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Apps & functionality I miss on Android

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AussieGuy

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My Sony Xperia X10 is the first Android device I've owned - and indeed the first smart phone I've owned. Before that I had a ordinary little mobile phone (cell phone), and my pocket computing was first with Palm (IIIc and then Tungsten T3 - a lovely device for its day; I loved it), and more recently an iPod Touch.

There are a few things I miss coming to Android:

  • Lack of robust built-in MS Exchange support. I have to use Touchdown by Nitrodesk for this, and while it works fantastically well, I'm going to have to fork out $20 (which is a lot of an app) for it. Surely this should be built in to the platform?
  • A really good astronomy/planetarium/sky map app. Google skymap is OK, but only just, and in no way compares to some of the magnificent apps available for other platforms.
  • A mathematical system which allows programming. In fact here Palm pips all other platforms, with Calerga's LyME ("Lightweight Math Engine") being a sort of cut down Matlab, and amazingly powerful. For those who are maths folks, nothing of the sort exists for iOS or Android.
Admittedly these last two are niche areas (the last one particularly so), but still, it's interesting to find gaps in functionality not yet filled.

-A.
 
I think you hit the nail on the head. For a niche market, you are almost going to have to hope for an enthusiast who is experienced in coding to be able to provide you with something like this.
 
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