The DROID PRO offers access to your corporate directory, e-mail, calendar and more (see larger image).

In addition to high-speed connectivity on the fast and reliable Verizon Wireless 3G network, you can also share the built-in 3G Mobile Hotspot via the integrated Wireless-N Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n) among five devices--laptop, another phone, MP3 player, and more (additional service charge).

Built on Android 2.2 (also referred to as "Froyo") with integrated Google technology, the DROID PRO brings one-touch access to the popular Google mobile services millions use every day, including Google Search by voice, Google Maps with Street View, GTalk instant messaging (with presence capabilities), YouTube, and Picasa. And through Android Market, you'll get access to thousands of useful applications, widgets and fun games to download and install on your phone, with many more apps being added every day.

In addition to the DROID PRO being the first Android-powered smartphone optimized for business use, it's also a global-ready smartphone, allowing you to enjoy wireless voice service in more than 220 countries and data coverage in more than 200 countries.

The DROID PRO offers full support for Adobe Flash Player 10.1 for accessing Flash-enabled websites, watching video and playing games. Capture snapshots and videos on the go with the 5-megapixel camera featuring auto focus and dual LED flash as well as DVD-quality video. Other features include Bluetooth for hands-free devices and stereo music streaming, DNLA connectivity, music player with connectivity to the Amazon MP3 store, full HTML browser, and up to 6.5 hours of talk time.

Built-in security features include AuthenTec IPSec multi-headed VPN integration, remote wipe of device and SD card, and complex password support. Device and SD card encryption will be available in early 2011.

DROID is a trademark of Lucasfilm Ltd. and its related companies. Used under license.

With Android 2.2, you get support for viewing web sites that use Adobe Flash (see larger image).

Key Features

• Powered by the Android operating system (version 2.2) with deep integration of Google services, access to thousands of apps via the Android Market, and support for Adobe Flash 10.1.
• Fast 3G connectivity thanks to the reliable Verizon Wireless EV-DO, Rev A network
• Global roaming capabilities with data access in more than 185 destinations
• GPS navigation capabilities via VZ Navigator service
• Ultra-fast Wi-Fi networking (802.11b/g) for accessing home and corporate networks as well as hotspots while on the go.
• 3G Mobile Hotspot capability allows you to create a Wi-Fi hotspot using your Verizon Wireless 3G EV-DO connection, which can then be shared among up to five Wi-Fi-capable devices. Just open the 3G Mobile Hotspot app in the Applications tray and turn on the service. (Note that 3G Mobile Hotspot sharing uses the device's regular data plan and does not require a Mobile Broadband Connect plan.)
• Skype Mobile compatibility provides unlimited Skype-to-Skype calls and IM while in the U.S. to anywhere in the world. Plus, with Skype Mobile you get low rates to international land lines and cell phones (requires Skype account).
• 3.1-inch multi-touch display (480 x 320 pixels, 16 million color depth)
• Physical QWERTY keyboard
• 5-megapixel auto-focus camera with touch-to-focus, face detection, panoramic modes, low-light capabilities, and more
• DVD-quality video capture
• Digital media player compatible with MP3, WMA, and AAC music plus MPEG4 video formats.
• Access to online music services including Amazon MP3 for music purchases and Slacker Radio for personalized streaming music.
• Bluetooth connectivity (version 2.1) includes profiles for communication headset, hands-free car kits, and the A2DP Bluetooth profile--enabling you to wirelessly stream your music to a pair of compatible Bluetooth stereo headphones or speaker dock.
• Included 2 GB microSD card with support for optional cards up to 32 GB.
• 2 GB internal memory
• YouTube app for streaming video over 3G and Wi-Fi connections.
• DLNA compatibility allows you to stream media content from the phone to any other DLNA-certified device. The AllShare application enables you to play a file from your phone on another player, play a file from a server on your phone, or play a file from a server on another player via your phone.
• Rich HTML e-mail application seamlessly syncs your e-mail, calendar and contacts from Gmail as well as most other POP3 or IMAP e-mail services. The Gmail application provides features such as conversation view, spam filtering, search, and labels that Gmail users enjoy on their computer while offering new features such as integration with the phone's contact list. And it multitasks, so you can read a Web page while also downloading your e-mail in the background.
• Full HTML Web browser enables you to view more pages and enjoy better Web content delivered efficiently to your phone.
• Instant messaging support for Google Talk, as well as AOL, Yahoo! Messenger and Windows Live Messenger. It also supports advanced text messaging features, enabling you to easily flag, delete or move groups of messages and keep track of group conversations through threaded text messaging.
• Text (SMS) and picture/video (MMS) messaging
• Google Calendar app syncs with the Web-based version, so any event that you add to your phone will show up on the Web-based Google Calendar (and vice versa).
• Airplane mode allows you to listen to music while the cellular connectivity is turned off

