I just finished loading the latest release of Jellybean (Android 4.2.2) on to my Galaxy Nexus, going through what has become an almost painless process thanks to Titanium Backup and Nova Launcher. Together, these two apps preserve 99% of my data, settings and homescreen layouts even when performing a factory reset to upgrade safely to the latest and greatest custom ROM of choice (I’m partial to AOKP, myself).
This is usually the time I go through and weed out all of the apps I’ve installed in the last 6 or so months, deciding which have been useful enough to keep, and which are to receive the boot. This time, I remembered to use my new favorite app-for-sharing-apps, appropriately titled ShareMyApps, to make a nifty list of installed android apps, with links to the Play Store automatically added. So, without further ado, these are the ones that made the cut (*** denotes favorites):
Productivity
***Adobe Reader
***Andy-83
***AnkiDroid
***Dropbox
***Google Voice
***GTasks
Navigation / Car
***Glympse
***OruxMaps
***TetherGPS
Entertainment
***FBReader
***MX Player
***Subsonic
Utilities
***AdAway
***AutoRemote
Battery Extension for DashClock
***Dropsync
***LogMeIn
***AndroidLost
***PushBullet
***SwiFTP
***TapeMachine
***Tasker
***Webkey
If you were astute enough to notice the lack of flying apps in the above list, you’ll probably appreciate the fact that I’m giving them a separate post in which I can go into a bit more detail on my experiences with them. I don’t think Android has quite reached parity with iOS when it comes to aviation apps – primarily due to the lack of ForeFlight – but the situation is certainly improving. More to come on that…
I’ll also try to remember to update this next year with a list of medical apps relevant to students on clinical rotations. This is another field where the quality of apps is developing rapidly.