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I thought we'd get a thread going on cool / helpful apps available in the market or web.
Lets try to avoid only putting the name of the app. Tell us a little about the app. It doesn't have to be a story. Please provide a link to app found online only.
Games apps are welcomed.
Ex. NFL Mobile, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8469781&postcount=628 gives current stats and scores. <-----I don't have the app installed so I don't know why it's any better than one off the market. Feel free to tell me why.
I like Silent Toggle Widget cuz it allow me to go from volume on, silent, and vibrate, from my home screen and only takes 1 icon.
Handcent SMS allows me to avoid small MMS pics and slide shows which are in the default messenger.
I like the game Alchemy. You start off with 4 elements and combine them to create new ones. I think theres over 300 combinations but I've only come up with 40ish. It's addicting.
FeedR. Great RSS feeds app, also has excellent sync with Google Reader.
Touiteur. I feel this is the best Twitter app out there.
Fruit Ninja. Very very addictive. Awesome fun. Open Feint makes it better.. as I always strive to get higher scores against my friends.
Tapatalk Pro. The best Forum surfing app out there.
Mp3 music download- it let's me download all the songs I
Want to my g2 for free!
Tikl- push to talk with your friends. Like a walkie talkie.
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Google Voice - 2 numbers 1 phone?? What can be better.
Gameboid - Who doesnt love classics.
Handcent - Better than the default texting app imo.
Tech Buzz - it gives me my daily dose of android news
LED Light - Much more handy using the bright light from the led flash to look for stuff in the dark rather than the phone screen.
ddgarcia05 said:
I thought we'd get a thread going on cool / helpful apps available in the market or web.
Lets try to avoid only putting the name of the app. Tell us a little about the app. It doesn't have to be a story. Please provide a link to app found online only.
Games apps are welcomed.
Ex. NFL Mobile, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8469781&postcount=628 gives current stats and scores. <-----I don't have the app installed so I don't know why it's any better than one off the market. Feel free to tell me why.
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Because you can watch the NFL Network 24/7 stream lag free...for free...and SNF games for free....if you dont get the NFL Network..like me...its great
Firefox for Mobile 4 (beta), syncs my bookmarks, awesomeness...
LauncherPro = 7 homescreens, silky smooth, Sense style pinch preview, drag to un-install.
doubleTwist = Music player that looks a whole lot better than the stock
LED Light = turns your G2 into a flashlight, its a widget so that makes it quicker than having to open an application.
I'm curious to know what apps people have purchased (other than games). I bought one of the games unintentionally, it didn't prompt me for anything just bought it and charged my credit card associated with xbox live account.. scary.
Back on topic, so far I haven't seen anything compelling to buy on the marketplace, the coolest app I found was Shazam but it's free. I'm hoping to get some cool apps to download from the replies.
handyscan
I bought this http://handyscan.jdbp.mobi
Does well.
rkrims said:
I bought this http://handyscan.jdbp.mobi
Does well.
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Now if only it had OCR... in fact, why the hell doesn't it?! It might actually be quite useful then!
NONE! Because MS iz racist and won't let me register my cc!
pillsburydoughman said:
I bought one of the games unintentionally, it didn't prompt me for anything just bought it and charged my credit card associated with xbox live account..
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LOL
What's the return window on apps?
SWYPED from my SUPASONIC
Very good apps are handcent, aura navigation, soundhound, k9mail/moxier mail, mercury messenger, vplayer, rockplayer universal, whatsapp, player pro and desktop visualizer.
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shoemeistah said:
Very good apps are handcent, aura navigation, soundhound, k9mail/moxier mail, mercury messenger, vplayer, rockplayer universal, whatsapp, player pro and desktop visualizer.
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I wasn't aware Handcent was available for WP7? Can you provide a link, I'd like
to download it. Thanks.
pillsburydoughman said:
I'm curious to know what apps people have purchased (other than games). I bought one of the games unintentionally, it didn't prompt me for anything just bought it and charged my credit card associated with xbox live account.. scary.
Back on topic, so far I haven't seen anything compelling to buy on the marketplace, the coolest app I found was Shazam but it's free. I'm hoping to get some cool apps to download from the replies.
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I bought a false app. The app I intended to buy was a Timer and this app was labeled "Timer" by EKSoftware. But it is a stopwatch without any timer functions at all. This was the very first app I bought on the new WP7 market. There was no try it and it was stated no refunds. So be careful about what you buy. If it has no try it or refund feature, don't buy it.
shoemeistah said:
Very good apps are handcent, aura navigation, soundhound, k9mail/moxier mail, mercury messenger, vplayer, rockplayer universal, whatsapp, player pro and desktop visualizer.
