New essential Android apps thread

[mrk]

The Tiny Planet feature in the new camera app is pretty cool:

Excuse the movement errors!

 

[Macky]

I don't have some of the features on mine such as that. Any idea why? On a moto g.

 

[mrk]

Take a Photosphere first then on the preview screen hit edit for Tiny Planet!

 

[Macky]

Don't have the option for photosphere or HDR etc

 

[mrk]

Oh. I don't have the HDR options but do have Photosphere :S

 

[AndyCr15]

Did anyone mention yet the new Remote Desktop app from Google?

 

[bigjonnyauk]

hi guys got a moto g and take a few vids with it but also use showbox a fair bit

i have a lg tv which is dnla can anyone suggest a good app i can use to stream it to the tv i tried skifta but for some reason it didnt like to play the videos i took with the phone.


cheers


also does anyone have anti virus on there phones :

 

[darkgen]

Baldur's Gate Android Beta now open to all;
Request access to the following google+ group (https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/116557488543064282725) and once approved you can pull the Beta from google play (https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.beamdog.baldursgateenhancededition) store for 7 spuds.

 

[TheVoice]

I don't have some of the features on mine such as that. Any idea why? On a moto g.

Your phone doesn't have a gyroscope.

 

[TheVoice]

Installed! Awesomeness, the UI is so fluid

Also indeed the vertical video animation is amusing and useful at the same time!

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That's a 10MB GIF you've embedded.

 

[mrk]

Don't think anyone here is on dial up or 2G for it to matter.

 

[TheVoice]

But it is rather unfair on those with slower internet connections such as mine (3Mbps) or people with data usage limits on their phones.

 

[Orcvader]

Are there any apps that can block private numbers? Getting real fed up of these random calls about PPI claims and boiler installations.

 

[mrk]

Sadly we can't really all please everyone, to do so would make for a very limited internet/forum which would be pretty boring

That said, I can understand your position though on the 3Mbit side though is 10MB is going to take someone over any data limits then they certainly shouldn't be browsing any website with that little data left in their allowance anyway!

 

[TheVoice]

Sadly we can't really all please everyone, to do so would make for a very limited internet/forum which would be pretty boring

That said, I can understand your position though on the 3Mbit side though is 10MB is going to take someone over any data limits then they certainly shouldn't be browsing any website with that little data left in their allowance anyway!

I'm not saying anything should be limited mrk, I'm saying that embedding a rather large GIF is assuming that everyone has fast, unlimited connections when we all know that isn't the case. Linking to said GIF (or hiding it in a spoiler tag as I believe that stops it from loading until it's shown) would have been preferable. The reason I noticed in the first place was because both Spotify and YouTube ground to a halt as soon as the page started loading.

 

[twist3d0n3]

also does anyone have anti virus on there phones :

hell no!

 

[Something Else]

I'm not saying anything should be limited mrk, I'm saying that embedding a rather large GIF is assuming that everyone has fast, unlimited connections when we all know that isn't the case. Linking to said GIF (or hiding it in a spoiler tag as I believe that stops it from loading until it's shown) would have been preferable. The reason I noticed in the first place was because both Spotify and YouTube ground to a halt as soon as the page started loading.

Wow I didn't realise someone could be offended by a piece of internet data.

Perhaps it would be better for everyone if you simply looked up how to disable gifs loading by default for your chosen browser. I know on some pressing ESC works when the page is loading.

 

[Macky]

The chrome remote desktop app is pretty cool. Works well with laptop plugged into TV and me being lazy!

 

[PiKe]

The chrome remote desktop app is pretty cool. Works well with laptop plugged into TV and me being lazy!

Is it possible to play games over it?

 

[Something Else]

Is it possible to play games over it?

I will try it out for you.

Just gave it a quick go, Tomb Raider it wouldn't connect to the pc when already in game but not sure if this was a connection bug or not.

connected to pc and loaded L4D2 and it was playing on the monitor fine but not showing up on the phone, just showed the desktop with steam up and the mouse icon as loading. Doesnt seem to work sadly Perhaps it doesn't like full screen apps?