Are you App Happy? #TelstraDesire Top 5 Apps

My #TelstraDesire Top 5 Apps for Android; I do have to say that this list changes, but currently, here goes:

The Gmail client
Why, my main email address is a gmail one – this app, provided by default in most Android flavours, gives me instant access to all my emailing needs, and if your Gmail contacts are synced with your phone, well, access to all your contacts too.

TweetCaster – twitter client from Handmark.com
I’ve gone through Twidroid, Seesmic, Swift, and a few more, but TweetCaster, is for me, an excellent app – all the basic twitter features are there: list, re-tweet (both old-school and the new one), a good UI on trends, shrink URL links, add picture, geotagging, …; It supports multiple accounts (without having to re-login to an account) and some other interesting features such as: quick follow, filter tweets on keyword, tweeps nearby (through current location or ZIP code), the all so useful “Jump To Top”.
Find TweetCaster here: http://goo.gl/3elL

Aldiko – an ePub reader
Very easy to use, simple touch interaction to scroll through pages, view embedded images (if any), quick access to your “Recent Reads” and your “Bookshelf” and my most important feature, provides access to  a numerous amount of Books, free (from Public Domain and freebooks.com, well arranged and sorted), purchased, Books from independent authors, High School Reading… etc,. I use this app regularly; recently read a book about when Holmes and Watson were first introduced to each other & The Three Musketeers.
Find Aldiko here: http://www.aldiko.com/

My Tracks (From the My Tracks Team at Google)
This cool app records my GPS track when I go for a jog, a hike, cycling, or even on a kayaking run of The Upper Yarra River (phone safely secured in a dry-bag, still gets GPS signal) – This app gives you your activity statistics such as time, speed, distance and evelation (the latter not so accurate, but then this stands true for all GPS enabled devices) and you can also upload the track to your Google Maps account, the stats to a Google Spreadsheet and share all that with the whole world.
Find My Tracks here: http://mytracks.appspot.com/

SMS Backup
This is more of a utility, running in the background. In the settings, you set a Gmail Label, enter your Gmail credentials enable “Auto Backup”, choose “Mark as read” option if you want, set the Max number of items per backup, and hey presto… your SMSes gets backed-up straight in your Gmail account under the chosen (default is “SMS”) Gmail Label – one way to never loose your precious SMSes…
Find SMS Backup here: http://goo.gl/BiL1
or: http://market.android.com/search?q=pname:tv.studer.smssync (link for your phone)

Check out Ben Bevins‘ and the 25 #TelstraDesire reviewers‘ Top 5 Android Apps here: http://goo.gl/mfh8