And I have to say it has come to quell the nerd in me.
Almost...
Bellow is a list (and accompanying review) of some of my favourite (and well reviewed) apps.
Enjoy!
Chomp SMS is a souped-up alternative to the boring stock messaging app, with a heap more features. It's easier to use, it's more intuitive and it’s faster!
Loads of cool features like 800+ emoji's, passcode app lock, message lock, heaps of privacy options, scheduled SMS sender (e.g reminders, birthday wishes), stop a text while sending, backup, blacklisting / SMS blocker (e.g. block ex-friend, spam), signatures, text snippets, quick reply popup (+over lock screen), better MMS and GROUP messaging and much more...
Plus heaps of theming options for notification icons, LED notification colors, ringtones, vibrate patterns, colors, font types, font sizes and background wallpapers. Create your own unique look, give it some bling!
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Poweramp is a powerful music player for Android.
Key Features:
- plays mp3, mp4/m4a (incl. alac), ogg, wma*, flac, wav, ape, wv, tta, mpc, aiff (* some wma pro files may require NEON support)
- 10 band optimized graphical equalizer for all supported formats, presets, custom presets
- separate powerful Bass and Treble adjustment
- stereo eXpansion, mono mixing, balance
- crossfade
- gapless
- replay gain
- plays songs from folders and from own library
- dynamic queue
- lyrics support, including lyrics search via musiXmatch plugin
- embed and standalone .cue files support
- support for m3u, m3u8, pls, wpl playlists
- OpenGL based cover art animation
- downloads missing album art
- custom visual themes, lot of skins available on Play
- 4 widget types with many selectable styles, advanced customization; Android 4.2 lock screen widgets
- configurable lock screen
- headset support, automatic Resume on headset and/or BT connection (can be disabled in settings)
- scrobbling
- tag editor
- fast library scan
- high level of customization via settings
Grab the full version here.
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Simple Notepad is a notepad app that gives you a quick and easy note taking experience. It's not only simple and easy to use but also comes with many features: checklist, widget, reminder, password protection, search, picture attachment, share, and more!
- Reminder
- Checklist
- Password protected note/checklist
- Search and sort
- Share
- Color title
- Widgets/shortcuts - pin Post-it like notes/folders to your home screen
- Readonly mode
- Widget customization (solid/transparent/translucent color, different size)
- Lock screen widget (4x4)
- Upload to Dropbox, Evernote, Google Drive, etc.
- Dropbox Sync (requires Simple Notepad Upload Addon)
- Auto/manual export to SD card
- Import from SD card
- Convert note to checklist (lines -> check items)
- Attach pictures from camera and gallery
- Archive deleted items
- Add to Calendar
- Pin to status bar (sticky reminder)
- Folders to group notes/checklists
- Google Cloud Print (experimental, download Simple Notepad Cloud Print Addon to enable it)
- Web clipping (requires Simple Notepad Webclip Addon)
- Custom Fonts (copy .ttf files in $sdcard/simplenotepad/fonts)
- Local clipboard to insert frequently used texts and timestamp
- Customizable font and background
- Clickable links (url, email, phone, and map) in readonly mode
- Character/Word count
- Voice input
Awesome translators:
Chinese (simplified) - Cye3s
Chinese (traditional) - Ensign Lau
Croatian - Cvita
Czech - rizla, Zbynek Krivka, and DuckDaffy
French - Patrice Lesieurr
German - Andre Ramnitz, Frank, HB9KNS, Michael and anonymous users.
Italian - Giovanni Aneloni, Emanuele Brown
Japanese - me!
Korean - 허선영, 김희재, 정성엽, Hoyeon Cho
Polish - Argail
Romanian - Cristian Savin
Russian - Oleg Avilov, anonymous user
Spanish - Yamil
Swedish - Mattias
(in case your name is missing, please let me know)
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Millions use Any.do every day to remember all the tasks they want to-do and make sure they get them done. Key benefits: Seamless cloud sync, Speech recognition, Alerts, Any.do Moment, Snooze tasks, Google Task Sync, Notes, Sub tasks, Amazing Widgets, Repeating / Recurring Tasks, Missed call, Auto complete, In app actions, Gesture support & much more!
Get the most out of Any.do:
* Beautiful & Functional - Any.do is beautifully designed, simple to use and user friendly.
* Always there when you need it - Any.do syncs seamlessly with the cloud so you can stay on top of just about anything across all your devices.
* Any.do puts the power in your hands - Drag & drop to plan your agenda, swipe off a task to mark it as complete & shake your android to clear your completed tasks. It just feels right.
* Speak your mind - Instead of typing just tap the microphone icon and say what you want to do. Any.do will automatically convert your words into text in almost any language.
* Type less, DO more - Mobile typing can be a hassle; Any.do’s auto-suggest predicts what you want to do as you type it.
* Any.do works for you - Simply add a time based reminder for the things you want to do and Any.do will remind you just at the right time. You can even try some repeat options.
* Better together - Share lists with your friends, family, and colleagues to accomplish even more. Here are some ideas: A shared grocery list with your spouse, plan an event with your friends or just make sure you’re on top of an office project.
* Any. DO is available in different languages: English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Dutch, Swedish, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Chinese (simplified & traditional), Russian, Arabic & Hebrew.
* Just like real life - Swipe a task with your finger to mark it as complete.
* Shake it away - Shake your device to remove all completed tasks.
* Powerful widgets - Add a widget to your home screen to see all the things you need to do - just when you need them.
