10 must have free applications for your android phone

1. Quickpedia:

Quickpedia is a FREE app for browsing Wikipedia on your phone. With Quickpedia , view optimized web pages with ease, fast search Wikipedia articles, find out latest news, and easily get back to your visited articles quickly.

2. Chompsms:

Frustrated with the built-in Messaging application? Want more features? Then chompSMS is for you, with lots of extra features like chat-style bubbles, contact pictures, quick reply, signatures, templates, blacklisting, heaps of customizations, themes and much more!

Remember in order to send free sms to your friends both parties should have Chompsms installed. This application is ideal for communicating with your loved ones abroad.

3. MEEBO:

We all have heard and used MEEBO at some point in our life. Well MEEBO is available for your android phone and offers the same great service. All your MSN,Yahoo,Gtalk,AOL,Jabber,Myspace and ICQ accounts in one place. MEEBO is always on so you never miss a conversation again.

Awesome Drop:

This is a good application for quick file transfers. You don't need to sign up for an account simply install the application, navigate to the website in your browser, enter the pin code and drag and drop files to transfer them from your computer to your phone. Its simple and easy to use.

5.OpenHome

With openHome you can customize your android phone's home screen. Set it up the way you want to. Tweak your widgets, change fonts, customize skins and see your android phone the way you want to

6.Shazam

Shazam is the biggest music search provider with more then 150 million users worldwide. What it does is it takes a short sample of the music and identifies the song. Must have application for music listeners.

7. Opera Mini

The most widely used mobile browser opera mini is a must have for your android smart phone. It compresses web pages so that you can surf the internet faster . Synchronizes bookmarks , history and more between your PC and your mobile.

8. Google Sky Map 

A star map for Android. It turns Android-powered mobile phone into a dynamic window on the night sky. When the phone is elevated into the night sky, a map of the brightest stars, constellations, and planets in the sky will emerge. Good for spending some quality time alone during night time.

9.Ringo Lite: A ringtones manager helps to set unique ringtones and SMS tones for each of the address book contacts. A good handy application in all.

10. OI File manager: This application allows to browse SD card, create directories, rename, move, and delete files. It also acts as an extension to other applications to display “Open” and “Save” dialogs.