I have been using an Android phone for a long time and on my website there is a menu section “Android”, so I decided to provide my selection of applications.
Again, this is mine and there are practically no applications in it that are recommended on other sites. To other website owners on the Internet - read the same ones as if they were carbon copies.
One more point - I provide only universal applications that can and should be installed on Android by all owners of smartphones and tablets, and not narrowly focused ones in one category.
For example, many people are only interested in games, but not everyone, so I won’t mention Android applications “not for everyone.”
Of course, it is impossible to create a list that will suit absolutely everyone: some live in the village, others in the city, some have the Internet, others do not, and so on.
My applications or programs, designed for the majority, are certainly useful and are not intended for gimmicks.
It would probably be better to start with a browser, because without it Android loses all its attractiveness, although the first thing that Android owners use most often is messaging and the camera.
Applications for both are installed by default. There are others, of course, but they don’t really stand out, and deleting the built-in ones is not always possible, so why clutter the device.
NOTE: all the applications I offer can be easily found and quickly downloaded from Google Play, so I don’t write links.
The second application that needs to be installed on Android is Flashlight
Flashlight is a flashlight application. Of course, it won’t be used all the time, because we spend most of our time during the day and sleep at night.
There are only times when absolutely anyone may need it, moreover, it does not require the Internet.
In the Google Play store you will find dozens of free ones, so you will have a large choice - I recommend experimenting.
The third application that needs to be installed on Android - catch the answer
Androids are most attractive to schoolchildren - for them it is prestige and frequent disputes about who is cooler.
School, of course, fades into the background, but there is an application that will allow them to help with something - it’s called “Catch the Answer.”
This is an amazing mathematical calculator that not only gives the correct answer, but also solves problems with examples.
The fourth application that needs to be installed on Android is RoboForm
To enter there you need to enter a username and password, but you won’t need to do this if you install the roboform application.
Roboform will always fill out all the fields on all sites for you. Surprisingly not true? For example, I very often log into at least 20 sites where I need to enter a login and password.
It’s hard for me to remember them (it’s dangerous to put the same ones), but the robotic form has no problems with memory.
The fifth application that needs to be installed on Android is Navitel Navigator
We all sometimes find ourselves far from home, and the Navitel navigator application can help us navigate in unknown areas.
It does not need the Internet - it connects directly to the satellite. Having it, you can be sure that you will always return home by the shortest route.
Of course, this is not all the features of this amazing application - try it, you won’t regret it. I recommend searching on torrents, you can guess why I won’t write. 
The sixth application that needs to be installed on Android is Yowindow
Yowindow is an amazingly beautiful weather forecasting program. She is certainly not the only one, but the others cannot be compared.
After choosing your city, look out the window - if it’s raining, then it will be pouring in the program, if it’s snowing, then there will be snowdrifts in the program, if it’s cloudless, then you’ll see a sunny day in the program.
Also, at your discretion, you can specify a village, city, beach, and so on for the interface.
The seventh application that needs to be installed on Android is Root App Deleter.
Root App Deleter is a program that can be said to delete non-deletable files.
We constantly install various applications, and then some can become stubborn when uninstalling them.
Also, to optimize Android, many people delete system files, thus increasing the performance of their devices.
Having the Root App Deleter program, you will get rid of many problems or at least simplify the process of ridding your device of unnecessary files.
The eighth application that needs to be installed on Android is the remote control
Now everyone has a TV with a remote control, but you can do without a remote control if you have a built-in program.
Which one depends on the TV - I have LG, as in the picture above. You may need another one, for example, Samsung.
These programs even surpass remote controls in their capabilities and work from a much greater distance.
The ninth application that needs to be installed on Android is transport.
Anyone who lives in the city uses city minibuses and knows how painful the wait is.
The solution is to install an application on your Android that will show where the minibus, trolleybus, tram is currently and how long to wait before arriving.
Almost every city has its own individual program. For example, I live in Ukraine, the city of Ternopil, and my city’s program is called “Where is the transport.”
I just looked at how long it would take for my minibus No. 25 to arrive at the installation.
The tenth application that needs to be installed on Android is Assistant
In conclusion, entertainment and help. This is an assistant program. You can even talk to her - she will answer all your questions.
Moreover, he will read SMS, mail, launch a program or find on the Internet what he ordered.
I will end here, although there is a lot that can be written, because there are more than 1 million Android applications, but only a few of them can change the way you use your phone.
