50 Best Android Apps

There are several "Best apps for Android" lists on the web but here's the motherload:  http://androinica.com/2009/08/31/50-best-android-apps-lifestyle-and-productivity-apps-1-15/ 

Blogger.com Client for Android

There are two primary contenders for blogging at http://blogger.com/...

1. AndroBlogger. More limited but slightly more intuitive. Allows user to view comments for a given blog entry, which is nice. Clearly aimed at Blogger.com.
   
   
2. Blogaway. Better text editor than AndroBlogger. Also allows for Geo-caching (where the blog was posted from). Allows for editing previous posts. There is a nice blog for the app as well. My preference over AndroBlogger.

Android Office App

Documents To Go seems to be the best Office product for Android on the market right now.

Just Purchased the Motorola Droid from Verizon

A good place to start is the Android Forums site (http://androidforums.com/how-tips/17407-motorola-droid-ultra-faq.html). It came with a 16gb Micro SD card. I wanted this thing to be a portable PC so I needed a few essentials.

• Astro File Manager (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfsH6EvYS5I). This is necessary to browse the SD card like a file system. There is also no Media Player-like interface for videos & movies and this serves as a point to open your movies.
  



• Movies must be in MPEG-4 format. To rip DVDs to movies I found WinX DVD (http://www.winxdvd.com/). Free version of course. A full-length DVD such as Iron Man ends up being less than 2gb. That 16gb goes pretty fast.
  



• Advanced Task Killer is aother must-have. This free utility is similar in function to the Task Manager in MS Windows operating systems, allowing the user to terminiate applications running in the background that are no longer in use.
  



• Weather.com offers a free utility that is very useful on the Droid. One can quickly see what the weather will be today, hour-by-hour, or 10-days out.
  



• FeedR is a great blog reader.
  



• NPR has a handy shortcut, as do Amazon, YouTube and FaceBook.
  



• On the more advanced side of the house are applications like Locale, Car Locater, Barcode Scanner, Goggles, FlghtTrack, Scan2PDF Mobile (very James Bond!), and Google Sky Map.
  



• Finally I've purchased some hardware for the Droid that I have been exceedingly pleased with so far. The Motorola Windshield Mount (http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Droid-Snap-Cover-Mount/dp/B0037V7TZI/)is great for using the GPS feature. The Droid Alrm Clock Docking Station (http://www.amazon.com/Motorola-Droid-Multimedia-Docking-Station/dp/B002WB2P76/) also makes all the sense in the world to me.

Three important applications I'm still looking for: an Office Application Suite (Word, Excel, Visio), a good personal finance package (track budget, expenses, sync with Quicken/Microsoft), and a solid Remote Desktop application (like LogMeIn.com).