Android

[Panthers128]

I have joined the Android club getting the LG Optimus S (one of the weaker Android phones). Got the phone free with the two year upgrade, but I have to pay 10$ more a month now. It was either that or get the Touch Pro 2 (WinMob 6.5 :() for 200$ and not pay 10$ more a month. I figure I'll just pay a little more.

Went ahead and rooted it and put a custom ROM on it (Reborn Rom). It's based off an LG Rom, so it's fully functional for the most part, just have to avoid any updates (which there haven't been any yet). With my unlimited data plan, I set up the wireless tether, but not sure how much I'll use that since wifi is everywhere and I have a fast home connection.

What APKs should I put on it? Went ahead and put all the banks, ebay, paypal, etc. Then I put this sweet APK called Aplanet which is basically like Installous on IOS. Got a QR Code reader as well.

Let me know if there's any other cool things I can do with the phone.

EDIT: I'll make a list of recommended apps in the thread:

[CENTER][b]Amazon App Market (free apps daily)

Amazon MP3 Store (stream music over cloud)

Angry Birds

Cardio Trainer

Google Goggles

Google Sky

Google Voice

HBOGO

Nesoid

Pandora

Plants VS. Zombies

Rockplayer

Shopsavvy

SlickDeals Feed

SNesoid

StumbleUpon

Yelp

Yfrog

Yoo Ninja[/b][/CENTER]

[TerriblePizza]

SNesoid, Nesoid, Angry birds, Google Goggles,

[bredy087]

Google Sky is awesome

[Scrumtrilescent]

The Amazon App market gives away decent paid apps for free daily.

[Joscott]

In addition to the amazon app store, the amazon mp3 store will allow you to steam music directly from your amazon cloud drive instead of taking space up on your phone.

Also just a note, Plants vs. Zombies is supposed to make it's debute on Android in the next few days, a Amazon exclusive and free the first day.

Others I like using are HBO Go, Cardio Trainer, StumbleUpon, Yelp and Google Voice as my message system.

[Panthers128]

The Amazon App market gives away decent paid apps for free daily.

Yeah, I installed the Amazon App market which could not be found on the droid market interestingly enough. There is a cool app I found which is basically an alert for the Amazon daily free app.

http://androidcommunity.com/amazon-free-app-of-the-day-reminder-app-mini-review-20110524/

SNesoid, Nesoid, Angry birds, Google Goggles,

Not sure how well emulators will work without controls. I have a couple DS's and a PSP for that kind of stuff. Angry Birds has already been installed and I'll check out 'Google Goggles'.

Does anyone know if there's an app to easily send pictures to an image hosting site? I know picasa is built in so I can send my pics there but I'd rather send it to one of the more common imagehosting sites like imgurl or imageshack.

[Seamonk]

slickdeals feeds, shopsavvy, rockplayer, pandora

and

http://imageshack.us/content.php?page=android

but it uploads to your twitter

[Carolina Husker]

Follow xxbibijones on twitter.

[Panthers128]

slickdeals feeds, shopsavvy, rockplayer, pandora

and

http://imageshack.us/content.php?page=android

but it uploads to your twitter

love the slickdeals site. did you download an app for the feed or is there a way to set up your own rss feeds with a separate program?

[Hawk]

The Amazon App market gives away decent paid apps for free daily.

would these work on my playbook too...or is there a site for those oh gingered wise one?

[Seamonk]

love the slickdeals site. did you download an app for the feed or is there a way to set up your own rss feeds with a separate program?

There's an app that gives you an rss feed

[tight lines]

Does anyone know if there's an app to easily send pictures to an image hosting site? I know picasa is built in so I can send my pics there but I'd rather send it to one of the more common imagehosting sites like imgurl or imageshack.

Photobucket has an app that is suposed to do that I downloaded it today and havent tried it as of yet so I cant make any claims as to how it works.

[Panthers128]

Photobucket is kind of lame though. They tend to not allow you to have a picture link to the site when using the img codes.

The daily app today on Amazon is really fun. 'Yoo Ninja', check it out.

[Joscott]

The daily app today on Amazon is really fun. 'Yoo Ninja', check it out.

Yeah I know, I've played my fair share of that today. It can be frustrating, but addicting. The Amazon App Store is a must, I've got my Incredible full of cool games. Still waiting on Plants vs. Zombies to come out...they originally said by the end of this month so only a few days left.

I'd also say add a barcode scanner to your list, I use ShopSavvy but there are a few on there.