I just got my brand new Google Nexus One phone this week and I'm really enjoying it right now. Delivering it to Singapore took 4 working days with DHL (by delivering, I mean bringing it over just in front of your doors). I have already installed quite a lot of applications on it and here are some of my favorite ones :
- Google Translate: as the name suggests, this app let you translate from and to any language via Google Translate service. It has the speech to text input mode (whereby you speak to your phone and it will translate it for you) and text to speech mode (in which the text translated will be spoken out requires a library which you need to install from the Market)
- Shazam: recognize the music being played by recording within 20sec. This should be familiar to iPhone users
- Barcode scanner: scans barcode and QR-code
- Goggles: a fun application to recognize the image taken, doesn't work perfectly on every object but you should try it on brands and logos. Amazing !!!
Twidroid: my personal preference for Twitter client, some prefer Seesmic but I don't fancy the redish UI- Tweetdeck: includes: Facebook, Twitter, Buzz and Foursquare
- Gesture search: allows you to search anything on your phone with alphabet gesture input
- Advanced Task Killer: the name explains it all, fast way to free your memory. You can toggle it from your Notifications Bar which is very convenient
- ThickButtons: replacement for Android Keyboard specially made for those with fat fingers problem
- MusicZilla: perfect app to listen to music online and download free music straight to your phone
- Ringdroid: makes the ringtone from your mp3s with nice UI
- GDocs Notepad: a notepad which you can sync with your Google Docs account. Useful to those who are used to storing their data on the cloud
- Voice recorder: record your voice and upload it online to your Gmail account instantly. Includes the widget which you can add to your desktop. Useful for recording lectures or interviews
Pingdroid: for Ping.fm users. Allows you to update all social media sites including Twitter, Facebook, Buzz, Meme Yahoo. Need to generate the mobile key before using- Flyscreen: it's an unlock screen replacement that attaches RSS feeds from websites you want, you can also check your emails
HelixLauncher: a very good Home Launcher replacement made by my friend Faruq Rasid. It allows up to 7 screens, has landscape view and you can add 4 applications to the dock- LauncherPro: awesome launcher that has HTC-like widgets
- QuickDesk: an app for multitasking and task switching made by Faruq
- Astro: the best file browser, it has SMB support to mount drives
- ConnectBot: i use it to ssh to my TonidoPlug
- Dropbox: duhhhh for Dropbox
- Transdroid: I use it to control my Transmission daemon on TonidoPlug, it has a good support for most of torrent clients
