Favorite Android/iPhone Apps?

[toasty]

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well that kinda sucks. can you upgrade your platform or are you stuck with the phone you get?

poults is right -- your provider should upgrade you eventually, but you can root your phone if you're getting impatient and use one of a number of custom roms that are out there. 2.1 update for my phone (Sprint HTC Hero) is supposed to come early 2Q, so I'm just trying to wait it out...

[threehills]

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Waiting too....inmpatiently. I NEED one of the apps for work, but it requires 1.6 or better and HTC here is only 1.5. FFFF!!!!

[picklemonkey]

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JuiceDefender: http://lifehacker.com/5482663/juiced...g-android-data

It sets your data sync to happen every x minutes instead of real-time... who really needs their Google Calendar syncing every minute? The free version of this thing has extended my Android battery life by 1-2 days by changing it to sync every 15 minutes. I'm thinking about paying for the full version ($4), because it basically disables all data sync during sleep schedules to further maximize battery life

[toasty]

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JuiceDefender: http://lifehacker.com/5482663/juiced...g-android-data

It sets your data sync to happen every x minutes instead of real-time... who really needs their Google Calendar syncing every minute? The free version of this thing has extended my Android battery life by 1-2 days by changing it to sync every 15 minutes. I'm thinking about paying for the full version ($4), because it basically disables all data sync during sleep schedules to further maximize battery life

This looks awesome! Unfortunately, it isn't compatible with my 1.5 Hero. Can't wait for the 2.1 update...

[dusk]

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Gotta have Siri and Logitech Touch Mouse... extremely cool apps.

[poults]

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Anyone seen/use waze ? Its a free sat nav that maps where you drive to create maps, it also uses other peoples routes to add to your maps. I installed it today so havn't really tested it yet:

http://world.waze.com/

[dusk]

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aaah finally got my hands on the HTC Hero, can't wait to try out some of these apps!

[toasty]

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Anyone seen/use waze ? Its a free sat nav that maps where you drive to create maps, it also uses other peoples routes to add to your maps. I installed it today so havn't really tested it yet:

http://world.waze.com/

Had it for a bit, but I found that I didn't really use it, and when I did, it didn't seem to work that well, although in fairness, who knows if that's a waze issue or a GPS issue. Cool concept, though, may give it another go at some point...

[toasty]

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aaah finally got my hands on the HTC Hero, can't wait to try out some of these apps!

Don't get too used to it -- we're getting an update to Android OS 2.1 within the next couple of weeks, purportedly. April 9 is the rumor. Should be a significant upgrade, too:

better stability
better facebook integration
live wallpapers
access to more apps
more multitouch gestures

good stuff!

[picklemonkey]

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I'm running 2.1 and I don't like the Facebook app. I just use their mobile website instead

[threehills]

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Startup Auditor for android.

Spint navigation was always randomly starting and draining my battery. Now with this app, I can block programs from randomly starting up, or set certain conditions for which they are allowed to start. Nearly tripled my battery life.

[FM]

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just picked up the Commodore 64 now oh man how far we've come...

[toasty]

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I'm running 2.1 and I don't like the Facebook app. I just use their mobile website instead

I have yet to hear of an Android facebook app that doesn't absolutely suck, on any Android OS. Really embarrassingly bad, IMO. With more an more android apps coming out, I'm hoping it will encourage developers to get on the stick...

[DreamGirlie]

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I really like Ringer Toggle Widget, makes it so fast to go from ringer/vibrate/silent. The widget is hideous but thats ok. I really like the game Bebbled.

[picklemonkey]

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That game pisses me off. it took me like a month to pass level 11