Must Have Android Apps and Games?

maquiladora

Adamcp898 wrote: »

Doesnt let me install, I assume its because its a paid app?

Works fine for me. Its free.

_Kaiser_

Printershare is one I tried tonight with my Desire and a Brother Laser printer connected to the wireless router in the hall. Allows you to print emails, webpages, pdfs, text messages, pictures etc all directly from the phone.

Works great for me. although it's a paid app (marketenabler required), you can have it search for your printer and send a test page before you buy the premium key so you can make sure it works before you spend any cash.


I also downloaded Radiotime as suggested by above, and can confirm that it picks up and plays all the Dublin/National radio stations as well as the BBCs and loads of others worldwide.

For me having them all in one place was the decider, plus now I can listen to Radio 5 Live's World Cup coverage if I'm out in the car

Adamcp898

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

I also downloaded Radiotime as suggested by above, and can confirm that it picks up and plays all the Dublin/National radio stations as well as the BBCs and loads of others worldwide.

For me having them all in one place was the decider, plus now I can listen to Radio 5 Live's World Cup coverage if I'm out in the car

I take it your phone is rooted/used a UK sim to get radio time?

madmoe

I cant find Radio Time either lads....

_Kaiser_

Adamcp898 wrote: »

I take it your phone is rooted/used a UK sim to get radio time?

madmoe wrote: »

I cant find Radio Time either lads....

Sorry lads, yep it's rooted (thanks again to partyatmygaff for his help and patience last month )

madmoe

Anyone ever used 4shared.com for Andriod apps? Also, is there a way to set an alarm and then turn the phone off fully at night and still have the alarm ring in the morning? Was able to do this no probs with iPhone but on Nexus One it does not seem to be the same........

28064212

madmoe wrote: »

Also, is there a way to set an alarm and then turn the phone off fully at night and still have the alarm ring in the morning? Was able to do this no probs with iPhone but on Nexus One it does not seem to be the same........

No. Best thing to do is switch the phone to Airplane Mode at night, which turns off all data and network connections

madmoe

Yep, doing that at the mo but battery still seems to drain a bit, as well......

Have been using Auto Memory Manager the past few days and like it a lot, phone is always snappy and responsive! No need for advanced task killer now so removed it, had been using it since day one!

OI

ShapeWriter is unbelievably impressive.

Andrew76

Quickdesk seems pretty cool. It acts similar to the home button long press (that shows recent apps), but instead it pops up a screen listing apps/bookmarks/widgets etc that you have assigned to it. Pretty handy if you want to quickly switch to something else rather than having to go back to a home screen.
By default you can lunch it by a double tap of the home button, but I found it handier to launch it from a long press of the search button.

Dr. Loon

OI wrote: »

ShapeWriter is unbelievably impressive.

I much prefer Swype.

Also for those with rooted devices look up 'boot changer' for quick easy way to change boot screen animations.
Anyone into their music should get Gstrings - chromatic tuner. Excellent.

madmoe

Dr. Loon wrote: »

I much prefer Swype.

Also for those with rooted devices look up 'boot changer' for quick easy way to change boot screen animations.
Anyone into their music should get Gstrings - chromatic tuner. Excellent.

I cant find Swype at all?? How does one go about getting it?

opinion guy

madmoe wrote: »

I cant find Swype at all?? How does one go about getting it?

http://www.swypeinc.com/myswype.html

hightower1

Anyone have a link to the polar clock live wallpaper?
Been looking everywhere and no joy, have it on my laptop as a screensaver and would love the live wallpaper if anyone knows where to find it?

Abelloid

Can anyone recommend a simple image resize app?

Brian

Check out this Super Mario live wallpaper:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=710647

From the same guy that did the Wiimote controller.

Gryzor

Just saw this on appbrain, i don't have a meteor account, so can't have a proper look. Anyone want to check and report back??
Supposedly O2 & Vodafone support coming soon.

Its one thing i miss about the iphone, they had a good O2 app that u could check your remaining txts, minutes etc. I know you can check through the browser, but an app is better...

Abelloid

Gryzor wrote: »

Just saw this on appbrain, i don't have a meteor account, so can't have a proper look. Anyone want to check and report back??
Supposedly O2 & Vodafone support coming soon.

Its one thing i miss about the iphone, they had a good O2 app that u could check your remaining txts, minutes etc. I know you can check through the browser, but an app is better...

Excellent! Works great, thanks.

...is it too early to ask for the remaining data in a widget? :pac:

Just spotted it says I have 247 webtexts left when I'm certain I haven't used any this month.

ceejay

On O2 you can just dial *111# to get your remaining minutes, texts, and data. Works on bill pay anyway, not sure about pay as you go.

28064212

ceejay wrote: »

On O2 you can just dial *111# to get your remaining minutes, texts, and data. Works on bill pay anyway, not sure about pay as you go.

On PAYG on O2, you can use *100# to get remaining credit, *113# to get data used that day. A widget would be nice though

Gryzor

ceejay wrote: »

On O2 you can just dial *111# to get your remaining minutes, texts, and data. Works on bill pay anyway, not sure about pay as you go.

Never thought of that!! And with Bettercut, u can stick a direct dial shortcut on the homescreen...

johnp

JustinOval wrote: »

Excellent! Works great, thanks.

...is it too early to ask for the remaining data in a widget? :pac:

Just spotted it says I have 247 webtexts left when I'm certain I haven't used any this month.

hmmmmm, not sure this works. It also said I have 247 webtexts. Also, no mins, texts and no data.
I uninstalled.

