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I recently caved to the smartphone rage with my purchase of a Samsung Galaxy S from T-Mobile. My old cellular phone was over five years old so it's really like getting into overdrive by getting one of these smartphones. It didn't take me long to start loading on Android apps (most of which are available for free) which are quite useful. There are literally tens of thousands of applications (apps) which have been written for the Google Android platform for more and that means you could spend many time finding apps. I'm finding more continuously!

Here's a list of some of my favorite (free) Android apps (in no particular order):

Blue Mobile - Provides up to the minute stock prices, foreign exchange rates, silver, gold, crude oil etc. along with world currency markets exchanges and even more! This is a cool little app. Update: This app continues to be updated which is now simply called 'Blue'. Still have great features and is free.

Google Maps - This free app has got the features of a normal Google Maps that individuals access online but also has a navigation feature. Using the built-in GPS feature in your smartphone it may display your current position then show you to a location which you choose. If you want directions with a particular location into the spotlight, it is possible to touch the screen and get voice navigation fot it location! Very cool. The program is still in beta (test mode) however it seems to work practically. The voice is a little mechanical though! Google Sky Map - You turn this free app on and hold your phone around the sky and yes it displays a roadmap of heaven showing the location of various planets, stars and galaxies! You can also search for a particular object by name or by searching in a few of the preloaded images of planets and galaxies that accompany the app. Alot of fun! gStrings - For the musicians available. This app turns your smartphone right into a guitar tuner or instrument tuner. The app automatically detects the remember that is being played and displays a meter showing how sharp or flat the pitch is. It also displays the particular frequency in the note being played (with accuracy right down to the tenth of an hertz). Also has advanced settings for mic sensitivity, orchestra tunings etc. Very useful app for your musician. Update: I've experimented a bit more with this and located that it can tune individual strings or notes and also function in a general mode where it listens for your pitch. This is an incredible free app! Now I have my guitar tuner irrespective of where I am! Evernote - This free app is extremely useful for business purposes as it allows files to uploaded to some web server for storage. It will enable you to make text notes and audio notes and upload them with a webserver for storage. It will also let you take photos (taken along with your smartphone built-in camera) and upload these phones. Here's one of the benefits, if you photograph a document with text and upload it, this system automatically scans the text to make it searchable! For example, should you upload a picture of an document you are able to later hunt for key words because document. You can also add tags to uploaded files to ensure they are easier to search later. CardioTrainer - I use this app both for keeping a record of my cardio workouts and for motivation. The free version is perhaps all I'm using now plus it's great. It uses a Google map and displays your route which you've covered, speed, distance traveled, calories burned as well as a chart showing the varying speed of your respective walk/run. Update: This free app also features a nice chart graph that displays the speed of the walk/run in your workout which makes it useful to find out how your interval training is progressing. Absolutely love it. Kindle - Download and study books on your smartphone. Nice if stuck within an airport or if you don't seem like dragging plenty of books around. Reuters News Pro - Great news source for those types of news, especially world events, business/economy, market indices, commodities, science/technology, health, sports, internet/entertainment news. Easy to glide and scroll through categories. The arrangement allows instant access to many news stories. Very handy indeed! Newsy - Video news stories from around the world arranged in a very gliding window format that allows you to swype to the next video story. This news service does not have as much voluminous content as others but I've gotten some video news stories here that I haven't seen elsewhere and in certain cases I've learned about news before it hits elsewhere. Weatherbug - Very nice weather app. I tried out your free version which is good enough for most people. I paid the 2 bucks for that paid app plus it's great also. GasBuddy - Find cheap gas towards you. This uses the GPS feature in the phone tell you gas stations near your current location and shows prices too. EasyMoney - Budgeting and bill reminder. The bill reminder element of this app alone is extremely good! Update: The app is provided for free for 30 days but then you have to buy to hold using.

Alarms & Clocks - This came preloaded on the phone and it is an awesome app. It has an noisy alarms, world clock, stopwatch and timer in one app! Very useful! Let me determine what great Android apps you're using in the 'Comments' section below!