android: Thu Jan 1 16:18:00 2009

Thu Jan 1 16:18:00 2009

New feature in aTrackDog - saving the app list to sdcard (or sending it by email.) I really do have 98 apps installed, and that doesn't include MMMRavs (which is still using the not-quite-right mechanism for producing version numbers, which I'll need to fix at some point, especially if I ever put it in the market.)

Note that listing these here is not, per se, a recommendation - some things I keep installed just because I might want them someday, some are "bad implementations of a good idea" that will get flushed when I better one comes along.

• Automata 1.0 cute toy, good to show off touch screen and "shake" interface
• Java J2ME Runner 1.4 tried it with cibyl output, didn't work (would have been very hardcore if it did.) There isn't much worthwhile j2me out there, though.
• Android File Manager 1.2.8 1.2.8 just a browser
• Android Peinture 1.3.0 new, touchscreen drawing isn't pleasant, was recommended over bluebrush
• Any Cut 1.0 desktop shortcuts to anything
• ApkInstaller 1.0.0 for installing apps from sdcard (ended up using the devkit interface instead.)
• Asqare 1.2 cute game
• Astrid 1.8.1 todo list, haven't tried yet
• aTrackDog 2.00 you must install this. "aptitude for android". Google should buy/steal/integrate it...
• Barcode Scanner 2.4 (zebra crossing) awesome but not just for barcode geeks like me - can display qrcodes to let you easily "beam" links or contacts to other android users - or use http://qrcode.kaywa.com/ to beam from your desktop webbrowser to your phone!
• BlueBrush 1.1.0 got there first - touchscreen drawing just isn't that pleasant
• Bookmark 2 1.0.1 sounded interesting, haven't used yet
• Bubble 1.5.3 perfect UI for the accelerometer - visual bubble level! Also one of the first apps to use the text-to-speech lib.
• BucketUpload 1.1RC2 cool idea that I don't need yet (push files to Amazon S3)
• CellFinder 1.2 cute toy, uses gps and shows you where nearby cell towers actually are.
• CIDR Calculator 1.2 I don't need this, but if I did it would probably be somewhere I didn't have net...
• Clock Apps 1.0.16 countdown timer. would use as a Tea Timer but it doesn't remember the setting!
• Compass 1.0.6 one of several
• ConnectBot 1.2 open source ssh. very nicely done; I want kerberos support, but my sysadmins use it anyway...
• Continuous Shoot 1.0.9 good idea, haven't used yet (burst-mode camera app.)
• ConvertDroid 1.0.2 one of several (easiest one to find in my app list, so I actually use it for F/C conversion)
• Counter 1.1.0 sounded useful, very simple
• DroidFtp 3.0.8 haven't used, just feel I should have one, actively developed
• droidWake 1.0.0 haven't used, but seemed good to have around
• ElJay 0.9.8.1 post-only, haven't used yet (I simply don't post that often and usually edit more first)
• fIRC chat 0.2.1 first one there, used once or twice
• G-Sunlight 1.1.6 more pretty than useful
• gbaCalc 1.0.2 simple and early; the paper-tape list of recent results is nice.
• GeoBeagle 0.12 GeoCaching app, haven't tried yet
• Gmote 2.0.1 use the phone to remote-control a PC; seemed useful, has a linux server
• handyCalc 0.34 massive overkill calculator with context-sensitive completion
• JETCET PDF 5.0.14 The only PDF viewer for Android - zoom is a little clunky, but it's otherwise good (free beta, will cost later)
• jjReader 0.5.8 text-file reader, haven't tried yet
• Jythonroid 1.0.0 attempt at an android app shell around Jython; development-grade only
• Klaxon 1.0.12 enhanced alarm
• Krystle II 1.45 cute toy - tribble!
• Lunar phases 0.8.5 simple, vaguely useful for astronomy, slow
• Magic 8-Ball 1.3 every machine should have one; cute because it supports shaking
• Meebo 2 first jabber client, no persistence but useful to have
• Mileage 1.8.1 I actively use this; history is nice, and graphing via google chart API is quite clever
• Moon Phase 4 clever UI (stroke gesture to "move" the terminator)
• Movie Finder 1.0 another one, location selection is clunky
• Movies 1.0.3 first one, automatically finds location
• Musical 0.4 tone generation toy; can't do guitar tuning, so not that useful
• nanoTweeter 1.0.0 I actually use twidroid, but this one is open source and I might hack on it later
• NetMeter 0.91 interesting monitoring tool
• OI News Reader 1.0.7 early RSS client, not particularly good
• OI Notepad 1.0.2 early text editor
• OscanO 1.1.0 nmap! not that I've had much use for it, but I should have one
• OTP 1.0.2 one-time-pad authenticator generator. Don't actually have a use yet.
• Pacer 1.0 periodic reminder app - might start using as an off-box alternative to xwrits
