Giz's best Android apps of the month

mrk · 11 Oct 2009 at 11:34

http://gizmodo.com/5378878/the-months-best-android-apps

Some good ones there! Facebook has replaced Bloo for me and Speed Forge is :O

Retromatic · 11 Oct 2009 at 12:37

Speed Forge looks great, gonna grab it in a min. Also, nice to see an updated pro version of Twidroid.

brummie · 11 Oct 2009 at 13:21

Leviathon said:
Speed Forge looks great, gonna grab it in a min. Also, nice to see an updated pro version of Twidroid.

Speed forge isnt great. It needs a lot of work. Just a wipeout clone

Camalot · 11 Oct 2009 at 14:41

Why can't you use facebook chat on these facebook apps?

Azza · 11 Oct 2009 at 14:50

Camalot said:
Why can't you use facebook chat on these facebook apps?

Don't know, it is really annoying. And now with the updated mobile facebook web page I can not access the full site to use chat that way. Grrrr.

Retromatic · 11 Oct 2009 at 15:13

brummie said:
Speed forge isnt great. It needs a lot of work. Just a wipeout clone

Bugger, don't think I'll bother at the mo then, although I do like Wipeout.

Anyone know if there are any emulators that just use the touch screen, that work with the Hero - last time I tried a few on the magic they didn't work properly but there seems to be a lot more about now.

brummie · 11 Oct 2009 at 15:39

Leviathon said:
Bugger, don't think I'll bother at the mo then, although I do like Wipeout.

Anyone know if there are any emulators that just use the touch screen, that work with the Hero - last time I tried a few on the magic they didn't work properly but there seems to be a lot more about now.

i went through several and ended up just taking them off. they work well with different games. snesoid i think it was was my favourite.

Scottland · 11 Oct 2009 at 16:22

Still using Bloo as the facebook app doesn't seem to actually do anything beyond viewing my feed and being able to add comments?

IMO the mobile site for facebook is better than the app (x.facebook.com not m.facebook.com).

mrk · 11 Oct 2009 at 17:08

I also found 'Mother TED' which is very good

brummie · 11 Oct 2009 at 17:26

Scottland said:
Still using Bloo as the facebook app doesn't seem to actually do anything beyond viewing my feed and being able to add comments?

IMO the mobile site for facebook is better than the app (x.facebook.com not m.facebook.com).

iphone one is better still - iphone.facebook.com

Izi · 11 Oct 2009 at 19:42

brummie said:
Speed forge isnt great. It needs a lot of work. Just a wipeout clone

just played it, it wasnt bad?

Azza · 11 Oct 2009 at 21:40

I can't even log in with this new official Facebook app.

brummie · 12 Oct 2009 at 08:39

Izi said:
just played it, it wasnt bad?

Thats what i said. it wasn't great.

brummie · 12 Oct 2009 at 09:14

mrk said:
I also found 'Mother TED' which is very good

Thanks for that. Watched loads yesterday

MeAnBoY · 12 Oct 2009 at 17:30

I find Babbler to be the best source for my Facebook needs (not that often really). Not sure if bit has any distinct advantages over the other FB apps but use of notifications is nice.

Still think the must have app is Opera browser. Its defaulted to load low quality images (There are options for medium + high) and is super fast!

Amp34 · 12 Oct 2009 at 17:35

brummie said:
iphone one is better still - iphone.facebook.com

It's not that bad, but the full site is better.

Scottland · 12 Oct 2009 at 17:35

brummie said:
iphone one is better still - iphone.facebook.com

Is it? Seems the same for me, unless it doesn't work on Android?

brummie · 12 Oct 2009 at 17:57

Scottland said:
Is it? Seems the same for me, unless it doesn't work on Android?

just checked and it is very similar now. they have updated it at last

Tee Hee Johnson · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:10

Only one that seems good is pandora

That racing game was rubbish

It looked good, but that is all.

Azza · 12 Oct 2009 at 19:21

Pandora doesn't work in the UK.