GDocs

GDocs approximates the original formatting of documents.

Since Android is a Google product, the absence of an app for viewing and editing documents and spreadsheets from Google Docs would just be wrong. That’s where Art Wild’s GDocs comes in, allowing users to view spreadsheets and to create, edit and view word processor documents from their Google Docs account.

When you’re viewing a document or spreadsheet, a reasonable approximation of the original formatting is preserved (considering the small screen); editing is strictly text-only, though.

While you probably won’t want to write your life story on your phone’s tiny thumb-board, you can probably touch up that report for work or write up some notes for that short story you’ve been mulling over.

Imeem Mobile

Imeem Mobile offers a variety of ways to listen to music.

You can play music off your phone’s SD card or stream music over the Internet with Imeem’s mobile player.

Imeem offers several ways to listen once you’ve created a free user account: Upload tracks from your computer and listen to them under the “My Music” tab, create on-the-fly radio stations from music similar to your favorite artists using the “Search” function, or listen to featured stations put together by Imeem’s staff and other users.

The best part? Imeem will continue to play in the background while you use other applications.

Locale

Much more than a simple location-based app, Locale from Two Forty Four A.M. LLC is a scriptable, location-aware settings manager. This may not sound all that exciting, but don’t let its simplicity fool you.

Defining a condition that will trigger an action with Locale.

With Locale, you can set up conditions that trigger user-defined actions — for example, automatically dimming the screen when the battery gets below 20%, or texting your friends when you get to a specific location, or turning off the ringer at specific times of day.

A wide range of triggering events are available — battery level, dates, times, GPS coordinates and calls from specific people can all be used. Settings or events that can be triggered include pop-up notifications, turning Wi-Fi or Bluetooth off or on, sounding a chosen ringtone, sending a text message or tweet, lowering or raising the volume, or even changing the home screen’s wallpaper.

Some third-party programs even integrate with Locale, increasing the available options — for example, a to-do list program could make your shopping list available whenever you go by the store.

Twidroid

The king of the Twitter apps for Android is Twidroid.

It seems like every platform has a half-dozen Twitter clients these days, but on Android, Twidroid from Ralph Zimmerman and Thomas Marban is the reigning king.

In addition to the usual ability to send tweets, view replies and direct messages, and follow or unfollow people, Twidroid integrates with Android’s browser so you can tweet links to pages you find interesting; captures GPS information to tweet your location or to geotag tweeted photos; and offers a selection of URL shortening and photo hosting services.

It’s all wrapped up in a clean and stylish interface that’s easy and fun to use.

iMusic

Do you happen to listen to a lot of music while you’re on the move? Sure it your battery will be depleted faster but you can always carry that charger with you at all times and recharge the phone at the office. And you should consider getting an extra battery too especially since we’re just about to show you a music-related application for Android phones.

i Music brings you unlimited music to your Android device. You can choose between various genres and browse through a few million songs until you find your favorite tracks. The app will even let you stream your favorite music so you won’t have to download it right away. Just make sure you have an unlimited data plan available so you won’t have to pay extra for listening to the tracks you love!

Google Mobile

Google Mobile provides easy access to Gmail, Picasa, Google Maps, Google Sync and more.

Access the entire suite of Google’s mobile-friendly services in one place with Google Mobile. A single interface gives you one-stop access to Google’s Gmail and Maps applications (the latter of which can integrate with your built-in GPS tool, if your BlackBerry has one).

It also includes links to Web services including search, Google News, Google Reader, Google Docs (which is read-only on mobile devices), Picasa photos, and your Google Notebook, all of which open in your BlackBerry’s built-in Web browser. Google Mobile also includes the Google Sync service, which allows two-way synchronization between your BlackBerry’s built-in calendar and the Web-based Google Calendar.

TuneWiki

TuneWiki shows you song lyrics as the song is playing.TuneWiki is a replacement for Android’s built-in media player, offering a number of nice features. Most notable is the lyric scroll, which pulls lyrics off the Internet and scrolls them along with the song.

Other features include integrated Last.fm and Shoutcast radio streaming, YouTube video search, and community features like popular song lists and “music maps” that let you see where people are listening to the same song you are.

Facebook
A smartphone is not complete without a Facebook app. The Facebook-sponsored application offers a lot of features. You can do almost everything on the Android app that’s possible on the full version of the site. What’s cool is that you can even add a notification widget to your home screen.

Fring
Fring is a must-have Instant Messaging (IM) app that you can use to chat with your whether they are on Yahoo Messenger, AIM, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, and other supported protocols.

Evernote
One of my favorite iPhone apps has come to Android. Evernote is not your ordinary note-taking application as it will let you sync text, photos, audios, and files across different operating system  minus the hassles.