Lawstud

yeah same here. it said I had 247 texts left when I have a lot more. I uninstalled.

mickoneill30

I don't know if it's been said on this thread but I've found out about K-9 as it seems it's going to be my permanent mail app.

Two niggles that annoyed me about the mail apps that came with the desire.

1: I have a Gmail account. But I've a domain name to. I like to send and receive mail from Gmail using my domain name. That works fine on the web but on the phone apps I could only receive using my domain name. When sending I had to use my @gmail.com address. With K-9 you can send using your domain name.

2: I don't have a data plan and that's fine. But with the inbuilt apps I couldn't compose while offline. With K-9 I can compose while offline and it's stored in the Outbox until I come close to my WiFi networks again.

Gryzor

Just released, Kindle for Android

Royale with Cheese

Are there any decent paid apps worth getting?

Ordered a UK simcard that came today. Popped it in and paid apps were available for purchase, but then I realised there wasn't really anything I wanted to buy.

28064212

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Are there any decent paid apps worth getting?

Ordered a UK simcard that came today. Popped it in and paid apps were available for purchase, but then I realised there wasn't really anything I wanted to buy.

Who did you order that off? What address did you use? I tried getting one a few weeks ago from Lebara, but it didn't work

Royale with Cheese

28064212 wrote: »

Who did you order that off? What address did you use? I tried getting one a few weeks ago from Lebara, but it didn't work

Got one from ebay for about €5 off this seller. The seller is actually based in Limerick so shipping was very fast.

PH4T

Royale with Cheese wrote: »

Got one from ebay for about €5 off this seller. The seller is actually based in Limerick so shipping was very fast.

Cool, I just bought one myself.

Bit sad that we have to revert to this and they won't just unlock the paid apps here :mad:

stackeye

Now that all us Hero's are on 2.1 we can now get 3D Gallery

Amazing app, give it time at the start to load but its just beautiful

Click Here

give the phone a tilt and see how it reacts

stackeye

A great notes app is Springpad, it syncs with a website so you can add notes on a PC and they go to your phone, the bookmark feature is very handy,

SteM

Anyone come across an app to show you ATM locations based on your location?

Gryzor

SteM wrote: »

Anyone come across an app to show you ATM locations based on your location?

Not sure any will work in Ireland, but heres a few

lord lucan

Gryzor wrote: »

Not sure any will work in Ireland, but heres a few

I use Bank & ATM finder. Works grand here.

I also use Google Places Directory,covers ATM's,Hotels,Pubs,Petrol Stations etc.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.google.android.apps.localdirectory

long_b

Great free imdb app.

http://www.imdb.com/features/android/

hardCopy

I just got swype and find it very cool.

Rock DivX is great as well.

SNESoid is a nice SNES emulator, there seems to be a few different emulators around so I'll try some more out.

Does anybody know of a nice wikipedia app? I had wikipanion on the iPhone and found it much easier to use than the wikipedia mobile site.

Dr. Loon

SteM wrote: »

Anyone come across an app to show you ATM locations based on your location?

Google maps? Just search for ATM and you'll get a list.

Brian

Kindle's pretty nice

Professey Chin

SteM wrote: »

Anyone come across an app to show you ATM locations based on your location?

Layar does it augmented reality style :cool:

Bluefoam

hardCopy wrote: »

Does anybody know of a nice wikipedia app?

Wapedia, does what it says on the tin...

igor420

Bluefoam wrote: »

Wapedia, does what it says on the tin...

Yea, I find Wapedia the best. Nice, clean and fast.

Necronomicon

hardCopy wrote: »

I just got swype and find it very cool.

Where did you get it? Their website is saying the Beta is closed for now.

KamiKazi

What navigation app would you guys recommend? I want something that doesn't need a constant net connection.

Is there an app that let's you update the map while on Wifi and still have the maps saved when offline?

hardCopy

Necronomicon wrote: »

Where did you get it? Their website is saying the Beta is closed for now.

See first post in the swype thread on this forum. Its an unofficial hack from an earlier beta, works fine for me. When the full release comes out and we get paid apps I'll happily buy a full release.

igor420

Necronomicon wrote: »

Where did you get it? Their website is saying the Beta is closed for now.

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055937674&highlight=swype

mickoneill30

KamiKazi wrote: »

What navigation app would you guys recommend? I want something that doesn't need a constant net connection.

I'm using Copilot. It's £26.99 for UK & Ireland maps.

I've been using it for a few weeks now and am happy with it.

You don't need to be online to use it. I've no idea about upgrading the maps though.

Idleater

KamiKazi wrote: »

What navigation app would you guys recommend? I want something that doesn't need a constant net connection.

Is there an app that let's you update the map while on Wifi and still have the maps saved when offline?

I installed mapdroid and it works very well - like the nokia ovi maps.

Caveat is, it doesn't do navigation, or have the "places" such as petrol station, cinema etc built in.

KamiKazi

nereid wrote: »

I installed mapdroid and it works very well - like the nokia ovi maps.

Caveat is, it doesn't do navigation, or have the "places" such as petrol station, cinema etc built in.

Well basically I just want something I can use when on the bike without relying on a 3g connection.

stackeye

Another Great App for those people who take notes on there phone is SPRINGPAD, if you are noting an Album or a Movie you can tag it to its IMDB record so the cover info is shown for the note, it also comes with a website that sync's with your app so you can add notes on your phone froma PC,

http://springpadit.com

mickoneill30

stackeye wrote: »

Another Great App for those people who take notes on there phone is SPRINGPAD, if you are noting an Album or a Movie you can tag it to its IMDB record so the cover info is shown for the note, it also comes with a website that sync's with your app so you can add notes on your phone froma PC,

http://springpadit.com

3Banana is another app like that.