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Technology in Agriculture I’m Using Today: Android Apps

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Above shows how the home screen on my phone is currently setup

I get a lot of questions about what apps I’m using on my smartphone (currently the Android-powered Galaxy Nexus), so here they all are.

I’ll highlight a few I really like and give a quick description and link.

Farm / Work:

  • AgriNews
  • AgWeb
  • AgWired
  • AirDroid
  • AndExplorer
  • AndMeasure
    – Measure distance and area on satellite imagery
  • Any.Do
  • Beautiful Widgets
    – Really nice customizable weather, battery and toggle widgets
  • Bluetooth File Transfer
  • Box.net
  • ConvertPad
  • Docs (Google Docs)
  • Earth (Google Earth)
    – Shows county lines, which Google Maps does not
  • Farm Futures
  • Flashlight
    – No phone with flash should be without a flashlight app
  • GC – JDL Mobile (JD Link unofficial App)
  • Gmail
  • GPS Status
    – Helps your phone acquire GPS much more quickly, also shows all kinds of GPS info
  • Growing Degree Days
  • Image Shrink Lite
  • My-Cast Weather
  • Machinery Sizing
  • Maps (Google Maps)
  • Personal Finance
  • Pioneer Mobile
  • PrinterShare
    – Print stuff directly from your phone (buy the premium unlock too)
  • QR Droid
  • Radar Now!
  • Rainy Days
  • SoilWeb
  • SugarSync
    – Keeps files synchronized between computers and phones, backup phone pictures
  • TouchDown (Exchange Email)
  • TractorHouse
  • WiFi File Explorer PRO
    – Move files between your phone and computer over Wi-Fi

Personal:

  • AgRacer
  • Airport Mania 2
  • Amazon Appstore
    – Paid app for free every day, and some paid apps are cheaper here too, alternative to Market
  • Boiler Ball
  • Cardio Trainer
  • College Basketball Scores
  • Firefox
  • Mine Gold 2
  • Missile Deffender
  • PapiJump
  • PapiMount
  • PapiWall
  • Pandora
  • ReadItLater
  • Scanner Radio
  • Seesmic
  • Skype
  • Slacker
  • Songbird
  • SoundHound
  • Speed Test
  • SwiftKeyX
    – Excellent replacement keyboard, particularly on older Android phones
  • TuneIn Radio
  • Where’s My Water
  • X Construct
  • WordPress
  • Wowo 1190
  • Xmarks

Did I miss one of your favorites? Or do you have an iPhone app you really like that isn’t on Android? Feel free to post it below in the comments, and be sure to let us know how you use it as well!

Last Updated: 2-23-12

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