Droid Must-Haves

Posted by aaron on July 29, 2010 0 comments

First off, big thanks to Jeff for the flood of Android tips and app recommendations.

Titanium Backup
If you have a Droid, rooted or not, you should install Titanium Backup. It is a quality app, and well worth the small donation to support a good product (and to get the extra features). I found out the hard way that most, if not all, other backup applications do not actually archive many important data sets such as text messages or contacts. Titanium Backup has it all covered, and the easily configurable scheduler and batch operations shift this app from good to great.

ROM Manager
So you’ve rooted your Droid? The next thing you should be doing is installing ROM Manager. It is a very slick app, with everything you need to quickly check out all of the cool ROMs on the market. Integration with Titanium Backup would be pretty sweet, but that’s more of a luxury than a necessity.

Honorable Mentions
Here are a few other apps that I find extremely useful:

  • Astrid Tasks – Quick task creation, viewing, and editing, along with a nice widget.
  • DroidLight LED Flashlight – Uses your Droid’s camera flash LED as a handy and surprisingly bright flashlight.
  • Movies by Flixter – Fast and easy to use, this is the best app that I’ve found for movie times, information, and trailers.
  • NewsRob – I use this to keep up on my Google Reader RSS feeds.
  • Pandora Radio – I don’t have much techno, but sometimes it really helps me code. This is my source for noise.

Hacked?

Posted by aaron on July 9, 2010 0 comments

Nope, not this time at least…Finished the upgrade to WP3.0 and prepping for another go at this blogging thing.