Vital Statistics

The DROID PRO weighs 4.73 ounces and measures 4.69 x 2.36 x 0.46 inches. Its 1400 mAh lithium-ion battery is rated at up to 6.5 hours of talk time, and up to 330 hours (13.75 days) of standby time. It runs on the CDMA 800/1900 frequencies as well as EV-DO, Rev A 3G frequencies.

What's in the Box

DROID PRO handset, rechargeable battery, charger, 2 GB microSD memory card, SIM card, USB cable, three international power adapters, quick start guide

Verizon Wireless Services

• Reliable 3G Network: With support for the EV-DO high-speed data standard, you'll enjoy fast access to the Internet and Verizon Wireless multimedia services (additional charges applicable), with average download speeds ranging from 400 to 700 Kbps and peak rates up to 2 Mbps. (Learn more about where EV-DO coverage is offered.)

• Global Roaming Capabilities: With this mobile phone, you can connect to wireless networks from Europe to South America to Asia thanks to its quad-band GSM/EDGE/GPRS connectivity as well as high-speed 3G HSPA compatibility (2100 MHz networks). It comes pre-installed with a SIM card, so customers who plan to travel abroad can activate global service at the time of purchase or by calling Verizon Wireless prior to leaving the U.S. For those who travel abroad frequently, the Verizon Wireless Global Value Plan offers discounted roaming capabilities with data access in more than 185 destinations.

• Visual Voice Mail: This innovative service enables you to delete, reply, and forward voice mail messages without having to listen to prior messages or voice instructions. Visual Voice Mail is the ideal tool for the busy mobile professional who may need to prioritize which messages he or she listens to first. Features include on-screen access to voice mail message status, save up to 40 messages for 40 days (or archive permanently), create up to 10 different caller ID-based greetings, and reply via call back, text or even voice mail.

• VZ Navigator Capable: With this GPS-enabled phone, you'll be able to access the Verizon Wireless VZ Navigator service (additional charges applicable) for voice-prompted turn-by-turn directions, heads-up alerts, local search of nearly 14 million points of interest in the US (such as landmarks, restaurants and ATMs), and detailed color maps.

• VZW Backup Assistant: Automatically back up your mobile contacts to your online address book. If your phone is lost, stolen, or damaged, or you decide to upgrade, easily restore your saved address book to your new phone. You can also add, delete, edit, and print your contacts online and send the changes to your mobile phone.

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Finally, a new 4G Smartphone for Verizon that packs a dual core processor! I was getting a little disappointed that none of the new 4G phones for Verizon’s LTE network would pack a dual core processor, but Motorola picked up the slack where LG, Samsung, and HTC dropped the ball and packed a dual core 1GHZ processor into the new Droid Bionic, making this smartphone the fastest 4G phone for Verizon (and one of the fastest period).

Unlike most of the other recently announced 4G phones, this one is a clear upgrade from a specs perspective and will be sure to impress even when it’s not on a 4G network.

Motorola Droid Bionic - Dual Core 4G Phone For Verizon

Of all the smartphones on the market or soon to be released, this is the one I personally want to own(and probably will as soon as it’s released).

Motorola Droid Bionic Specs

• 4.3″ qHD Screen (960×540 resolution – the iPhone 4 has 960×640 resolution on a 3.5″ screen as a comparison)
• Dual Core 1GHZ Processor (so far unspecified but likely a Texas Instruments processor as all previous Droids have featured TI microprocessors)
• 512 MB RAM
• 4G / LTE Connectivity
• 8 Megapixel Rear Camera / VGA Front Facing Camera
• HDMI Connectivity Featuring Mirror Mode which allows for simultaneous streams of video to the TV and on the device
• Quickoffice (document reading and editing, calendar, conference calling, and other Google apps and services)

Release date and pricing unknown, but it is expected to be released between March 2011 and June 2011.