The ones I've presented above will fill in some of the Android feature gaps, making your phone even more enjoyable to use.
In addition, they are free (with the exception of one, but anyone who wishes can find it on the Internet for free).
My top 10 programs should appeal to everyone and be useful. Didn't you like it? Write about it. Your opinion is very important to me and the readers. Good luck.
If you buy a smartphone based on the Android operating system, then in any case you will receive a device with a certain set of applications. However, not all of them will be useful, and some important programs will not be on the device at all. In this collection we want to talk about those utilities that you need to install first. Their presence on any smartphone can now be called virtually mandatory.
In the old days, it was a rare person to install additional programs on a mobile phone. Usually the user thought about Opera Mini and ICQ, and that was where his fantasy ended. But modern smartphones offer hundreds of thousands of applications. Here, willy-nilly, you think about which of them you need to download after purchase. In this article we will talk about the most useful applications for Android. All you have to do is click on the button leading to Google Play in order to install this or that program on your device.
Price: Free
A very useful application. But the effect of it can only be noticed on. Or on new ones, but with a minimal price tag and weak components. The essence of the program is to regularly unload applications from memory so that they do not consume battery power. You can also find out what temperature the battery has reached right from the main window of the utility. Bluetooth and Wi-Fi modules are also controlled here.
In a word, Battery Doctor will increase your battery life. But you shouldn’t count on incredible results - on average, the increase is no more than 5-10%. And there is no point in installing this program on any computer that already has a well-implemented energy saving mode.
Advantages:
- Increases battery life;
- Possibility to download for free;
- Availability of a task manager widget;
- Possibility to find out about the battery temperature.
Flaws:
- The meaning of the application is lost on the new ones.
Degree of usefulness: depends on device
360 Security
Price: Free
Nowadays it is impossible to use a computer without some kind of antivirus. A similar program can also be useful on a smartphone, especially if you have not asked your operator to block the sending of SMS messages to four-digit numbers. This product will prevent a malicious application from sending SMS without your knowledge, emptying your balance.
You need to download 360 Security not only for protection, but also to speed up your device. The fact is that this utility has a full-fledged optimizer built into it, which tries to speed up the performance of the smartphone. Of course, this works best on inexpensive devices, and also if there are too many applications installed on it.
Finally, 360 Security allows you to locate your device if it's lost or stolen. However, such a function is already built into the Android operating system - it’s just that not every user suspects its existence.
Advantages:
- Not a bad antivirus;
- Help in finding a smartphone;
- Optimizer with automatic cleaning capability;
- The interface has been translated into Russian;
- Distributed free of charge.
Flaws:
- In some cases, the antivirus will be useless;
- Optimization is not needed on new versions of Android.
Degree of usefulness: depends on device
Price: Free
The Internet is replete with a variety of interesting articles. After all, even now you are reading exactly this kind of information material. But often the reading process using a browser is somewhat difficult. Advertising may interfere here, and the layout may not be designed for a mobile device. In this case, the easiest way is to use Pocket by moving the Internet page there.
The most necessary applications for Android cannot but include Pocket. In fact, this is a service containing various texts that you decide to save for later reading. The program requires registration, but then you can access articles from several devices at once. And you can even save a web page on your computer by providing the browser with the appropriate extension.
It should be noted that Pocket displays only text and pictures - nothing extra. This makes the reading process much easier. There is also a recommendation system implemented here, but it works best so far only with English-language texts. What is important is that the application developers do not require money and do not introduce annoying advertising into their project.
Advantages:
- The interface has been translated into Russian;
- Easy reading of articles;
- Using the program without access to the Internet;
- Access to texts from different devices;
- Distributed free of charge.
Price: Free
Price: Free
If Pocket saves ready-made articles, then Evernote is a kind of “cloud” notepad. You can save the notes you need in it. In the future, you will have access to viewing and editing them from any platform where you install Evernote - this can be Android, iOS and even Windows Phone. The corresponding program is also available on the PC. The creators also offer to use their website, in which case you only need a browser, and this opens up the possibility of creating notes even on outdated platforms.
All notes can be divided into separate notebooks, which act as folders here. Evernote is free to download and use. However, every month the creators provide you with a strictly limited space on their servers. If you want to create notes with many photos, you will have to sign up for a paid subscription annually. And it is very expensive!
