Essential Android Apps

EniGmA1981 · 6 Apr 2012 at 18:12

Nice update for friendcaster pro today - UI looks loads better and it feels ("feels") smoother and faster than before...

I throw that last point over to the OcUK jury to decide

benjo · 6 Apr 2012 at 18:25

Had a play with it, but for some reason the main news feed was showing everybody which was annoying because I've hidden about 150 people

james.miller · 6 Apr 2012 at 18:54

EniGmA1981 said:
Nice update for friendcaster pro today - UI looks loads better and it feels ("feels") smoother and faster than before...

I throw that last point over to the OcUK jury to decide

Huge improvement on the UI, like it very much

Matteysan · 7 Apr 2012 at 17:28

http://www.theverge.com/gaming/2012/4/6/2930183/max-payne-comes-to-ios-april-12th-android-april-26th

Max Payne

I will purchase this just on the basis that I loved the original!

martin9887 · 8 Apr 2012 at 13:07

What's the best phone locator app? where you send it a text and it rings, gives GPS etc.

I used to have one but can't remember the name of it, don't mind paying a few pounds if its worth it.

PixelChef · 8 Apr 2012 at 13:14

martin9887 said:
What's the best phone locator app? where you send it a text and it rings, gives GPS etc.

I used to have one but can't remember the name of it, don't mind paying a few pounds if its worth it.

Cerberus does all of that and more

pepp77 · 8 Apr 2012 at 13:16

martin9887 said:
What's the best phone locator app? where you send it a text and it rings, gives GPS etc.

I used to have one but can't remember the name of it, don't mind paying a few pounds if its worth it.

I use where's my droid.

mrk · 8 Apr 2012 at 14:42

Cerberus is /the/ best.

martin9887 · 8 Apr 2012 at 16:58

Is that free, and does it have a website to track from as well?

I've seen this one, http://phonelocatorpro.com/, looks pretty decent.

PixelChef · 8 Apr 2012 at 17:30

martin9887 said:
Is that free, and does it have a website to track from as well?

I've seen this one, http://phonelocatorpro.com/, looks pretty decent.

It's not free no but there is a trial that lasts a week I think, you'll probably buy it after that. Yes there is a website that you can execute commands from and track the phones location.

mrk · 8 Apr 2012 at 17:31

The website allows you to get lots of stuff on the phone.

CSA · 8 Apr 2012 at 18:51

Just installed then bought cerberus,very impressed with the app,thanks for the recommendation !

mrk · 8 Apr 2012 at 18:52

It supports up to 5 devices on one license so add more

CSA · 8 Apr 2012 at 19:01

yeah im going to add my tablet too,i was going to contact their support and ask if more than one email address can be used to retrieve photos and stuff,dont spose u know do u mrK ?

AndyCr15 · 8 Apr 2012 at 20:04

Send it to a Gmail account and use a filter to forward it to as many as you like, no?

Skeeter · 8 Apr 2012 at 23:36

Hmm, I've seen some comments saying the stock ICS keyboard is good? Any ideas if you can get this on a HTC Sense 3.6 build (Sensation)? HTC seem to have borked the standard Sense keyboard

Nexus18 · 8 Apr 2012 at 23:37

It is android so of course you can

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...sMSwxLDEsImlucHV0bWV0aG9kLmxhdGluLnBvcnRlZCJd

Skeeter · 8 Apr 2012 at 23:43

There's loads of people with ICS Keyboard apps on the market though, are they all genuine or just clones?

stoke1863 · 8 Apr 2012 at 23:45

What is the best sat nav app. Googles one is decent but i find the routes its taking me on my commute to work is an extra 20 minutes worse at best then what i would do myself.

Nexus18 · 8 Apr 2012 at 23:49

They are all (most of them anyway...) based on the stock ICS keyboard, some are pure stock and some have additional tweaks, if you want a pure stock unaltered one, your best bet is to find someone who has just uploaded the .apk from the Galaxy nexus or download a stock ICS ROM and just copy the ICS keyboard.apk to your SD card and install it using estrongs file explorer (need to make sure you have allowed apps to be installed via other methods than just the market in the settings menu though.

The one I linked you to is the best one on the market and is pretty much stock ICS keyboard but you have additional tweaks that do no harm

However, I recommend swift key X instead.