Some simple but useful G1/Android addons
I’ve had my HTC G1 for a year now, and I rather like it. Because I’m slightly egotistical and like to think you give a damn about my opinions, I’ve compiled a short list of the various addons I’ve downloaded from the Android Market! Keep reading!
AnyCut
Allows you to make a shortcut to pretty much any function or application, and doesn’t limit you to the G1′s idea of a what a shortcut is.
Google Sky Map
Can an addon be romantic? Really? This one gets close: you can sit outside under the starry night with your loved one (or even your slightly-annoying-but-largely-fine-if-you-ply-them-with-alcohol one), point your G1 to the stars and identify the constellations and that jazz. After that, it’s sexytiem.
Ringdroid
Allows you to use any WAV or MP3 file as a ring tone, message tone, or alarm tone. Why the G1 doesn’t let you do this by default, I’ll never know.
Toggle Wifi
A simple addon that, with one touch, allows you to turn on/off the Wifi connectivity on your G1.
Toggle GPS
…can you guess what this does?
Seesmic
A great little Twitter client for the G1. I used to use Twidroid, but this just about pips it to the post.
Ultimate Stopwatch
I use this to make sure I don’t burn my pizza in the oven.
One to avoid:
wpToGo
An otherwise ok WordPress addon that allows you to post on your WordPress-powered blog(s) remotely. Buggy as hell, though – and for some reason you can’t write & save drafts (it’ll only save them locally). Also times out whilst loading the posts/comments.
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