Another app I love is Google Translate.  While I've used Google Translate from time to time on the web, it's even more useful on the phone since you probably already have it with you when you need it.

It's nicely integrated with speech and with texting. While it's not perfect, it's a great resource beyond pointing and gesturing. Just make sure it gets the speech to text right:  e.g., :"robotics trip" vs. "robotic strip". Common words and simple phrases come through OK if spoken carefully.

The selection of languages is also pretty amazing, and it works in both directions in a conversational mode. When I was at Goodwill South Florida, I showed them it could not only handle Spanish but also Hatian Creole.

So this is one more tool just to have for those times when you just can't find the word in Spanish or don't have a clue how to say it in Korean. And the price is right.

I am still seeking a great app to manage all my action items in all the different domains I am dealing with, syncing up with my office computer and laptop and being accessible wherever I am.

What is this? I'm not impressed with the apps I've tried. Syncing with Outlook tasks doesn't seem to be too great, and I have not really gotten into Gmail tasks either.  My calendar and e-mail sync just fine and it's great to be able to keep up that way. At present, the best way to get reminded is to stick important actions onto my calendar. But I'd rather have the flexibility of a great hierarchical "to do list" manager, so that I could organize and prioritize by domain as well as by time, roll forward those items not completed so they don't get forgotten, add notes or annotations, and so on. Repeating items would be great but maybe I can get away without that.

I've tried a few things but ended up uninstalling them for various reasons, such as the app wanting to know my GPS location. That is not necessary for this sort of app! (We're losing so much privacy anyway, I really need to draw the line when acess just isn't needed.)

Let me know if you've found something that delights you in this category.  I'll be sure to post what it is when I find it.

My latest delightful app find is ES File Explorer.

This app improves on the file explorer provided with the Droid by letting you browse or search for folders and files not just on the device itself, but also on the local network, via FTP, and on the Net. It even works as a Dropbox client. Wow. And it's simple to select multiple files, copy and paste, among all of these sources. It can browse or launch viewers of all sorts.

It's additional capabilities are pretty amazing. It can also unzip and zip files, manage apps, and more. I've not yet explored all it can do but what I've tried so far works very well.

This seems to be the best file explorer out there, and It's free, too!

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop&hl=en

Another app I really like is Wifi Analyzer.

It's been a long time since I set up my network, and over time the competition for bandwidth has grown. From time to time, channels have become crowded. We would adjust channels and antenna placement by trial and error.

How nice it would have been to have had this app.  Wifi Analyzer is just delightful. It graphically shows the signals it finds, what channels they are on, and how strong they are, and it is just great to be able to walk around with the phone and see it all. And it's free.

Check out the sceenshots and reviews at: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer&hl=en