Advantages:
- The interface has been translated into Russian;
- Distributed free of charge;
- View your notes on different devices;
- Offline viewing of recordings (paid subscription required).
Flaws:
- Not the richest text design options;
- Notes with photos will require a paid subscription.
Degree of usefulness: depends on lifestyle
KMPlayer
Price: Free
Each smartphone has a standard player created by the device manufacturer. But most often its capabilities are not enough. In this case, irreplaceable video players come to the rescue. For example, you can download and install KMPlayer as it. It is capable of playing video content of any format - even .flv, which many other video players do not recognize, will not be a hindrance.
The application can provide a background playback function. This allows you to read some magazine saved in .pdf format, from time to time being distracted by events in a series or movie. Previously, this could only be achieved by using several gadgets - for example, a tablet and a TV.
You can also consider installing other video players. In particular, they perform well MX Player And BSPlayer. Ours, which contains a corresponding comparison, will help you make your choice.
Advantages:
- The interface has been translated into Russian;
- Distributed free of charge;
- Background playback;
- No problems with AC3 audio codec;
- Ability to create playlists.
Flaws:
- Problems with playback on some devices.
Degree of usefulness: required for installation
ES Explorer
Don't listen to those people who say that a modern smartphone or tablet can do without a file manager. No, someday you will definitely need such a utility. And it will be better if it is already in the device’s memory. Now there are a large number of file managers, we even wrote about the best of them. Theoretically, you can install any of these utilities. But if you are going to use it often, then it is better to pay attention to ES Explorer.
This program was developed by ES Global and is regularly improved. Now it includes very rich functionality. The creators even introduced support for themes! The utility allows you to instantly go to the “Downloads”, “Videos”, “Music” or “Pictures” folders. And in a separate tab there is the entire file system of the device - this should be of interest to experienced users. The application also boasts a built-in archiver, FTP client, support for cloud storage and some other useful functions.
Advantages:
- Working with cloud storage and FTP protocol;
- The interface has been translated into Russian;
- Theme support;
- Distributed free of charge;
- Detailed maps of most Russian settlements;
- Distributed free of charge;
- Russian-language interface;
- A large number of POI points;
- View panoramas;
- Support for the Yandex.Traffic service.
- Difficulties with offline use.
If you just bought a smartphone, you are unlikely to find anything other than Google Maps among the navigation applications. Of course, you can use them, but only in the largest Russian cities. In the outback, you may need Yandex.Maps. They have a large number of points of interest (cafes, restaurants, gas stations and other establishments), as well as the “Traffic Traffic” service.
Using this application you can easily get directions. You can also view panoramas here. Otherwise, this is a typical navigation program. One can only regret the lack of ability to download maps for subsequent offline navigation. More precisely, such a function is present here, but only for maps of the most popular Russian cities. By the way, in a separate material you can meet others.
Advantages:
Flaws:
Degree of usefulness: required for installation
What are the most needed applications for Android?
Perhaps, we have mentioned almost all the most necessary applications. But we deliberately forgot about instant messengers. The fact is that every owner of an Android device gives preference to his own messenger, and therefore we do not undertake to recommend a specific one.
We recommend that immediately after purchasing a smartphone, install such necessary programs for Android as Yandex maps, ES Explorer And KMPlayer. The extent to which you need to download the remaining applications discussed today depends on how you use your smartphone and its specific model.
One of the main distinguishing characteristics of the Android system is that it supports third-party software. Thus, if you wish, you can replace absolutely everything in your smartphone and make it ideal for yourself. This article will talk about applications that will make using your device convenient and practical. All programs from the list are created both for decoration and to expand functionality.
From the article you will learn
Categories of programs under consideration
Please note that we only list a few applications from a specific category. In fact, in each area you can find more than a hundred software, each of which will have some unique solutions and design thoughts. Therefore, there is no need to dwell on our list, we will give an impetus to creativity, and you decide for yourself which program to install and which not.
There are a lot of categories that can be distinguished; for each user they all represent different values. Some people often use a calculator and are not averse to installing an engineering view, while others work more with photographs and want a multifunctional photo editor.
The article will present the main categories that are used to a small or greater extent by all people who have an Android device.
This list includes:
- Start screens – launchers;
- Calculators;
- Notepads and other means of reference communication;
- Other additions to make life easier.
