I got a Samsung Intercept a few days ago and I've been playing with it, getting it all set up how I want. Thought I'd share what apps I've found useful, overall. These are all available on the Market, so they shouldn't be hard to find:
* Battery Status. Really handy and comes with a widget for your home screen to display the current battery level. There are a million battery apps out there but this is the one I liked the best.
* Barcode Scanner. This came pre-loaded. Not sure if it's a standard app but it's well worth grabbing if you don't have it already. Can read UPCs, ISBNs, QR codes, and more.
* Automatic Task Killer. Frees up RAM by killing apps that aren't in use. I was worried it would kill things I'm using but it's actually pretty smart about what it closes. I've not had to counteract it at all.
* ConnectBot. SSH client, if you have a need for such things (like I do.)
* DiskUsage. Treemap diagram of both internal and SD card usage. Very nice.
* eBuddy. The best multi-IM client I've seen for Android. Does anyone know of a better one? Must at least support: AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Google Talk, and Facebook IM (or XMPP instead of the latter two.)
* Google Goggles. Very nifty although I haven't had a chance to use it much yet. You can take pictures of just about anything and it will do a Google search to figure out what it is and provide information. Mostly useful for landmarks.
* Pandora. Streaming Internet radio!
* SEVEN Mail. I wound up using this because my work has a rather odd Outlook setup. The Exchange server is not accessible outside our network, but Outlook Web Access is available. SEVEN takes advantage of this and gives me access to my work email from my phone. (This one is actually beta and not available on the Market, but I'll provide links if anyone is interested in it.)
* SMS Popup. I really hate the default Messaging application. Hate hate hate. I tried a few alternatives and SMS Popup is the best. On my Palm Centro, I got used to text messages turning on the screen and displaying the message for a few seconds. Android doesn't do this by default. So, SMS Popup fills that niche. Even has a "Quick Reply" feature so you can shoot off a reply from the popup alert without ever going to the Messaging app. Very nice.
* Terminal Emulator. Gives you shell access to your Android phone. Very handy in combination with...
* z4root. One-click rooting (temporary or permanent, your choice) of your Android device. Enough said! I used this (in tandem with Terminal Emulator) to get rid of some of the Sprint bloatware that came with my phone and isn't removable by default.
What do you guys have? I know there are a few others here with Android phones.
* Battery Status. Really handy and comes with a widget for your home screen to display the current battery level. There are a million battery apps out there but this is the one I liked the best.
* Barcode Scanner. This came pre-loaded. Not sure if it's a standard app but it's well worth grabbing if you don't have it already. Can read UPCs, ISBNs, QR codes, and more.
* Automatic Task Killer. Frees up RAM by killing apps that aren't in use. I was worried it would kill things I'm using but it's actually pretty smart about what it closes. I've not had to counteract it at all.
* ConnectBot. SSH client, if you have a need for such things (like I do.)
* DiskUsage. Treemap diagram of both internal and SD card usage. Very nice.
* eBuddy. The best multi-IM client I've seen for Android. Does anyone know of a better one? Must at least support: AIM, Yahoo, MSN, Google Talk, and Facebook IM (or XMPP instead of the latter two.)
* Google Goggles. Very nifty although I haven't had a chance to use it much yet. You can take pictures of just about anything and it will do a Google search to figure out what it is and provide information. Mostly useful for landmarks.
* Pandora. Streaming Internet radio!
* SEVEN Mail. I wound up using this because my work has a rather odd Outlook setup. The Exchange server is not accessible outside our network, but Outlook Web Access is available. SEVEN takes advantage of this and gives me access to my work email from my phone. (This one is actually beta and not available on the Market, but I'll provide links if anyone is interested in it.)
* SMS Popup. I really hate the default Messaging application. Hate hate hate. I tried a few alternatives and SMS Popup is the best. On my Palm Centro, I got used to text messages turning on the screen and displaying the message for a few seconds. Android doesn't do this by default. So, SMS Popup fills that niche. Even has a "Quick Reply" feature so you can shoot off a reply from the popup alert without ever going to the Messaging app. Very nice.
* Terminal Emulator. Gives you shell access to your Android phone. Very handy in combination with...
* z4root. One-click rooting (temporary or permanent, your choice) of your Android device. Enough said! I used this (in tandem with Terminal Emulator) to get rid of some of the Sprint bloatware that came with my phone and isn't removable by default.
What do you guys have? I know there are a few others here with Android phones.