Essential Android Apps

Rimsy · 29 Apr 2010 at 08:33

Khaaan! said:
No multitouch = no use

Is multitouch something that's planned for a future release? If not then why are they bothering? We already have opera mini which is (at times) a good alternative to the stock browser and opera mobile is going to include it...

Tombstone · 29 Apr 2010 at 09:27

Are any of the ereader applications really any good with decent titles?

The one I usually see people talking about is Laputa, but does it really have decent content? Is there anything Kindle-like in those regards?

osc89er · 29 Apr 2010 at 09:46

I don't know of any commercial ebook market for Android. There are a bunch of readers like Aldiko and FBReader that can read all the common formats BUT only the unencrypted books. Many of the markets that sell books prefer to enable the encryption on the ebooks and none of those can be read currently by Android ebook reader software.

griffo_001 · 29 Apr 2010 at 09:57

al4x said:
How big its fennec? I have 30 mb free and I cant download it as I havnt
got enough room

10mb download 33mb install. Doesn't appear to support on screen keyboards atm

So unless you're rocking a milestone or G1 running cyan 5.0.7 its not much use

Scottland · 29 Apr 2010 at 17:23

Skyfire (browser) 2.0 beta is in the Market now if anyone wants to try it. Has HTML5 support I think.

413x · 29 Apr 2010 at 17:55

griffo_001 said:
10mb download 33mb install. Doesn't appear to support on screen keyboards atm So unless you're rocking a milestone or G1 running cyan 5.0.7 its not much use

Ok so that's a dont bother and a dont bother..saves me faffing with it at least!

fowler002 · 29 Apr 2010 at 19:37

Scottland said:
Skyfire (browser) 2.0 beta is in the Market now if anyone wants to try it. Has HTML5 support I think.

was going to ask if anyone has tried this, I've just been 'playing around' with it. been trying to get the iplayer shows to play on it, finding that 5live seems to be working but none of the tv shows(live or otherwise).

guess I should be happy that 5live is working, been trying to find a radio app that plays 5live and 5live extra(beebplayer doesn't do 5live & 5live extra due to some legal issues).

would have like the tv shows to work as beebplayer videos seem to be quite low res.

been trying other explorers(dolphin, opera mini and skyfire) as there's one website I go on that has a chat box which just shows loading...(I think it loaded at least once but doesn't seem to now), opera mini loads the box but when you try typing something it doesn't add it to the chat box. the other browsers doesn't load it(even skyfire).

Trifid · 29 Apr 2010 at 20:52

Is there a free program like Locale?

biron_w · 30 Apr 2010 at 00:27

I recommend trying Android Mate. It lets you manage all your apps in it,as well as view all your files plus it has an app installer for any apps you have on your memory card that haven't been downloaded from the market.It also has a dialler on it! Very useful indeed.

ShakenNstirred · 30 Apr 2010 at 06:29

i found titanium backup a good apps if your phone is rooted
its great for uninstalling apps that run in the back ground that you never use but are always running using up ram

osc89er · 30 Apr 2010 at 08:47

Appmanager will backup your apps to your SD Card, though not any settings. One click batch backup and also can do a differential version of the backup only.

I wish there was a free version of locale. I just can't see me paying $10 for it.

teaboy5 · 30 Apr 2010 at 09:13

Anyone got the name of a nice wee widget to turn the mobile network (data) on and off?

I have one for the wireless but cant find one at all for the data!

osc89er · 30 Apr 2010 at 09:18

teaboy5 said:
Anyone got the name of a nice wee widget to turn the mobile network (data) on and off?

I have one for the wireless but cant find one at all for the data!

apndroid is one I think.

georges · 30 Apr 2010 at 09:31

osc89er said:
apndroid is one I think.

Yep works brilliantly and just has a simple on-off widget

DiG · 30 Apr 2010 at 09:32

Just trying news rooms, very nice rss reader, lovely UI!

teaboy5 · 30 Apr 2010 at 09:49

I didn't notice there is one that comes with the phone

If you add a widget and select settings they are all listed in there?

Chillimonster · 30 Apr 2010 at 10:00

Addicted to Homerun Battle 3D at the moment

HOMERUN BATTLE 3D FREE - Android app on AppBrain

Skully · 30 Apr 2010 at 10:13

DiG said:
Just trying news rooms, very nice rss reader, lovely UI!

I already use Blue RSS but it's a bit limited in what it can do.

News Rooms seems good, but not sure what the paid and free one have different.

sja360 · 30 Apr 2010 at 12:41

fowler002 said:
was going to ask if anyone has tried this, I've just been 'playing around' with it. been trying to get the iplayer shows to play on it, finding that 5live seems to be working but none of the tv shows(live or otherwise).

guess I should be happy that 5live is working, been trying to find a radio app that plays 5live and 5live extra(beebplayer doesn't do 5live & 5live extra due to some legal issues).

would have like the tv shows to work as beebplayer videos seem to be quite low res.

been trying other explorers(dolphin, opera mini and skyfire) as there's one website I go on that has a chat box which just shows loading...(I think it loaded at least once but doesn't seem to now), opera mini loads the box but when you try typing something it doesn't add it to the chat box. the other browsers doesn't load it(even skyfire).

if you open up beebplayer then press menu you can set the quality to wifi (42mb) quality rather than the 3g which is 23mb. Does mean you can sometimes end up with a couple of pauses though if the 3g doesnt download fast enough. but i imagine from a wifi connection it will work fine.

Scottland · 30 Apr 2010 at 13:02

Skully said:
I already use Blue RSS but it's a bit limited in what it can do.

News Rooms seems good, but not sure what the paid and free one have different.

Not an app strictly speaking, but I find Google Reader better than most other RSS readers.