Developers, need ideas? App request thread.

[poetic_folly]

Post your ideas for useful OS side apps here!

I think some great ones would be:


A skinner application to easily change the look and feel of your Gphone.
Easy backup of your pictures, settings, music, SMS, Address Book, etc.
File browser, although may be unnecessary if it auto-mounts.

[Savon]

- A fully functional GPS System that ties in with Google Earth/Maps
- Built in Google Apps that work without need of wireless internet or edge networks
- Extended version of Picasa that ties in with the phones camera

[Dash-2]

Found this nice summary. Number 9 would be awesome!

1. Application launcher. Maybe the operating system will come with a good one, but if it doesn’t, you may need to add a third-party interface that makes it really easy to get at your favorite applications.

2. Email. Now that Gmail has IMAP it should be easy to check your corporate email using the mobile Java-based version of Gmail. So this is a freebie, but one the mobile web worker shouldn’t be without.

3. Personal information manager. A good PIM manages calendar events, to do lists, contacts, and reminders. Gmail plus Google Calendar give you contacts, events, and reminders, but doesn’t include to do lists, so there’s room for a fully-featured, fully-integrated Android app.

4. Office applications. Google Docs & Spreadsheets or Zoho or ThinkFree or what-have-you, so long as you can view and edit what you need to (which may include Microsoft Office, PDF, and OpenOffice.org files).

5. Instant messaging. With access to multiple IM networks, of course.

6. VoIP. If you’re connected to a wifi network or cellular broadband and you have Skype or Gizmo or some other VoIP capability, you don’t have to use your cell minutes. Plus you can make low-cost international calls that way.

7. Multimedia player. Videos and music aren’t just for relaxation and recreation. You’ll need something like the VLC media player that supports multiple audio and video formats as well as streaming.

8. Google Maps. When do you get lost? When you’re on the road. Ideally, integrated with GPS (some manufacturers are now building that into their chipsets).

9. Speech-to-text mobile note taking. For capturing ideas and to-dos while driving.

10. Time and expense tracking. So you don’t forget what those receipts written in Japanese from your trip to Tokyo were for. And so you don’t charge your clients for time you spent playing games instead of working.

11. An addictive game. It’s important to take a break from your work and give your mind a rest. Blackberry users love Brickbreaker, but how about Tetris or even Scrabble?

http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/05/11-apps-to-make-gphone-useful-for-web-workers

[trowachin]

- a simple and easy navigating user interface
- design wise to be able to cater to both elegant luxury and tech savvy users, a flick of a switch / command will be able to change the user interface to suit each one
- due to open platform shud try to include simple dev tools in the phone to create simple workable applications

[Superbleeder]

I'd like to see like a utility app.

that has a flashlight, black light and for fun a strobe light.

[ChronicProductions]

Hey guys, just to clear a few things up:
1. Anything related to using GPS, the camera, etc. Can not be made yet because they have not released what they call the optional API yet.
2. They already do in fact have an application browser

[TheHK]

1. Games (perhaps and emulator?)

2. Language options

3. TV channels?

[Superbleeder]

There should also be a prog that is like windows media player you know. when your playing songs there will be those cool visulaztions on the screen.

[Palash]

There should also be a prog that is like windows media player you know. when your playing songs there will be those cool visulaztions on the screen.

Yeah actually thats an awesome thought.......maybe paint brush......LOL........:D:D:D

[poetic_folly]

Thread closed. We now have a full forum for app requests!