Essential Android Apps

_Jimlad_ · 15 Jan 2013 at 11:18

cant see any diff between chrome beta and normal chrome

ScoobyDoo · 15 Jan 2013 at 11:36

_Jimlad_ said:
cant see any diff between chrome beta and normal chrome

Same here really, performance is slightly improved but not a huge difference and text rendering was awful on beta on my stock s3.
Wish they would implement a full screen option.

THMRK · 15 Jan 2013 at 12:25

I think it'd be quite handy if the tablet version of Chrome had the "close all tabs" feature that the mobile version has.

EniGmA1981 · 15 Jan 2013 at 12:42

Montala said:
Thanks, but has this actually fixed the text sizing problems which a number of users on here were experiencing?

Nope! That's still the main reason I don't use Chrome!

Opera mobile has had an update recently (last few weeks) and since then I've noticed that you can choose to hide that fugly navigation bar at the bottom and you can go fullscreen by hiding the status bar too... this is a very good thing to me as that bottom bar has always driven me mad!!!

Frenzy · 15 Jan 2013 at 13:16

Hm, no one using Quick ICS browser anymore?

Nexus18 · 15 Jan 2013 at 13:19

Since JB/sense V4+ came to the S, nope! Besides the JB update broke text reflow for 3rd party browsers, which is essential for a browser.

mrk · 15 Jan 2013 at 13:32

Firefox forever

V4NT0M · 15 Jan 2013 at 13:54

smokedog said:
But the problem is the tab button is on the top left, not the easiest to reach when you have a 4"+ screen

But tabs are normally on top anyway?

I've gotten used to jiggling phones about in my hand since phones god so big.

As someone else has said here I think there needs to more intelligent gesture support. There always used to be that labs feature in the stock browser Honeycomb and up. I never used it on my tablet at all but some people swear by it on their phones and tbh I'm thinking for a phone interface it's sounding pretty good.

TehBluebear · 15 Jan 2013 at 14:09

GTanny said:
Knights of pen and paper

very simple but very addictive D&D RPG

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=br.com.beholdstudios.knightspp&feature=search_result

Cheers for this mate, loving it! Pretty fun to play!

DAnDan · 15 Jan 2013 at 20:41

Montala said:
Thanks, but has this actually fixed the text sizing problems which a number of users on here were experiencing?

No different on the crazy text sizes for me sadly

Devious · 15 Jan 2013 at 21:41

DAnDan said:
No different on the crazy text sizes for me sadly

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Just tried it myself, nice and quick but as you say text size all over the place like the firefox browser.

Ugley_Matt · 16 Jan 2013 at 09:36

Whats everyone using as a music player these days? Winamp still good?

mrk · 16 Jan 2013 at 09:38

I use WinAMP for shoutcast but PowerAmp for locally stored music

V4NT0M · 16 Jan 2013 at 10:55

Poweramp is simply the best.

benjo · 16 Jan 2013 at 13:04

Poweramp with ICS Skin

twist3d0n3 · 16 Jan 2013 at 13:48

benjo said:
Poweramp with ICS Skin

so much this

V4NT0M · 16 Jan 2013 at 13:52

Yep, forgot to mention, ICS skin ftw.

TehBluebear · 16 Jan 2013 at 15:19

How does PlayerPro stack up with PowerAmp? I love PP with the Holo ICS skin.

Bloomfield · 16 Jan 2013 at 15:19

I use Google Play Music, I take it PowerAmp still hasn't added Play Music support yet?

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Richie · 16 Jan 2013 at 18:25

I just use the native Samsung player on the S3.... Does the job for me and allows me to auto play my music through the car bluetooth system when I start the car up.... It even starts playing from the point it stopped when I leave the car