Essential Tablet apps (Android)

V4NT0M · 5 May 2011 at 16:08

Soooo, there's not a lot about at the moment so I thought a thread to share the best might be good for the growing number of tableteers...

Thumb Keyboard - Indispensable IMO, allows you to type whilst holding the device portrait and easy to flick between normal keyboard and this.

Pocket Cloud - Free and easy to use tablet optimised VNC/RDP client.

Tweetcomb - Nice tablet optimized twitter app.

Pulse - Not too dissimilar from the phone version but feels a lot nicer with dual panes.

CNN - Really nice tablet app for news.

Drawfree - Basic, but useful tablet drawing app.

Gun Bros - Plays very well on tablets.

I'm sure there's more but don't have my device with my atm... Please share any more you have.

muon · 5 May 2011 at 16:38

Splashtop - Brilliant for remote desktop across wifi. Good enough to stream video at a high framerate!

Bobcat · 5 May 2011 at 17:47

Another vote for Splashtop from me, brilliant application for RDP Access

Martynt74 · 5 May 2011 at 23:21

Drag Racing works well for the tablet i find, along with the various Angry Birds games

All very addictive games.

Also Squeezecommander if anyone uses a Squeezebox!

Cosimo · 5 May 2011 at 23:35

Google Earth has now been optimised for Honeycomb:

http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011...gn=Feed: blogspot/MKuf (Official Google Blog)

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.earth

Myshra · 5 May 2011 at 23:57

uPnPlay - DLNA client for streaming stuff. Pretty rough design but works with everything. Only links to stuff so you need a player...
Mobo player - plays everything and has codecs available for downloading dependant on your hardware.
Suduku Daily Tablet compatible suduku fun

V4NT0M · 6 May 2011 at 01:34

opera mobile is looking very good, renders pages much more like a desktop browser at the correct zoom and optimized for tablets too, a few comparisons:

It would be a lot better if it had a more conventional tab interface and flash does not seem to work in honeycomb...

Edit: Absolute win:

Martynt74 · 6 May 2011 at 09:24

That Opera browser looks very good.

Out of interest i've been trying to watch some video files using Mobo player and i have video however i'm missing the audio. What is the best way to download some extra codecs?

V4NT0M · 6 May 2011 at 16:10

I haven't used mobo player much, but there are codec packs on the market:

https://market.android.com/search?q=mobo+player+codec&so=1&c=apps

Whether or not they will help I don't know.

Scottland · 6 May 2011 at 16:14

Feeldy is a nice RSS (Google Reader only) app with a newspaper style interface. 2 way sync with reader too. It's portrait only at the moment (which is surprisingly good to view), but apparently they'll be updating in the next few weeks to include landscape too. Plus it's free

Also, International Snooker HD is nice, although £3 and no lite version.

godinman · 6 May 2011 at 16:18

I've gone from Opera back to Dolphin HD (via miren). Just found it didn't render a couple of websites properly. The only thing I miss is the permanent forward and back buttons:/

The quickoffice HD apk is a pretty good tablet version of quick office

Scottland · 6 May 2011 at 16:22

Plume (twitter app) has been updated with Honeycomb support via a beta: http://levelupstudio.com/beta

V4NT0M · 8 May 2011 at 21:29

Draw for tablets - much better drawing app than the other one I posted.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.thewongandonly.android&feature=search_result

xpiano - works great on tablets
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.cyandroid.piano&feature=search_result

Cosimo · 19 May 2011 at 17:22

What app do you use for Honeycomb screen capture?

EniGmA1981 · 19 May 2011 at 17:49

Skyfall, Can you use the Opera OcUK black theme on the standard Android phone version of Opera Mini (or full-fat opera)

Never thought of trying it on my phone... would make it easier to read on here
(tapatalk support would be easier still however........................................

)

vail3r · 20 May 2011 at 08:14

I'm liking opera the best at the moment

V4NT0M · 20 May 2011 at 11:17

The dark theme works on opera mobile but not mini so will work on phones too. Guide is in the dark theme thread now.

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showpost.php?p=19080260&postcount=187

ishamy · 20 May 2011 at 14:37

Could you use splash top as a 'remote' for my Htpc? Can it work like that?

Narj · 20 May 2011 at 15:21

Just got Opera Mobile - really good browser, thanks! Downloaded mini as well for when reception is poor or there's no wifi.

EniGmA1981 · 21 May 2011 at 07:27

SkyFall, you're a legend

got OcUK:Black on my phone now

I feel some mobile awesomness coming on lol

Didn't work at first, then I force stopped opera mobile and it worked after that

sorted!!

I did laugh at the size difference between opera mini @ 1.5mb and opera mobile at 22.5mb!! mobile is definately not 'mini' is it!!