Android_App Previously mobile phones were only for communication purpose but now a days they  become all in one as a channel of communication, multimedia center and for On the go browsing. In short mobile phone become smart, so smart phone requires smart OS. iOS, Blackberry OS and Android are some of the leading smart phone OS. iOS and Blackberry OS has special Hardware requirement but Android can adjust with any type of Hardware. That’s the reason it has become very popular. The Google Android has captured majority of phone market today. The latest stable release for Android is 2.3.0. There are more than 30,000 apps (free and paid) are out in market today. In this post we will see some Must have FREE apps from all categories for Android phones.

1. GoSMS Pro : This is a lightweight, fully featured and highly customizable app. A replacement for the default SMS app. You can customize this app the way you want. Provides many options to customize. I like the feature “Schedule a message to sent later(Future SMS)”. You draft a message and set the time it will automatically sent the message. Plus This app provides a traditional folders like (Inbox, Drafts, Sent box etc etc).

Some of the key features are as follows…

  • Traditional Folder (Inbox, Drafts, Sent box) view.
  • Popup for incoming Messages.
  • Nice Themes.
  • Future SMS.
  • Highly Customizable.

Click here to download this app from Android Market.

2. UC Browser: Also known as UCWEB. This is very popular browser for Andriod. This browser is available in “Chinese, English, Russian, Indonesian, Vietnamese, Spanish” languages. Browser offers very good browsing speed. This browser provides options like Browser Mode, Flash settings, Font size and many more. The latest stable release is 7.7.

 

Some of the key features are as follows…

  • Browsing Speed.
  • Download Manager.
  • Night Mode.
  • File Manager.

Click here to download this app from Android Market.

3. Astro File Manager : File manager is an app most frequently used. It is used to manage, move, edit files and folders. Astro helps us to do it easily. This is a very user friendly app. Provides backup facility for the files. Can monitor the system process and SD card usages as well.

 

Some of the key features are as follows…

  • Manage files on SD card [move, copy, rename, delete].
  • Manage multiple files and folders.
  • Backup applications / Files.
  • Monitor and manage running applications.
  • Send files as attachments.
  • View thumbnails and images.

Click here to download this app from Android Market.

4. OnePunch Note: OnePunch Note is a simple Notepad app. To scratch some text or preserver something important details. It has all the features that notepad has like Change Font, Text size, Text Color, Auto link for URLs, Emails & Web Address, Auto Save & Indexing. You can set a password for your Notes as a security. You can use this app as a “to do list” just mark Strike through for the task which are done.

Some of the additional features are as follows…

  • Set Reminders like tasks.
  • 9 Size and 10 Colors for Home screen widget.
  • Create Folders.
  • Google Integration.
  • Import Export and Backup.

Click here to download this app from Android Market.

5. Phone Copier: Phone Copier is app. used to backup and restore your contacts, SMS and Calender data. When we change the phone or leave the phone for repair mostly we are worried about the phone contacts, SMS and the calendar appointments. This app makes this task very easy. PhoneCopier takes a backup of your data on SD card and restores it back on your phone.

 

PhoneCopier back up and restore following…

  • Phone Contacts & SMS.
  • Carrier Info.
  • Phone Log.
  • Calender Data.
  • Settings.
  • Bookmarks & Search History.

Click here to download this app from Android Market.

6. Advanced Task Killer : This is the MUST have app for the Android. This is nothing but a simple Task killer, kills the app which are running behind. The app(s) eats memory and decrease battery via killing them you can save both. This works just like a task manager in windows. If you want that certain app(s) shouldn’t be star then you simply add the app in Ignore list. For Android battery is the crucial you can increase your battery backup via this app.

Some of the key features are as follows…

  • Create Ignore app list.
  • Set kill level.
  • Set security level.
  • Monitor running services.
  • Kill all task(s) or selected task(s).

Click here to download this app from Android Market.

7.Real Player : The real player is a app to play your media files (Audio, Video) and view your photos. This is a light weight app. Supports any multimedia file format. You can play online videos via entering the URL in the real player. For audio and video you can create playlist. For photo you can customize and play slide show.

Some of the key features are as follows…

  • Supports any file format.
  • All in one (Audio, Video and Images).
  • User Friendly.
  • Create playlist
  • Download Manager.

Click here to download this app from Android Market.

You can take a look on Part – 2 of this article here.

Till then

Happy Android Browsing…