Essential Android Apps

roboffer · 23 Mar 2011 at 18:37

My major gripe with Firefox is that you have to click into the address bar to bring up the option to click on to see your Bookmarks. I don't get why it isn't an option in the menu.

sorn21 · 23 Mar 2011 at 18:39

Firefox app has some horrible write ups so far, apparently it's crashing left right and centre and a few people are claiming it's damaged their SD card!

I'm trying to find N64oid, has it been pulled from the Android Market?

lee87 · 23 Mar 2011 at 20:02

n1blo said:
I'm trying to find N64oid, has it been pulled from the Android Market?

The dev has removed it from the market because of complaints.

Found this post on the XDA Developers forum

I emailed the dev and this was his response
A great number of users are complaining about the compatibility and running performance. Considering the bad ratings, I temporarily unpublished it. I am doing a rewrite of some of the core modules. Don't worry, N64oid will be back much better in 1-2 months.

Thanks for the understanding! I won't let people down

sorn21 · 23 Mar 2011 at 20:34

Ahh that explains it. Disappointed was looking forward to playing some Zelda!

NightSt@lk3r · 23 Mar 2011 at 20:40

For F1 fans the official F1 app is now available for Android https://market.android.com/details?id=com.formula1.twothousandelevenapplication

Russinating · 23 Mar 2011 at 20:50

Loving Angry Birds Rio. Very polished! Thanks Khaaan

V4NT0M · 24 Mar 2011 at 12:19

Yea Rio feels a lot nicer than the original, ima play some now!

Jumblejug · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:41

http://www.sports-tracker.com/blog/2011/03/23/sports-tracker-coming-to-android-and-iphone/

A new (sort of) app for the sporty people, will hopefully give it a test at the weekend

KnightStalker · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:46

Jumblejug said:
http://www.sports-tracker.com/blog/2011/03/23/sports-tracker-coming-to-android-and-iphone/

A new (sort of) app for the sporty people, will hopefully give it a test at the weekend

Wonder if it will have a cycle feature, be nice to track my cylcing routes without spending a fortune on a specific gps unit or something similar.

Russinating · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:47

KnightStalker said:
Wonder if it will have a cycle feature, be nice to track my cylcing routes without spending a fortune on a specific gps unit or something similar.

Just get Endomondo? :confused:

It's free and tracks perfectly: http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/hVcZONChQz8.

KnightStalker · 24 Mar 2011 at 14:49

Russinating said:
Just get Endomondo? It's free and tracks perfectly: http://www.endomondo.com/workouts/hVcZONChQz8

Doh..i knew i should have done a bit of research first, thanks fella, to be honest id never thought of looking till i saw that post and it triggered in my head, hence the knee jerk reply lol.

Russinating · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:22

Well Endomondo's awesome so you should be pleasantly surprised

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EniGmA1981 · 24 Mar 2011 at 15:31

NightSt@lk3r said:
For F1 fans the official F1 app is now available for Android https://market.android.com/details?id=com.formula1.twothousandelevenapplication

Pah! Beatin twice!! Just found this too

good little app, looking forward to the start of the season now - was gutted they canceled the Bahrain GP

Hen_Dawg · 24 Mar 2011 at 18:49

Lifehacker have done a brief comparission of browers
http://uk.lifehacker.com/5785273/an...wser-wins-out-on-speed-features-and-usability

Deep · 25 Mar 2011 at 10:39

There is an AV Forums app that came out recently (today I think).

I much prefer these kinds of apps than using the browser to look at forums. Just hope OcUK join the wagon.

Also there is an awesome weather widget app called AIX weather, its free and on the widget it has a graph which updates what the temperature will be throughout the day in 2 hour intervals.

EniGmA1981 · 25 Mar 2011 at 14:05

Guys, ABRio is still showing as free on the amazon market... It should be ok to keep it hosted for UK uses as long as it's still free on there, right?

Myshra · 25 Mar 2011 at 14:10

EniGmA1981 said:
Guys, ABRio is still showing as free on the amazon market... It should be ok to keep it hosted for UK uses as long as it's still free on there, right?

Technically it's region locked (as in, you have to be living in America to have the option to purchase it) so it's a bit cloudy to be honest. It's not hard to find in all honesty, google shows it up pretty easily.

EniGmA1981 · 25 Mar 2011 at 15:50

Myshra said:
It's not hard to find in all honesty

That really depends on two factors:

1) whether you can actually be bothered looking

and

2) whether you really want to find the information in the first place LOL

I was happy living in the 'grey area'

sorn21 · 25 Mar 2011 at 22:37

Has anybody tried GO SMS?

It's a really good alternative to Handcent, I'd give it a whirl.

Really nice GUI, almost like the MIUI ROMs.
I found Handcent to look quite dated.

englishpremier · 26 Mar 2011 at 00:53

I use GoSMS, i've found it the best by far.

It offers more customisable options than handcent and it updated at least every two weeks, with the developer really taking on board the comments made by people in his thread on XDA forums.