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It's been a while since I've done a top 5 or top anything list so I wanted to share some of my favorite Android apps since I've fallen in love with my Nexus One (second only to my wonderful wife).

Seesmic - The #1 Twitter client for Android.  Not only is it fast, simple to use and has great alerting capabilities but it's also free and has one of the most intuitive user interfaces of any of my currently installed apps.

NYC Bus & Subway - As most of you know, I've moved to New York City and this has been a literal life saver since I've gotten here.  This along with Google Maps (which is not included in this list as it's pre-installed on the device) has helped me to find my way home.  It's been the guiding beacon of hope on those cold, dark nights wandering around The Big Apple.

TouchDown - As a corporate mail user (who's unfortunately still on Exchange), this makes my life ten times easier!  It gets push email via ActiveSync and syncs contacts, calendars and tasks from my corporate account.  It does all of this while keeping it's grubby Exchange mitts off of my awesome Google services.

Listen - Google Listen is one of those apps that I can't believe I never wanted before but now know that I can't live without.  It was love at first listen (pun totally intended) when it pulled down a Car Talk episode, cached it and let me listen to the whole thing on the train ride from the office home.  Not only does it let you pull down podcasts but it lets you pull down all podcasts that match specific search terms as well.

PdaNet - While travelling is a large part of my job, it's nice to know that not only can I get online with my phone but a quick connection to my laptop (via USB) and my laptop gets some interweb juice as well.  Just remember, the only thing worse than needing to work while at the airport is needing to work while at the airport and paying for it.

Of course these aren't the only apps that make my life easier but I wanted to share with you some of the great apps that are available to almost every Android user.  Oh yeah, being able to run all of these at once (with background tasks) is a nice plus as well...  So take that iPhone users.