User Rating4.59/5Part 2 of 2 (see Part 1 here Verizon DROID Apps) of Verizon’s newly released DROID Android phone. After playing with the phone this morning in a Verizon store, I can say the phone is pretty solid! I checked out DROID Apps on the device for speed and functionality… Impressed! New to Android and need a few apps for DROID suggestions? No worries, AndroidTapp.com whipped up a good lineup of 50+ Android Apps to get you started (reviews include QR Code to scan with Bar Code Scanner app or launch app in the Market from your Verizon DROID).
Normally I would recemmend K9 Mail and Exchange By TouchDown, but the latest operating system offers multiple email boxes and Exchange email support!
I Tweet! and TwitterRide for Twitter… Bloo Native Facebook App, Facebook for Android and Babbler for Facebook for Facebook.
Although the OS is suffering overall in this department, there are a few stand-outs to check out… You need time wasters like Solitaire, Suduko, Chess or Checkers; but also see Mystique. Chapter 2: The Child and Mystique. Chapter 1: Foetus suspense puzzles, Colorix Tetris spin-off, extend to NES and SNES games with Nesoid (NES emulator) and SNESoid, for tower defense Robo Defense, Retro Defense and Plox. Wixel word game, Abduction accelerometer game, Jewellust iPhone clone, Buka action game, Spades for Android and Texas Hold’em Online card games.
Give Pandora Radio, iMeem, Last.fm Personal Radio free person music players, DroidLive and StreamFurious Internet radio players, Meridian Player and RockOn Music Player a shot!
aHome, Open Home and FreshFace.
Sorry Automattic hasn’t blessed Android with an official Wordpress app, but Dan Roundhill did with wpToGo!
The are many but check out WeatherBug, The Weather Channel or Beautiful Widgets (although not a traditional weather app, has geo-location based weather with HTC Sense inspired time display).
Check out FeedR News Reader over Google Reader.
Try DoggCatcher and Mediafly Video+Audio Podcasts.
There are many cool geolocation app in many niche areas; Aloqa – Always Be A Local, Sherpa – Discover Your World, and WHERE.
Layar Reality Browser, Google Maps StreetView Compass Mode, and Wikitude.
Google brought out Finance or an alternative is Quote Pro.
SportsTap has a bunch of leagues with scores and more as well as Google’s Scoreboard.
CardioTrainer, Buddy Runner and FitSync can keep you in shape.
Sorry for the Android App overload… but there are many more good apps to list… Have you tried any of these, give your feedback below in the Comments! 
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I have yet to find an Android Twitter client better than Swift.
http://www.swift-app.com/
market://search?q=pname:com.swift_app.app
How do you determine the market:// address for an app? Thanks.
It’s supossed to be (Bar Code Scanner used in this example):
http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:com.google.zxing.client.android
But this is very inconsistent for some unknown reason (which may or may not work on your phone by tapping the url).
That’s why we use:
market://search/?q=pname:com.google.zxing.client.android
Because it always works on the phone and if scanned but wont work if clicked on the web.
But I still don’t understand how you figure out the market:// url for an individual app.
For instance, is there a formula or a way to find it? Let’s say that I like Quick Settings. How do i get the market:// ?
You have to use package name which can differs from application name. the package name you have to know. For Quick Settings it will be market://search?q=pname:com.bwx.bequick . You can also use your phone and search in the Market for “Quick Settings” to find it there.
Swift is by far the best Twitter app. I love the way it loads new tweets on scroll. Also best color scheme.
If you like word games, also check out AlphaMixr. It’s a Text Twist-like scrambled word game. You can also see the review here at AndroidTapp: http://www.androidtapp.com/alphamixr/
Thanks for the great list! According to Layar’s website, Layar Reality Browser is not currently compatible with the Droid, or Android 2.0 for that matter, but they’re working on it and should have something in the Market soon.
Not to be mean, but you clearly didn’t actually try this list out on an actual Droid. Many of those apps are either unavailable or broken on WVGA or Android 2.0 right now.
For example:
- Layar is unavailable on the market (supposedly they’re working on a new version and blocked it from the Market on 2.0 because of API changes that break AR apps).
- Sherpa is also unavailable on the Droid right now.
- As far as I can tell Wikitude just plain doesn’t work.
Also, don’t forget Google’s own Listen in the Podcast category; it’s free and pretty lightweight. And for RSS – NewsRob has nice Google Reader offline capabilities, and it’s also free.
Sherpa is not currently available on the Droid. I emailed the developers and they confirmed that it’s currently exclusively available on T-Mobile but they are planning on eventually bringing it over to other carriers.
Does anyone know of a scrabble or bejeweled app that will work on the Eris?
Hi there!
I sure hope you’ve had better luck than me… I not only LOVE to play games, but I love to play them “all the time”.. but, the Droid is new to me. Is the “Market” the ONLY place that I can get games that are compatible with the Droid? It says not to go elsewhere to get apps?? but they all say this(don’t they?) lol
If you have heard of or could suggest any place to find games (apps) anything let me know greatly b appreciated.. OH! my husband was looking for a game that played on iPhone called “Flight ??” something or another ??lol..lol. it’s game that lands planes..thanks again
You can indeed download apps/games outside the Android Market, they just caution it when you go into the Setting menu to change it. There are a few other places to get app outside the Market: SlideMe and AndAppStore have some.
I know of Flight, it’s a cool game but I have not seen an Android equivalent.
Hi – Buddy from Geodelic here.
Sherpa is currently exclusive to T-Mobile’s Android phones. However, we will be releasing a Geodelic app that works on many OS’s and carriers in the near future.
I am looking for an app that will allow pic AND sound messages as a regular cell phone will do. I love my Droid but I miss this feature that I, and many of my friends use on a regular basis.
I am currently using Handcent which works well but will not allow both pic and sound messages combined.
Right now I use my wife’s LG EnV2 to generate the message and forward from my Droid. Amazing how great this phone is but yet is missing this feature.
Any help would be appreciated!
Would love to see a M4V player that actually works…
Yup. A m4v player that works would be great.