This post was motivated by Joanna Kinsman… So thanks Joanna! 
Cool Droid Apps:
(Go into your Marketplace and search for the following)
- Advanced Task Killer
- Lookout
- Handcent
- AutoResponder
- Droid Of The Day
- Kindle
- Foursquare
- ShopSavvy
- Skype Mobile
- Thinking Space
- Where’s My Droid
- Fake-Call Me
- Springpad
And a TON more!
Please leave a comment below letting us know about some cool apps you have or with any questions you may have about using the Droid for business.
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Great video Paul! Next Blog Post maybe Apps that the Droid SHOULD have! I have a friend who is looking at developing them for the Droid
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Oh, good idea Joanna! Maybe we can combined efforts on that?
I’m sure we both can come up with a big list of “apps we need”.
Keep me posted on your friend too! I was going to start looking into what it takes to develop an app.
Thanks Joanna!
Twitter: droidoftheday
July 27, 2010 at 7:54 pm
I stumbled upon this post , from a “Google Alert”. I am the developer of “Droid Of The Day”. It is something I do for fun, in my spare time.
It is super cool that you included it in this list, and I really appreciate you mentioning my app.
I am adding this blog to my regular reading rotation, as you have some great articles. Keep up the great work, and thanks again for the recommendation.
Hey Mike! Thanks for stopping by!
I love your app! Thanks for doing it!
So I have to ask… How hard is it to develop an app and submit it?
Twitter: droidoftheday
July 28, 2010 at 10:08 pm
I wouldn’t say it is easy to write apps for Android. Even for my app, which has a very limited functionality, it was a bit of work to get completely right. I am a software engineer by profession, which I suppose makes it more natural for me.
Google has announced an initiative named “Android App Inventor”, which is a toolkit specifically designed to allow non-developers to create their own apps. It isn’t available to the public yet, but might make it easy for people to create apps. Basically, it allows you to drag and drop functionality, to create whatever you want. I have played with an early release, and I didn’t find it that easy, but I think in time it will get better.
As far as distributing the app, it couldn’t be easier. Basically anyone just has to pay a fee (one time – $25) to create a Android Market account. Then you just upload your app (they provide a nice website), and it appears in the market. This is quite different than iPhone, where you pay a fee ($100/year), upload your app, and hope it gets approved to get listed (Apple is notorious for not allowing apps, and not providing any reasoning why it was not allowed.
Getting noticed, once you are listed in the Android Market is the hard part (estimates are there are 70,000 apps now – and that is constantly growing). So, thanks again for bringing attention to my app – it really helps.
My favorite App is Hoccer. It allows you to share files, audio, photos, etc. with someone nearby. You can throw the files like a baseball or frisbee or line your phones up side by side and slide them over. Definitely a cool App.
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I have been using Android for a while now. I already have some of these apps but not all of them. Off to Marketplace to look at the one’s I don’t have.
Thanks for this list.
Regards
Steve
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@Mary.. Thanks Mary! That’s pretty cool!
I just found out about is called Evernote, which allows you to share files, photos, audio, etc..
The thing I really like is there are apps for my ipad as well as my Droid!
@Steve… I hope those help you! Keep us posted if you find any good ones!