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and those are wp7 apps or are you just being retarded???
ShaggyBalls said:
I wasn't aware Handcent was available for WP7? Can you provide a link, I'd like
to download it. Thanks.
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think those are android apps.
So far I have purchased yomomedia, board express, browser plus, car bloke, cocktail flow, craigster, and pictures lab.
MartyLK said:
I bought a false app. The app I intended to buy was a Timer and this app was labeled "Timer" by EKSoftware. But it is a stopwatch without any timer functions at all. This was the very first app I bought on the new WP7 market. There was no try it and it was stated no refunds. So be careful about what you buy. If it has no try it or refund feature, don't buy it.
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still hurting over that .99???
Maybe you could set up a donate link and we could all donate you some change to recoup your losses.
I bought the following
Cocktail Flow $2.99-- stunning app for drinkers
Avatar Gadgets $.99
Assassin's Creed $6.99
Need for Speed $4.99
The Harvest $6.99
Birdy Bounce $.99
I am currently trying to decide between Pictures Lab $1.99 and Thumba Photo Editor $.99
Where is there no built in way to rotate and crop photos lol
Birdy Bounce
Cocktail Flow
Pictures Lab
Stocks Tile
Weave
Word Explorer Dictionary
I'm thinking of unlocking Seymour and Glow Artisan as well.
Games:
Birdy Bounce
Monopoly
The Harvest
Vizati
Apps:
Board Express Pro
GPSmeter
Password Padlock
Slingplayer
Backgammon
Ah, wrong section, couldn't see the category in the xda forum app. My bad ^^.
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Ah, wrong section, couldn't see the category in the xda forum app. My bad ^^.
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you mean the android app isn't perfect???
Is the world coming to an end?
My fav apps
I've bought these ones:
- Cocktail Flow ($2.99) - probably the most beautiful WP7 app so far!
- Need for Speed Underground ($4.99) - fun to pick up any time, though at times it feels too easy
- Pictures Lab ($1.99) - nice effects
- Birdy Bounce ($0.99)
- Sudoku! ($0.99)
sayonical said:
I am currently trying to decide between Pictures Lab $1.99 and Thumba Photo Editor $.99
Where is there no built in way to rotate and crop photos lol
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Or maybe you'll wait an undefined amount of time for my own image app.
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Or maybe you'll wait an undefined amount of time for my own image app.
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Will it have an on-screen button to take a picture?
I have been toying around with the pictures lab, and like how it is a soft press on the HD7 button to zoom and whitebalance, then press again to take a picture, but that button is nuts and with a case on, you have to mash it, and causes pictures to be blurry.
Things I have bought/gotten:
Free:
Twitter
Facebook
Foursquare
(the essentials I guess)
Flixter
ICE Alert
textContact Light (allows you to SMS contact info)
WeatherChannel
Paid:
Pictures Lab
Harvest
Oregon Trail
I have only purchased games so far. All other useful apps that satisfy my needs are available for free, or through the LG Store.
Need help beating the windows phone, yes I know it is rigged, but there have been successes.
This is to win the new challenge and get a $1000 GC
SO i need some apps/widgets to help beat them
Challenges to beat
1. snap picture of yourself, tag it, and post it facebook
I know HTC can do this from what I remember. But touchwiz don't have this built in. The facebook app and friendcaster does not have an immediate way to tag the picture when posting. Are there any other apps?
2. movie showtimes at the nearest theater
best one i found so far is cinemadroid, but does not get the showtimes of every city and also have a trial period where I have to wipe data or purchase the full one
flixter helps too
3. Check SO or best friend facebook status and send them a text message.
HTC i believe have something built in.
I found Contapps to be helpful. It's best to know what they already posted and just say it out loud before it even finish loading like what they do lol
4. Post a status to both facebook and twitter
tweetdeck widget
5. Translation
Need a good picture translating app
I found photo translator free but it is so so.
6. send a facebook message then text message to the same person
any apps that does that well?
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Need help beating the windows phone, yes I know it is rigged, but there have been successes.
This is to win the new challenge and get a $1000 GC
SO i need some apps/widgets to help beat them
Challenges to beat
1. snap picture of yourself, tag it, and post it facebook
I know HTC can do this from what I remember. But touchwiz don't have this built in. The facebook app and friendcaster does not have an immediate way to tag the picture when posting. Are there any other apps?
2. movie showtimes at the nearest theater
best one i found so far is cinemadroid, but does not get the showtimes of every city and also have a trial period where I have to wipe data or purchase the full one
flixter helps too
3. Check SO or best friend facebook status and send them a text message.
HTC i believe have something built in.
