Just got my HTC Desire HD running Android 2.2 (froyo)

Thought I'd start a thread for posting of sweet Android apps and the like.

So, what apps do I need to get guys?

Im thinking of getting an android tablet soon, this will be a good thread to watch.

Yeah, mine finally arrived after a 4 week wait....recommend NOT using mobicity.co.nz as it was the worst online purchasing experience I have ever had.

I certainly impressed with the volume of apps in the market and found most of what I had on my iPhone is on there as well so I am a happy man.

I am absolutely in LOVE with this phone and so happy I went with HTC. Build quality and performance is absolutely outstanding

To stay on topic, coolest one I had found so far is SportyPal. If your into exercise this this links to a bluetooth heart monitor to keep your stats but also maps your run / ride in a 3d map. Waiting on my heart monitor to arrive so I can fully test it but i think its pretty cool. Free too

Angry Birds is the best game ever made.

Google Maps Navigation appears to have been enabled for NZ -- I used it yesterday -- really good but defiantly a drain on the battery

Here are the apps I currently have installed:
Google Apps:
:!: Google Places - Finds things like petrol stations/supermarkets in your vicinity
:!: Google Translate – quite helpful if you’re talking to someone who can’t speak English very well
:!: Google Maps – best mapping software around
Google Goggles – take a photo of something and Google will search and display information on the item
:!: Gmail – allows you to check you Gmail
Google Earth – Google Earth on android
Google Sky – Shows you a map of the sky based on your location – good for locating various constellations
My Tracks – can be used to keep track of where you have gone (eg hiking in the wilderness)

Misc Apps
Compass – shows you where north is
Bubble – portable leveller for android
Barcode Scanner – self explanatory
Shazam – if you hear a song that you don’t know the name of you can shazam it and it will tell you the name/author/album – amazing accuracy
Instant heart rate – tells you what your heart rate is
:!: Dolphin Browser HD – Best Web browser out there at the moment
Drive Safe.ly – Reads text messages/emails to you when you are driving and auto replies with a preconfigured message like (sorry I’m driving at the moment I will respond to your message when I arrive at my destination)
Digg – top stories from Digg.com
:!: IMDB Movies and TV – Get IMDB info on Movies/tv shows
Astro File Manager – File manager for Android
IP subnet/supernet calculator – self explanitory
:!: Android VNC Viewer – lets you VNC into computers – useful if say your downing something on the downstairs computer and you want to shutdown the computer from upstairs (configured for LAN usage only)

NZ specific Apps
PriceSpy app – uses pricespys database – you can take a pic of a barcode and it will tell you the product and give you the lowest prices for that product
:!: TNZ usage – tells you how much data is remaining on your Telecom broadband cap
NZ tides – Shows the tide info for NZ (fishing)
:!: NZ Road Info – shows the motorway cameras from around the country

Libraries:
eSpeak for Android – text to speech libraries that can be leveraged by other apps (eg Google Translate)
Flash Player 10.1

Games
:!: Angry Birds – best game for Andriod
Memory Pro
Memory
:!: Unblock Me Free
Find Differences
:!: Jewels
:!: Memory Trainer – scientifically shown to improve memory

:!: = frequently used

Heres a list of the few app's I have installed.

:!: Adfree - Attempts to block advertisement servers using a hosts list like in Windows. Needs root.
:!: Appbrain - Another marketplace, most apps are in both so perhaps it uses the same repository I'm not sure.
:!: Autolock - Adds a delay to the lock timer so you don't have to do my unlock pattern or password unless its locked for longer than X minutes.
:!: Battle.net Authenticator - Extra security for your Battle.net account, don't forget to remove it from account properly if you want to remove the app from your phone, I was messing around with rooting and ended up with no wow for a few days while I had it removed the hard way during a major patch release .
:!: Fancy Widget - A blatant copy of a built in HTC app that shows the clock and weather and stuff in a nice little window on desktop.
:!: LCDDensity - Lets you adjust the resolution of your phone, fit more on screen at once. Needs root.
:!: Quick Boot - Lets you reboot, or reboot into Recovery, or reboot into Bootloader. Saves you getting into Recovery or Bootloader using whatever the method is on your phone. Needs root.
:!: reddit is fun - Reddit browser, probably much like the Digg browser already mentioned.
:!: ROM Manager – An easier way to install ClockworkMod, a custom Recovery Mod that lets you take backups of your entire phone, letting you restore your phone if you brick it or want to sell it as factory defaults. Also lets you browse a repository of custom ROM’s, which it downloads and installs for you. Needs root.
:!: ShootMe - Lets you take screenshots. I've read there are other ways to do this that don't need root. Needs root.
:!: Terminal Emulator - Emulates a Digital Equipment Corporation VT-100 terminal, lets you run linux commands and stuff and browse your phone. Needs root.
:!: Titanium Backup - A must have if your going to get into flashing ROM's and messing around with your phones recovery ROM and all that jazz. Lets you backup apps and remove apps that you normally can't like the preloaded ones you get with a Telecom phone. Needs root.
:!: Webkey - Lets you access your phone via a browser and use your phone via your computer, can see your screen and everything. Needs root.

I slapped Cyanogen on my phone yesterday which is based on 2.2.1, but the slide unlock thing hasn't changed. Is the slide to unlock style thingy on the Desire an HTC thing or a Desire thing? I thought it was a Froyo thing?

Google Maps just got an update today -- along with the previously released GPS Navigation feature for NZ it also will now locally cache places you comonly visit - there is also some 3D mapping as well

Anyone tried Gingerbread? It seems so much quicker than Froyo, but it's hard to say. I've got to say that I absolutely love the new lock screen animation haha. Anyone got a favorite custom ROM to recommend? Miui was my favorite after I had removed all the iOS theming, but until they update to 2.3 I'll have to stick to CyanogenMod or try one of the others that run 2.3.