Android Phones, who is using them?

Droid Incredible here. Also have CoPilot but mainly use Google Maps for gps purposes. Bought CoPilot in case I ever need gps and can't get a data signal.

As far as other apps, I can't live without Angry Birds. That game is addicting!!

I have a HTC Incredible, the best app you can have is the Weather Channel app, it's also available for the iPhone. you can see where you are, traffic, and weather around you when you travel.

I am an original Droid user. I use traffic buddy. It gives you live camera feeds of traffic all over the country.

Moto Droid 1 here. Love swype!

I use a DroidX with the Geocaching App and the stock maps program. I dont use the phone for automotive GPS work

Jon and I are looking at the Sprint Android phones right now. I was really anxious about the idea of not having a keyboard with buttons you can feel.

My friends have all told me that I will love swype so I am not as nervous now.

We are going to get ours next month. I am looking at the HTC Evo, it has awesome resolution.

Miss POI

I do use the Android Copilot on my Droid, but only as a back-up. Fortunately, it works off of satellites, so even though my Droid is not connected to a service, it works great. Everything else relies on wifi hotspots.

I'm always using the three widgets that toggle Bluetooth, WiFi, and GPS on and off with one tap. Easy ways to conserve battery charge.

I don't use my DrInc for over-the-road navigation, though if I didn't have my Nuvi with me I wouldn't hesitate to do so. I will, though, use it for a geocaching app called c:geo. It's great for that spur-of-the-moment "I wonder if there is a cache in this area I could do?" feeling. And, you can navigate to the cache pretty accurately with it. It's freeware, and I would suggest any Droidcacher have a look at it before plunking down ten dollars for the "official" geocaching app.

Another app I've just started using is VCOrganizer. If you're a heavy MS Outlook user, you'll quickly discover that your Droid doesn't sync Outlook tasks and notes. This app picks up that slack. (It will also sync calendar entries, but I skipped that as it doesn't sync them to the Droid calendar.) It's secure, and their support has been very responsive. The app costs about US$4.00 and the PC component is a free download. For me, as a heavy Outlook user, it appears to have been four bucks well-spent.

Both are rooted and overclocked. I use my Droid X for everything, including the stock Google Nav app. I use my MotoDroid mainly for development.

I use my Evo and love it. It's rooted for wifi tethering. I use Google maps for navigation.

I also use Pandora, TV listings, Shazam, weather channel, and a bunch of other apps.

SAMSUNG EPIC 4G (BEST CELL EVER!)
Slide out keyboard or Screen.

Pros: Can do anything you want!!!

Cons: Poor battery life if you don't use a auto app killer.

Best Apps:

Vlingo... Hands free everything.

Radardroid Pro... Can make use of any file on this site including Redlight camera, Speed camera, Speed traps and etc. TRIED, TESTED, and TRUE!
As accurate as your GPS.

Auto SMS Reply... Driving or in a Meeting? Will auto reply text message back to sender.

Mr Number Caller ID and Call Block... will give you the name of the person calling even if they are not in your contact list, plus call block can stop any caller from calling you such as spammers and blocked numbers or EX- Girlfriends, Wives, bill collectors, Robot dialer and etc.

and many more GREAT APP's...

Android is simply better than Apple Apps!

Miss POI wrote...
Jon and I are looking at the Sprint Android phones right now. I was really anxious about the idea of not having a keyboard with buttons you can feel.

But I ASK?...

WHY settle for SWYPE only!!

The Epic gives you BOTH! Better than the EVO minus the Kick-stand. Take the SPRINT 30 day test drive before you settle on the EVO. The EPIC can't be beat.

In addition to the Evo, I also have the Epic.

Ironically, the biggest problem with the Epic (and Samsung Galaxy S phones in general), is the piss-poor GPS.

My Epic's GPS works ok, when I'm outside in un-obscured sky.

My Evo's GPS works 100x better, I can get lock inside my house. My Epic has no hope of doing that.

My Epic takes almost forever to get a GPS lock. The Evo's GPS locks on rapidly. As a result, I use Android's location services on my Evo far more.

I still love my Epic, but for GPS purposes the Evo blows the Epic away.

And I hardly ever use the physical keyboard of my Epic. I use to use it alot on my Samsung moment, but no need to on my Epic. Swype and SwiftKeyboard work just fine on my Epic and my Evo.

I've used both phones for 3 months now. The Evo wins hands down. Get the Evo. Not the Epic. Unless GPS functions don't matter to you.

PS: App killers on Android are worse than useless. They hurt battery life as Android needlessly restarts apps it needs. I used app killers on my Samsung Moment for 6 months, and when I stopped using app killers, my battery life actually improved. Don't buy into the false hype about app killers.

my Droid1 is rooted too. I use Ultimate Droid ROM, but I haven't updated it in about 4-5 weeks? Seems I can only manage 1 active project, and I dropped playing with the phone for playing with the GPS!
Anyway, I like that ROM, if anyone is looking to customize their droid

I bought the Garminfone and recently updates to the Android 2.1 Operating System. The applications that I like best are:

-Garmin Navigation

-Slacker Radio

-Dish Remote Access

Certainly I do use others, but those are the ones that I seem to use most often. For example, I have the Kwik Trip app, which often gives $1 or $2 off on a gasoline purchase, but that is more sporadic usage.