We’ll also touch on some utilities for root devices. They are no less functional. Root is hacking into a system and gaining access to its entire file system. Through root you can do virtually anything you want. Getting a root on your device is not easy, so it is not recommended for beginners to try it. The fact is that such actions can turn a smartphone into a brick! It's very risky, but sometimes it's worth it.
For example, using programs that require so-called “superuser rights”, you can change the assignment of physical and touch buttons (home, volume, back, and so on). So, by long pressing the “home” button, you can launch some application, use the volume swing to switch, turn on and pause music and videos. Through root, you can overclock the device, or vice versa, reduce consumption, saving significant resources. These are just the basics for rooted smartphones.
The launcher is the start screen, that is, the phone’s desktop. It opens the first time you launch it after unlocking. All main actions begin with the launcher, so its convenience and functionality are paramount.
Most custom launchers are limited in functionality and are made only for opening applications. This is a big mistake, since on the start pages you can perform unimaginable actions that not only improve the capabilities and speed of use, but also give it a pleasant appearance. To combat this dullness, you can download another launcher. All of them are available for free on the Play Market, just find them through the search.
Nova Launcher
Peculiarities:
- Unique page transition animations and application manager opening;
- A pattern to open something;
- Folders open full screen, not partially;
- Exclusive theme market support.
Evie Launcher
A minimalistic but very nice launcher for lovers of simple and beautiful things. This launcher consumes the least resources compared to others, as it has limited functionality and simple animations.
The creators approached their development wisely, introducing the most necessary features into such a small size. Some people will like the special style of the launcher.
Calculators are used by everyone everywhere, from the simplest tasks of counting purchases in a supermarket to the calculation of algorithms. Alas, standard calculators are not particularly impressive, so they are replaced by new, more advanced and sophisticated calculators! We will indicate only a few worthwhile programs, and it’s up to you to search and choose your favorite!
Stylish calculator CALCU
This application cannot boast of cutting-edge calculations, solving graphs and other equations, but it is strong in another way - in its aesthetic form. Using such a calculator, you enjoy the process due to constant smooth animations, crashes, colors, and so on. It will be good for lovers of beauty in a smartphone and those who do not need solutions to academic questions in mathematics. You can download it.
MyScript Calculator
A very unusual but sometimes useful application for calculating equations by drawing them. To draw up a solution, you do not need to type the problem itself on the keyboard for a long time, but only draw it on the desktop. Very convenient as an alternative to constantly and inconveniently entering large calculations.
Photomath – camera calculator
Already from the name you can understand that in this application we will solve mathematical problems using the gadget’s camera. It's essentially the same as MyScript, but the input is automatic after taking a photo of the equation.
System explorers are engaged in reading all files located in the system root and on the memory card. Through Explorer you can delete junk files, view your downloads, install something via .apk, and so on. For an advanced user, the explorer is very important.
In principle, the standard explorer is not so bad, it is simple, fast and can do the simple tasks that are needed. But, having installed a third-party explorer, you quickly get used to their sometimes very convenient and necessary capabilities.
ES Explorer
A lot can be said about this conductor. This is by far the most popular and functional conductor. But not everything is as bright as it seems.
At the last moment, the developers began to actively introduce advertising into it and added anonymous statistics sent to the servers. In general, you shouldn’t download it from the Market, it will only make things worse. If you are ready to look for the old version or the version with the garbage cut out, then this explorer will become familiar to you.
What does it contain?
- Firstly, it's convenience. Any folder and menu can be added to quick access;
- There is a powerful filter and search;
- Built-in archiver;
- Hiding unnecessary files;
- Imposing a graphic key or password on a document;
- View files hidden by the system and no_media;
- An event log is maintained that lists all recent actions in folders;
- Automatic removal of .apk, search for installation files;
- Cloud storage, albeit limited.
RAR
A simple archiver. Unfortunately, the standard system does not support archives, so people who at least occasionally encounter them will desperately need a program to unzip rar, zip, and so on. Like no one else copes with this. In it you can set any unzipping path, create an archive and view it. It has almost everything you need to work with archives. There is also a explorer, but it is made solely for searching archives.
Explorer (File Manager)
A simple conductor, but not as much as a standard one. It has all the necessary functions and a couple of special ones. Supports cloud storage and has a built-in music and video player. A laconic explorer for easy file search, quick deletion and sorting. Available in .
