Essential Android Apps

mrk · 4 Nov 2010 at 19:41

No, an email comes into my gmail for that. App only notifies of messages/replies, friend requests and event invites

Rich_L · 4 Nov 2010 at 21:08

I've found using bloo 1.5 is far better for notifications than the default app although this (http://techcrunch.com/2010/11/03/facebook-android-app-google/) seems to indicate that the FB app will be getting a lot better in the near future.

gam3r · 4 Nov 2010 at 21:08

Does anyone know if there is a widget that can lock my screen/put it into standby so I don't have to physically push the button?

Thanks

Rich_L · 4 Nov 2010 at 21:11

http://www.appbrain.com/app/lock-screen-widget/com.droidmania.lockscreenwidget

gam3r · 4 Nov 2010 at 21:23

Rich_L said:
http://www.appbrain.com/app/lock-screen-widget/com.droidmania.lockscreenwidget

Thanks!

Prophet · 4 Nov 2010 at 22:08

Is it good form to install the apps onto the phone or is there a tweak to use the SD card?

I'm such an Android noob!

mrk · 4 Nov 2010 at 22:16

With the DesireHD there's no need to use Apps2SD.

deadite66 · 5 Nov 2010 at 08:49

i had a bit of a fad moving everything to sdcard then after still having over 800MB left i figured what the point and put them all back on the phone.
guess i got into a mindset having a phone with not much internal memory.

Prophet · 5 Nov 2010 at 10:09

Is there anyway of keeping my google calendar and work exchange calendar seperate. I don't want any cross contamination as it gets confusing.

Russinating · 5 Nov 2010 at 10:14

Not sure. It is slightly annoying that the calendar doesn't use the calendar colours on the month view - I have 3 different remote calendars imported into Google Calendars, all with different colours so it's easy to differentiate.

Prophet · 5 Nov 2010 at 10:17

Russinating said:
Not sure. It is slightly annoying that the calendar doesn't use the calendar colours on the month view - I have 3 different remote calendars imported into Google Calendars, all with different colours so it's easy to differentiate.

I'm sure it's easy when you know how!

Problem I had was foolishly syncing everything so my phone was loaded with all my google, outlook and iphone contacts and calendars so I deleted them and started again. Trying to keep it tidy!

Russinating · 5 Nov 2010 at 10:32

The annoying thing is is when you go to the Agenda view it does use the colours, so it's obviously syncing them. So then why not sync the colour of the dot on the month view in-line with what calendar the event is from instead of just using a general green one?!

Prophet · 5 Nov 2010 at 10:35

Yeah that would make sense.

I'm also looking to tweak the agenda widget to display further into the future. So far it's only showing the coming week but I could with it showing the Month.

deadite66 · 5 Nov 2010 at 17:07

Desktop event notifier for Android devices

https://code.google.com/p/android-notifier/

great app, i get tray bubbles of sms's, battery life etc..

Deleted member 77746 · 5 Nov 2010 at 17:44

deadite66 said:
Desktop event notifier for Android devices

https://code.google.com/p/android-notifier/

great app, i get tray bubbles of sms's, battery life etc..

This project sends notifications to a desktop computer when certain events happen on an Android device, such as the phone ringing, an SMS being received, or the battery running low. The notifications can be sent over Wifi, Bluetooth, or (in the future) USB.

Sounds good.

Participant · 5 Nov 2010 at 20:02

Guys what apps are you using to resize and host pics from your phone cam? Anything out there or is it very much manual?

Hen_Dawg · 5 Nov 2010 at 20:36

Photobucket have an app. Not used it thought. I've used the simple Reduce Photo Size, does what it says

Participant · 6 Nov 2010 at 10:34

Hen_Dawg said:
Photobucket have an app. Not used it thought. I've used the simple Reduce Photo Size, does what it says

Is that built into Android somewhere? I can't see it.

Another one...can Android display animated gigs? I can't view the gif thread properly.

deadite66 · 6 Nov 2010 at 10:47

they work on the DHD, i think it may need 2.2 and large enough ram.

DIABLO · 6 Nov 2010 at 11:30

Robbie G said:
Is that built into Android somewhere? I can't see it.

Another one...can Android display animated gigs? I can't view the gif thread properly.

You won't view the a page full of gif's very well at all because of the size of them and the fact that it takes processing power to animate every pic.