I think I may be spending too much time messing with my phone. I got the G1 running Android software a few weeks ago and am constantly serching the web for more tricks and apps and even wallpapers for the phone.

I've forced the latestest OS update - without hacking my phone (or rooting my phone as it is called - I did not root my phone!) - and I am pretty happy with it.

It doesn't do email as well as my blackberry did. And it's battery life is just awful - but not as bad as some reports (no one irl has shown that it has 1/3rd the life of the iPhone) - and I seem to obsess about the battery life ... a lot. I have three apps on my phone right now that help monitor and conserve battery life and am always looking for more. Since I work at a battery store, I have gotten a spare battery and now have a hi-capacity battery on order.

So much else I love about the phone. A bit too much maybe.What are the apps that I use the most and like? Well, let us be clear that the Android market is not as robust as iThe iPhone iStore iIs but it does have a lot of apps. I like chompsms for my texting. And K-9 for my mail. Twidroid for my twitter [yes, i said I wouldn't get a twitter app but I did and love it - props and runner up is twit2go].Shazam is magical - seriously - and available on most smart phones. And shopSavvy is entertaining. Where seems pretty darn good but has failed me a few times.

And do not get me started on my wallpaper apps. Storks and stupid seascapes is all you will hear about.