Six months of using Android on my tablet and smartphone exposed me to quite a number of useful apps. That short span of venturing through the marketplace and 3rd-party source of apk's made me witness a fast-paced apps development in the android ecosystem. But first the stats, Android Market has about 350k active apps available for download and compared to hitting 1 billion downloads between 2008 and 2010, it has reached 10 billion milestone by Dec 2011.
Btw, Apple's iTunes/appstore has 400k+ active apps and 15B downloads in latest stats while BlackBerry RIM has approximately 50k apps.
But even with these large number of apps to choose from, selection of top-rated (free/paid) app is not that difficult to do because we're guided by user ratings (5-star rating system) and editor's pick. User reviews are also there for the final kick before one is convinced to buy or download one.
Now as for own top choices, I've chosen not more than 3 from selected categories (not necessarily in order):
Business & Productivity
- ColorNote / Evernote
- QuickOffice Pro
- Goodle Docs
Communication
- Skype
Entertainment
- MoboPlayer
- Speaktoit Assistant
Books and Reference
- Moon Reader
- ColorDict
- Appy Geek
Tools and Utilities
- AndSMB
- 2X Client
- Traffic Statistics
Games
- Cut the Rope
- Defender
- Medieval Defense
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