I found Contapps to be helpful. It's best to know what they already posted and just say it out loud before it even finish loading like what they do lol
4. Post a status to both facebook and twitter
tweetdeck widget
5. Translation
Need a good picture translating app
I found photo translator free but it is so so.
6. send a facebook message then text message to the same person
any apps that does that well?
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4) use an app called andmadeshare share to multiple things at once. This app also applies for number 6
5 I believe Google goggles does this. Not to sure on it.
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use a rom like darkside that supports the lidroid 14 pulldown toggles so u can disable the phones lockscreen
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jordanishere said:
use a rom like darkside that supports the lidroid 14 pulldown toggles so u can disable the phones lockscreen
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lol, I totally would, but they might say I'm using a custom rom or something, it is against the rule to use any modified OS.. so i just use Antilocker
Killbynature said:
4) use an app called andmadeshare share to multiple things at once. This app also applies for number 6
5 I believe Google goggles does this. Not to sure on it.
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not sure how to actually use that app to share besides maybe photos.
tweetdeck actually does it pretty well for #4. But how do you use it to send a message to a particular person via both sms and facebook message or post.
gonna look at google goggles right now
edit: google goggles actually works pretty well. there are two challenges, one is to translate something to english and to translate english to something else.
Just takes awhile scanning the image though.
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lol, I totally would, but they might say I'm using a custom rom or something, it is against the rule to use any modified OS.. so i just use Antilocker
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its against the rules to use a custom rom? android would be so awful if we couldnt improve on the garbage the carriers push out.
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its against the rules to use a custom rom? android would be so awful if we couldnt improve on the garbage the carriers push out.
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lol yeah its really YMMV, some people check, some people don't. But our stock is actually pretty good compared to many other androids so it can perform pretty well.
Anyways if anybody is interested, who is still eligible to challenge.
I gotta a couple more apps we can use, but since nobody is really contributing... jordan and killbynature, if you guys are still eligible to do the challenge pm me.
BTW we're gonna lose the translation challenge, i think only iphone users can compete against them in that category.
can you elaborate on number 3 and 6? i dont think i understand what needs to be done
btw testing my atrix against youtube videos i was able to defeat the post to twitter and facebook at same time (using social status stock atrix widget )
beat them on music using SOUNDHOUND
take photo and share inmediatly using stock camera app.
also it has the option to disable the screen lock on the stock rom
Maybe you can use some of those apps in yours.
Google is probably holding back with Google Now, not wanting to scare people away by releasing too many features too soon that show just how much it knows about us. Here are my ideas:
1. Send to Now – As you browse the web or read a book, you could highlight words or people’s names to Google Now so it loads up information about them for you to read through later.
2. Photos – when you take a photo of a landmark, Google Now could load a card with information about the landmark. I think Google Goggles already does this but now would be a better platform.
3. People – when you take or scan a photo of a person or their business card, Google Now could load up a card in the background with their LinkedIn or G+ profile.
4. Things – scan a barcode or object and Now loads up information (price, retailers etc) about it. Again, just like Goggles but better.
5. Rules – Google could let us write rules to trigger cards. For example, I could ask Now to pop up a card reminding me to take my groceries from the fridge in my office when I start my car (connect to my car’s Bluetooth) at work on a Friday evening. I already kind of do this with an app called Automate It by the way – it’s similar to Tasker.
6. Networking – Google Now could load profile cards of people nearby who have opted in to the networking feature.
7. Second Screen – Google Now when prompted could listen to what’s playing on your TV and offer more information about the programme. It could even offer links to purchase products advertised on TV or radio.
8. Related Articles – As you browse the web, Google Now could build up a list in the background of other articles related to those you have read and you could later review the list at your leisure - rating, reading and/or discarding the suggestions as you see fit.
9. Conversations - This one is a little scarier than the others and I’m not sure I would opt in to it myself, but Google Now could listen in on your phone and email conversations and provide related information – links to products you discussed or articles about concepts or news mentioned. As I say, I think I’d pass on this one.
10. Custom Cards – Google could let retailers or even websites build custom cards that are loaded when you check-in to their stores or visit their websites. These cards could include special offers and promotions, best-selling items etc. I imagine Google could even charge businesses for such a service if it were so inclined.
In all of this it would be important that they are opt in only – opt out wouldn’t be good enough. Also, Google Now should always remain non-intrusive but perhaps one should be allowed to set which cards should pop up as notifications, cause the phone to vibrate or simply load in the background. I might want a reminder to trigger a notification by the way but for others I may be happy to ignore or review at my convenience. By the way, I haven’t seen or used Google Now yet so if I’ve completely misunderstood how it works or could work, this is my excuse.