MK Explorer
Other useful programs
Ftp server
A simple program for creating a connection between a computer and a smartphone via Wi-Fi. You no longer need wires and unnecessary programs, just download the application to your smartphone and access the gadget’s file system on any computer via Wi-Fi in a matter of seconds.
ProximityScreen
An extremely controversial, but for some, a very convenient utility that works with a proximity sensor and accelerometer. After setting up the program, it will automatically lock the screen when the smartphone is placed in a pocket or placed face down on any surface. The application is also capable of unlocking the screen when it is picked up. Everything is implemented quite comfortably, so there should be no problems with the sensors. You can download it to your device.
When choosing programs for your Android device, many, especially beginners, get lost in the choice. Below is a list of applications that can be used on similar devices. Naturally, everyone has their own view on the set of applications.
Office, Calculators, Converters
Office Suite Pro- viewer for DOC, DOCX, TXT, XLS, XLSX, CSV, PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX and PDF files and attachments.
Smart Office+- office suite for Android, a very good application: user-friendly interface, multilingual. View and edit Microsoft Word, PowerPoint and Excel of all versions: 97, 2000, XP, 2003, 2007, 2010. View PDF, view images in JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, WMF, EMF formats.
ezPDF Reader- convenient and functional reading of PDF files with an excellent interface. You can add bookmarks, highlight text and copy it to the clipboard. The language is English, but easy to learn.
Notepad+- notepad with auto-detection of encoding.
RealCalc Scientific Calculator- one of the best calculators for Android, not too fancy, but functional.
Scan2PDF Mobile- the program allows you to convert a photo to a PDF file (for example, you took a photo of a document and converted it to PDF). The result may not always be excellent, but you can read it.
QR Droid Private- an application with the ability to create QR codes, as well as scanning QR codes with a camera and then going to the browser.
Finance, electronic clients
QIWI Client- convenient, simple and fast for a mobile wallet if there are terminals around the city. Interest-free account replenishment, mobile payments, and much more can be done with. If you have a wallet on the QIWI website, a QIWI Viza Virtual card is issued in 5 minutes, then you need to link it to Google Checkout and you can make purchases in almost all online stores.
PayPal- PayPal client allows you to make purchases in different countries of the world. You can view recent transactions in your PayPal account, including money requests sent from your device.
WebMoney Keeper Mobile - a client for a mobile wallet, a universal tool for making payments on the Internet.
Planners, Alarms, Notes
Birthdays- widget for birthdays and reminders. A small transparent widget displays a photo of a contact from the phone book. Has a number of settings for date reminders, playing melodies, etc.
Go shopping - The application allows you to create a list of necessary purchases indicating weight and quantity. You can cross out what you purchased. Convenient for going to large supermarkets.
Control optimization
Root Explorer - root user rights are required. Allows you to view system partitions, hidden folders and files, edit them, copy, move, etc.
A few more similar applications:
ASTRO File Manager does not require Root rights
EStrongs File Explorer is a complete alternative to Root Explorer if you have Root rights, the manager is free.
Total Commander - a well-known file manager for PC and now on Android.
SPB Shell 3D- in the recent past, a paid desktop and Yandex.Shell, currently free. A beautiful desktop with 3D graphics and a luxurious set of full-screen widgets.
Go Launcher EX- a fast desktop launcher with a lot of settings.
Apex Launcher Powerful - fast new launcher for ICS, the undisputed leader with many settings. Root rights are required to select widgets from the application menu.
CircleLauncher- a small widget that allows you to group applications and contacts, very convenient on a small screen.
Dock4Droid- a pop-up dock bar with icons of applications added to it and the most recently opened ones. The application works on the RocketDock principle.
SystemPanel- task manager/task killer. The application monitors a high-consuming resource for its destruction, provides data, graphs and information about loading, battery consumption, shared memory, network traffic (currently). One of the best applications of this kind, but it itself consumes a lot. It is recommended to use it to detect "guzzling" applications with high battery consumption.
System applications
GreenPower- a fully automatic application for saving battery life, after configuration it works and saves battery consumption in the background, turning off mobile data transfer if it is not needed.
Autostarts(root user rights are required) - the application allows you to remove unnecessary applications and widgets from autostart when the system starts, which can always be launched from the desktop. This way, resource savings are achieved at startup and their complete absence in background processes.
Titanium Backup(root user rights required) - the application allows you to backup applications and user data (sms/mss/contacts).
