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Android tablets have come a long way since the dark days the Dell Streak in Motorola Xoom the hardware has gotten cheaper and better and most of all the apps are way better in fact I can think of five apps right now the absolutely rock on any Android tablet out there so here you go five tablet optimized apps that will make Android owners proud starting off at number five SwiftKey almost every major manufacturer uses some type of custom keyboard software on their tablet probably because the default Android keyboard is just kind of so-so but nearly everyone agrees that the coolest keyboard in all the land is Swift key they have a version made specifically for tablets it does predictive text like it's reading your mind it's the only app on this list that costs money but it's four dollars well spent at number four Google Drive this is one of those indispensable apps that Google makes but doesn't include by default at least not yet no one does the cloud better than Google you can store your Google Docs here your photos videos presentations all your stuff perfectly synchronized between your desktop and your mobile devices now Dropbox is a great option too but if you've gone Android you may as well just keep it in the family unless of course it comes to ebooks at number three Amazon Kindle let's face it Amazon still dominates when it comes to ebooks and their Kindle software is the gold standard for mobile eReader apps Google ebooks is fine but nobody can put your books in more places than Amazon works of Android iPhone iPad and even on that Kindle e-reader you have tucked away somewhere tablets are a great device for reading and having an Amazon elibrary at your fingertips seem so obvious that it should be a basic human right speaking of reading coming in at number 2 Flipboard not only has the tablet replaced the book and the laptop but it's also replaced the newspaper how can the New York Times compete with an always updated always available endless newspaper that knows who you are what your friends are talking about and what's trending this minute on Twitter plus the Android Flipboard app just looks great on a tablet but if it doesn't feel Google enough for you seen an associate editor Jay mark a BB recommends legally which pulls in your Google Reader feeds while they still exist all right and now for the number one must-have Android tablet app I know it's predictable but just be glad I'm not saying Angry Birds it's Netflix seriously if for nothing else in those times when your wife husband girlfriend boyfriend mother father brother sister or child want to watch something awful on TV a tablet with Netflix on it and a pair of headphones is like a high-tech glue that holds families together really is there nothing more disappointing than picking up a tablet and finding that Netflix isn't on there so that's it five apps that really should just come built into your Android tablet you don't already have one checkout scene that's current list of the best Android tablets out there and more top fives like this top five cnet.com vonabell thanks for watching