Essential Android Apps

PermaBanned · 7 Sep 2010 at 22:52

Okay, moving on... am i also the only person who almost exclusively uses Opera Mini as a browser?

PermaBanned · 1 Oct 2010 at 16:22

_Jimlad_ said:
i hate task killers, and def no need on a lot of the latest handsets like the desire for example

Definately a need for them, unless you're running 2.2. Saves so much memory and battery...

PermaBanned · 1 Oct 2010 at 17:38

dbmzk1 said:
Indeed they do make a difference to battery life, even under 2.2

I thought 2.2 had a sort of inbuilt one?

PermaBanned · 31 Oct 2010 at 14:57

gumbald said:
I use NetCounter, but I believe lots of people use Watchdog?

I used the latter but switched to the former, as i remember it seemed a much better made app at the time.

PermaBanned · 31 Oct 2010 at 17:42

Probably already posted, but congratulations!

http://www.electronista.com/articles/10/10/25/google.confirms.100000.android.app.count/

PermaBanned · 2 Jan 2011 at 17:55

Just came across this:

http://preyproject.com/blog/2010/01/prey-arrives-on-mobiles-android-version-available

It's a free, open source phone tracker, trying it out now.

PermaBanned · 2 Jan 2011 at 18:23

I don't know, but it's free as in beer and speech and looking at the websites Prey seems easier to use.

PermaBanned · 3 Jan 2011 at 22:01

I use Kaoler Clock, but i did have problems with the stock alarm app. Before this i used an app that would only turn the alarm off if you completed equations and anagrams first. Woke you up but it was damn annoying

PermaBanned · 6 Dec 2011 at 18:50

chrisxuk said:
Bought: Minecraft, Paper Camera, Soundhound & Great Little War Game. Even if I don't play the games much, it's only £0.10 and will give me any updates in the future!

Would have got Swiftkey as well, but bought it just last week.

I would have got some of those but the market website doesn't accept the fact that i own a phone, even if it does show me what apps i have. It's 1.5 so i couldn't run them anyway, but it would be nice to have them so i could run them in the future at some point... next time perhaps.

Ah well, contract runs out in February, we'll see what happens then

PermaBanned · 12 Jan 2012 at 00:10

I'd just like to say thanks to everyone in this thread. You've spent nearly two years answering my question to an unseen level of depth and detail. You all deserve medals.

PermaBanned · 5 Mar 2012 at 21:49

Anyone know if Google are still doing that seeding thing where they give popular developers a free phone?

PermaBanned · 8 Mar 2012 at 17:53

PermaBanned · 19 Mar 2012 at 17:11

This may be of interest to you...

http://www.humblebundle.com/

PermaBanned · 24 Mar 2012 at 12:46

Quite tempted... i mean at that price there's always the option to sell it on and get something better if i don't get on with it. Bit confused about the fact that there's another one of the exact same phone listed at £115.

Also, shut up, it's my thread i can do what i want!

PermaBanned · 24 Mar 2012 at 13:07

The future.

PermaBanned · 24 Mar 2012 at 13:15

PermaBanned said:
Also, shut up, it's my thread i can do what i want!

This bit? It was aimed at people who were going to say that it doesn't belong in this thread. Which is true, but i don't want to create another one. Clearer now?

PermaBanned · 15 May 2012 at 20:37

MouseMat2004 said:
New Firefox Beta is out: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox_beta

It's finally usable. Has Flash support too. It's much quicker now.

Just giving it a go, may finally convince me to move away from Opera

PermaBanned · 24 May 2012 at 17:57

Because this isn't confusing at all...

PermaBanned · 24 May 2012 at 18:33

PiKe said:
That's 2 devices, one called 'phone'.

...what?

PermaBanned · 28 May 2012 at 21:29

I'm a bit out of the game and a friend's asking for help, what's the best phone for around £20/m with reasonable internet and texts?