LuckyPatcher by ChelpuS(root user rights required) is a patcher for most programs and games.
AnTuTu Benchmark- ability to test memory, processor, 3D graphics performance, SD card read/write speed.
SCleaner- an application for cleaning the device from garbage, has programmable settings for monitoring and cleaning processes, creating backup copies of deleted data, etc.
ShootMe(root user rights are required) - the program allows you to take screenshots by shaking the phone, the pictures are saved to /sdcard/ShootMe.
Internet, communication
In Contact Amberfog- client for VKontakte.
Jasmine I.M.- short message client, supports ICQ, Mail.ru, Jabber, VK, Ya.Online, QIP, GTalk. The latest versions have the ability to transfer data, a rich selection of settings, themes, including transparent ones, and the widget now supports them.
Palringo Group Messenger Multi-protocol IM client. Facebook Chat, windows Live Messenger, aol, yahoo messenger, gtalk, icq, jabber, iChat, gadu-gadu. The most interesting thing, of course, is voice and photo messages; you can create groups based on interests or communicate in existing ones.
2.0. - the new official application Odnoklassniki 2.0 allows you to constantly stay connected to the social network of the same name.
Internet, communication
Kaiten Mail - email client, supports IMAP Push, POP3, Exchange 2003/2007 (with WebDAV), and also supports multi-user folder synchronization, search, custom notifications and much more.
K-9 Mail- one of the few POP and IMAP email clients for Android.
w3bsit3-dns.com- an unofficial client for viewing the website 4pda.ru. Viewing topics, reading and sending personal messages (PM), QMS, catalog of applications and games, always at hand.
3G Watchdog- the application allows you to track traffic consumption, has a small transparent widget on your desktop. The program not only monitors traffic consumption, but also sets up a cycle with the volume of your tariff plan with notification of its excess.
SwiFTP - FTP server with the ability to receive and transmit data via Wi-Fi. Works great in conjunction with Totall Commander on PC.
AirDroid - control the device from your computer's web browser using Wi-Fi.
Server for storing data on the network. For SGS3 users, the amount of free space has been increased to 50 gigabytes.
Yandex Disk- cloud service with 20 GB.
HD Widgets- clock and weather widget, customizable colors, transparency, has a large number of widgets displayed on the screen, both clock and weather separately, and together.
Multimedia
DicePlayer- player with hardware acceleration for 720p video. Supports formats: AVI,MOV,MKV,FLV,AVI,3GP,3G2,ASF,WMV,MP4,M4V,TP,TS,MTP,M2T.
Supports video codecs: HW: MPEG-4,H.264,H.263
SW: MPEG-4,H.264,RMVB,XVID,MS MPEG-4,VP6,H.263,MPEG-1,MPEG-2
Supports audio codecs: DTS,AC3,AAC,Vorbis,FLAC,MP3,MP2,WMA
Supports subtitles: SSA,SMI,SRT
Poweramp - audio player with a huge number of possibilities, plays MP3, MP4/M4A (including loseless ALAC), FLAC, OGG, WAV, TTA, WMA, APE/WV. Optimized 10-band graphic equalizer for all supported formats, separate tone control, equalizer presets, ability to edit and add presets, assignment for songs/audio outputs. Supports skins, automatically downloads covers for songs, tag viewer and editor, supports .cue files, reads flac images, etc.
Shazam- the application determines the composition and artist. To determine the melody, you need to bring the phone to the speaker and after 15 seconds you will know what the composition is and who the artist is.
TuneIn Radio- Internet radio with recording function.
QuickPic- fast and easy image viewer with multi-touch. Can be used instead of the standard gallery.
Camera360- camera with many effects. It has a lot of effects applied to the frame after shooting, and the ability to save both the original and processed frame.
HDR Camera+- a good camera for shooting static elements such as backgrounds, landscapes, macro photography. To achieve the HDR effect, the application creates three images with different exposures and combines them into one, preserving detail in the dark and light areas of the photo. After shooting, you can choose the saturation of the frame.
Zedge Ringtones & Wallpapers - a program for viewing, downloading and installing high quality wallpapers and ringtones. More than 380,000 ringtones, about 6,000 wallpapers.
Navigation (GPS)
2GIS / 2GIS Mobile: 2GIS - free electronic organization with a city map.