Motorola Droid Bionic Demo Video

httpvh://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oSg0CH9qTGI

Updated 1/9/12

Since I did my last list of must have android apps, a lot has changed – we’ve gone from Android 2.0 to Android 4.0, the Android Market has gone from 70,000 or so Apps to over 400,000 so I thought it was time to make a new 10 best android apps (and all of these are completely free or offer a fully functional lite or free version).

So if you just got a new Android phone, here are ten must have apps I’d make sure to download immediately (though depending on which phone you have you may already have a few of them)

So let’s get started…

1. Pandora – Pretty much ever “top ten” or “must have apps” list includes this program.  Who am I to argue?  If you like music, get this app.  I actually canceled my satellite radio subscription (which I loved) and spent the $36 a year for a Pandora One subscripton because I almost exclusively use Pandora for listening to music these day.
2. Chrome To Phone – This is one of those little known apps that is so incredibly useful I’m amazed that not everyone and their brother has it already.   Ever been browsing a website and wanted to send that page to your phone?  How about looking at a map or directions and just wanted to load it onto your phone?  With this app you can if you’re using Google Chrome.  Just press the chrome to phone button on your browser and a couple seconds later that page will be loaded on your phone.
3. Voice Actions / Voice Search – While pretty much every Android phone (and just about every smartphone in general) has voice search and voice commands, they don’t have anything like this. With this program you can send emails and text messages all with one command.  It’s called Google Voice Actions but will show up a “Voice Search” when you look for it in the market.   It’s not a Siri clone, (that app is called Iris, neat but still not useful enough to use on a regular basis) it’s been around for a while and allows you to use voice dialing, send texts, play music, and even set alarms on your phone.  It’s not quite as cool as Siri is, but it’s still pretty nice.
4. Doubletwist – This program likes to bill itself as iTunes for Android.  I say let’s not get carried away but this is easily the best program for any iTunes user to put their playlists on their Android phone.  It will read your playlists from your current iTunes and syncs to your Android phone just like iTunes syncs to an iPhone or iPod.  If you want to listen to music on your phone, then this is the app to get.   There is a premium version that offers wifi syncing, which if you listen to a lot of music might be worth the $5. 
5. WiFi File Transfer – Ever wanted to transfer a file from your computer to your phone or vice versa without having to hook up your USB cable?  There are a few apps that allow you to do just that – I like this one best because it makes it easy to do.
6. Carr Matey – I went to a college football game last weekend and I parked quite a ways from the stadium.  I made sure I used this app so I could remember where I parked after the game.  It’s a pirate themed car locator – sure there are other car locator apps out there but how many of those other apps allow you to “drop anchor” and “find your vessel” and displays an old fashioned looking compass telling your how many yards you are away from your vehicle?  (It’ll show you a regular map if you prefer but that’s no fun)
7. Google Voice – Let’s be honest, Google Voice is great and if you have an Android powered smartphone, it’s a no brainer plus you get free Visual Voicemail with it. 
8. Google Maps Navigation – this is the app that originally got me to take the plunge and buy a Droid in the first place.  Up until that point I’d been happily using my Motorola RAZR and didn’t feel the need to buy a smartphone.  However, when I learned that Google had released a free GPS navigation app for their Android powered devices, I was sold.   While it’s not quite as good as Navigon for the iPhone or as good as top of the line devices from TomTom or Garmin, it’s still makes my list as one of the top apps for any Android device… and the FREE part is hard to sneeze at.
9. Swype – This app was developed by Samsung and is of course included on all of their Android phones as well as some others, like the Droid Bionic.  It replaces your current keyboard with their very cool Swype technology.  It’s a little difficult to explain so just watch this video if you’d like to see it in action.  You won’t find it in the market but a little searching for the “Swype APK” will get you the file you need to add this keyboard to your phone – I put it on my original Droid and was thrilled when I got my Bionic and it was already there. 
10. Barcode Scanner – I was reading an article not too long ago that said even among college students, a lot of them didn’t know how to scan a qr code using the camera on their smartphone.  This app is a QR Code Scanner.  The last time I went to Sears I used this.  My friend and I saw a product that looked like it’d be nifty if it worked like it said it does so I scanned the barcode using my phone’s camera  and we were able to find the product online and more importantly to read user reviews that alerted us that the product was garbage… so we put it back on the shelf.

