[DMcCunney]

Since getting the tablet mentioned here, I've been fishing in the Android software pool. The following is the current lineup. Stuff in italics came pre-installed. The rest are my additions. All listed are free, and the ones that are also open source are noted. Several of the freebies have payware "pro" versions, but the free ones do a lot as is.

Google apps I make extensive use of Google services, so I installed all of theirs.
Calendar: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...droid.calendar
Docs: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...s.editors.docs
Drive: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roid.apps.docs
Earth: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...m.google.earth
Gmail: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...gle.android.gm
Google Play Music: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....android.music
Google Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ndroid.vending
Google Play services: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...le.android.gms
Google Search: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...quicksearchbox
Google Text-to-speech Engine: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...le.android.tts
Google+: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roid.apps.plus
Quickoffice: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...office.android
Sheets: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...editors.sheets
Hangouts: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...e.android.talk
Maps: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roid.apps.maps[/i]
[i]Translate: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...apps.translate
YouTube: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ndroid.youtube

Docs, Sheets, and Drive are seperate interfaces to the same thing - stuff stored on my Google Drive. Docs and Sheets are specific to those kinds of documents. Drive gets to everything.

QuickOffice is an Android version of a package I looked at on Palm OS for handling MS Office files. It can open and edit Word Docs, Excel spreadsheets, and Powerpoint presentations. Google bought them and made the Android app free. The win is that it can interface with Google Drive, and create/view/edit stuff stored on my drive.

Other apps
920 Text Editor: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ecelyin.editor

A capable open source syntax highlighting text editor for android.

Adobe Flash Player 11.1: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...be.flashplayer
Adobe Reader: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...m.adobe.reader
AndFTP: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ysesoft.andftp

Seems to be a highly regarded FTP client.

Azpen eReader: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...idreader.azpen

This is actually the Blio app for Android, installed with Azpen's branding. Without rooting, it doesn't seem possible to get rid of it.

Chrome Beta: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...om.chrome.beta

I have Chrome Beta on the PC, so here as well. If Chrome sync is turned on, and Chrome is active on the PC, what's up in the PC version shows in the Android version, too.

ConnectBot: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...org.connectbot

Seems to be a best regarded SSH app.

FBReader: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ary.ui.android

My preferred eBook viewer app. I have it up under Windows and Linux,so the Android port was a no-brainer. The big win is that FB handles ePub, Mobipocket, and PDF files (PDF through a plugin.) I have books in all three formats, and I didn't want to do a lot of format conversions in Calibre to be able to read them on the tablet. FBReader to the rescue. Free and open source.

Free Advanced Task Manager: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...askManagerFree

While Android has a task manager, it doesn't seem to be present in the build on my tablet, and the tablet FAQ recommends installing one. This seems to do the job. (It displays ads, but only if wifi is on. Wifi normally isn't, so it's not a major annoyance.)

MetrO: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....kinevia.metro

On PalmOS, I used an app called Metro, that provided subway transit info for just about every place in the world that has a subway. This is a preliminary Android version.

Hacker's Keyboard: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ion.pckeyboard

The tablet came with the Google keyboard, but this is a lot closer to my desktop, and far better suited for what I do.

Nova Launcher: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oilsw.launcher

Adds a lot of options while retaining the stock launcher interface.

OneBox Package Manager: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...onebox.manager

Possibly the most interesting find. It's an installer package for KBOX, which attempts to provide a Linux environment on an unrooted Android device. It includes a custom build of Busybox with a lot of stuff not in the one bundled with the tablet, and an ash shell to work in. It works very nicely in Android Terminal Emulator. It's nice to have versions of less and vi available,

SL4A: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roid_scripting

Scripting support layer for Android. Modules for Beanshell, Perl, Python, and REXX are installed.

Android Terminal Emulator: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...al.androidterm

Provides a capable console window for command line access to the tablet. Equivalent to opening a CMD window on Windows, or running a shell on Linux.

WiFi OnOff: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...gets.wifionoff

A widget on the Home screen to toggle Wifi without having to go into Settings.

ZArchiver: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...devs.zarchiver

An archiver compatible with the open source 7-zip archiver, whoich is what I use under Windows and Linux.

androidVNC: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oid.androidVNC

Based on a fork of TightVNC. Open source rules,.

dSQLiteManager: https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...asqlitemanager

SQLite is an open source, public domain SQL compatible database implemeted as a single shared library. It's used in a lot of places (Firefox keeps bookmarks and history in an SQLite database), and a version is provided in Android. This is an open source SQLite manager app, that lets you create, query, and modify SQLite databases on an Android device.

This list is subject to change, but represents the current state. Suggestions for other things I might look at are welcomed.
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Dennis