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Guys,
Had a search but couldn't find anything, so unsure if this has already been discussed.
If so I apologies in advance to the original poster.
The Question:
On the Samsung Galaxy S web site advertisement it shows a 'Morning' or 'Home' screen with several icons and a large clock.
Also there is then the 'Driving' screen which again shows several icons relating to applications you will want to see and use whilst getting to work.
Finally at the end of the evening we have a 'TV Remote Control' to take over the television.
Have I missed something but I can't find any of these available?
Thanks in advance for any news.
Are these not apps that will be available from the Samsung Store / Market when it launches?
MarvinTheAndroid said:
Are these not apps that will be available from the Samsung Store / Market when it launches?
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Well if that is the case then why are we not seeing them?
The Galaxy S has now been out since the 4th June and you would have thought if they showed these Apps runnning at their shows we would now be seeing them live on our very own screens.
Beards sorry to say that Samsung is like that... when i bought my Samsung Omnia II, there were apps that were inlcuded with the phone etc when they were presenting it.. then when i got the unit it didnt have them.. also i wouldnt rely too much on the Samsung App store, its useless.. The Windows Mobile Version was really crap too...
Thanks...
Although I am loving the phone I can't say the same for Samsung.
They even got the battery type wrong in the end.... or simply changed it from being a Li-Pol to a Li-Ion ~ which I've posted on in another topic).
Annoyed by this as well, was sold on the phone partly on things like the remote control app as I have a Samsung TV and the remote for it is absolutely terrible.
Will probably be worth emailing them en-masse to see if they have just delayed the app or hoped nobody would notice.
Tachikoma_kun said:
Annoyed by this as well, was sold on the phone partly on things like the remote control app as I have a Samsung TV and the remote for it is absolutely terrible.
Will probably be worth emailing them en-masse to see if they have just delayed the app or hoped nobody would notice.
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I know and feel the same as you.
I too have one of the latest Samsung Series 8 TV's and was looking forward to having that remote (my Granddaughter manages often to sneakily get the TV Remote. The TV comes with two remotes ~ a large normal remote and a small ball like-shaped remote which my Wife has by her chair)
I will look for an appropriate email address when I get home from work, we should probably get as many people as we can with the SGS to email them and see what their reply is. Could probably throw in some "false advertising" talk and see if it calls their hand.
Tachikoma_kun said:
I will look for an appropriate email address when I get home from work, we should probably get as many people as we can with the SGS to email them and see what their reply is. Could probably throw in some "false advertising" talk and see if it calls their hand.
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That will be geat..... Rather than all of us looking and finding different email addresses it will make sense to have one common address to hit.
I'm all for sending off messages to those that do not deliver as promised.
Let's be honest, if a certain fruit flavoured company did this, they would be looking at a swift invite to court.
are they not part of touch wiz and switched on when you use the home or car docks? Not sure about the tv remote - but i heard that only worked with 2010 samsung tv's anyway (via dlna?)
i believe there are some developer tools that let you fake various dock schemes on the android marketplace if oyu want to check.
Well for those of us in the UK this seems the best bet:
ars.samsung.com/customer/form/formmail/SEUK/input.jsp?SITE_ID=112&PROD_ID=79
Tachikoma_kun said:
Well for those of us in the UK this seems the best bet:
ars.samsung.com/customer/form/formmail/SEUK/input.jsp?SITE_ID=112&PROD_ID=79
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Thank you for this.
I was just about to start sending off a message when I decided to first go to the Samsung-Mobile UK web site and get the names of the morning alarm and car screens which showed the application icons.
Imagine my surprise when I find the movie they used to play that used to show these screens (including the TV Remote) have all disappeared.
Has anyone else noticed these items seemed to be have dropped from the Samsung sites?
Here's the UK one which used to show them.
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Okay, I dropped them off an email.
If anyone wishes to use/copy the one I sent please feel free to do so.
Dear Sir/Madam,
I am writing to you today in order that I may obtain information as to the whereabouts of various screens and applications that are missing from the previously shown video promotion for the Samung i9000 Galaxy S.
When the Samsung i9000 Galaxy S was first introduced it showed on various Samsung web sites a video promotion of the phone being run outlining various screen uses it would carry out throughout the course of the day.
