You can install applications in 2 ways via google play store or through a file .apk, but if you really still new to android technology is recommended for installation over the google play store.
I give the following list of 10 applications installed on most smartphones. I took this list from a few references that exist on the internet.
Facebook
The most popular social networking application nowadays, with facebook you can connect with millions of other users. Keep up with friends, wherever you are with the Facebook for Android app. Keep up with friends, wherever you are.
- Share photos and videos
- Text, message and chat
- Know who’s seen your message, and who hasn’t
- Play games
- Check into places you go
- Use your favorite apps
Google Drive aka Google Docs
Keep everything. Share anything.
*** Google Docs is now a part of Google Drive! ***
* With Google Drive, you can store all your files in one place, so you can access them from anywhere and share them with others
* Use the Google Drive Android app to access your photos, documents, videos and other files stored on your Google Drive
* Upload files to Google Drive directly from your Android device
* Share any file with your contacts
* Access files others have shared with you on Google Drive
* Make any file available offline so you can access them even when you don't have an Internet connection
* Create and edit Google documents with rich text formatting
* Edits to your Google documents appear to collaborators in seconds
* Make quick changes to spreadsheets
* View your PDFs, presentations and more
* Upload and convert files to the Google Docs format
* Take a photo of printed text and convert it to a Google document
* Optimized experience to take advantage of larger screens for tablet users, Honeycomb (Android 3.0+)
Astro File Manager / Browser
ASTRO helps organize & view your pictures, music, video, document & other files.
ASTRO File Manager has 30 million downloads on the Android Market and 250,000 reviews!
It's like Windows Explorer or Mac’s Finder for your phone or tablet and allows you to easily browse and organize all of your pictures, music, videos and documents. It also gives you the ability to stop processes that burn battery life and backup your apps in case you lose or change phones.
Personalize the look of ASTRO by downloading different colored icon sets using our "theme" feature!
It’s picture view works better than standard galleries and ASTRO is in dozens of Top Ten Android App lists and has been recommended in books. DOWNLOAD NOW.
Features include: file management, android file browser, file and/or app backup, image and text viewers, networking, Bluetooth, SFTP, Zip/ Tar, downloader, thumbnails, search files, application manager, task manager, attachments and more…
Please visit our new support portal for a Quick Start Guide, FAQ's and Documentation. http://support.metago.net.
Recent Changes:
*** We've added Themes to ASTRO ***
Download Android's most popular file manager and choose from many icon sets and colors including v2's "Classic" ASTRO look and feel.
- Fixed the Force Close happening on upgrade from 2.5 to 3.0
- Fixed App Backup issues
- Honeycomb support
- New UI and icon set (more options for colors and icon set in next releases)
- Drag and Drop files
- Analytics: ASTRO users, we are gathering non-personal analytics (such as what functions are used the most) in order to better understand user behavior. We will use this so we can focus our development efforts in areas that our customers use often rather than functions that are not. If you do not want analytics, in the Pro Version you can turn analytics off.
- A few more bug fixes and stability fixes
The ad free version, ASTRO File Mng Pro is available on the left (see More from developer)
ASTRO currently supports 11 languages including: English, French, Spanish, Italian, German, Japanese, Korean, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Russian & Portuguese.Evernote
Evernote turns your Android device into an extension of your brain.
★ New York Times ‘Top 10 Must-Have App’, Winner: TechCrunch Crunchies, Mashable Awards and the Webbys. ★
Evernote is an easy-to-use, free app that helps you remember everything across all of the devices you use. Stay organized, save your ideas and improve productivity. Evernote lets you take notes, capture photos, create to-do lists, record voice reminders--and makes these notes completely searchable, whether you are at home, at work, or on the go.
Key Features:
- Sync all of your notes across the computers and devices you use
- Create and edit text notes, to-dos and task lists
- Save, sync and share files
- Search for text inside images
- Organize notes by notebooks and tags
- Email notes and save tweets to your Evernote account
- Connect Evernote to other apps and products you use
- Share notes with friends and colleagues via Facebook and Twitter
★ Premium feature: take notebooks offline to access them anytime
★ Premium feature: allow others to edit your notebooks
★ Premium feature: add a PIN lock to your Evernote app
Here are some ways to use Evernote for your personal and professional life:
- Research smarter: snap photos of whiteboards and books
- Take meeting and class notes, draft agendas and research notes
- Plan a trip: keep track of travel plans, plane tickets and passports
- Organize and save recipes; search by ingredients later
- Create a grocery list or task list and check things off as you go
- View web pages saved in Evernote on your desktop
- Capture ideas and inspiration on the go
- Access files and notes you create on your phone from your desktop
- Keep track of products and prices for comparison shopping purposes
- Keep finances in order: save receipts, bills and contracts
- Reduce paper clutter by taking snapshots of restaurant menus, business cards and labels
- Use Evernote as part of your GTD system to help you stay organized
- To get the most out of your Evernote experience, download it on all of the computers and phones that you use.
Adobe Reader
The global standard for reliably viewing and sharing PDF documents
Adobe® Reader® is the free, trusted leader for reliably viewing and interacting with PDF documents across platforms and devices. Download the free Adobe Reader X mobile app to work with PDF files on your Android smartphones and tablets. Easily access, manage, and share a wide variety of PDF file types, including PDF Portfolios, password-protected documents, fillable forms, and Adobe LiveCycle® rights-managed PDF files.
View and share PDF files
• Quickly open PDF files on your Android device
• View PDF Portfolios, password-protected PDF files, annotations, and drawing markups
• Search text to find specific information
• Select single page or continuous scroll modes
• Easily zoom in on text or images for a closer view
• Email PDF files as attachments and share files with other applications
Navigate through PDF content
• Use bookmarks to jump directly to a section in your PDF file
• Quickly navigate through large files using thumbnails
• Click on hyperlinks in PDF files to open linked web pages
Annotate and comment on PDF files
• Provide feedback using the highlight, strikethrough, and underline tools
• Easily mark up PDF content with the freehand drawing tool
• Add comments anywhere in your PDF file with sticky notes
Fill out forms
• Quickly fill out simple PDF forms
• Save, sign, and forward forms to others
Electronically sign documents
• Use the new Ink Signature tool to sign any document using your finger
• Send PDF files to others for electronic signing by connecting to Adobe EchoSign
Available languages:
English, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish.
Yahoo Messenger
Experience the faster, smarter, richer Yahoo! Messenger - made for your Android
The official Yahoo! Messenger app for Android
- Free Voice & Video calls (Beta) †
- Chat with Facebook friends
- Free international SMS ††
- Share Photos & Video
- Chat with Windows Live friends
- Stay online on Android & PC at the same time, receive messages only where you are active †††
********* Important *********
You need to install the latest Yahoo! Messenger Voice and Video Plug-in to enable the call features
† Video (Beta) requires OS 2.3 and the Yahoo! Messenger Plug-in (OS2.2+ for myTouch 4G and EVO)
†† SMS text messages can be sent for free to phone numbers in USA, Philippines, Vietnam, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Canada, Pakistan, Kuwait and Thailand
††† Currently supported with the latest Yahoo! Messenger for PC
That is the Top 6 applications that must exist in your smartphone, 6 application will be able to help you in terms of social and work. so if there is one that is not in your smartphone immediately get on Google's Play Store. thank you for reading
