Looking for the best SMS or texting apps for droid, HTC Hero, Eris, Cliq, or android phones in general, look no further. Text messages have become a big part of our lives. Almost everybody knows how to send text messages now. Texting is the one of the fast ways to reach people. It is easy, faster, and comfortable. So comfortable that you can do it in places where making phone calls are not accepted. Texting apps are big on the android market store. As user become interested in free SMS and international SMS, apps are developed with features that follow suite. One of the big apps in this area is Google Voice. Google Voice has completely re-invent the ways people send text messages. You may be behind in time if you are still getting charged by your phone carrier for SMS. Here are the best android apps for SMS or texting.

SMS or texting apps for android phone

Google Voice
Google voice is definitely the leader in this area, it has everything you may need in SMS and more. Check my previous article on the power of Google voice here.

Txeet
Txeet is an app that makes regular texting fun and enjoyable. With Txeet, you can compose SMS with over 3000+ templates, such as miss-you messages, jokes, pickup lines, goodnight messages, happy birthdays, etc.. It also give you access to SMS lingo dictionary for when you are clueless of some abbreviation for example ROTFLMAO, TTYN. The app also insert pure ASCII emoticons for example @}–\-,— to your message for you. Now start styling your messages like never before and have your friends and buddies waiting for more text from you.

SMS Popup
Simple app that shows a pop up dialog when a SMS/MMS is received including the contact photo. Also includes tons of options to customize the notification for incoming SMS

chompSMS
This app is the Android Network Award winner for the best SMS app. Read more

There is a new chief meteorologist in town, and it is your android phone. You need local weather reports, and may be international weather forecast because you may be traveling. You also want continue weather updates with accurate temperature and precipitation reports because the weather could be unstable sometimes. Widgets are one of the most enjoy features of android OS. Easily accessible apps with great cool functions. With weather widgets, you get live weather reports right on the screen of your android phone without a click.

Android Weather Widgets

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Weather Widget
This widget is the Android Network Award winner for the best weather widget. It is quite simple to use, just choose large, small, or tiny widget and add it to your home screen. You have options for manual configuration or let the app use GPS data and serve you accurate live weather forecast.

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Koxx Weather forecast widget
Provides Google & Noaa weather forecast in widgets for your home screen. Read more

Sunny all day in the Southeast, expect some precipitation and snow up North… And that is you weather report for the day. There is a new chief meteorologist in town, and it is your android phone. You need local weather reports, and maybe international weather forecast because you may be traveling. You also want continue weather updates with accurate temperature and precipitation reports because the weather could be unstable sometimes. Before you start looking for you umbrella, look in the android market first. Android app developers have designer apps that will provide you with live, hourly, daily, and weekly weather reports. Here are your android weather apps

Best android apps for weather

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WeatherBug
This apps is the Android Network Award winner for the best weather app. It has live neighborhood weather from over 8,000 weather stations in the U.S. It features current weather forecast and weather alerts. It also provides you with NWS weather alerts such as Tornado warnings even when it is turned off. 7-day forecast and hourly forecast, detailed radar and maps report all in your finger tips. View daily national weather outlook broadcast by WeatherBug meteorologists. You also get snapshots and time-lapse animation from more than 2,000 weather cameras in the U.S. Set-up new locations by pulling the location information from your contact list. Furthermore, share the current weather information, forecast, alerts and images with friends and family. Still wondering why this app won? I don’t think so!

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The Weather Channel
What channel do you flip on to get your current weather forecasts? Am almost certain it is The Weather Channel. Read more

Maybe you are too busy to join a 24hour fitness club, or don’t have enough to hire a fitness instructor not to say join LA Fitness, then turn your android to your personal fitness trainer and get in shape. The android market have some apps that can help you plan your jogging, walking, running, and other exercise of your choice. You will come to realize that you dont really have to join a membership fitness club or commit to going to the gym to loose weight  and exercise. Learn about various exercise routines, weight lost tips, all on your android phone. And your Facebook buddies, and twitter friends can be there for support if you choose to show them your progress. But ultimately you droid, myTouch, HTC hero, eric, or G1 will become your one and only fitness trainer, also you gym and workout equipments will be in out spot. Here are the best android apps for fitness.

