid)
LauncherPro Sense skin (Free)
Lookout Mobile Security (sys)
Mobile Maniac (sys)
Mozy
Music Player from the CliqXT (sys)
Newegg Mobile
Official eBay Android App
Paper Toss
**picplz – Instagram for Android. It’s real nice.
**Pocket Empires:300 Gems – this is my Farmville. Been playing it forever it seems like.
QuickPic
redbox – this is better than their website, since their horrid redesign.
Revolver TV (sys)
Roller – skee ball. pretty fun.
Save my Attach – this helps with saving Gmail attachments
Scrabble Helper
Scrabble Helper Unlock Key (paid)
ShootMe (Screen Grabber) (root)
Slacker Radio (sys)
Solitaire MegaPack
SoundHound 8
SportsTap – this is good but I think the ESPN one is better.
StopWatch & Timer
Street View on Google Maps
**SwiftKey Keyboard (paid) – i’ve tried a ton of keyboard replacements. I like this one the best. Using a beta version.
Swype Keyboard (sys)
T-Mobile AppPack – BETA (sys)
T-Mobile My Account (sys)
T-Mobile Visual Voicemail (sys)
TeleNav GPS Navigator (sys)
Terminal Emulator (root)
That was easy – love to bust this out every so often
Titanium Backup (root)
TV Guide Mobile
Twitter – see comments on Hootsuite
Uloops Studio Lite
Unscrambler Beta (Ads)
Voice Search
WeatherBug Elite (paid) – best weather app I’ve found
Widgetsoid2.x – I use this for my toggle widgets.
Wifi Analyzer
Winamp
Wordfeud FREE
WordPress
**Words With Friends Free – I think WordFeud is better but my iPhone friends can play with WWF
Wordsmith
X Construction
XDA-Developers
Yahoo! Fantasy Football ’10
YouTube

What’d I miss?

So someone sent me a Word Document yesterday. Opened my e-mail on my Android phone (rooted Motorola Defy, if you are interested). Clicked Preview to view the attachment. QuickOffice opens, then disappears.

Grrr.

Uninstalling QuickOffice…. with Root Uninstaller.

Fire up Gmail again. Click Preview on the attachment. Gmail crashes.

GRRRRR.

Download and install Documents To Go.

Fire up Gmail again. Click Preview on the attachment. Choose Documents To Go Word Viewer. OK. I can see it now.

What a pain in the butt.

Some questions:

Why can’t I view MS Office files (Word, Excel, etc) in HTML from the Gmail App natively? Why depend on another app (Documents to Go, QuickOffice) when you have the technology already in the browser version of Gmail?
There’s no Google Docs app for Android? Shocking. I’m sure Google Docs are complex enough in the browser, let alone an app, but, come on, the Gmail app is complex. Where’s the love for Google Docs?
What? There’s no simple way download attachments in the Gmail app? Doesn’t make any sense. Save My Attach by Lexa is a good solution, but it took some digging to find it.

What Android annoyances have you found?