Vote: What Apps Do You Want for Android?
Nov 5th, 2007
With Android, developer’s will have the opportunity and ability to create nearly anything they can think for consumer’s. So let’s hear it (developer’s listen up): What are some of the first apps YOU would want to see on Android?
Remote Desktop
Anything that’s not a shitty slow ugly java app
Skype, GTalk, Blogger editor, Picasa uploader, WiFi and WiMAX support.
1. QuickTime
2. Flash
3. iTunes
4. Firefox
5. Acrobat
A calendar application that syncs with Google Calendar (ICAL).
A synchronization possibility for phone contacts and Goole Mail contacts.
Those are two features I would really like to see.
just interested in Android.
To make android a new standard OS, many programs would be needed.
PLZ have a look at and read till the end:
- GPS navigation / route-planer for car/motorcycle (google maps could be a clue to keep the latest maps available, but without the need of an internet connection == download from pc for cheap price or even freeware)
- The homescreen wil have to be fully modular (easy), so one can easely decide how many shedules will be shown and its form (list,agenda,week…) Position,Size,Color of each element should be free.
- no limitation of ringtones-format (midi,mp3,wav…) and caller images (even animated gifs,movs,…)
- file explorer that even works over bluetooth (can explore other device if allowed)
- A GOOD BACKUP TOOL, that really backups everything and allows even partly recontruction. (from storage-card or cp)
- a good speech recognition (wihtout learning) not only for dailing but also for SMS or mail (e.g. together with the T9 dictionaries for spellchecking)
- a text 2 speech engine that can read incomming SMS (together with speech recognition to start applications), so during driving the car, there’s no more need to put hands away from steeringwheel!!!!
- a handwriting recognition tool
- tool to switch bluetooth on/off (or other phone-setting) depending on the mobilde-phone-cell (e.g. at a cell-id or if phone is “moving”)
- a good agenda, that offers views (e.g. as angenda one) and allows text templates for new sheduls
- an onboard answering machine for missing calls, that allows different text for differetnt callers
A way to run Win32 programs, maybe similar to Wine for Linux.
merci
Weather screen with radar overlay of where you are, in addition to the Forecast screen by day based upon where your calendar says you will be. IE if it says you have a meeting at an address in New York on Wednesday but you live in KC, you will want the forecast for new york on that day but the other days that week you want back home where you live.
Google maps with built in GPS and “directions etc” for navigational purposes.
Nice Facebook app, maybe a social networks manager or home.
Support for the new Skyfire browser from http://www.skyfire.com (Windows mobile devices) unless you can do better
Definitely need to have Threaded SMS with MMS capability embedded in the Thread.
Visual Voicemail is a must, as well as options to a unified VM if you have multiple numbers.
citizen reporter
in light of all the citizen reporting going on i would like to see an app where it utilizes the cam/video as a webcam that stores the data to an online location. both audio and video. with a permanant date/time stamp tagged on.
this would then lend itself to p2p video/audio conferencing where citizen reporter is recording and friend could then watch live and communicate.
i consider this important simply because what we see on the news isnt always what is really going on. if it came down to people chiming in, this app could enable that simply and easily… provided your programmers can execute what ive described in a clean and succinct manner.
**note to programmers: think of yourself as jimmy olsen trying to become a star reporter like clark kent. how easy should it be to grab the device soft key an app and be ready in 3…2…_….
if you can bring this into development i would like to know about it.
Mobile IM
The ability to synchronize a calendar application with google calendar.
I want a full port of Open Office and the GIMP for the Android. And the mac. Ahem.
An address book that can sync with ANY decent address book app on ANY OS in ANY open format. That would be a good start!
(At the moment my phone tries to dictate to me what OS and Application to use)
Full Bluetooth capabilities and a Manager to go along with it. Very useful and would mean that I could finally send something more then a measly picture from one specific model to the same specific model (verizon krzr’s). Would be very useful.