Oh and I apologise in advance if this is not the right forum – I couldn’t immediately find a better one and I see others have posted about Google Now here too, I guess since the G Nex is one of only two devices with it on at the moment.
What are your ideas for Google Now?
How about more integration with GAPPS? (I'm looking at you Calendar!)
anton2009 said:
How about more integration with GAPPS? (I'm looking at you Calendar!)
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Isn't Calendar already integrated? I see reminders for my calendar entries in Now. Don't know about setting events via Now though, since it isn't completely functional in German / other languages than US english.
On topic, OP has some great ideas! Hope to see some of the less scary integrated
Really? I thought reminders were only within the alarm app... I will have to double check...
anton2009 said:
Really? I thought reminders were only within the alarm app... I will have to double check...
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I see a reminder for this evening right now, it's definitely integrated
there was a interview with matias, and he confirmed that there is calendar feature, only reading from it.
there isn't any feature to create a calendar entry from NOW. but he emphasise that the API exist and all down to developers.
maybe hinting that its possible for 3rd party developer to write some custom card that can be installed?
I would love to be able to teach Google Now how to pronounce my name, placenames in my area etc. so that dictation works better.
Having said that, I find the accuracy of the dictation to be outstanding for most other things. I love GN!
There are so many possiblilities to this feature. I can't wait to see how it evolves over time. I actually use it quite a bit more than I thought I would. It makes a simple task so much easier, such as setting an alarm! Being able to set calendar appointments would be amazing though!
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I see a reminder for this evening right now, it's definitely integrated
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I think they're referring to that you can't use now to create a calendar event. If you want it to remind you of something, it can only set an alarm for you.
Music, it should tell you when an artist you like has a new single or album coming out, and if they are going to be playing a show withing X miles of your location. Or have just announced a tour etc.
Media, it should tell you when a new movie or video game is being released and give ratings for it and such.
I like idea number one, maybe adding in a dictionary for certain words, although that may be part of what your talking about.
That's one of the nice things I like about reading books on my Ipad. You can highlight a word in a book you're reading and, it will define the word.
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Music, it should tell you when an artist you like has a new single or album coming out, and if they are going to be playing a show withing X miles of your location. Or have just announced a tour etc.
Media, it should tell you when a new movie or video game is being released and give ratings for it and such.
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Well for the concert notification, I stumbled upon an app called song kick. Which will scrap your Google music and pandora ( maybe something else too) and email you when an artist you liked or own content from is touring near you.
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It should show a card every monday, wednesday, friday morning when I first unlock my device with the day's XKCD comic and the mousover text.
Keeping tabs on movie releasedates would be nice too. Google "The dark knight rises" and on the release day it shows up on a card with the theatre times for your cities movie theatres.
Connect with (Google) TV to give you a tvguide card when your watching tv.
Shows a card with directions to the nearest florists on your anniversary
BrianDigital said:
Well for the concert notification, I stumbled upon an app called song kick. Which will scrap your Google music and pandora ( maybe something else too) and email you when an artist you liked or own content from is touring near you.
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I will check it out, thanks!
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Keeping tabs on movie releasedates would be nice too. Google "The dark knight rises" and on the release day it shows up on a card with the theatre times for your cities movie theatres.
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Excellent idea. The more media related info the better imo.
One more feature I'd like to see is the ability to send a time or location based reminder to someone else. The person can then choose to accept the reminder or not. I suspect Apple will do this soon if they haven't already. The reminder could then appear in Google Now along with any notes the sender included.
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Integration with Tripit.
Integrate with Tripit directly to send reminders of all the little tripit events you have, check-in, check-out, flights, etc.
I want there to be an actual notes app for which Google Now can create a note and save it.
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A card to nearby news!
Might not be the right thread however... Was wondering if a dev wanted to develop this idea.
A sports app that can play a scoring sound when your selected favorite team scores. For instance, everything the maple leafs score the goal horn goes off. The app uses a espn feed or something.
Just a simple idea that could be cool for a lot of sports.
I know I can use the score app to give me notifications that I can customize for every scoring play but that is too much.
Who's interested
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Yahoo alerts does it for most sports, sends a text message to what ever choice you make. Add that 5 digit number to contacts and assign what ever sound you want
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dafoxs said:
Yahoo alerts does it for most sports, sends a text message to what ever choice you make. Add that 5 digit number to contacts and assign what ever sound you want
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Cool thanks
Spoke to the score and they working on this option as well now
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