The first of these screen uses were a 'Morning Screen' which showed the TIME in Landscape mode and had various morning applications.
Next we had the 'In Car Screen' where the i9000's screen had now changed with this time showing (again in Landscape mode) various applications laid out in a pattern that were associated with work/business.
Finally towards the end of the evening we had an 'Entertainment Screen', where one could sit back in front of their Samsung TV and use the i9000 as a TV Remote.
My question to you is ~ What has happened to these screens.
1. Why do we not see these screens and applications on our i9000 Galaxy S as previously advertised?
2. Why have these screens been dropped from the Samsung web site video promotion?
I purchased my Samsung i9000 Galaxy S in part based on the web video promotion and what was shown at the various Live Shows.
Now I find these screens and applications no longer advertised nor available on the i9000.
I look forward to your kind response.
Yours sincerely
Nicely put, I will use the same one, was a little tipsy last night so had to stop myself sending a message in case I said anything silly.
the remote is part of the allshare app - controlls your 2010 sammy tv via dlna. the other screens are dock specific - car and home dock respectively so i assume part of touchwiz.
a bit of googling is all you need to find this out.
julian2002 said:
the remote is part of the allshare app - controlls your 2010 sammy tv via dlna. the other screens are dock specific - car and home dock respectively so i assume part of touchwiz.
a bit of googling is all you need to find this out.
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Then why has Samsung removed all reference to this from the web site I gave earlier?
Also, ref the DLNA screen...... I don't get any remote showing for my Samsung Series 8 TV.
Well guys, I received a reply from Samsung.... and not one that I was wanting either.
Basically the department have washed their hands of the question and told me to go to 'Tech Supp'.
I've now fired another question to them asking why on earth this is a technical issue?
Below is the reply I received from Samsung:-
Dear Mr Paterson
Thank you for your email to Samsung Mobile Content UK regarding the I9000.
As your enquiry relates to a technical issue, you would need to contact our technical support team regarding this matter.
Please use the link below to submit your enquiry to the relevant department http://ars.samsung.com/customer/form/formmail/SEUK/input.jsp?SITE_ID=31&PROD_ID=954&AGE_ID=0 or by phone call 08456 7267864.
Please do not hesitate to contact us again by email on http://ars.samsung.com/customer/form/formmail/SEUK/input.jsp?SITE_ID=112&PROD_ID=79 or by phone on 0844 499 9992 option 3 between 0900 and 1700 Monday to Friday if you have any further queries for Samsung Mobile.
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Well, I've just sent a similar inquiry via the link provided asking about the missing features and whether I've been mis-sold the phone.
Thanks Mark.
As you and anyone else reading this will understand, the only way we are going to get answers is to voice our concerns and questions.
The more that ask the stronger our feelings should be felt.
The answer is probably simple and clear but to make it that way we have to ask Samsung to 'spell it out'.
... and I was given the same 'Go F... Yourself' response that you were....
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thanks for trying out the app! definitely a feature in the backlog.
Hey guys. I was browsing Google Play Store (like I do every night at work ) and I came across this app called Tapestry, It's pretty much a photo sharing app and I was wondering if It could be the equivelent to the S3's share shot feature. Here's the links to play store and Google I/O interview for app below. Seems like a pretty cool app and kinda similar to S3's share shot feature
Link to google play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ekatasystems.apps.tapestry&hl=en
Google I/O Interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w79HnqLsrkQ&feature=player_detailpage#t=838s
Hey BigSmooth. A few of us on the forum stumbled onto the app just like you. They've since updated the app to offer support back down to Gingerbread. Great move, because previously, with Jelly Bean only support, it would've been hard to get users. I think the reference you're making to Samsung is the Galaxy SIII's "Group Share" feature. I have many friends w/ GSIII, but none of them use it because they tell me it takes like 15 clicks to get it setup. I wonder why Samsung keeps advertising this feature when it works so poorly on their phones. I guess they think it is a cool and popular use case. But based on how I've been using Tapestry with friends and family, I think it is easier to use (3 clicks to setup vs. 15), and works on 85% of all Android phones (instead of just GSIII) now that they have Gingerbread support. Tapestry also has synchronized pinch/zoom/panning, as we as real-time P2P download of images. My wife thinks it is pretty nifty she can grab whatever images she likes right then and there.
