2 min read early.computer

Android app ratings [2008]

Android Apps so far out of ten.

[ten being really quite impressive to a non-Android-developer ]

  1. Alarm Clock [6/10] - meh
  2. Amazed - rollaroundtype game [7/10]
  3. Barcode Scanner [10/10] - way cool. (If you work in Tescos.)
  4. Browser [8/10] - better than iPhone (ouch) but could be better
  5. Bubble [8/10] - a spirit level! in my phone! Cool! (& yes - the iPhone one is much, much cooler)
  6. Calculator [5/10] - so 1980's
  7. Camera [4/10] - working on the universally safe assumption that it's a phone so the camera sucks.
  8. Cardio Training [7/10] - marks for effort (theirs not mine - I haven't tried it)
  9. Chess [6/10]
  10. Chess-lite [7/10] - mild improvement
  11. Compass [9/10] a compass!
  12. Contacts [6/10] - it's so impossible not to compare with Apple... this can be better
  13. Dialer [6/10] - it's so impossible not to compare with Apple... this can be better
  14. Email [7/10] - it's so impossible not to compare with Blackberry... this can be better
  15. FatCalc [0/10] - useless and annoying. Apparently I am fat.
  16. Facebook [8/10] - better than Blackberry
  17. FlashLight [8/10] - tin says flashlight
  18. Free Dictionary [7/10] is a dictionary that's free (not pretty)
  19. GoogleMail [ 8/10] - understandably good - but several niggles
  20. IM [5/10] - this is just evil-a-phone
  21. Mah Jongg [8/10]
  22. Maps [8/10] - damn fast way to spend muchos muchos roaming dollar
  23. MarketPlace [7/10] - adequate, long-winded way to get Apps
  24. Messaging [5/10] - at the moment I prefered my old Nokia for this
  25. Music [7/10] - not an iPhone (again)
  26. PapJump [8/10] - pap clearly, but annoyingly compelling
  27. Pictures [5/10] - meh+slow
  28. Power Manager [9/10] - why isn't this part of the original build?
  29. Quickpedia [5/10] - aka url redirect
  30. RingDroid [6/10] - is it good that I have no idea?
  31. SaveMMS [7/10] - assuming it saves my MMS
  32. Settings [8/10] - quite happy about the way you manage your settings; easily beats Nokia or Motorola
  33. Shazam [10/10] - damn cool 'name that tune' app. Show off
  34. SkyMaps [8/10] - because you need to show people something dumb but cool
  35. StopWatch [3/10] - quite close to the minimalism of the 1930's original except without style.
  36. The Weather Channel [10/10] - this is rocking. TV weather reports to your phone. V.cool
  37. Thesaurus [7/10]
  38. Twidroid [8/10] - more than enough for me
  39. YouTube [9/10] - fantastic quality. Well, resolution quality, jury's out on the content...