Android
Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830
Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 WiFi GT-P3110
Samsung GT-P3110
The headphone jack must be 'forced' a bit in order to click in place.
The tablet ships with nothing more than a charger and a USB cord.
The base Samsung warranty is 2 years.
Tips and tricks
Phone information: dial *#*#4636#*#* (*#*#INFO#*#*)
Phone: Disable GSM: use Flight mode, you can turn on/off wireless and/or bluetooth separately
Apps
Aldiko Book Reader
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.aldiko.android&hl=en
e-book and PDF reader
2.1.0
- PDFs are rendered in full dimensions, you must zoom and drag the page around.
AndExplorer
https://market.android.com/details?id=lysesoft.andexplorer
Basic file explorer.
1.9
AndFTP
https://market.android.com/details?id=lysesoft.andftp
FTP, SCP, SFTP, FTPS client
2.9.9.2
- No SCP in the free version (full version: AndFTPPro)
- Toggle local/remote side
- As simple as expected
andLess
https://market.android.com/details?id=net.avs234
For playing lossless audio formats.
1.3.0
- I needed it for FLAC
- In theory, it should 'remember' audio files but it doesn't always do
androidVNC
http://code.google.com/p/android-vnc-viewer/
0.5.0
- Works as expected
- Clever zoom and input handling
- Can slow down sometimes
AnyConnect (Samsung AnyConnect)
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cisco.anyconnect.vpn.android.samsung
Cisco AnyConnect VPN client
- Didn't use
Battery Widget
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.geekyouup.android.widgets.battery
1.6.11
Shows battery level...
Camera ICS
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.moblynx.cameraics&hl=en
A rework of the original Android ICS app
- Adware (Pro version is Camera ICS+)
- Silent mode option!
- Bigger shutter button
- Software zoom
CoinFlip
https://market.android.com/details?id=mhopkins.CoinFlip
Coin flipping with a quarter dollar for hard decisions, nothing more really.
1.0
- Quite rough animation
ConnectBot
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.connectbot
SSH, Telnet client and local shell.
1.7.1
- You can specify a command to run immediately after login, and the Enter is optional.
- To export keys, use the copy option and paste the content either on the server itself or to a file.
- The on-screen keys (Esc, Ctrl, Keyboard) are not always sensing the touch.
- Scrollback and resize are working nicely.
- No tab/arrows with touchscreens.
- Pretty much the only client for Android
Digital Clock Widget
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.maize.digitalClock
1.1.35
Nothing special
Digitally Imported Radio
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.audioaddict.di
Official di.fm online radio client.
- It uses a lot of CPU.
- rad.io contains every di.fm stream anyway.
- sometimes the stream stops playing after a while
- some of the offered channels tend to 'disappear' (unavailable)
- Uninstalled
Fing - Network Tools
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.overlook.android.fing
All-purpose network tool
1.30
- Commonly used network tools in one package
- Pleasant look, nice design
- Wireless network detection and management
- Nice scan capabilitites but limited navigation/few menus
- App name sounds funny in Hungarian ("fart")
- Huge package (1MB)
Google Reader
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.reader
News reader
- By Google Inc
- Big: 3.3MB
- Easy to the eye due to adjustable letter size
- Very simple to use
- Search
- Read items are stored offline
IBM Power Systems
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.velti.android.ibm_stg_ps
IBM Power Systems server class information
- Marketing oriented
- Author: Velti SA, app endorsed by IBM
- Quite large package and slow app
IMDb
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imdb.mobile
Official IMDb client
2.6.0
- I don't use it much
imgur for Android
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.imgurforandroid
imgur.com image sharing client
4.0.2
- Unofficial (the imgur API is open)
- Great for one-tap anonymous image sharing
- Good clipboard feature
Könyvkatalógus
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tinyappworks.mek&hl=en
OSZK MEK (Magyar Elektronikus Könyvtár) online library client
1.6.7
Locus Free
Navigation
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=menion.android.locus
2.4.0
- Navigation
- can download maps
LUKS Manager
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.nemesis2.luksmanager
LUKS encryption tool
- Requires root
- Couldn't test it yet, as my phone is not rooted.
MX Player +MX Player Codec ARMv6 VFP
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
Multi-format video player
- Small: ~500kB
- Honors hidden folders
- Subtitle support
- Requires the CPU specific MX Video Player Codec app to be installed
- Ads; Pro is ad-free
Opera Mobile
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.opera.browser
Heavyweight mobile Web browser
- There is no Quit option, app must be terminated from the task manager. The Quit option must be enabled from prefs.
- It uses a lot of memory.
- The tab management is very smart and easy to use.
- Instead of selecting the URL, it often brings up text selection.
- Sometimes it jumps to the top from anywhere in the page - not sure if it is a feature.
- No 'View source' option
- Most sites I visited until now are rendering correctly
- JS image overlay is broken/unusable
- For me, the overall speed (page loading/rendering) seems slower than the default browser on the Galaxy Ace
- Frequent updates (I regard this as a plus)
QR Droid
https://market.android.com/details?id=la.droid.qr
QR code scanner
- Ads in the free version
- Didn't use more than one or two times = no opinion
QuickPic
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder
Image and video viewer
2.2.4
- Small: 572kB
- Can hide folders
- Can protect hidden folders with password
- Plays animated GIFs
- Fine-grained rendering is slower than of the default Gallery app even with preload
- Multi-select and menu options are very clear
- Moving images triggers rescan/reindexing of the SD card when using thumbnails
- Very basic EXIF info
- 3-phase double tap zooming (fit in window, fit width, 1:1)
- New version
rad.io
https://market.android.com/details?id=de.radio.android
https://market.android.com/details?id=at.radio.android
Online radio client
- From radio.de/radio.at (same app)
- Search
- Favorites
- Uses very few CPU/RAM
- Most streams are German or Russian
- Includes di.fm and tilos.hu, among others
- Nice, simple player interface
- Notification bar
- On some channels, playing is interrupted for some reason (I didn't have time to look at the issue yet)
Random Mahjong
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shoecakedroid.RandomMahjong
1.1.1
Great free mahjong game
Nice rendering
Highscores
SMS Backup
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=tv.studer.smssync
Backs up SMS to your Google account
1.1.1
SystemPanel Lite
https://market.android.com/details?id=nextapp.systempanel
System monitor
- Even the Lite version contains a lot of information about the system including CPU, RAM, storage, battery and processes
- The full version has history diagrams and a lot of other useful features
- Detailed device info
Text Edit
https://market.android.com/details?id=org.paulmach.textedit
Simple text editor
- I needed it to create a .nomedia file ;)
Tilos Radio Online
https://market.android.com/details?id=pontezit.android.tilos.com
Tilos.hu online radio client
- Very basic
- Notification bar
- Option to call the studio via GSM
- Display of the actual show's name
- Optional low or high quality
- Much better than the aerial radio broadcast ;)
tTorrent Lite
https://market.android.com/details?id=hu.tagsoft.ttorrent.lite
Bittorrent client
- Big: 4.14MB
- It works, I didn't use it too much, just tried it out
- Hungarian developer
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.twitter.android
Official Twitter client
- Big: 2.94MB
- By Twitter Inc
- Didn't use yet
VPNC Widget
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.gmail.mjm4456.vpncwidget
Cisco VPN Client widget
- Requires root
- Didn't use
Wikipedia
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.wikipedia
Official Wikipedia client
1.1.1
Expand/collapse sections
Very simple and economic design
2X Client
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.tux.client&feature=search_result
RDP client
10.1.x
- Didn't use