Essential Android Apps

stoosh · 9 Jul 2012 at 14:58

I use feedR since when I had a G1 and it's an excellent RSS app. I must try out Flipboard though, Pulse is another superb app.

Nexus18 · 9 Jul 2012 at 15:03

mrk said:
Currents and Flipboard are more alike each other whereas Google Reader, I find, is just quicker and more controllable.

I do like control though.

Control freak?

Will have to give currents a go and see how I get on with it.

gReader is great, just way too many options for me

I like choice, but not that much choice where it gives me a headache going through all the options and working out what does what

Yup!!!

Love pulse as well, but prefer flipboard. Used this app for quite a while on my spica and it was superb! Will have to give it another go as well!

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...mNvbS50cmlsZWV0LmFuZHJvaWQubmV3c3Jvb21wcm8iXQ

EDIT:

Maybe I won't give newsroom a try

as it appears that the developer has abandoned it

Solz · 9 Jul 2012 at 15:23

This game is great, and its free, basically its Counter strike 1.6, its got a ton of maps like de_dust2, with loads of online game modes, and runs very smooth on my Galaxy S3 (not sure if it has been posted before thou!!)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...yLDEsImNvbS5TdHVkaW9Pbk1hcnMuQ1NQb3J0YWJsZSJd

kona786 · 9 Jul 2012 at 15:25

the problem with a lot of news readers are that they don't show the whole story...

Like reviews on Engadget - the review is all on on page should it should show all of the review on a news reader but it doesn't - just cuts off part way through the review.

I have only seen Flipboard show the whole review in-app!

Good thing with flipboard is I can save that review from Flipboard to Pocket so I can read it later(offline) and Pocket has awesome page formatting and OLED friendly black background.

mrk · 9 Jul 2012 at 15:29

gReader shows the full article too from what I can see, just click the globe icon at the bottom and it loads the full article in the app.

kona786 · 9 Jul 2012 at 15:59

mrk - the globe button asks to open the full review in a web browser here.

mrk · 9 Jul 2012 at 15:59

Not for me, opens inline. Maybe I enabled that option in one of the thousands of settings though. Get playing

kona786 · 9 Jul 2012 at 16:18

ahhh - 2 ways sort the problem - 1. click the article title to load full article or 2. when the article stops short - there's a link to load full artice...................

........however it loads to the website moblie feed which means no more black background - good enough though as gReader lets me search the site for old articles unlike Flipboard and many others.

lmfy2k · 9 Jul 2012 at 19:04

what decent mail app do you guys use?

im after one that will do push/pull gmail, hotmail, yahoo and also have the ability to delete off server if i delete off handset

thanks

edit: Gmail app for gmail is perfect

tried using Maildroid for yahoo and hotmail but if i delete off handset it wont delete off server, (ive set it to do this in settings)

is there an app that does them all?

Hamster · 9 Jul 2012 at 19:14

K-9 does my gmail accounts and work domain email (all push via imap). Works very well for me.

lmfy2k · 9 Jul 2012 at 19:18

Hamster said:
K-9 does my gmail accounts and work domain email (all push via imap). Works very well for me.

sweet, il try that now mate

thanks!

NVP · 9 Jul 2012 at 19:20

Hotmail app is pretty good. Not sure if there is one to link all three accounts though.

AndyCr15 · 9 Jul 2012 at 20:01

Just sync all your mail through Gmail. Your battery will thank you for it.

Nexus18 · 9 Jul 2012 at 22:45

After trying greader and google currents etc. out for most of the day I am sticking with flipboard!

Nice and simple for me! Plus it is more pretty in some ways

Skeeter · 9 Jul 2012 at 23:23

lmfy2k said:
what decent mail app do you guys use?

im after one that will do push/pull gmail, hotmail, yahoo and also have the ability to delete off server if i delete off handset

thanks

edit: Gmail app for gmail is perfect

tried using Maildroid for yahoo and hotmail but if i delete off handset it wont delete off server, (ive set it to do this in settings)

is there an app that does them all?

You can managed all your other accounts through GMail, meaning you can then just use the GMail app only.

I currently use 3 GMail accounts, 2 Hotmail accounts, and 2 other POP accounts all through GMail.

benjo · 10 Jul 2012 at 03:19

Weather Eye is nice, but minimal.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.citc.weather

Clipsey · 10 Jul 2012 at 04:00

Weather looks lovely in the UK

EniGmA1981 · 10 Jul 2012 at 04:36

Isn't it always!? lol

lmfy2k · 10 Jul 2012 at 07:16

Skeeter said:
You can managed all your other accounts through GMail, meaning you can then just use the GMail app only.

I currently use 3 GMail accounts, 2 Hotmail accounts, and 2 other POP accounts all through GMail.

Thanks.

I've linked by gmail to Hotmail and yahoo but can't see the emails in Gmail. I've given permission to allow gmail access to hotmail and yahoo too

What am I doing wrong ?

Or do I have to add the hotmail and yahoo accounts separately in Gmail app ?

mrk · 10 Jul 2012 at 08:42

Weather Eye looks brilliant, similar style to SnowStorm widget but with a nicer UI and search/add location interface (SnowStorm's works but it's a bit broken as the columns are squashed in app).

Now to decide which to keep!

Edit*
Sticking with SnowStorm, forecast is more detailed and accurate.

Also, new Nova update out, brings app animations (slide and Jelly bean for now). I prefer Slide animation, looks cool.