Since there have been a few HTC devices floating around the office as of late, I decided to set my beloved iPhone aside for a week and put the Android to the test. Naturally, as a lover of all things productive, I challenged Android owners to convince me to convert. Here’s a list of my personal top ten Android Apps for Productivity in alphabetical order.

1. ASTRO File Manager (Free, Upgrade for $3.99)

Remember that old mp3 player (note: Not iPod) that simply stored information as files and folders? Remember how dead simple and easy to get to exactly what you wanted, when you wanted it? Thanks in part to Metago, the ASTRO File Manager app replicates this method and puts you in charge of your device, and not vice-versa. Part file manager, part digital Swiss Army knife, if there’s only one productivity app you’re willing to put on your Android device, this is it!

2. CamCard (Free, Upgrade for $6.99)

Sure, the business card has been on the decline since Don Draper left Sterling Cooper, but that doesn’t mean your post-conference notebook isn’t stuffed full of watermarked, embossed, and printed paper. You could spend a few hours on the flight home to enter all those contacts in your address book, but why? CamCard delivers on it’s promise, and with the snap of an iris, CamCard can recognize key text and titles, phone numbers, and email addresses, and *insto-presto*, contacts entered into your address book. A huge time saver for just about any working professional.

3. Dropbox (Free)

If you’re not already intimately familiar with DropBox’s services, please stop reading, and go get yourself an account. A go-to for anyone working on more than one machine, the ‘box’s Android application keeps my files with me at all times. Not so different from it’s iPhone counterpart, but still, a flawless execution of a dead-simple concept that’s hard to beat.

4. Evernote (Free)

Like Dropbox above, Evernote belongs in every professional professional’s toolkit. Evernote has been spotlighted time and time again, and it’s quite clear to see why. An organizer/idea saver/note taker/to-do list(er), Evernote keeps just about everything you’d want to take at a look at later in a neatly organized format. Similar to the Dropbox app, I didn’t notice too many glaring differences between the iOS and Android version, but 

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