Essential Android Apps

Xinn · 9 Jul 2010 at 09:43

WalkeruK said:
no help there, i dont have a cable. =[

Get a dropbox account, and install the Dropbox app then open it from there.

Nikumba · 9 Jul 2010 at 10:18

Ratbag said:
Is there an app like Stacks [if you don't know what I mean, check this out] for android?

I've had a look on the market and there doesn't appear to be anything there. But do any of the launcher apps like launcherpro have this functionality?

Ta!

Smart Shortcuts is similar but more like the folder feature on iOS4

Derek W · 9 Jul 2010 at 14:49

subscribed to this as I should be getting a Wildfire next week. didn't really fancy upping my contract / pay £600 for the handset to get a Desire :eek:

steinooo · 9 Jul 2010 at 17:18

any of you guys tried the Yahoo Mail application that came out on 30th June? I didn't know it existed till I saw an advert for it on Yahoo Mail homepage, downloaded it and so far it's better than using the inbuilt mail app via pop, as you can delete messages, it has folder support etc.

Locke · 9 Jul 2010 at 17:39

F1 Racing is a cool app for F1 fans.

tomos · 9 Jul 2010 at 17:57

ok, are there any mail apps that can give notifications for emails that only appear in gmails labels? as in archived so they don't show in the inbox?

the gmail app doesn't do it, the HTC mail app is ever worse and just tried K9 and is the same as the gmail app really. notifications for mail in the inbox only.

muon · 9 Jul 2010 at 18:18

Locke said:
F1 Racing is a cool app for F1 fans.

This is better

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.f1.android

gives live timing data during the race. Requires you to have a formula1.com account to access their data.

_Jimlad_ · 9 Jul 2010 at 19:04

guys anyone seen a good app for putting the phone in basic mode, ie turn everything off apart from the phone signal, and then back on again, finding i sometime struggle with battery life and wanna shut the phone down to basics

muon · 9 Jul 2010 at 19:13

Well you could configure a launcher to have one screen with a power control widget allowing you to turn everything off except for a GPRS/EDGE mobile network connection.

All syncing should automatically stop because internet connections are off.

Ratbag · 9 Jul 2010 at 19:16

Nikumba said:
Smart Shortcuts is similar but more like the folder feature on iOS4

Thanks. Pretty much exactly what I was after.

kona786 · 9 Jul 2010 at 20:09

aCircuit Board live wallpaper for all u geeks...

Ratbag · 9 Jul 2010 at 20:39

_Jimlad_ said:
guys anyone seen a good app for putting the phone in basic mode, ie turn everything off apart from the phone signal, and then back on again, finding i sometime struggle with battery life and wanna shut the phone down to basics

I use SwitchPro on my main screen, and have everything off until needed.

Locke · 9 Jul 2010 at 22:05

ghost101 said:
This is better

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.f1.android

gives live timing data during the race. Requires you to have a formula1.com account to access their data.

Hah, I just saw that on the right panel, looks nicer indeed, ta! ^_^

_Jimlad_ · 10 Jul 2010 at 12:02

Ratbag said:
I use SwitchPro on my main screen, and have everything off until needed.

cheers trying it now

V4NT0M · 10 Jul 2010 at 22:38

lol, vuvuzela hero!

Richie · 10 Jul 2010 at 23:03

"andy" said:
one off market and the plugin for whatever games which is also on market

its a bit fiddly but get used to it.

Cant find scummvm on the market...

"andy" · 11 Jul 2010 at 01:01

weird . 100% there for me still

and i was going to say its maybe a 1.6 thing (im on x10) but theres reviews for the app from users of phones that i know use 2.1

Mekrel · 11 Jul 2010 at 02:40

Does anyone know of any email applications that deal with Exchange?

I'm looking for the ability to flag emails and set out of office, and send meeting requests.

The HTC Email application does this, but the default Android ones don't and I fancy trying out stock FroYo.

As I use my phone for work, this is the only thing stopping me

Ratbag · 11 Jul 2010 at 08:03

Skyfall said:
lol, vuvuzela hero!

I'll be deploying the Vuvuzela app later. Nerve shredding!

ChroniC · 11 Jul 2010 at 19:30

Laputa is a ebook reader that has a lot of very recent book on it, like harry potters, dan brown books, quite a lot actually all for FREE which is awesome.