* Don't miss another call - Turn missed calls into reminders.
* Take actions - With Any.do you can easily make calls, text, emails and even schedule meetings from within the app
* Make it personal - Choose your favorite app theme (white or black).
* Do it your own way - You can easily customize your folders, so you can organize your tasks to best suit your needs (for example: Work, Home, Errands). Plus, you can have as many folders as you wish.
* Your tasks, Your choice - You can switch between Date view (Today, Tomorrow, Upcoming & Someday) and Folder view, it's up to you.
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DigiCal
Experience the most stylish Holo light and dark Android calendar app with 6 powerful views and 5 beautiful widgets. Now with weather forecasts!
* Favorite of The Next Web: 12 Best Calendar Apps for Android – Aug 2013
* #4 spot in Android Headlines: Top 10 Best Calendar App – Jan 2014
* #6 spot in Android Authority: Top Best Calendar Apps for Android – Jan 2014
* SYNC WITH ALL CALENDARS
DigiCal is a stylish and user-friendly calendar app that syncs all your appointments with Google Calendar, Outlook.com and Exchange.
* INTUITIVE USER INTERFACE - ANDROID HOLO LIGHT AND DARK THEME
The clean and intuitive user interface is available for smartphones and tablets running Android 2.2+.
* 6 POWERFUL AND STYLISH CALENDAR VIEWS Choose from the day, week, agenda, month, text month and list view in portrait and landscape mode.
* 5 STUNNING AND FUNCTIONAL WIDGETS Make use of the fully customizable list, grid, day, day list and month widgets.
* UNIQUE BUILT-IN LOCATION SEARCH Adding a location to your appointment has never been easier. Just type in the name of the place (cafe, store, and park) and DigiCal will look up the address and save it for you.
* INTEGRATION WITH GOOGLE NOW Google Now (Android 4.1+) knows where you’ll need to go, if you’ve saved the location. It keeps an eye on the current traffic, plan your route and notify you when you should leave.
* FREE WORLDWIDE WEATHER FORECAST - Worldwide weather forecast available in all the calendar views and widget types. - Weather forecast for today and the next 2 days. - Detailed weather info: humidity, precipitation, pressure, cloud cover, wind, sunrise and sunset.
* PREMIUM WEATHER FORECAST SUBSCRIPTION - Detailed hourly weather forecast for the next 48 hours, and 3 hourly for the next 15 days. - Interactive temperature and precipitation graph. - Easy location management: choose and save your favourite places.
* TRANSLATED IN 24 LANGUAGES Thanks to our volunteers, DigiCal is now translated in 24 languages. If you find a mistake, please let us know.
* Integrated weather forecast available in all calendar views and widget types
* Stylish and intuitive user interface in Holo dark and light theme
* 6 unique calendar views (day, week, agenda, month, text month and list)
* 5 beautiful and fully customizable widgets (list, grid, day, day list and month)
* Smart action bar for quick editing, moving, copying, pasting and deleting events* Built-in location search for quickly adding locations to your events
* Google Now (Android 4.1+) support, notifying you when it's time to leave by planning your route, checking traffic and calculating your travel time
* Improved notifications with shortcuts for snooze, map and navigation
* Event pop-up makes it easy to go through your individual events
* Gestures like pinch to zoom and swipe to navigate are supported
* Fully compatible with Android 2.2+
DIGICAL+ (PAID VERSION) PREMIUM FEATURES
* Beautiful month widget
* Extra widget configuration options: background transparency and custom font sizes
* Color picker: custom background and text color for the day, day list, list, grid and month widgets
* Ads free
Swiftkey is the No.1 best-selling app in 58 Google Play countries, over 200,000 ***** reviews
- It connects seamlessly across all of your devices, with SwiftKey Cloud.
SMART & LEARNING
- SwiftKey predicts your next word before you’ve even pressed a key.
- It intelligently learns as you type, adapting to you and your way of writing.
- SwiftKey doesn’t just learn your popular words, it learns how you use them together.
SWIFTKEY CLOUD: CONNECTED & SEAMLESS ACROSS DEVICES
- Backup and Sync keeps your personal language insights seamlessly up to date across all your devices.
- Teach SwiftKey your writing style based on your language use from your Facebook, Gmail, Twitter, Yahoo, SMS and Blog.
- Your language model can be enhanced each morning with Trending Phrases based on current news and what’s hot on Twitter.
MULTI-LINGUAL
- Enable up to three languages at once.
- Naturally combine languages without having to change a setting.
- SwiftKey supports contextual prediction in 60 languages and counting.
See http://www.swiftkey.net/en/#features for full list of supported languages.
TAP OR FLOW YOUR WORDS
- Switch seamlessly between tapping and gesture-typing with SwiftKey Flow.
- SwiftKey Flow combines the mind-reading capabilities of SwiftKey with the speed and ease of gliding your fingers across the screen, with real-time predictions.
- Type entire sentences without lifting your finger from the screen, simply by sliding to the space bar between words.
- Innovative keyboard layouts and modes for a better experience for all users across all screen sizes
- Full, Thumb and Compact layouts
- All three layouts can be resized and undocked to float
Get the paid version upgrade here.
All in all... there are a great many apps to choose from.
These are the ones that work for me.
Be sure to read the reviews.
Here is a wikipedia link to the most downloaded android applications.
Have fun, but like sex... play it safe.
Use an Anti-virus app!!!
Greg
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