10 Best android apps I have found so far.

A Smartphone can really help you become smart!You can trun it into walkmeter, heart rate monitor or a scanner! Here a list 10 best android apps I have found so far. 

Google sky map :  My kids have keen interest in astronomy. Google sky map is a wonderful app that allows us to browse the sky and locate current position of planets , stars and constellations.

Being able to view current position of Mars and Saturn along along the horizon is breathtaking!  

Showing my kids RA/Dec  grid time by time is real fun! They love to locate planets early morning and late night to feel the spinning of earth!

Though my kids are small, they love to search their favorite constellations Pegasus, Ursa Major and Scorpius. Making them learn so much at such an early stage of life was just not possible without this app!

Cardio Trainer My favorite app that keeps me motivated for my evening walk! It counts every step that I take for enjoying better health! It even tell you the speed you are running at! It tracks number of calories burned during variety of workouts like pilates, aerobics, badminton and many more!

Instant heart rate: It may sound childish but, true that after every session of power yoga I do check my heart rate to know my workout intensity!

Google currents :

My favorite reading hub to hook throughout the day where you can get news articles directly from sites like Hindustan Times and  IBN live, business articles from Entrepreneur and Techdirt , Science and Technology articles from  PCWorld , CNET and TechCrunch , lifestyle articles from  Women’s Health, Lifehacker and yoga journal.

 Hold on!

These are just my favorites you can subscribe to many other interests in various categories from sports to politics!

Google reader : This wonderful app helps me stay tuned to my favorite blogs that I have subscribed to! I can read their latest post directly from my Smartphone! Hurre!

TOI:  My favorite newspaper’s digital copy along with local news from more than 30 cities of India. This is my very first app that I use with my morning cup of tea!

Indian Train Locator: Ours is train friendly family ! Every week one of our family members is travelling by train. This app helps a lot to find arrival / departure time as well as its running status!

Whatsapp: Must have app to share pics and videos with family and friends!

Yahoo Answers Launcher: Fun app that gives lot of satisfaction by helping people solve their problems!

Camscanner : Converts any documents into .pdf files like ID cards, news paper article. This app comes handy when I want to share recipes from my recipe book with my friends!

I am still missing a long list of my favourite games like Temple Run and Drop! Music and video players, FB, Twitter extensions and much more...

Dynamic android market is coming up with hundreds of new apps everyday!

Every popular websites need a makeover as an app interface. So, let’s wait and watch for much more exciting apps!

Please do let me know your favorite apps too. I would love to explore more in android market!

My first Smartphone took me to the world of Android!

Last week I bought my first smartphone – Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus & joined the army of smartphone owners accounting for India’s 9% mobile population.

I didn’t knew neither cared much about Smartphone. My previous mobile phone had a proper keyboard to key in text messages where as Smartphones just have one key! I was happy with my Dell Inspiron to get all my work done!

Now, I have a tiny device that can get most of my work done without even switching on my laptop.

What made me proud owner of this android run smartphone was its configuration. This tiny device has 1GHz processor! 5MP  camera with LED flash! 3 GB internal memory!

Holding a Smartphone in my palm and browsing through icons took me way back in 1996 when I had used Windows 3.11 for the first time! Times of using Windows 95, Windows 98 & Windows NT!

Times when I used to wait for next release of PC World Magazine which used to come with free CD loaded with lots of trial versions of newly released software , screen savers and other goodies. Those where proud moments of using speech recognition software for the first time in 1998!

Home screen of my Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus has Google Search with speech recognition. 

All I need to do is just tap on the microphone, say a search term & voila! 

In a moment Google search result with thousands of pages are available on your Smartphone! Isn’t it amazing?

Google Mobile apps like Maps, Gmail, Youtube and Google + are pre installed. Meaning I can check my mails without switching on my laptop, Checkout my Google plus stream updates on the go.

Even post new updates & +1 content that I like!

My first visit to Android Market, now called Google play was amazing! So many applications for almost every task! I am so excited about installing new applications & experimenting with them.

Thank you for stopping by my blog. Stay tuned with me as I start my journey to explore more & more Android applications. Do not forget to let me know your favorite apps too!