Android fitness apps

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CardioTrainer
This app is a next-generation mobile fitness application that can be your virtual training partner for running, biking, hiking, skiing or just about any outdoor activity you can imagine. Install CardioTrainer on your phone, start it, get outside and go. CardioTrainer uses GPS to show your real-time position on a map, and also save your exact route, so you can review your track history. It also upload you workout history to CardioTrainer web server so that you can access your data anywhere around the world. Doesn’t  require any registration or account setup, and the tracks are uploaded completely anonymously with an automatically generated personal access code that you can find in the settings menu on your phone. This app also has Facebook integration, so if you are a Facebook user, simply select “Install Facebook App” from the homepage, and your uploaded tracks will be shown to your Facebook friends. Commit to a goal, and let your friends and family track your training progress and encourage you to keep going!

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WorkItOut
Stop carrying a notepad or logbook to the gym when  you have an android phone; add exercises, plan workouts, chart progress, and get exercise tips, all on your phone. This app was  nominated for  Android Network Awards, it will definitely improve the way you workout.

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SportyPal
Is the android award winner for the best fitness app. Read more

If most sports fans could carry their TV with them to everywhere, they would. ESPN top 10 plays, or even sport center is nothing to play with. These groups of people cherish every dunk, pass, touchdown, hilarious dirt talks by Charles Barkley, and the detail analysis of Monday Night Football expert crew. Am talking about fans that don’t want to have to get home before knowing the game result, scores, or even watch reviews of highlight plays. Alright sport fan-atics lets check out the apps to easy your need to rush home or to the closest bar while you team is about to play, are playing, or just finished playing.

Android apps for sport

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Google Scoreboard
Access daily sports scores, schedules, standings and news for NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, soccer, golf,  and college sport. Get live notifications as your favorite teams play their hash rivals.

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Live Scores
Initially called live football scores. Simple, fast scores from NBA, NFL, MLB, NHL, and college sport. Live play by play, stats and standings, and a whole lot more.

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SportsTap
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Let say you travel a lot, often to different place, so you end up looking for restaurants, ATM, even hotels, parks, and places to have some fun. Or you looking for a nightlife spot in you city, yellow pages may be a good source if this was 1990, but today with the information highway (internet) now available, a 5 month old review of a bar on a web site is too old for us to decide if we are going there or not.
Businesses, restaurants, bars, nightclubs, among others are using social bookmarking, Geo tagging, twitter, Facebook, and the entire web space to broadcast themselves live. Some android apps developers are tapping into these readily available information to feed users about buzzing locations in their cities. Android phone users employ these apps daily in deciding where to go have fun. On these apps, look out for local events, browse area classified ads, shop for deals, or meet others nearby, and do all of these right from your droid, htc hero, eris, G1, cliq or any android phone. Looking for any place or thing in your area? Here are the best android apps for local search.

Best android apps for local search

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Aloqa
Get real real time local recommendations on your android phone with Aloqa. Wherever you are, based on your preferences and social graph, you can simply glance at your phone and find your favorite restaurant, events, coffee shop, parks, bars, night clubs, businesses, and more without having to launch a browser or do a Google search. Aloqa channels put this information on your finger tips. It also shows your Facebook friends who are close by. This apps is very detail and very customizable.

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WHERE
Restaurant reviews, movies, local news, gas prices, weather, and your friends’ location… WHERE has it all. WHERE is great travel companion and one of the most complete local search utility. This app helps you discover places and things and connect with people around you. Where support both text and voice search. Find gas prices, yellow pages information, news headlines, movie show times, Yelp listings, and ZipCar. Truely a bundle of local information.
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