Just for fun, here's a list of the top Palm apps I depend upon, and some of the equivalent Android apps that I'm either using or trying out. Suggestions are welcome!
Palm ----------------Android
Docs to Go-----------Docs to Go Lite
I didn't use DTG a lot on my Palm, but I depended upon it to sync a few important items to have on hand at all times, like reference spreadsheets. The lack of a sync on the new one has prevented me from paying anything.
NetFront-------------Dolphin & XScope Lite
Browsing is 1000% better on the Android, and I'm still debating between the two above browsers. I use Xmarks and have it as my home page on both to coordinate from home.
Audioplayer----------Stock Player & TuneWiki
The difficulty in making playlists continues to be an annoyance. I loved the iTunes Genius when I had an iTouch, but hated iTunes. TuneWiki has Shoutcast Radio, which bumps its usefulness above the stock player.
Flash Player----------Nothing
How weird is it that we had a flash player for the Palm... years ago!? Granted it wasn't built into the browser, but dang.
Graffiti Anywhere-----MobileWrite
Not quite 'anywhere' but better than nothing. It's harder to use your finger for Graffiti, so I may get a stylus to test it out. Graffiti is a hard habit to break; I still write on paper with those symbols by accident.
DateBk---------------Combo of Google Calendar & Astrid
I'll kiss the feet of Pimlico if he brings Pimlical to Android. The Google calendar is annoying because the layouts are almost useless, plus snoozing goes a few minutes. You CAN keep creating new alarms, but that's silly. Astrid is inconsistent; sometimes I get a poke, sometimes not. I haven't settled on a system that just WORKS. And so I can't schedule very important things on the Android yet.
BackupBuddy---------Astro (& still looking)
Astro will back up just my apps when I ask it to, but not automatically. I wish I had something like BackupBuddy that did a full image of *every single thing*. That has saved my butt so many times when the battery died or I had to move to another device.
HotSync--------------some cloud
I liked having an all-around sync option. I tried Moto Tools, but it's very laggy and still doesn't do it all. Even if it were a 1-2 thing; like an app that backs up everything onto the SD card, and another app to sync that backup file over to my PC or LAN storage.
DayNotez-------------testing Note Everything, Unotes, List Master, Evernote, GDocs, & more
DayNotez is wonderful for categories, dating items automatically, and being as organized as my brain. The items I'm testing above all have some hiccup to them that makes me hesitate. Note Everything would probably win IF I could just open and write. This digging around the hierarchy of folders and settings to just plug in a note is annoying.
TealAuto---------------aCar
I haven't actually used aCar yet, but it looks like it'll cover what I need. Now how to transfer over my historic data from TA? It's a pain.
SplashShopper---------testing multiple billion apps
There are a metric boatload of shopping apps out there, but none exactly like what SplashShopper does. I have 18 lists each with 20-200 items each, and I like the checkmarks, categories, columns, etc that I have now.
SplashID---------------testing B-Folders
Passwords are critical, so I may be testing a while. May stay with SplashID, too. Still rely on the Clie here.
Ultrasoft Checkbook----testing FireWallet
Like passwords, your bank data is rather critical. UC was fantastic in allowing transactions to transfer, tracking bills, showing/hiding certain accounts, and always seeing exactly how solvent you are. We'll see about FW. Getting my historic data over... ugh. I have no idea how I'll do this.
Boggle-----------------Haven't seen anything on the market yet
We're Boggle nerds in this house, so we need this!
Scrabble---------------Save as above; missing in action. I actually paid money for the Palm version, so I'd like this.
AcidSolitaire------------Klondike Solitaire
KS is okay, but I liked the tap auto-movement of AS better.
Bejeweled--------------Jewels
I went back and played BJ on the Palm today and was stunned at how much prettier it was visually than anything I've played on the iTouch or the Droid so far. Sometimes old technology is just fine.
TopSuDoKu-------------Play SuDoKu Daily
Top has the better interface, but I can see the limitation of fat fingers on the board. Daily is not as good, but it's the best I found on the iTouch and now on Droid.
??---------------------Aldiko
I used to just d/l .txt docs and read them in DTG on the Palm, so Aldiko is a pleasure in comparison. Not as open of course, but I'm sure I could convert my existing texts if I wanted to.
Overall, it's just going to be a matter of time, I hope. I'd like to thing that Android developers will be sensitive to the needs of business/PIM users, and not just racing to compete with some of the worthless apps on the Apple Market. Sure, fart apps are funny for a while, but they don't get you to your interview on time!
I use this all the time and again use the desktop component more than the palm one. I'll probably just stick with it because I won't have to convert and I like that it handles a lot of data not just passwords. I can put info about family members like where certain valuable items are and always have it.