Other than seeing stuff that people have submitted on youtube or deviant art, I'm not having much luck finding sites that are specifically for artists on an android (or IOS) platform. I've started on a spreadsheet that lists out the available tools on android and what features they have so they can be compared but I was wondering if there was a site that talks about that kind of thing specifically? I dont find the descriptions or reviews on the play store particularly helpful as the only scratch the surface of the tools functionality and its only after purchasing that you realise its missing x, y or z meaning you need something else as well.
I also like to watch video's of people drawing and would like to see more of them to help me pick up techniques I hadn't considered as a digital newbie.
Any sites you can share with me?
I am getting the Note 8 just so I have the artistic on the go work I want to do. I am looking at photoshop and sketchbook for my drawing needs but like you have not seen much on doing art on android. Maybe its time to start a site
I will post any info I find here that might be interesting to artists.
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There is a Flickr.com account for users of Autodesk Sketchbook to show their works.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookmobile/pool
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TheNeighbor101 said:
There is a Flickr.com account for users of Autodesk Sketchbook to show their works.
http://www.flickr.com/groups/sketchbookmobile/pool
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joined. thanks
macgyver40 said:
Maybe its time to start a site
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I have no experience in web design but i'd happily contribute if someone else wanted to start something. I've started a comparision document between the different drawing apps which im going to put on google docs this afternoonand hope other can help me fill in the blanks.
hertsjoatmon said:
I have no experience in web design but i'd happily contribute if someone else wanted to start something. I've started a comparision document between the different drawing apps which im going to put on google docs this afternoonand hope other can help me fill in the blanks.
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Sounds good, I currently have PS touch an sketchbook installed not sure what samsung included. I will help with any apps or info I can.
I will look into a site for images and forums for android artwork. I only have android so I will only do this this if I can control the site from my note 8. Will post back here about it in a few days, still learning the note an want the weekend to figure stuff out.
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I'm tempted to start a new site using webs.com or something similar specific for mobile tablet artists, but not sure if I will or not yet as it would probably take more upkeep than I'm willing to perform. I mostly use the web while at work but only have limited access and I'm rarely on PC when at home.
Anyone want to help? At the moment the note forums are all seperate but the apps and resources that we all use are common to everyone. My vision is for a front page that would link to various tablet specific resources, guides, reviews etc. List out the tablets with stylus support with links to the xda forums and a forum for people to share there art. discuss apps, techniques etc etc.
I may be able to get this chart finished as well...
Hello,
I have the note 12.2, but I rarely ever use it.
What are some apps you recommend?
Thank you,
Wapisiw
It all depends on what you want to do with it. This thing is perfect for multimedia use: films, series, comics, magazines, games, art.
But if you don't want to do any of those on a tablet, I'm afraid no app is going to be the perfect solution.
So, what kind of apps are you looking for?
I find myself in the same boat....bought the 905V when it first came out on Verizon, bought a TON of Editing, Writing, Music Creation, Animation apps....and now I barely turn the thing on. I also have a Sony Z2 Tablet.....which is also barely used. I've only recently FORCED myself to take the Note to work and use it in meetings to scribble down notes using Papyrus, but once I'm done-it gets turned off and forgotten about again.
Agree with ShadowLea, want/need should drive usage. This isn't purely a "build it and they will come" kind of thing . .
Any number of us can site applications and workflows that we've come up with but these may not be best for your wants/needs so it's better to start with what you want out of the device and go from there.
Marvel unlimited (for those boring meetings
Inkredible
Art Flow
Guardian, ny times
Lecture notes
500px
Comcast infinity
Ez Pdf
Floating image
Zinio
EdX / udemy / lynda
Redditmag
Issuu
Digg
Snapseed
Biophilia (bjork is the queen)
Nodebeat
Amazon prime instant video
Tune in radio pro / di radio
Muzei (with the reddit earthporn extension for amazing wallpapers)
Teamviewer (hey look, i can pretend to work from home..)
And the ultimate app (cats required though) Cat Alone, when my cat sees me grabbing my tablet he sits next to me, and starts annoying me until I let him play this game for at least 5 minutes, really!
How dare you not use this fine piece of technology ma'am?!
