Thread: Android Essential apps
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Old 06-01-2010, 03:31 PM   #12
rongoms
Edge User
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by devseev View Post
My use patterns are as follows:

Everyday:
Touchdown (for Exchange)
Dolphin Browser (now my default for most tasks)
Droidbox (different app to access Dropbox)
Weather Widgets (current/forecast weather display right on desktop)
ContactOwner (runs in background, so technically always on, but not so essential.. until you misplace your eDGe)

Occasionally needed:
AndroidVNC (for remote desktop connections)
Google Voice mobile (for call connect callback service - voice does not work)
Radiotime (might turn into everyday when I get my bluetooth headset)
Better Term Emulator Pro (for geekier stuff)
Taskkiller (kill kill kill)
ES File Explorer (comes with latest update)
Docs 2 Go (preinstalled)
Note Everything (use mainly for drawings on LCD side)
SAM SlideMe app store


Newly installed and looks promising:
Fring
PrinterShare
Pandora
I'm glad to see TouchDown at the top of your list. ;-)


A bit of a warning though about Task Killers.

Using a task killer greatly elevates the chances of corrupting your Databases.
The problem with task killers is that they do not honor the state of the applications, even if they’re on the “ignore list. If any application is writing to a DB when it’s suspended or killed, BAM….corrupt DB.

They’re truly not needed on Android devices. Android really does an amazing job of managing resources, but for some reason the developers of these applications have convinced people that Android is like Windows Mobile or something. It’s just not.

a large percentage of our database corruption issues can be traced back to task killer applications.