• Pachube Viewer 1.0.4 http://www.pachube.com/ is an interesting concept; not sure if it is useful though
• Phonalyzr 1.1.0 cool toy - graphs of phone call usage (might actually be useful for making plan choices? nah, it's just cool graphs :-)
• Photostream 1.0 flickr viewer app - no uploading, no high-res, first one
• Picasa 1.0.0 uploader integrated into the "share this photo" menu; might get me to start using picasa...
• Pictorial 1.2.4 picasa viewer app, nice for a few friends albums
• Power Manager 1.4.2 explicit management of power-hungry devices in different modes. Works pretty well.
• pTerminal 1.0.1 (obsolete) shell with a prompt-box and scrolling output window, rather than a terminal
• PureRSS 1.2.2 another early RSS client
• QSearch 1.0.4 google/others search box with on-screen keyboard (cupcake may make this obsolete, but it's nice for now)
• QuickList 1.0 early todo list - has colors and on-screen drawing which is at least cute
• Quickpedia 1.02 wikipedia browser - with "nearby" location-based lookups which are more interesting than I expected
• Quote Pro 1.2.3 stock quote app with nice colors and fast update
• Receipt Filer 3.0.2 snapshot and record some numbers from a receipt. Turns out I'm not that obsessive after all, though if it did OCR I might change my mind; also most of my receipts are long enough to need multiple frames.
• RedBookSample 1.0.0 shiny OpenGL demo
• RemoteDroid 1.0.0 use phone as a remote keyboard/mouse for another system; haven't used.
• Ring Toggle 1.2.0 more options than the hold-down-hangup simple mute, but I don't end up using it
• Ringdroid 1.0 early, but nice graphical tool for cutting snippets of MP3s you already have and setting them as alerts or ringtones
• Ruler 1.3.2 on-screen ruler (pixels have precise sizes after all.) haven't really used it but like having it.
• Share Your Board 0.9.1 snapshots a whiteboard and does heavy processing on it - we tend to write too much on ours for 3MP to be enough
• Shazam 1.0 recognize currently-playing song; works in a car, not so well in a restaurant
• Shead Spreet v1.0 early spread sheet app; haven't used
• Shopping List Plus 1.3.1 another shopping list (I mostly use WikiNotes instead)
• Sketch-a-Etch 1.1.3 cute, uses the trackball to implement an etch-a-sketch - actually better than some of the touchscreen drawing programs...
• Sky Map 0.99-beta cute, early beta from google - star/planet map that uses orientation sensors and compass to pan across the "real" sky, making it good for object identification.
• SnapPhoto 1.1.6 clever "wait for vibration to stop before snapping picture" hack
• Solitaire 1.9 one of the first, has klondike
• Stock App 1.1.2 less pretty than Quote Pro, but nicer local graph interface
• Stock Ticker 1.5.3 another early one
• StreamFurious 0.0.5 early streaming audio app; interesting because it includes a JFK Tower ATC channel, at 16kb
• Telnet 1.0.1 first one, seemed like I should have it handy for debugging
• Terminal Emulator 1.0 actual terminal emulator (unlike pTerminal), useful for local exploration
• Tetroid 1.0.5 cute game, uses accelerometer
• Text Edit 0.9.1 another random editor
• tickr 0.2beta Flickr slideshow - novel app, pretty... not all that useful, but pretty :-)
• Toddler Lock 1.5 terribly entertaining way to make the phone safe to hand to someone who wants to fondle it. very cute.
• Touch Tip 2.0.1 I actually use this - large buttons and minimal typing, very much a Fitt's Law-aware app.
• Tricorder 2.0 very geek-cute - and uses the actual sensors.
• TTS Service 1.2 not an "app", but the underlying text-to-speech service. Not used by much but that should improve.
• Tub Thumper 0.33 random drum app, goes along with Musical above. cute, rather than useful :-)
• Twidroid 1.3.2 the client that got me started using twitter :-) good for catching up when bored, I'd rather a zephyr client though
• Twilight 0.9.2 early multi-country clock, emphasis on available daylight; useful for comparison between here and Stockholm :-)
• Txtract 1.3 back up your SMS log as XML, CSV, or HTML. I wrote one of these to get a thousand texts off of my Nokia, so of course I have this installed...
• UnZip 1.0.0 haven't needed it yet but expect to; it was useful to have on the Nokia...
• Weather 4.6 early and not actually good - ends up failing to find any of my preloaded locations!
• Web Server 1.0.9 I worked on the Palm web server, so I installed this on general principles :-)
• WifiScan 1.9.3 logs access points and GPS location, to sdcard - basic polite-wardriving tool
• WikiNotes 1.1 later version of one of the android demo apps - but since it now exports to sdcard, I actually trust it with content.