For me, this tablet is all about books. And the best app for that? Moon Reader Plus. There are, of course, other good ones. But really -- pop up a PDF book on this baby. Start reading. SuWEET. Or grab a micro-sd card and dump around 10,000 books of all kinds onto it. Then open 'em up via Moon Reader or some other Reader and enjoy.
Second app I'll mention is MySword Bible reader. There are websites dedicated to storing legally obtainable and *free* Greek Lexicons, Commentaries, Dictionaries, and more for that program.
Third app I'll mention comes with the Samsung install for free.... and this is when you want to write instead of read. The Hancom Office Apps -- esp. the word processor -- are very, very nice. You should have a Samsung or other working Blue Tooth keyboard for best results.
And... that is it for now. But yes, it really is about that big screen and the books. For me, anyway.
Blessings.
Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 - w/ New Lollipop!
Samsung Galaxy Note II - Oct L Custom Rom
(My wife's geek for her Asus TF700 w/ ZombiPop)
(My wife's geek for her Samsung Galaxy Note 3)
Retired yet still functional: Asus TF101 w/ Timduru Katkiss Pop
Kodi is a must, along with a chromecast.. That and 8 ball pool...
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Tricky103 said:
Kodi is a must, along with a chromecast.. That and 8 ball pool...
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Is there a good place to go and find a list of good Kodi plug-ins?
shonkin said:
For me, this tablet is all about books. And the best app for that? Moon Reader Plus. There are, of course, other good ones. But really -- pop up a PDF book on this baby. Start reading. SuWEET. Or grab a micro-sd card and dump around 10,000 books of all kinds onto it. Then open 'em up via Moon Reader or some other Reader and enjoy.
Second app I'll mention is MySword Bible reader. There are websites dedicated to storing legally obtainable and *free* Greek Lexicons, Commentaries, Dictionaries, and more for that program.
Third app I'll mention comes with the Samsung install for free.... and this is when you want to write instead of read. The Hancom Office Apps -- esp. the word processor -- are very, very nice. You should have a Samsung or other working Blue Tooth keyboard for best results.
And... that is it for now. But yes, it really is about that big screen and the books. For me, anyway.
Blessings.
Samsung Galaxy Note Pro 12.2 - w/ New Lollipop!
Samsung Galaxy Note II - Oct L Custom Rom
(My wife's geek for her Asus TF700 w/ ZombiPop)
(My wife's geek for her Samsung Galaxy Note 3)
Retired yet still functional: Asus TF101 w/ Timduru Katkiss Pop
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Moon Reader, eh? I've never tried it but since you're obviously a reader, as I am myself, I'm going to check it out today. I got the 'AlReader' since it's free and it does okay for my .epub formats but of course, it's nothing fancy. The Hancom Office was on offer for free with the tablet so I downloaded that from the link to it already on my Note Pro and it handles my .pdf books with its own viewer - and on landscape view, which means everything.
I downloaded the Multiling O Keyboard because as long as the list is of languages available from Samsung, there are stll a few I use that are not included. I don't know if that's the best one but it has a very ample selection.
If you're interested in food, Wapisiw, and for anybody else who may be, I found a real treasure at the app store. The real treasure is the developer, Ha3apko, from Russia, who manages to give you the feeling of having been invited into the kitchen of a friend who really loves food. All the apps work beautifully offline as well as online - though you will get more pics next to the instructions online - and they all are designed for both landscape and portrait view; oh, and they're free but you can donate if you like. These aren't like any other cooking app I've ever seen; they are apps 'with heart.' This developer could even make comatose people get up and start cooking! You'll find all the apps just by searching the app store for the developer name. I started out with his 'Dumpling Recipes' and went back and got them all.
Mantano is a great book reader - Moon Reader was down for a few weeks and you couldn't download the book covers so I tried that one and I actually like that a lot better but still flip-flop from the two as moon reader is the only one that would allow you to read mobi files
DionWhite33 said:
Mantano is a great book reader - Moon Reader was down for a few weeks and you couldn't download the book covers so I tried that one and I actually like that a lot better but still flip-flop from the two as moon reader is the only one that would allow you to read mobi files
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Moon Reader also allows for storing the books where *I* want them to be, and using its internal file and folder browser I can even organize them into genres and authors (which I've done). Funny how all the control-freak big companies (both Kindle and Nook) disallow such basic amenities.