There are tens of thousands of great apps, and a whole world of them to discover. To give you a head start, here are five favorites—and they’re all free. You can find them all in the Android Market:
Pandora Radio. Create your own personalized radio station of your favorite kinds of music, and listen to it on your Droid X.
Google Goggles. This may well be the most amazing app you’ll ever see. Run Google Goggles, and then point it at an object, a sign, a piece of artwork, a logo, the label on a bottle of wine, and so on. It will identify what you’re looking at (or translate the sign if it’s in a foreign language), and provide more information about it. Point it at a menu in a foreign country to translate the menu, identify landmarks…there’s a lot more here as well. It doesn’t always work, but when it does, it’s mind boggling.
Barcode Scanner. You saw this one back on Downloading and Using a Bar Code Scanner. Scan a bar code and get detailed information about the product, including reviews and places near you to buy it.
Google Skymap. Point your phone at the night sky and move it to scan an area. Using GPS and data from the Google Sky apps, Google Skymap shows you real-time information about the objects it sees, including planets, stars, and constellations.
Tricorder. If you’re a Trekkie, you may remember the tricorders on TOS—handheld devices with sensor scanners that recorded data and performed data analysis. (And if you’re really a Trekkie, you know what “TOS” stands for.) The Android version doesn’t quite do all that, but it does do remarkable things such as measuring and displaying sound and showing information about GPS satellites.
