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Here is a list of potentially useful applications

Only for root

Those apps require to run on a rooted phone

AdFree : blacklist ad providers via /etc/hosts
Busybox Installer : for some decent shell tools
Cachemate for Root Users Free for cleaning apps caches
DroidWall : Firewall, iptables frontend
Keystore Unlocker : Automatically unlock keystore on reboot
MarketEnabler : Change provider ID towards Android Market, useful to download apps only available via some providers
- Got better results with PaidAppsEnabler
MyBackup Root : full backup
OpenVPN Installer : requires also kernel module, not yet tried
Overlook Fing : Network portscanner
screenshot : Take screenshots by shaking the phone
Superuser Elite : the application which got installed when you rooted your phone but you may want to benefit from Market updates
Superuser Update Fixer : if you've problems updating your Superuser package. Trying it doesn't hurt and make sure your local Superuser signatures are ok.
Transparent Proxy : transparent TCP redirector to a proxy, needs still a functional DNS
Webkey for a remote access from any browser
ROM Manager : For custom Recovery & ROMs, apparently not up to date for Nexus S yet

Fresh updates of the Market application itself...

With root support

Those apps benefit from running on a rooted phone

Root Explorer, nice file explorer with file editor etc
Ghost Commander
- Nostalgic of Norton Commander? Using Midnight Commander? It's for you!
- Root support: access system files, remount system as RW, etc
- There is also an addon for SMB support
SSHDroid, ssh server
- First time: ssh-copy-id root@192.168.1.4 (default owd is admin) then go to options to start automatically, disable pwd auth and enable shared keys auth. Displaying authorized keys from GUI fails but auth works properly.

NFC-related

Electronic Pickpocket RFID : demo how to read data from credit cards, mostly US
Kreditkarten/GeldKarte-Reader : idem, for German cards (source here)
FareBot : Recognize a number of public transportation tags
NFC TagInfo : toolkit to discover RFID tags
NXP Taginfo : toolkit to discover RFID tags
NXP TagWriter : Toolkit to read/write/format NFC-compliant tags
SMS-fix for NFC : Fix a bug in reading SMS from NFC

Belgium-related

Brussels

MetroBrussels : simple Brussels metro static map
STIB mobile : STIB/MIVB Brussels public transports
Comic Strips in Brussels : Find comics frescos in Brussels (free app only shows half of them)
VilloHelper! : Brussels bikes stations

Belgian Transportations

BE Live trein info : SNCB/NMBS Belgian railways
BeTraffic : Railways webcams
Glob - Go Mobile Belgium Plug-ins : info-traffic plugin for Glob
BETrains : SNCB/NMBS Belgian railways
IrailLiveboards : SNCB/NMBS Belgian railways
Train Info : SNCB/NMBS Belgian railways
Touring Mobilis : info-traffic

Belgian Media & Culture

Belgium News : Several newspapers
Ecolo : politics
Keoli TV : television programs
Kinepolis : Movies theatres
Le Soir : French newspaper
MyMovies : Belgacom TV on-demand catalogue
Radio.be : Several radio stations
RTBF
TV Partout : BelgacomTV on mobile
Weather Belgium : Official weather forecasts

Belgian telephony

12-12 : public phone directory
1307 : public phone directory
goldenpages.be : yellow and white pages phone directory
VikingTalk, low-price VoIP, cf http://vikingtalk.com
Belgacom Fon: fails most of the time, I prefer to use the original Fon app (which is not available in Belgium) here

Belgian misc

Belgacom Apps Guide : Provides a list of nice Belgian apps, that's how I discovered some of those on this list
Brut-Net BE : Compute net wage from gross pay
myShopi : Shopping list
Parcels : Delivery tracking, supports many providers including Belgian ones
PharmaMob : Localize closest all-night drugstore
ping.ping : payment application
Suivi par Droïd : Delivery tracking, supports many providers including Belgian ones
Redbox : postal offices & boxes locations in Belgium & France

Network

2G-3G OnOff : widget to add a shortcut to the settings to enable/disable data
3G Watchdog : Monitor data consumption
APNdroid : Control data connections over 3G
Better Terminal Emulator Pro : SSH client
ConnectBot : SSH client
iPerf : iperf client to measure connection throughput
Quickteth : for an easy shortcut to USB tethering (add widget to desktop)
Speed Test : Measure connection throughput
Wifi Analyzer : Display surrounding Wi-Fi networks per channel