More than 11,110,000 PC users in 140 cities in Russia and Ukraine regularly use 2GIS to find the necessary information. Convenient application: you can search, you can get directions. The application will also be convenient for walking searches around the city. By specifying your destination, you receive detailed information on the map indicating travel by public transport and route numbers.
Navitel- navigator for Android presents a navigation program with offline maps, routing and traffic jam support. The program is paid.
PROTOWN- GPS/GLONASS navigation with current maps of Russia.
Phone, SMS
Handcent SMS- a utility for SMS with a large selection of various appearance settings.
GO SMS Pro - Convenient SMS communication. The program is designed in iPhone style.
cluBalance- widget for monitoring funds on an account with detailed statistics. Does not support Beeline and Tele2.
Programs for reading books
Cool Reader - a ported version of the famous program for reading e-books Cool reader.
Supports formats: .fb2, .fb2.zip, .txt, .rtf, .doc, .epub, .chm, .pdb, .prc, .mobi.
Moon+ Reader- support for fb2.zip, TXT, HTML, Epub, UMD and chm files.
FBReader- program for reading electronic books, supports formats: epub, fb2, fb2.zip, rtf, html, mobi, txt. It also supports working directly with .zip archives.
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Every owner of an Android tablet mostly uses it for the same purposes. This is watching movies, reading news, surfing the Internet and so on. So I decided to collect all the so-called “must-have” applications that everyone needs into one post. For beginners, I think it will be useful to familiarize themselves with the list above so as not to search for the necessary applications and choose the best by trial and error. I’ll say right away that we won’t talk about games, we’ll talk about them some other time :)
I will try to look at things as objectively as possible and choose an application not only because I like it, but because most users like it. And if you don’t like the proposed program, pay attention to the alternative option. After describing the main application, I indicate its competitor, perhaps you will like it :)
I can’t imagine a tablet without Office. Whether you need to cheat on an exam or show important documents to a colleague, the program will help. She can show and edit files
text formats: DOC, DOCX, RTF, TXT
table formats: XLS, XLSX, CSV
presentation formats: PPT, PPTX, PPS, PPSX
and also: PDF, EML
In addition, OfficeSuitePro 6+ can open zip archives thanks to the built-in file manager, allowing you to transfer the desired document directly from the application via Wi-Fi Direct, mail or print. Able to work with cloud services GoogleDrive and DropBox. A great bonus is the built-in pdf converter. And it’s also cool that the application interface is in Russian.
The program allows you to save and play your text, graphic and voice notes, and to-do/task lists on other devices. It might look something like this: you started writing an article on the road, and then came home, sat down at your computer, your Evernote account synchronized, and you can open and continue writing the article that you started writing on your tablet while you were driving home.
This way, Evernote won't let you forget anything. The program client is available on iOS, Windows, MacOS and many others. There is also an online version.
Personally, I never found a use for Evernote for myself. But many Android device owners really liked it. That's why I included it in the article.
I think I won’t be wrong if I assume that this situation happens to everyone: you found an interesting web page or video on the Internet, but you don’t have time to read/watch the material, because you have to go somewhere. And the maximum that you could do in this case was to re-visit the page you are interested in on your tablet on the road, spending not so little money for mobile Internet.
Now everything has become much simpler. You simply mark that you want to view this article or video in your browser, and it downloads to your tablet. Then, somewhere away from the Internet, you can enjoy the materials you need via Pocket. Moreover, without any advertising or unnecessary site elements such as a navigation menu. It’s possible even without illustrations, it’s all customizable.
Well, where would we be without a file manager? FileManager HD is specially designed for tablets and supports all the functions necessary for such software: copy/paste, packing/unpacking archives, searching and transferring files, working with DropBox and GoogleDrive services, there is support for Root rights. It can also play streaming video from the network, has a built-in text editor, swf player, and gallery.
In my opinion, the best alternative desktop for Android. And many will agree with me. It comes by default with some custom firmware, and I liked it so much that now I always install it on any firmware.
There may be a lot, it’s impossible to count everything. If you are tired of the standard “bare” Android 4.X (and it does not work on Android 2.X and 3.X), just try Apex Launcher or its alternative, they are similar in many ways.
Awesome video player with hardware decoding. Can play all the most popular video formats, including subtitles. Adapted for multi-core devices. Convenient control of brightness, volume, rewind and zoom with gestures during video playback. Average rating of MX Player by users in the GooglePlay store: 4.7 out of 5.
alternative: MoboPlayer, VLC