28 More Apps I Like

I probably won’t go into depth about most of these but I get asked about which apps I use so often that I figured I’d just give you a list of ones I’ve actually found useful even though they didn’t make my top ten list.

• ChompSMS – I use this for my text messaging instead of the default “Messaging” app.  The old messaging apps used to be pretty crappy and though it has improved I still prefer ChompSMS to the built in Android text messaging app – another good alternative that I’ve been testing out and like is GO SMS – try one of them out and see which you prefer.
• Netflix – The Netflix app isn’t perfect and isn’t available for every Android phone.  However, you can get it on most phones and all of the new ones.  If you have a Netflix subscription, this app allows you to take streaming movies and TV shows with you in your pocket so the next time your sitting in the dentist office waiting to be called, you can watch a TV show instead of paging through a magazine.
• Listen – This is another official Google App for listening to Podcasts and such.  Personally, I use and love PocketCasts for all of my Podcasting needs (I use that app nearly every day) but since PocketCasts isn’t free, it doesn’t make this list.  I’ve found Google Listen to be the best free Podcast manager.
• Google + – I don’t use Google + very much.  Heck, I use it so little that there’s really no point in adding me to your circles, but the reason the Google+ app is neat is that whenever you take a picture with your phone, it’ll automatically upload it (privately) to your Google+ account meaning your pictures are now easily and automatically transferred from your phone to the cloud where you can access them from any computer once you login to your Google Account.
• Google Currents – I’ve been playing around with this for a little while and I’ve decided it’s not quite spectacular enough to make the top 10 list, but it is worth mentioning.  Essentially Google Currents is Google’s attempt to translate rich magazine content into something that can be easily read on your smartphone.
• Hipmunk – I don’t use this app very often, but if you frequently need to search for airline tickets or hotels on your phone, this app is fantastic.  You won’t miss your computer.
• WaveSecure – Should your phone ever, heaven forbid, be stolen, this is the app you’ll want to have installed as it makes recovery more likely and can help you lock down your phone remotely so even if thieves have your phone, they won’t be able to access your personal information.
• SportsTap – A great app if you want to keep up with the score of the game (for just about any sport).  I use this all the time during football season to keep up with all the scores.
• NewsRob – If you use Google Reader to keep up with your favorite blogs, this is the perfect app to use to read them on your phone.  I use this app several times a day.
• Slacker – This is another music discovery app.
• Last.FM – Yet one more music discovery app.
• SoundHound – Absolutely one of my favorite apps.  If you’ve heard of Shazam, then you already know what this app does… excpet this app will let you sing the song you’re thinking of or hum the tune and it’ll do it’s darndest to identify it for you.  Next time you can’t think of the name of a song, give this app a try and no, you don’t have to be a good singer for it to correctly identify the right song – just know the lyrics or be able to accurately hum the tune.
• Rehearsal Assistant – My favorite voice record app for Android
• MotoTorch LED – Uses your camera’s LED flash as a flashlight – you’d be surprised how often this app comes in handy – make it easy to use by putting the widget on your phone’s homescreen.
• Ringdroid – I don’t use this one all that often but this app allows you to take any part of any song on your phone and turn it into a ringtone, alarm, or even as the text message alert sound.  Never pay for another ringtone!
• Astro – Best file manager for Android.
• Where’s My Droid – Ever forget your phone but you’re not sure where you forgot it?  If you have this app installed, you should never lose your Droid again (or at least not for very long).  Send it a specially coded text message (from your computer or friend’s phone) and it will tell you where it is by sending you its GPS coordinates and a link to its location on Google Maps.  If it’s in your house or apartment but you have it set to silent, you can also send it a text message that will turn the volume up to maximum so you can figure out which couch cushion your phone slid under.
• Google Voice Callback – I did a post on this a while back on how you can get unlimited calling with your Android Phone by using Google Voice and this app.  If you find yourself always running out of minutes, this is a good app to try.
• KeepScreen – Ever get annoyed when your phone’s screen times out and goes dark when you’re trying to watch or read something?  Just install this app and you can select apps where the screen will always stay on even if there is no activity.
• Layar – Looking for the nearest coffee shop, pizza place, bar, hotel, or just about anything else.  Just load up this app and your phone will take you to it using their augmented reality browser.  It’s a little hard to explain, but download it and give it a whirl, you’ll probably like it.
• Notepad – exactly what is says.
• Owner – What happens when you set your phone down somewhere and someone else finds it and would like to return it to you?  Well, if you have this app installed, as soon as they turn on the screen for your phone they’ll see your name and who to contact to return the phone.
• Places Directory – Another app made by Google and pretty straightforward.  Allows you to find any category of business wherever you are and find not only the closest one but also to view contact information and reviews of the business you’re considering going to.
• Seesmic – Yes, Twitter has it’s own official app… but Seesmic is better and doesn’t suck up as many resources.
• Startup Cleaner Pro – Sometimes your phone can get a little bogged down with too many apps loading during startup.  Download this app and tell some of them not to load on startup – just like using msconfig in windows!
• What Zip – Now that just about every phone has a GPS antenna in it, they can all tell you where you are but what about what zip code you’re in?  This app does just that.
• Lookout Mobile Security – This one has been advertised in Verizon’s latest commercials for their Droid X and Droid 2 phones but it’ll work on any Android Phone.  This free app will scan your phone for viruses, backup your phone’s information, and can help you locate your phone in the event you lose it (though it’s not nearly as good as Where’s My Droid in my opinion for this task – for the other two, it’s pretty sweet).  If you want an app that’s similar and adds in the functionality of allowing you to block SMS messages (something Android doesn’t have built in functionality for) try out Webroot Mobile Security
• Groupon – I can’t think of the last time I actually went to Groupon’s site to check the daily deal and that’s coming from a person who works on their computer all day.  I always check it with this nifty little app on my phone.

