*1. Advanced Task Killer Free 1.7.9* *ReChild, rechild.mobi* If you're an Android user, there's a good chance you already have this one. If you are new to the platform, download this immediately. Here's the deal: After a few hours of strenuous Android multitasking, you might realize your phone has become sluggish and your battery is draining fast. This task-killing app can free up valuable megabytes of memory and plenty of processor power. The pay version with an "auto-kill" function is available for $5, but the free version is more than acceptable. ATK's interface is more user-friendly than its competitor, TasKiller, and it focuses on killing lagging apps rather than essential Android services
*2. AP Mobile 2.3* *The Associated Press, www.ap.org* The Associated Press's app provides constant updates on multiple news categories, as well as AP news videos. It caches stories for offline reading and provides local news tailored to your ZIP code. You can also customize your homepage so the first news you see fits your needs. *3. Astrid 2.14.3* *We Love Astrid, www.weloveastrid.com* Astrid is still probably the best Android to-do list app. It offers both simple and complex solutions to your organizational needs. You can start with a generic list of tasks and add more complexity by tagging tasks, setting priorities, and assigning dates with several levels of reminders. Astrid also syncs with Remember The Milk<http://www.rememberthemilk.com/services/android/>, an online to-do list app that can send your tasks to Google Calendar, Gmail, Twitter, or your desktop. *4. Astro File Manager 2.4.2* *Metago, www.metago.net/astro* We love apps. You love apps. Thing is, they can take up valuable space on your phone. To avoid running out of space, download Astro. The app lets you back up apps on your SD card; you can't run them from there, but you can swap out apps you aren't using. It lets you browse your phone's file system, examining and moving files. It also gives you a very detailed peek into which apps and processes are running, with info about how much memory and CPU power each process is using. Along with ATK, Astro will help you keep your Android system tidy and under control. *5. Bonsai Blast 1.5* *Glu Mobile, www.glu.com* Great games for Android aren't as rare as they used to be, but that didn't keep us from including Bonsai Blast once again. It's a classic. Bonsai Blast is oddly both exciting and soothing; you shoot colored bubbles at strings of other colored bubbles to clear them out, with walls, super-powered bubbles, and lots of vaguely Asian landscapes complicating the situation. It's simple, addictive, and graphically pleasing. Cekidot: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2366245,00.asp -- Salam, Agus Hamonangan http://groups.google.com/group/id-android http://groups.google.com/group/id-gtug Gtalk : agus.hamonangan Follow : @agushamonangan E-mail : [email protected] -- "Indonesian Android Community [id-android]" Join: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android/subscribe?hl=en-GB Moderator: [email protected] ID Android Developer: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-dev ID Android Surabaya: http://groups.google.com/group/id-android-sby ID Android on FB: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=112207700729
