New essential Android apps thread

james.miller said:
what does it have to do to be viable? i use it every day without any issues?
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Not look a complete mess. Which it does compared to other applications.

It is also complicated for people who are not tech savvy, I tried to get the parent to use it & that was just impossible. She would rather have the old stock android app.

I wish i could get more people to use Data IM apps instead of SMS but in reality here people haven't moved with the times as quick as us lot on forums.
 
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I'm with james.miller, works very well for me. I don't understand how it's a mess, as said above, I think it's very simple. My mum uses it every day without issue and she's far from a tech expert.

I don't understand how it's any different to 99% of texting apps? Open it, type someone's number, enter a message... send! :)
 
Need a good app for writing/editing notes when offline, so no evernote or the like... anyone got any reccomendations? Something tablet focused would be nice.

Disa is like a dumbed down version of the hub on BB10, which is an absolutely glorious tool for messaging/email.
 
Any recommendations for good flash card/quiz/revision applications? There are hundreds on the marketplace but I have a few specific desired features such as:

-Ability to type in what you think the 'back' of the card is (or answer to question or whatever).
-Alerts to remind you to use the application (far from essential, I could just set vibrating alarms for this).
-Different sets of cards/questions.
-Intelligent selection of sets of questions to give you; like if you have answered a set completely correctly the last 3 times you were given it, it would be less likely to give you that set in the future.

Thanks. :)
 
AndyCr15 said:
Can I ask why people don't like Hangouts? Do you guys not message people over data, only sms? Even then, what do other SMS apps have that Hangouts doesn't?
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i use gosms which does the following which i don't wish to lose by changing app.

  1. new message pop up allowing quick reply without having to leave the app i was using
  2. i can assing unique tones for each individual person that texts me, very handy as i know if it's the other half, which friend, mum etc or someone i don't know
  3. i can set reminders for unread messages so it'll remind me every 15 minutes of an unread text
  4. signatures for each indivudal person, great as i hate sending the other half an X at the end of each text, and now i don't have to
 
Been using Disa the last couple of days. So far very impressed, unified messaging between sms and WhatsApp is great, and a nice clean simple UI with no bloat or ads, like GoSMS which used to be my favourite
 
Swarfega said:
If the other person is also using hangouts then yes they are free.
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Remember to click the icon bottom left and select Hangouts instead of SMS because if it's SMS then it will always send as an MMS instead of via hangouts iirc.

I prefer Hangouts now as it merges chats and texts for the same person and I don't need to hop between apps to read up conversations.
 
mrk said:
Remember to click the icon bottom left and select Hangouts instead of SMS because if it's SMS then it will always send as an MMS instead of via hangouts iirc.

I prefer Hangouts now as it merges chats and texts for the same person and I don't need to hop between apps to read up conversations.
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Google need to implement it so that it attempts data and then fails back to SMS/MMS much like Apple do with iMessage.
Like you I quite like Hangouts, hopefully with a few more tweaks it will be the SMS/Messaging app to use.
 
Quinnaay said:
Tried Disa and for someone reason it hasn't synced my texts and won't let me use WhatsApp through it or even acknowledge it.. Might stick to Hello sms for now.
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You need the plug in for WhatsApp then you have to enable and verify your phone number in the settings

http://waplugin.github.io

Not sure about texts as it didn't sync mine either but I'm not too bothered
 
Would someone be able to trust me the APK for Disa?

I got into the community & got "You are a tester, Download Disa from the Play Store" But when i click on the link it goes to We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server.

Many thanks in advance :x

[edit - ignore link works now :D ]
 
Matteysan said:
Would someone be able to trust me the APK for Disa?

I got into the community & got "You are a tester, Download Disa from the Play Store" But when i click on the link it goes to We're sorry, the requested URL was not found on this server.

Many thanks in advance :x

[edit - ignore link works now :D ]
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it takes about 5 mins to confirm you've done everything - i had the same panic :p
 
If you open a conversation with your friends it will Sync the texts :) panic over.

Edit: now I've got it running it's great
Also used sync me for the first time and connected it with Facebook it did a really good job of pulling contacts pictures off looks much better.
 
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