What do you think?  Any apps that I should have mentioned?  Any that shouldn’t have made the list?    Let me have it in the comments section below.

If you’re impatient (I was) you can download the official update and do it yourself. It’s actually pretty easy and even if something did go wrong, you could go to the Verizon store and they’d fix it as this is the real Verizon and Motorola approved update so it’s covered under warranty.  Just remember this update is for non-rooted users (if you don’t know what that means, then you’re a non-rooted user).

Now that a significant number of people finally have Android 2.2 Froyo on their phones (Motorola Droid, HTC EVO 4G, Nexus One) I figured this would be a good time to review all the Froyo goodness that has come to your trusty old Droid and to talk about what didn’t make it to the phone.

The Froyo update has largely been hailed as the version of Android that finally feels complete and puts it on par with Apple’s iOS 4.  A lot has been done behind the scenes and while you can’t see a lot of what has changed, the biggest thing you’ll notice is how much faster and responsive your phone is.  Google claims a 2-5 times speed increase and if you’ve been using your Droid for any length of time, you’ll notice how much faster the phone responds.

Other new features:

• USB Tethering – There have been applications on the market that have allowed you to tether your phone via USB for a while now, but now it’s built in (Wireless tethering didn’t make it – more on that later).  To access, click settings, Wireless & Network Settings, Tethering, and if your USB cable is plugged in, check the box.
• You’ll notice a new application launcher and that phone and browser access are now available on all your app screens.
• 270 degree rotation.  To see it in action, start watching any Youtube video… now turn the phone upside down.
• 5 screens for your apps, up from the 3 that were previously available.
• Voice dialing for Bluetooth headsets!
• Adobe FLASH 10.1!  Finally something you can hold over the heads of all your iPhone carrying friends – you have all of the Internet available to you on your phone and can watch all the videos and play all the flash based games you like.   (Note:  My updated didn’t have flash support built in and getting it working took a little searching so let me save you the time – here’s the Adobe Flash 10.1 app for the Droid since the Android Market and Adobe’s site didn’t have it last I looked).
• Chrome to Phone – I did a post on this a few weeks ago, but wanted to bring it up again.  You’ll need to install the app for your phone and install the extension on Chrome, but once you do this, anytime you’re working on your computer, you can just click the little phone icon and send the link (including directions from Google Maps) directly to your phone.
• Improved video quality
• New camera interface – the notable enhancement here is that the zoom is easier to use
• Easier to keep you apps updated.  If you’re like me and have 100+ apps, it can be kind of tedious when you have 7-10 apps that all need to be updated when you have to do it one by one.  Now in Android 2.2 you can just press the “update all” button and Android will take care of the rest.
• Apps can now be stored on the SD card and you can move current apps (that support it) to the SD Card.

