If, like me, you have come to love and depend upon your Android-based phone, you’ve no doubt discovered the wealth of applications on the Android Market. But as with the iPhone App store, not every app is a gem. So you’ve probably found yourself installing and quickly removing plenty of apps from your phone, hoping to find ones that are truly useful.

To help in this quest, I’ve narrowed the field to 10 indispensable applications. These apps serve a number of purposes with little overlap. Some