Getting the Most Out of Your Android Device pt II

Now that we’ve wet your whistle with a few useful Android apps, what’s next?  More of course!  There’s always room for more.  Lets launch into some more really useful applications to have for Android.

Handycalc

Handycalc is an advanced calculator tool for Android.  There’s a bit of a learning curve, but after you master the system you’ll be glad you did.  Handycalc supports advanced features such as:

  • Graphing
  • Finding roots of an equation
  • An intuitive entry method
  • Support for advanced math (trigonometric functions and more)

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Astro File Manager

An essential for any computing device is a file manager.  Whether you want to poke around in your phone’s internals or you want to do general file management in your Android device, Astro provides a solution. Featuring a slick interface and a comprehensive set of file management tools, Astro is one of the more complete file management solutions for Android.  It is definitely one of the first applications I download when I have a clean Android installation to work with.

Astro at work

For a listing of the Astro’s full feature set, check out the Astro Quick Start Guide provided on their page.

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DropboxDropbox

Oh Dropbox.  This might be my favorite Android application.  I get a lot of mileage out of this, since I already use Dropbox on both my macs and my Linux install.  Dropbox allows you to sync folders between all your computers and phones.  Here’s the introduction video to get you acquainted with Dropbox.

Doesn’t that sounds supremely useful? Believe me; it is. Stay tuned to Droidweb.com for some cool things you can do with Dropbox.

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Other apps

We’ve covered quite a few applications over the past year and a half here at Droidweb.com (Just check out Application Reviews tab).  Here are some other notable apps we’ve come along and have reviewed before: