Android apps

[Tom]

"Floating Image" is pretty cool.

 

[Ch3tan]

Google Translate for Animals

hehe

 

[old.user4556]

I've posted that to my Facebook to see how many badly educated morons say to me "hahah, it's an April Fools, dumb ass".

*FACEPALM*

 

[soze]

I got an app called bTunes which is just like the media player on the iPhone it costs $2 and so far it is really good.

 

[Rubber Bullets]

Found a promising little app yesterday, Time-Lapse-Lite. Just as it says it uses the built in camera to take a time lapse movie. You can set the interval between images and let it do the rest. The Lite version will only take very low res pics, and as far as I can tell the screen isn't ever shut down so it hammers the battery, but the results could be fun. According to the comments on market it won't work for Android 2.1 yet, but I guess they'll have to address that pretty soon.

I had a quick play today, before my battery ran out

YouTube - Birds

RB

 

[Ch3tan]

The swype beta is still annoyingly closed, however the files are available:

xda-developers - View Single Post - Swype for all HVGA devices. OFFICIAL VERSION IS HERE!!! 3/06

I have installed the mediafire file, and it works fine.

 

[Ch3tan]

Also, this looks very promising as a gps navigation solution

Aura

 

[Zenith.UK]

Also, this looks very promising as a gps navigation solution

Aura

Ahhh... they're finally coming to market with it?
I remember signing up with Sygic last year to beta test something new. They said that they had enough testers for the UK but to keep watching for the actual release. I guess this is what they were talking about.
I liked that demo. Smooth zooms, 3D buildings, TERRAIN!

Mrs.Zenith's SE X10 is on the courier van to be delivered at some point this morning. She's like a little girl at Christmas waiting for the prezzies.

 

[Fast]

Voda fooked up my number transfer, after I gave them the pac >< It's now going to be monday they tell me, ho hum. Still works on wifi, no phone no mobile but wifi.

Aps I'm loving so far;

Fotmob 4.6 - All things football, 5stars!
Google Sky Map - Star Gazer with gps. Pretty smart this.
Mabilo Ringtones - Download any ringtone, sound effect etc FOC.
Google Goggles - Great fun, picture search the web, and scan your location for info using the camera.
Taskiller - as mentioned before, a must.
RAC Traffic - Nice to check in the morning when leaving for work, for any traffic incidents.

 

[ST^]

Why does everyone say you need a task killer? Surely if it was a problem to leave suspended processes in the background, Google would've done something about it a long time ago?

 

[Fast]

Well, afaik some apps stay open and slow down the phone/os? I know some aps don't even close with Taskiller.

I'll test it and close nothing see how/if sluggish the phone gets.

 

[Ch3tan]

Why does everyone say you need a task killer? Surely if it was a problem to leave suspended processes in the background, Google would've done something about it a long time ago?

You don't really, it's a personal thing. It does speed things up if you use a lot of apps. Android is good at memory management though and kills apps itself when needed.

 

[soze]

Why does everyone say you need a task killer? Surely if it was a problem to leave suspended processes in the background, Google would've done something about it a long time ago?

I use it when battery is running abit low, I paid for advanced task killer which kills everything bar Handcent when i press the button, just stops background data use dead and makes the battery last abit longer.

 

[dysfunction]

I don't think you need an App killer as the Android system will shut an App down if it is no longer required on it's own.

Also:
FAQ: Why You Shouldn’t Be Using a Task Killer with Android Geek For Me – Android CDMA Sprint Hero

 

[Aada]

I don't use task killer either it doesn't really help that much.

 

[Tilda]

I ditched my task killer after reading some analysis of googles memory management, it kills stuff itself if its not used, needs the space etc only reason stuff is stored in memory is to make the phone itself load stuff faster.

I just downloaded MixZing from the market which is a damn cool music player, makes "related" song lists like itunes.

 

[dysfunction]

I have installed this app on my Nexus One:

HelixLauncher 2 v0.6 Application for Android | Productivity


Now I have:
7 home screens
A quick launch task bar at the bottom of the screen ie 4 apps that will be on screen all the time.

Its superb!

There is also a version 1 for other phones or perhaps its more stable. not really sure why there are 2 versions:
HelixLauncher v1.1b Application for Android | Productivity

 

[Fast]

I just followed this guide and it works perfectly on my Desire.

Add Full Voice to Text To HTC Desire Nimbu

 

[Ch3tan]

So glen! I've already posted that

 

[Fast]

see! I thought you had but couldn't find it lol. Good news works just fine /glenoff

 

[dysfunction]

Perhaps you need this as well:
Add Turn by Turn Navigation To HTC Desire Nimbu

/glen

 

[Ch3tan]

Protected Apps Missing for HTC Desire Owners | AndroidGuys

Also regarding Dys's post above, and as mentioned in the new mobile thread; Google maps sat nav beta is now live in the UK, on any android 1.6 and above handset.

 

[dysfunction]

Anyone with Wavesecure notice that your battery doesn't last as long??

My phone doesnt seem to last as long as it used to but then I am using it a fair bit these days as well...playing games mostly!

 

[Ch3tan]

SMS Backup and restore (free, Ritesh) - backed up 3500 messages from my hero and restored them onto my desire. The restore was slow, but it worked perfectly. Better than paying the international text message cost for wavesecure, and the data cost.

 

[Fast]

Manchester?s Neverending Clock for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad on the iTunes App Store

 

[Ch3tan]

do you understand "android apps"? Get that apple shite out of here.

 

[Fast]

loosen ya Bra mate

 

[Chilly]

get out!

 

[ST^]

fucking Apple shit.

 

[Ch3tan]

39 Android Apps that I love

Some very good suggestions there, a few aps that I did not know about. Loving LED scroller 3 for the pure sillyness, and key ring reward cards is very handy.