I just bought an Android phone... Any suggestions of apps?

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I just bought an Android phone... Any suggestions of apps?

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I figure at least one person around here has to have some kind of Android-based device... So anyway, as the topic suggests, does anyone have any suggestions of apps to grab from the Android Marketplace?
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Re: I just bought an Android phone... Any suggestions of apps?

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I recently made the switch from my iPhone to Android with an HTC Inspire 4G and I have no regrets whatsoever. Absolutely love it. It's much more of an actual computer than an iPod with cellular service. The amount of shit you can do with it is amazing at first, after using iOS for so long.

As for apps... I don't know. It's hard giving general suggestions for general purpose apps because of how different everyone's needs are. All I can tell you is that there's pretty much 20 apps for every ridiculous operation requested. I wanted to get into a .rar I had stored into an email... Okay, downloaded an app called Download All Files to allow me to download it from the Gmail message. Then downloaded ES File Explorer to allow me to navigate all of my system folders, for which then I used Unrar to decompress the archive into a selected folder, and then explore it.

The Marketplace is the wild west of software. There's loads of free apps ranging from direct music piracy to traditional bittorrent software. But just remember, while the capabilities are as open and diverse as Windows, the same price is paid in security, and malware isn't too uncommon. I haven't had any issues yet, but I've read of the threat.
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Re: I just bought an Android phone... Any suggestions of apps?

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Congrats on the switch. I too moved on to Android 2 months ago with my dual-core Atrix.

I haven't had a lot of time to explore the marketplace, but I do know that Android now has the most free apps available, as it just surpassed the number of free apps available for iPhone. So I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for. :wink:
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Get Gensoid so you can play Genesis roms on the go.

Oh wait, you don't like piracy. sorry.
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Hank fuckin jones wrote:Get Gensoid so you can play Genesis roms on the go.

Oh wait, you don't like piracy. sorry.
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