IM / Chat / Email

APG : GPG/PGP
Jabiru : Jabber client
Office Talk Free : Office Communicator client
Skype
Stop Skype : App to stop Skype properly
TouchDown (Android 2.0) : Outlook client

Browsers & web clients

DilbertDroid : Dilbert comics
Doodle
eBay
Firefox
IMDb
Layar : Augmented reality
LinkedIn
NASA
Shazam : Recognize acoustically songs
Opera Mini : works with Opera servers delivering compressed pages
Wiki Encyclopedia : Wikipedia
xkcdViewer : comics

Google

Google Search
Gmail
Goggles : Search Google by taking a picture
Google+
Google Books : Currently only for US
Google Docs
Google Earth
Google Maps
Google Sky Map
Google Translate
My Tracks
Street View in Google Maps
Youtube
- On Nexus S I had a problem Market told me it was installed even if not showing up. With a file explorer go to /system/app and click on Youtube.apk to re-install it. Source: here

References

ConvertPad - Unit Converter
ElectroDroid : Misc refs for electronicians
NXP : NXP products catalogue
NXP RF Calc : RF calculator for electronicians
Periodic Droid : Periodic table

Sensors

Bubble : Water level using the phone sensors
Metal detector
Sensors Monitor
Tricorder
Z-DeviceTest

Tools

Aldiko : epub ebooks reader
Amazon Kindle : Amazon ebooks reader
Barcode Scanner
CamScanner : Remove distorsions & clean contrast of sheets or boards pictures
ColorNote : à la Post-It, useful also as "send-to" alternative
Droid48 : HP48 emulator
Flashlight zaphrox
Free32 : HP42S emulator
gStrings Free : Guitar tuner
Instant Heart Rate : heart rate monitor via flash light & cam
PPT ODP Remote Premium : Remote control of Powerpoint with a java client on PC-side, doesn't work very well on linux/openoffice
QR Droid : Read and create 2D barcodes
RealCalc : Scientific pocket calculator
Scrabble Resolveur : Scrabble helper, French version

System tools

Adobe Flash Player
Adobe Reader
aLogcat : Local access to intern log, similar to "adb logcat" from SDK
Android System Info
Beautiful Widgets : e.g. to get a clock similar to the HTC one
Beautiful Widgets Animations Addon
FoxyRing : Tune ringer volume according to ambient noise
Gallery Excluder : Exclude some sdcard directories from Gallery
GO Launcher EX : Alternative dashboard
GO Launcher EX Notification : Gmail notifications for Go Launcher
Hacker's Keyboard : Full keyboard, especially useful for SSH sessions
MusicFX : Unlock DSP features
PKeye : Dump list of intern root CAs
ShareMyApps : Build list of apps, to be shared
ThinkFree Office(LITE) : Office suite
Yaffs Explorer : Explorer for yaffs archives

GPS

Glob - Traffic and Radars
GPS Status
GPS Test
GpsFix
Locus - addon AR : Augmented reality addon for Locus
Locus - addon Contacts
Locus Pro
OruxMaps

Dictionaries

Dictionnaire Littré
Offline dictionaries
Van Dale French-Dutch
Van Dale English-Dutch
Van Dale Dutch Pocket
Van Dale German-Dutch
QuickDic German Dictionary

GPS with offline maps

Commercial

Copilot Live (59€ for Europe)
Tomtom planned for next HTC phones, with free map of the country of purchase

Free

From this post:
Create your own maps with Mobile Atlas Creator (Java-based) & use them e.g. with RMaps, AndNav, Maverick, TrekBuddy,... (bitmaps so ok only for small areas such as cities)

Get e.g. RMaps from Android Market
Get latest release of Mobile Atlas Creator & unzip it
Get latest SqliteJDBC library and copy it inside th eMobile Atlas Creator directory
Run it (start.sh)
Choose your source, e.g. OpenStreetMaps, Google Maps,...
Select area: Right click to Drag, Scroll to zoom In/Out, Left click to select downloadable area
Select one or more zoom levels, e.g. from 12 to 18 for all levels of details of a city
Do “add selection” with a name of your choice
Select “BigPlanet SQLite” from “Atlas Settings” (for RMaps, otherwise Maverick Atlas Format for Maverick etc)
"Create Atlas"
Download the .sqlitedb map into the phone SDcard/rmaps/maps
Disconnect the phone
Open RMaps and Menu > More > Settings > User defined maps > BigPlanet_maps.sqlitedb > Enabled Maps
Return to main maps screen and then Menu > Maps > BigPlanet_maps.sqlitedb.