Essential Android Apps

D83 · 19 Oct 2011 at 15:13

Finally got myself a 'smartphone' so looking for the best rated apps for these:

Weather
File Managment
Wifi Managment
Decent web browser
International news
Battery saver
+anything else of interest

Ta!

Bloomfield · 19 Oct 2011 at 15:23

File Manager: ES File Explorer
Web Browser: Opera Mobile

I don't use any of the others, what do you mean by wifi management?

Kreeeee · 19 Oct 2011 at 15:54

D83 said:
Finally got myself a 'smartphone' so looking for the best rated apps for these:

Weather
File Managment
Wifi Managment
Decent web browser
International news
Battery saver
+anything else of interest

Ta!

Beautiful Widgets
Root Explorer
JuiceDefender
Dolphin HD
RSS feeds
JuiceDefender
Llama, smooth calendar, Go Launcher EX, gtasks, colornote, switchcontrol pro, poweramp

TechFunctions · 20 Oct 2011 at 01:04

PCMonitor - Great to send commands to your pc while your away from home (Or In my case to lazy to get out of bed to shut it down)
WhatsApp - Great Messaging App!

bimmerboii · 20 Oct 2011 at 02:07

Is there any way to view emoji icons outside Handcent? ie when using kik or other instant messaging?

D83 · 20 Oct 2011 at 02:14

Cheers for suggestions. Dolphin hd is a good browser. Much better then opera in functionality.

mrk · 20 Oct 2011 at 02:21

I still prefer Boat, it is of the win

Cyclone · 20 Oct 2011 at 04:16

mrk said:
I still prefer Boat, it is of the win

Ive been using this for a few days and love it. Just need an adblocker for it.

Edit. just changed the plugin option to 'on demand' and the cack isnt loaded.

Darryl_1983 · 20 Oct 2011 at 12:48

Also been using Boat Browser for some time now.

Just prefer the layout and functionality really. Performance wise there can't be much differance in any of the browsers.

D83 · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:10

Anyone use skyfire? Apparently it will play flash content even if the phone doest support flash.

DAnDan · 20 Oct 2011 at 19:12

Yeah it does, at least it did on my old Omnia HD.

AndyCr15 · 20 Oct 2011 at 20:30

Yeah, it does all the rendering on their servers and pretty much streams it to your phone. Clever really, as long as you trust them

Bloomfield · 20 Oct 2011 at 23:00

I decided to check GetJar today to see if there was anything new on there, noticed Tapatalk was on there for free. Seen loads of stuff about how much people like it compared to browsing forums on a phone browser so thought I'd give it a try for other forums where it works like XDA.

Oh my God it's horrible :eek:

. Maybe GetJar just has an old terrible version of the app up for free and it's actually an awesome app, but from what I saw I have no idea how people prefer to use that instead of just using a browser

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Kreeeee · 20 Oct 2011 at 23:10

It's ok if you have a crap phone, but on large screens it's crap.

dave_beast · 21 Oct 2011 at 12:35

Surprised this isn't in the list...

Iris (Siri backwards, gettit?)

Linky http://market.android.com/details?id=com.dexetra.iris

Nexus18 · 21 Oct 2011 at 12:53

There is also one called vlingo iirc.

So looks like the main thing about the 4s is pretty much now going to be on android then

Bloomfield · 21 Oct 2011 at 12:54

dave_beast said:
Surprised this isn't in the list...

Iris (Siri backwards, gettit?)

Linky http://market.android.com/details?id=com.dexetra.iris

Why would it be in the list? Hardly anyone will consider voice control stuff essential after the novelty wears off

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dave_beast · 21 Oct 2011 at 13:27

Bloomfield said:
Why would it be in the list? Hardly anyone will consider voice control stuff essential after the novelty wears off .

Essential app for flaming Apple fanboys :cool:

twist3d0n3 · 21 Oct 2011 at 14:06

another vote for juice defender, get the ultimate version (costs a 5er) and it'll train wifi connections based on location, tis such an awesome feature

mrk · 21 Oct 2011 at 19:44

Check your Markets, Films are now a go