TOP 55 Android Programs

[moon_aka_sun]

Полно же всяких топов в сети. Почему бы не составить свой?

55 программ, без которых на Андроиде не жизнь, а просто каторга какая-то.
Самые лучшие, самые лёгкие, самые бесплатные.

Applications:
	GO Launcher EX — Replacement for the standard launcher. I tried it first and am quite happy with it. Grid 5x5, widget resize, two or three dock ribbons, two functions on dock icons, gestures, etc etc etc. BTW I don't have any icons on desktop, just wallpaper and clock. Looks really cool. All programs are in dock and in main Apps menu. Alternatives: LauncherPro, ADW, Zeam.
	Astro — File manager, viewer, application manager, handy backup/restore. Alternative (but with much less options): AndExplorer.
	Advanced Task Killer — not that it's really needed, but if you belive in task killers, this one is good.
	Quick Settings — Lots of controls, battery indicator, flashlight, etc. Alternatives: Extended Controls, Brightness Level.
	Micro Numeric Clock — The only widget that I have: transparent analog clock.
	Disp Battery Info — I've tried several of them, this one is the most minimalistic while showing the same set of data. Alternatives: Battery Solo Widget, Zebra Battery Widget, but they are widgets.
	Flit Keyboard + Russian Layout — Swipe keyboard: each button enters up to 9 characters (same idea as in MessagEase). I remapped all the layouts, of course :) Alternative keyboards with Russian language: Smart Keyboard and Paragon Keyboard.
	Charmap — Shows all or almost all Unicode characters.
	Speedtest — Use the Speedtest application to evaluate the speed of your 3G, EDGE and Wi-Fi Networks.
	Bubble Level — Shows pitch and roll angles, with some bells and whistles.
	Color Flashlight — Flashlight with different colors, different patterns, blinking, effects etc.
	Tuner gString — No, not that G-string that you thought, but this one tells you the tone frequency.
	Barcode Scanner — Scans barcodes of different kinds and looks for info on the web. Allows easy downloading of Android apps.
	StopWatch and Timer — Simple stopwatch with (many!) lap times and timer.
	World Clock — Out of many, this is the best (simplest, smallest). Shows time in different places in the world.
	Solar and Moon Calculator — Shows more solar and moon data that you ever wanted to know. Much worse alternative: SunMoon.
	Weather Notification — Again, the simplest, the smallest, the most convenient of all weather programs — sits in the notification bar and shows the weather in your favorite place. Of course, has forecast etc.
	Weather — It's like The Weather Channel or Yahoo Weather, but much much smaller. Shows weather and forecast in several places.
	RealCalc Scientific Calculator — Probably the best calculator for Android. Both simple and feature-rich. Has reverse polish notation, memory, constants, unit conversions, etc. For units, you could also look at Converter and Convertos. But better look below...
	Frink Programming Language — Frink is both a programming language and a calculating tool, with graphics, millions of units, matrix arithmetics etc etc etc. (Again, if you don't need a calculator, but just a unit converter, consider ConvertPad.)
	Scripting Layer for Android — OK, from calculator, through calculating tool with a language, we reached a normal programming shell. This one implements a unix shell and backend for such languages as Lua, Ruby, Python.
	Python 2.6.2 — Yes, this is (almost usual) Python 2.6.2! Not so easy to guess what to install, what not, but it's doable! WJW!
	ColorDict Dictionary Translate — Universal dictionary engine, understands StarDict and other dictionary formats. And the main feature — it works offline! Yes, it doesn't need internet connection so you can look up for tricky words everywhere! Before this one, I thought Free Dictionary Org and Free English Dictionary were good, but they are useless without internet.
	DEX for Android — THE Romanian dictionary. Its files are huge, but they are located on SD card, so it's OK. And should I remind, that it doesn't need internet? ;) Google Translate is also good for many languages, but it's useless when... you know ;)
	AK Notepad — Simple but neat notebook. I don't know if others are better(?), this one seems quite enough.
	Text Edit — A full weight text editor. With search, opening/saving files on SD card, etc.
	VuDroid — Pdf and djvu viewer/reader. Yes, djvu too! Better than PDF Viewer or behemoth Adobe viewer. Anyway, reading sophisticated pdfs on such a small screen is a real pain in the ass.
	Compass — It has many features, but it does point to the North too!
	GPS Status & Toolbox — Shows lots of GPS data.
	SpeedView — GPS speedometer. Gentlemen, start your engines!
	MultiMap — Can use many map services (Google, OpenStreetMap, etc) and can save maps in the cache! So no need to look for WiFi wandering in the city. RMaps is kinda the same, but nearly as bad as Google Maps. And for My Tracks I'm still waiting for warmer weather, but it promises to be useful.
	Google Sky Map — Very good for warm summer starry nights!
	Currency — Knows lots of currencies, seems to be handy...
	Currency Converter — But this one is good too. Even draws charts. I still keep them both.
	Stocks — A good program to keep track of the market.
	Dropbox — Your dropbox on Android! Priceless. Also has good text and html viewers.
	FTPServer — Turn your phone into FTP Server and access it via WiFi without wires! Very convenient!
	TeamViewer — Hard to believe, but you can control your remote desktop computers from this tiny window of your phone! Who knows, maybe you can even patch KDE2 for FreeBSD from Android ;)
	Yahoo! Messenger — Chat with your Yahoo friends. Maybe even send photos and videos, I haven't tried it.
	MSN Talk — Chat with your MSN friend. Checked, it works too.
	Twitter — It seems, their official client is the best. Yes, huge though.
	FingerPaint — Quite a modest PhotoShop analogue :D Lets you paint with your finger, no more, no less.
	StreamFurious — Plays shoutcast/icecast mp3 streams. Internet radio in your phone.
	Video Player — Plays many formats of video from SD card.
Games:
	Godroid — Go (Weiqi, Igo, Baduk). Uses GNU Go 3.8 engine. Much much wiser than me.
	Androtris — The best Tetris for Android. But not much fun without hardware buttons.
	Coloroid — Color maze/puzzle. Simple, interesting for some time.
	Graviturn — Control the game tilting your phone. Lotsa levels. A bit more exciting than numerous "wooden" labyrinths like Labyrinth Lite and others.
	Jewels — Bejeweled for Android — need I say more?
	Lines — The Classic Lines. Can choose 4 or 5 ball modes.
	Mad Puzzle — Tile shifting game. Requires some brain.
	Play! Curling — Curling. For fans :)
	Slide Puzzle — The 15 puzzle. Пятнашки. With your picture on background.
	Sokoban — The Russian version was called Kurtan. Doker puzzle :)
	Traffic Jam Free — Like Mad Puzzle, also moving tiles.
	Trap! — Also known in the DOS world as Xonix.

Some standard applications are good too and quite enough for me: Contacts, Calendar, Google Mail, Email, Camera, Browser, Facebook, Music Player, etc. For passwords, I use my own "database" with a Python program, so it works on any platform.

And just to keep everything in one place, links: androidmarked, appbrain, androlib, androidzoom, androidpit, android-apps, droidmill, softandroid, 4pda.

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Samsung I5700 Galaxy Spica, Android 2.1. Памяти не сильно много, поэтому я отказался от монстров типа Adobe и Weather Channel.