Comments on: Top 20 Android Apps — One Month After G1 Launch

By: Tom Caswell

Tom Caswell — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:22:19 +0000

Omair, I agree that White Pages caller ID is a cool idea, but when I tried the app it wasn’t able to pull up the information fast enough to be useful. Perhaps this is because my area only has EDGE for now.

I agree that Mileage is a very cool app for tracking your car’s mileage and fuel costs. A sudden drop in fuel economy can be a sign of impending car trouble, so it’s actually quite useful.

By: Tom Caswell

Tom Caswell — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:11:26 +0000

Hi Chris, I have about 154 apps installed (but I don’t recommend it). Unfortunately, the current version of Android doesn’t allow users to store apps on the micro-SD card. I hope this will change in the future.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:44:43 +0000

Tom, how have you installed so many apps onto your phone? I upgraded my SD card to 8gb but I can’t seem to save apps on it so I run out of space often. Thanks for your help in advance!

By: Omair

Omair — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 23:54:56 +0000

What about White Pages Caller ID? I just installed it but haven’t tried it yet.

Also, Mileage is a cool little app to keep track of gas mileage.

By: Tom

Tom — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 20:30:13 +0000

Clay, if Podcaster has the ability to update podcasts OTA (or over wifi at least) it’s a real shame they pulled it. The barcode scanner apps are real geek magnets. I tried to discretely scan a couple barcodes in a Radio Shack over the weekend, and I had people asking me all about it. Same thing happened in Sam’s Club. I especially like that ShopSavvy breaks the results into products available online and in physical stores. You can also build and save wish lists with it. Anyway, comparison shopping just got a whole lot easier!

By: Clay

Clay — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 19:59:44 +0000

Tom, I read that there used to be a great iPhone podcasting app called Podcaster but Apple yanked it from the app store because it was supposedly redundant (i.e. competitive with iTunes?) yet the iPhone version of iTunes does not offer the same features.

Those barcode apps sound interesting. So you use the phone to scan a barcode in a store and it returns the comparison/reviews for you?

FYI, I tried out the iPhone version of Shazam in a loud (lots of people talking loudly) restaurant and it correctly identified an obscure Ella Fitzgerald rendition of White Christmas. You could barely hear the song over the crowd. Impressive.