I had used Blackberry 8830 World Edition for a couple of years and it had served me very well in terms of emails and voice calls; however, it was quite difficult to say it was a smartphone since the basic functionality, accessing web, was even often very limited and slow.  At the beginning of this year, I was lucky enough to get Motorola Droid from Verizon as a replacement phone and it opened up a whole new lifestyle for me and I have been in love with my Droid now.

Droid almost replaced my laptop and the following is a list of apps that I use the most.  You can download these apps from the Market.

I strongly recommend that you check out Droid-Life for any Android related information and tips.  It has been the best resource for me.  Thanks to Droid-Life!

• Exchange
  • Email (Built-in app, Android 2.2 Froyo) – Built-in Email support for Exchange should connect to most corporate accounts since Froyo now supports various security features required by corporates.  It will be interesting to see ActiveSync support from hotmail
  • TouchDown (Android 2.1 and below) – 30-day trial available
• Text Message (SMS)
  • Handcent SMS
• Web Browser
  • Android Browser – built-in browser has been the best for my use
• Media Player
  • RealPlayer
  • RockPlayer – plays AVI/DIVX media; however, does not support network share yet
• GPS
  • Trapster – provides warnings for traffic camera
• News (General)
  • BBC
  • USA Today
  • New York Times
  • NPR Podcasts – radio streaming
• News (Technical)
  • Droid Life – The BEST Android site ever
  • Engadget
• Shopping
  • Amazon
  • Ebay
• Games
  • AirControl
  • RobotDefense
• Misc
  • Barcode Scanner
  • ConvertPad
  • WallSwitch