15 Best Apps For Your Android Phone

One of the main reasons why smartphones from Samsung, Sony Ericsson and Motorola do great business is due to the presence of Android applications on them. Apple’s iOS can only be rivaled by the powerful Android operating system; whose presence is enhanced by the astonishing number of applications that are present in the Android market. Here are the 15 best Android apps that you must have on your own phone:

1. Launcher Pro – This is a more visually appealing launcher as compared to the default Android launcher. You can also work this in Landscape mode, which is not the default.
2. Advanced Task Killer: Lots of apps running in the background can eat up RAM and slow down your phone’s performance as well as reduce battery life. With Advanced Task Killer installed, you can find apps running unnecessarily in the background and close the ones you don’t need.
3. Astro File Manager; This is the best file manager on Android OS, you can easily open ZIP and RAR files without plugin. You can also back up and restore apps.
4. Swype: Swype is the best keyboard for any android phone user. You just have to run your hand over the letters of the word and the Swype algorithm does the rest.
5. Wavesecure – With Wavesecure, you can allay the fear of losing your expensive Android phone. It is the most trusted security app for your phone; Lock the phone and erase all data when there is a theft. It even helps you track the location where you lost your phone and allows you to backup your contacts and text messages.
6. Fring: Fring, the most reputable centralized instant messaging platform where you can chat with your friends and colleagues from Google Talk, Yahoo Messenger, MSN and other AIM in one place. You can also view the contact from your phone book along with the IM contact. In addition, you can also make video calls to other Fring users.
7. Opera Mini – You can benefit from high browsing speed, faster page loading, bookmark synchronization and easy page compression with the best mobile browser, Opera Mini.
8. Google Earth – This app needs no introduction, you can focus anywhere in the world, see fantastic aerial shots and 3D images of some of the world’s most interesting places.
9. CashBook: This helps you keep track of your spending on a weekly and monthly basis. One of the most underrated apps.
10. Rockplayer: A relatively new entrant to the Android Market, Rockplayer supports many video codecs, including DivX, Xvid, MKV, and RMVB. Now you can watch any of the videos because Rockplayer supports the most popular codecs.
11. Endomondo – As a popular sports tracker app, this one which is also present for Symbian also does a very good job on Android. In addition to walking, running, cycling, etc., it also supports snowboarding and skating. You can also track your workout online through this app.
12. Google Goggles: This is Google’s visual search, which makes use of your phone’s camera. Just take a photo of a product or text to get relevant search results.
13. Dial Zero: Dial Zero is an application that tracks the customer service number of more than 600 companies with detailed instructions to reach them.
14. Documents to Go – With this powerful app, you can view and edit pdf, .doc, xls and ppt documents on your own phone.
15. World News: World News gives you access to some of the best news sites in the world; You can also search for newspapers by country. There is also an RSS feature in this app.