Essential Android Apps

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

 

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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...

 

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

I thought 2.2 had a sort of inbuilt one?

 

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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.

 

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Probably already posted, but congratulations!

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

 

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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.

 

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

 

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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

 

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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

 

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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.

 

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

 

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This may be of interest to you...

http://www.humblebundle.com/

 

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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!

 

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The future.

 

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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?

 

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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

 

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Because this isn't confusing at all...

 

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That's 2 devices, one called 'phone'.

...what?

 

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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?