I want a phone book that doesn’t just contain my contacts, but opens white pages for the nation and lets me search for every line and cell phone in the country.
I would really like a scientific calculator on my phone. I mean graphing capabilities would be great but not necessarily require. just something that can do trig function and can hold large numbers.
VNC
I would like to see support for XForms in the WebKit browser so that a cell phone based on the Android platform could potentially be used for data collection applications.
Multi-user Customizable Database that can each person can sync at the end of day.
I want my phone to perfect voice to text technology, and not just in texting, or voice dialing, over the whole phone’s interface. I want to be able to say “google” and have my phone open a browser and navigate to google.com. Navigation through the phone’s interface should be able to be controlled through voice, touch, buttons, and motion. You should have all these options for controlling the device. Other than that, I think a nice, (good quality) sound recording app would be awesome. Most current phones have this abliity, but the resulting sound is such low quality, that it cannot be used for much. Being able to record a clip of a song and setting it to your ringtone, or sending it to a friend, should be a easy process, and should not sound like it was recorded over a 2-way radio. Voice notes should be easier as well, as with current phones, they are not of much use, when you have to spend a while navigating to the menu option, make sure there is no background noise, position the microphone, etc. This should just be a much easier thing to do.
I’ve been a smartphone user for 5 years, and have made a lot of money investing in the industry. Here is my list of must-have applications:
EverNote (www.evernote.com - they have a Windows Mobile version)
TomeRaider
Handwriting/pen note-taking app with PC counterpart
Voice recorder (like mVoice http://www.motionapps.com)
Palm O/S emulator
Full outlook sync for Calendar/Notes/Contacts
International calling card app (automatically dials calling card # and password prior to dialing the contact #)
Guitar tuner (like PhonTuner http://www.displayresearch.com)
Chess
Hi
My idéa is that when you take a photo by your camera in the phone, the phone automaticallysaves via gps were the photo was shot. And when ever the owner of the phone, would like to see where his old familiy photo was taken, a map would show up and tell him.
I want an app that will work with MS Exchange using the ActiveSync protocol.
I want a full featured web browser that operates the same as on a desktop.
I want to be able to open any type of multimedia (mp3, divx, wma, wmv, quicktime, real player, etc.) file.
I want IM.
If my family member calls me, I can see his location on map. Because Google already have map of the earth.
This should not be difficult to implement. But it is very useful for familay to know where they childrens are or their elder parents are.
I would like to see a libpurple Internet Messaging client to be made for Android. It would be really good to see a multi-protocol IM client for Android. MSN+GoogleTalk+IRC+YIM+AIM++++etc
I imagine that there is already a music player, image viewer and video player either in development by Google, or by some other developers. —- With wifi-enabled Androids there could be iPod Touch-ing to be done.
A Terminal application. It’s not Linux without a Terminal.
If the Android phone could connect with mac applications and sync like an iphone. Mainly iCal, iTunes, iPhoto.
Divx and mp4 video compatibility, flash viewer on the web browser. Be great.
Diagnostic and Remote Access Tools for Service Techs
nmap
GCalendar, Gmail, Gfinance-stock updates hourly,
GMAPS-as many already said! very important! likely with location specific search/ads (’Pizza” etc)
Always on IM to all channels (meebo.com)
main functions i use on my iphone i’d love on the android straight off,
phone people (obviously)
text messaging (of course)
pdf viewer
skype
notes
camera
calendar
browser (firefox mini?)
video/media player (vlc mini?)
Hardware:
Status LED’s, great audio, scroll wheel, BT/WiFi on/off switch, QWERTY keyboard with big buttons (like the Q9), standard power adapters (mini USB)
Software:
KeyCaps(hold letter button down=caps, double tap=optional character)
be able to record phone conversations
Bluetooth file transfer and BT stereo
weather at a glance
good agenda, like datebook5, has lots of options to schedule events, like irregular occurring appointments (I work q six days and no WM agenda will do this) Weird, I know.
Splashmoney: it syncs to my bank perfectly