just purchased my sprint evo

so im new to these droid phones. ive had a blackberry nextel for the last two years and im kinda clueless. so i gathered some questions...

what apps are a must with this phone?

what hidden features are there? i saw a guy in class once use his evo as a power point remote? wtf haha

what should i stay away from? any warnings?

pros and cons please!

 

zedge- for wallpapers and ringtones
flashlight- (comes in handy... sometimes)
Shootme- gives you the ability to take screenshots without rooting your phone
pandora- music
power control widget

just some things i have on my evo

 

whats power control? droid market doesnt give me a description

 

Droids are awesome!

 

nvm found it. nice thanks

 

good advice, thanks

 

so the clock/weather that comes on my home screen got deleted by accident, how do i put it back?

 

Hold your finger on the empty part of the screen, then select "Widget", then "Clock" - choose your style and you're done!

 

found it! thanks

 

i also just bought the otterbox commuter case and some screen protectors

 

Go to:
http://www.appbrain.com/

for a easy to use listing of the top apps.

Fritz

 

Start reading up on installing custom roms at xda forums website. themikmik.com is the best rom so far on the evo. It improves speed, performance, adds many features, and prolongs battery life.

 

search "Milage" in the market

awesome app that will track your fill-ups, give you MPG reports, stats, graphs, more

 

If you plan on rooting, or just want to find new apps and things that you can do with your phone, and also fixes for problems you may have, head over to androidforums.com. That place has an amazing amout of info, and also made rooting my evo extrememly easy with step by step instructions.

 

Facebook sucks on this phone.I keep getting a fetching error

 

get the Facebook update, it isn't set up for the right one i think.

I love mine hate the battery life though

 

Ive been using PDA net for internet tethering with my laptop... its free to test and after the trial its a one time payment of like 24 bucks.


I just got the thunderbolt its alot like the evo


Does anyone know of an app to get free wifi?

 

X2 on PDAnet...

Free wifi?? I don't follow. To make you phone a hotspot?

Some apps are a must for me are:

Beautiful Widgets
Angry Birds
Battery Indicator
Handcent for Texting
Smart Keyboard paid version
USA Today
WeatherBug

 

To make your phone a free hotspot, you pretty much have to root it. Also, i found easytether to work better than PDA net, but thats just my opinion. With any wired tethering, you will lose close to half of your internet speed, simply because its wired. Root it, do the wireless tethering, and you will have full speeds.

 

man i love pandora. you gotta excuse me, i just came from nextel. this is all like day and night