What can I say about the Garmin navigation. It works just like a Garmin Nuvi. I have saved Favorites, downloaded Custom POIs from here, registered for the Free Lifetime Map Updates, and even added Custom Vehicles.

Slacker Radio does not seem to be as well known as Pandora, but I think it is better for me. It can stream or cache content. You can create custom stations. I think it sounds better than my wife's XM satellite radio, maybe they don't compress the files quite as much.

I just added a Dish Sling Adapter to my Dish Network 722k receiver. There is no additional monthly fee and it allows me to stream content from the satellite receiver to my phone.

The other apps that came pre-loaded are pretty neat, too, but I just don't use them as often. The YouTube app is neat, being able to look up movie times and local gas prices is also handy.

I'll be the one opposite view. I don't have a smart phone and have no desire to have one. I use a cell phone for a phone and nothing else. I don't have time to play games but can see some of the apps would be useful for locating places or looking up facts on the internet when a computer isn't handy. However there is generally someone handy that has a smart phone.

I dropped Sprint due to very slow speeds.Could not watch videos and internet was terrible.My wife has it also and her phone is no better.(Hero) What have other Sprint users have to say?I now have T-mobile and the internet is very quick.But that service has draw backs also.

I Found a real cool app

It's called Sound Hound.
Have you ever been listening to the radio or in a restaurant with the background music playing, and couldn't pin point the name of the song or even the artist that performed it?

Just bring up the Sound Hound Application, let it listen for a few seconds and Bingo you get the name of the song,artist and even the lyrics if you like along with the opportunity to down load the song or the place to buy it. It's awesome, even works if you sing or hum the song!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xW1ygIRkY

I have both Sprint and T-mobile. In most areas Sprint beats T-Mobile by far on speeds.

In some areas though Sprint's coverage is not so good, and T-Mobile is better.

This is true of all carriers in all areas.

Pretty much you've summed up nicely why I'm going to Android now--alas, Windows Mobile (my former smartphone OS of choice) is dying (in no small part thanks to Microsoft locking down Win7--thus causing most of the development community to jump ship to Apple or Android), and I really don't like how iOS is locked down with iPhones.

Yes, I tend to be rather definitely a fan of open source software, why do you ask?

As for my next phone, I'm strongly looking at the TMobile G2 (otherwise known as the HTC Vision/HTC Desire Z in the rest of the world); it has an honest-to-god keyboard (which I miss), runs nearly the latest version of Android OS, reportedly has a good integral GPS (which is nice--the last smartphone I had with GPS only had it in a technical sense), and has a good wealth of open-source or at least cheap software available for it. (I've heard a *lot* of good things about CoPilot 8--I'd be really interested to see comparisons from users versus, say, iGO for WinMo or Navigon for Android; if it takes standard POI formats, even better.)

If I go the custom-ROM route (which is not yet certain) CyanogenMod looks really good so far...nice and lean and mean. (The G2 is pretty much "uber-rooted" at this point, with not only regular root but SIM unlocking enabled in its default rooting setup).

Androidcentral.com

I'm with you Mike107, I got a cell phone because I wanted a portable phone, the only thing I use on mine is the bluetooth. I already have MP3 players and all Of the other toys. With all of the free wifi around now, I take my netbook along if I think I may need to get online for any reason. One thing I would like to have if they didn't want so much for one, is a cell phone zapper to take care of the people that sit in a restaurant and scream into their phones while other people are trying to eat and carry on a conversation.

Why is it that some people have to speak in louder than normal voices when talking a a telephone?

Why is it that some people have to speak in louder than normal voices when talking on a telephone?

Android fan here too, but still prefer my Nuvi for GPS work.

It helps the signal go farther.

Don,

I thought the same thing when I got my new Android phone to replace my old RAZOR phone. All I needed was a phone not some crazy gadget.

However once I started using its full capabilities, I learned a few startling things. Number one, I no longer needed to carry around that MP3 and other toys. This phone WAS my new MP3 player and other toys. I no longer had to worry about not forgetting my netbook when I wanted to look something up on the web, my phone was always with me and ready to cruise the web. On top of that I also had a GPS navigator, a device that could tell me where the cheapest gas prices were at, a PDA that kept my schedule for work and family activities, a backup to my Kindle, a device that could scan barcodes and tell me where I could buy an item cheaper, and finally a way to pass the time while in a waiting room by reading or posting in a forum like this one. All of that AND a phone too!

I thought I just wanted a portable phone. I was wrong.

HTC Incredible user here. I have the SkyRaider Anthena ROM installed. I'm a big fan of the Android OS all together.

I wish there was a way to upload the RLC file to be used with the Android system (Google Maps, stand-alone product, whatever). Then I could rid myself of the GPS in my truck all together.

I believe Shazam is the app usually used with this type of function. I didn't realize other programs did it, but Shazam is awesome.

back in late October, i purchased my Motorola Droid 2 and i can honestly say that i am extremely satisfied. i love the pull out qwerty keyboard and all the features. now, you can get a droid 2 that has world wide cell connections for a descent price.