My Useful Google Phone Apps

Ok, I’ve had the HTC Dream for a while now. And guess what? I still love it! Really, it only gets better the more things you find out it can do. For those who follow the world of open source probably heard about the release of Google Latitude. (More on what I think about this later!)

Between my grandpa and I we have come across some neat little programs. So what am I using right now?

NEW!

Google Maps +Latitude
The ultimate in any stalker’s arsenal! hehe. Don’t worry, your location isn’t given out at random, you invite your friends to join your network. Even there you have many privacy options. From letting certain friends see your exact GPS location to only showing others which city you’re currently in. You can turn it off whenever you like to prevent anyone from seeing where you are.

There’s also two methods for determining your location. Wifi/3G which is not as accurate, and GPS which is dead on.

3G Watchdog
I don’t have unlimited data plan, but 500MB is actually a lot when it comes to mobile phone data. However, with using programs such as Latitude I do want to keep an eye on how much bandwidth I’m using. This program tracks the uploaded and downloaded data (you can define what your quota is and when it refreshes). It also tells you useful information like how much bandwidth you will have used given your current rate when your quota ends.

NewsRob
Because a girl can never have too many RSS feeds to follow hehe. Seriously though it’s a nice light application that syncs with Google Reader so you don’t have to set up all your subscriptions again. You can star and share posts right from your phone!

Still Using!

Twidroid
Still using this awesome little app for tweeting. Reminds me a lot of DestroyTwitter which I use and love on my PC. It’s got the ability to change how often it checks for new updates which saves battery life. You can check replies in a seperate window, direct message… really it’s just a sweet little program.

Meebo
If you’re addicted to IM like I am you probably have all sorts of different programs to keep in touch with everyone. And I needed something on my phone too! Meebo handles gTalk, Facebook, AIM, ICQ, Myspace, and MSN (and probably a few others I can’t think of atm). Personally I run my gTalk as its own because it came preinstalled on my phone (although we’ll see how long that lasts). But I have my MSN and Facebook set up here which I think is super handy.

PixelPipe
This is another one of those great programs that can update multiple things at once. If you follow me on twitter you’ll see that the pictures of the ubuntu install that I did were also Tweeted. You can use routing tags similiar to Twitter like @twitter or @blog to tell pixelpipe which service you want to upload your media too. That’s right I said media! While I haven’t used it yet you can also upload videos and (I’m pretty sure) sound depending on whether your target destination supports it.

What I’m Still Looking For

I really need a good To-Do list client. I’ve tried using Astrid but it had way too many bells and whistles. Something I can put up my To Do list and cross them off as I go would be perfect, anyone know? (Or am I just fail at using Astrid and it really would do all that?)