Top ten must have Android apps part one plus the Sonos S5

10 - Words with Friends
Free - Ad supported

Words with Friends is essentially Scrabble with just enough differences to avoid getting sued by Parker Brothers. The kicker here is that you can play online with friends (soon to be enemies) or hook up for a random game. You don't have to sit and wait for your opponent to make a move either; just lay down a word and later, you'l be notified when your opponent counters. It's like Scrabble by mail for the digital age.

9 - Handcent SMS
Free

Handcent SMS fixes many of the shortcomings of Android's native Messaging app. For the fact that text messages pop up and offer the option to bash out a quick reply, we love this free app. Handcent SMS also allows you to change the way you text messages are organized, change the theme or dig deeper to make some pretty fundamental changes to the way messaging works on your phone.

8 - Grocery IQ
Free

Grocery IQ - Tablet made it onto our top five Android tablet apps episode. The original app that shares the same name (minus the "Tablet" distinction) is the easiest way to keep your grocery shopping list always ready and always up to date. Share with your significant other and keep your lists in sync. Perfect for halving the time you spend in the grocery store with a two-pronged aisle attack or just to make sure you don't end up with numerous gallons of milk owing to the fact that you both bought a jug on the way home from work.

7 - Tango
Free

It takes two to Tango. Wait, that's not clever at all. In fact, it's probably where the name for the app comes from. I'll try harder next time.
Tango is a free, cross-platform video chat app. While Android is starting to roll out video chat via Google Talk -- present in Honeycomb tablets and available to smartphone users with the latest version -- Tango works well for those with friends in both the iOS and Android camps. Tango also bests FaceTime on iOS as it allows for video chats over 3G... though at approximately 3.5 frames per calendar year.

6 - SMS Backup+
Free ad-supported

Save lovey-dovey messages from your ex so you can wallow, get a backup of harassing messages sent by your boss for the pending lawsuit or find other less depressing uses.
SMS Backup+, as the name suggests, backs up your SMS messages. Excellent for freeing up some space on your phone's paltry internal memory while still keeping a record for court cases or personal torture.

Stay tuned for numbers one through five in a coming episode.

Sonos S5 review
The Sonos S5 is a sweet music system that liberates your music from hard drive purgatory and gets it streaming all through the house. The S5 units go for between $400 and $480, depending where in the world you reside. A little costly, but it feels like money well spent.
Sonos recently released an Android version of its Sonos Controller app. This is what really sets the Sonos system apart. That and the thick, full and rich sound that booms out of the S5 units.
After an initial PC or Mac initial setup process, you can link up your Android phone to the Sonos system and stream music to every room in the house. If you buy the $140 Sonos Bridge, you can do so wirelessly. Otherwise, at least one S5 will need to be connected to the wired network.
The S5 can play just about any music in your library and is comparable to the Bose Wave Radio system in overall sound quality.
In addition to letting you stream music from the home office PC without having to sit in the home office to listen, you also get access to 100,000 terrestrial and online-only radio stations that cover just about any musical taste or talk radio interest. Add to that the ability to stream podcasts and pre-recorded radio programs from the likes of NPR, the CBC and many others and you've got a pretty compelling offering.
If you've got a spare $400 - $500 kicking around, you could definitely find much worse things to spend it on. I love this system.