Wi-Fi Hotspot / Tethering

Of all the features I was most excited about getting with the new update, this was it and sadly wifi tethering didn’t make its way to the Droid with Verizon saying the Droid lacks the necessary hardware to function as a wifi hotspot.   That may be true, sort of (it actually has the proper hardware but the hardware is running the wrong firmware to do it properly), but rooted users have found a way to make wifi tethering a reality with a bit of an ad-hoc solution, but if you’re willing to root your phone (Cyanogenmod and Bugless Beast are two popular ones in the rooting community), you can get wifi tethering.   Disclaimer:  Rooted your Droid voids the warranty on your phone and there is a chance you could brick your phone in the process – we take no responsibility should you decide to try this.

What do you think of the new 2.2 update? Anything I left out that you think should be mentioned?  Let me know in the comments.

And with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Beam I8520 (currently only available in Singapore – U.S. and U.K. release date unknown), they’ve certainly caught our attention.

In many ways it’s a pretty standard Android powered smartphone.  It currently runs Android 2.1 with a 2.2 Froyo update expected, its a slightly underpowered with a 800MHZ TI OMAP processor, and has what has become the new standard size camera (8MP and 720p video camera) and 16GB of storage space and of course has an AGPS chip

Samsung Galaxy Beam With Built in Projector.

However, Samsung didn’t stop adding features there and in fact if they could have made it fit, they probably would have included a kitchen sink.

It sports a Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 800 x 480 (a very worth competitor to Apple’s retina display, some would say it’s even better), an FM tuner, Bluetooth 3.0, and an 802.11 B/G/N antenna.  Yes, 802.11 N!

However, the real kicker is that this camera is the first smartphone to feature a built in 50″ projector.  Now you can do impromptu Powerpoint presentations to your heart’s content.   As a business owner who has to do a lot of on location presentations, I can tell you I’m chomping at the bit and crossing my fingers to get one of these puppies.

Again, no U.S. carrier has been announced for this phone and we don’t know when or even if it will be available here, but it’s another worthy contender for title of best smartphone.

You can see the projector in action in this video:

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7uCi_cT9IU

One thing that business users expect on a smartphone is the ability to record a phone call.

There is plenty written about the legality of recording phone calls, and if you’re trying to secretly record calls, you could be asking for trouble.  However, not everyone wants to record phone calls for nefarious purposes.  Here’s a good resource about recording calls.

For example, I was just on a call this morning with a client and he wanted to know how we could record the conversation because he couldn’t keep up with everything I was saying and wanted to be able to go back and review the apparent wisdom I was pontificating.

We were on Skype at the time, so I just turned on Pamela (that’s what the software suite I used is called) and recorded away.

But how do you record a call if you’re on an Android powered phone?  There is sadly no built in functionality to do it, but fortunately a few apps have come to the market that get the job done nicely.

But first let’s start with the free option.

Free Call Recording With Google Voice

You can record calls with Google Voice.  Unfortunately, that means you can only record incoming calls, not outgoing.    However it’s simple to do –  just press 4 on your number pad and it will start recording the conversation.  You’ll find the conversation in your Voice control panel within a few minutes and you can send the recording to the other party easily from the control panel.

This is the easiest way to record calls on any Android powered phone despite the limitation of being able to only record incoming calls.  If you need to record outgoing calls… then read on as things get a little trickier.

Best Call Recording Android Apps

There are a lot of so called call recording apps on the Android Market.  The problem is that a lot of them don’t work.   I’ve found that none of the free apps on the market are worth downloading and after testing out several different call recording apps have settled on AllCallRecorder Deluxe.  It’s a $2.95 app and there’s a free trial version you can test out before you have to buy anything.  Keep in mind it doesn’t work with all phones, but it does work with a lot of them and works well with almost all of the popular devices.

One other app you may want to take a look at is Super Call Recorder – I haven’t personally tested it out but it has good reviews and might work for you in case AllCallRecorder Deluxe doesn’t and also has a free trial version so you can verify that it works before you pay for it.

While paying $2.95 for functionality you think should be built into your phone isn’t ideal, I think it’s a lot better than having a Blackberry because then while you can easily record phone calls, you have to suffer with having a Blackberry.  :)

If you have an app that you’ve been using that’s working well for you, please post in the comments along with the model of phone you’re using.