OT: Android Users

notsoblue

essex-commuter wrote:

davis wrote:

*goes to find Android-capable phones with proper clicky buttons.

Tell me about it, I can't type half as quick as I could with the Blackberry. Fingers crossed I get better!

Swype

essex-commuter

notsoblue wrote:

Swype

Yes it has that pre-installed, haven't looked at it yet. Recommended yeah?

lost_in_thought

essex-commuter wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Swype

Yes it has that pre-installed, haven't looked at it yet. Recommended yeah?

definitely - best thing to happen to touchscreen phones since... ummm.... touchscreens.

essex-commuter

lost_in_thought wrote:

essex-commuter wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Swype

Yes it has that pre-installed, haven't looked at it yet. Recommended yeah?

definitely - best thing to happen to touchscreen phones since... ummm.... touchscreens.

OK, will investigate later...Swype here I come!

UndercoverElephant

essex-commuter wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

essex-commuter wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Swype

Yes it has that pre-installed, haven't looked at it yet. Recommended yeah?

definitely - best thing to happen to touchscreen phones since... ummm.... touchscreens.

OK, will investigate later...Swype here I come!

Swype was the difference between me loathing my Galaxy S and merely disliking it.

bails87

Swype's good. But the Desire Z has a full slide out QWERTY keyboard.

shouldbeinbed

essex-commuter wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

essex-commuter wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Swype

Yes it has that pre-installed, haven't looked at it yet. Recommended yeah?

definitely - best thing to happen to touchscreen phones since... ummm.... touchscreens.

OK, will investigate later...Swype here I come!

personally I didn't get on with swype, gave it a good go but plumped for SwiftKey.

jomoj

here's my list of (mostly free) good apps what I like for android:

Note Everything – notepad
Astrid – organiser, task list
Dropbox – 2Gb free storage, useful to transfer files to and from phone & pc or share them
Astro – file manager, zip and app manager. Explorer for your phone basically
3g Watchdog – very useful widget for monitoring your internet allowance
Widgetsoid – make widget bars to switch internet, Bluetooth, apps etc on and off. Good to help save battery & internet use.
Google Gesture Search – great for finding contacts and bookmarks just draw a letter on screen to find stuff
Touch Calendar – improved calendar app
Tune in Radio – radio streaming
Last FM – last fm app
Flixster – cinema /movie info
IMDB – as above
Windfinder – get live wind and weather from airports and other sites – takes a lot of memory though
Weather Bug – weather app
Angry Birds – fling fowl
Word Up – boggle type word game
Letter Rip – variation on word up, also good word game
Word Feud – play scrable against random real people
Pew Pew - Geometry wars clone
C:geo – geocaching app
Locus – nice offline GPS map
Bike Hub – bike oriented satnav
iPlayer – iplayer!
Google Sky Map – identify stars by pointing your camera at them, very cool
Google Shooper or ShopSavvy – scan barcodes and get a price check
Chrome to Phone – send links straight from Firefox or Chrome browser to your phone
PicSay – mini photoshop (better than photoshop express)
Autodesk Sketchbook – really nice drawing app, just quite hard to draw with your finger…
My Tracks – GPS tracker, can log runs, bike rides etc and then uploads to googlemaps
Glympse – lets you send your location to someone else privately so they can follow where you are on a map
Vlingo – voice to text, better than google voice search but still gets it wrong
Guardian Anywhere – if you read the guardian then this is great, downloads the newspaper
Reuters News Pro – good news app
Pulse – cool looking news reader
Google Listen – podcast downloader / player
Twydroyd – twitter app
Tweetdeck – twitter, facebook, etc in one app
Google Earth – awesome but eats up your battery
Street View – plugin for google maps that lets you use street view
MSN Talk – good MSN / windows live messenger
WiFi Analyser – measures wifi signal strengths – handy if you’re setting up your wifi at home or want to scan for networks
GPS Status – shows you where the satellites are and their signal strength - geeky

hfidgen

jomoj wrote:

here's my list of (mostly free) good apps what I like for android:
Bike Hub – bike oriented satnav
My Tracks – GPS tracker, can log runs, bike rides etc and then uploads to googlemaps
WiFi Analyser – measures wifi signal strengths – handy if you’re setting up your wifi at home or want to scan for networks
GPS Status – shows you where the satellites are and their signal strength - geeky

Awesome finds! Installed and loving them

Fireblade96

The keyboard from Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) is available as a separate download, and a great improvement on the standard keyboard. Amongst other things it's got configurable buttons so you can get rid of some of the unnecessary extras, making the remaining buttons bigger and reducing the chance of hitting something you don't want.
Look for "gingerbread keyboard" on the Market.

I'm sure I was able to type faster on my old k800 than I can on the Desire, but the multitude of other features makes up for this.

essex-commuter

Fireblade96 wrote:

I'm sure I was able to type faster on my old k800 than I can on the Desire, but the multitude of other features makes up for this.

I think you've hit your nail on my head there! :?

Played around with Swype and trying the Gingerbread keyboard...didn't know you could delete keys to make the others bigger...sounds interesting.

I've just added NOLED....it uses a screen pixel (moving) as notification for SMS / reminders / missed calls etc. Gutted when I realised the Galaxy didn't have a notification light so chuffed when I found this.

Good thread for me as a new Android user, thanks everyone.

wizzlebanger

this may have already been posted :

android syncs with gmail straight out the box. The first thing you do when you switch on the phone is provide your gmail address and password.

If you are using an exchange server at work then you should also be able to sync to this using Exchange Active Sync. (if the admins allow it)

shouldbeinbed

Fireblade96 wrote:

The keyboard from Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) is available as a separate download, and a great improvement on the standard keyboard. Amongst other things it's got configurable buttons so you can get rid of some of the unnecessary extras, making the remaining buttons bigger and reducing the chance of hitting something you don't want.
Look for "gingerbread keyboard" on the Market.

I'm sure I was able to type faster on my old k800 than I can on the Desire, but the multitude of other features makes up for this.

I've gien Gingerpread a couple of days of power use and gone back to swiftkey. bigger buttons and more functions on press and hold than alt keyboards

the Android 2.3 is better than the 2.2 keyboard by quite a way tho

unscarred

jomoj wrote:

here's my list of (mostly free) good apps what I like for android:

Note Everything – notepad
...
...
GPS Status – shows you where the satellites are and their signal strength - geeky

I'm going to upgrade my HTC Desire to Gingerbread (CyanogenMod 7) this weekend using ROM Manager. After installing a 16Gb card I will then start combing this list to see which bits I like!

Thanks for the reccomendations!

sketchley

wizzlebanger wrote:

this may have already been posted :

android syncs with gmail straight out the box. The first thing you do when you switch on the phone is provide your gmail address and password.

If you are using an exchange server at work then you should also be able to sync to this using Exchange Active Sync. (if the admins allow it)

[GeekMode]

They are actually the same thing. Google in order to ensure maximum hand set compatability with g-mail decided to implement the exchange web service protocols for there own mail, contact and calendar sync.

[/GeekMode]

wizzlebanger

Yes the protocols used by gmail and exchange active sync are the same but from a phone point of view they are 2 separate entities to set up.

redvee

Uninstalled Noled today after a serious battery draining 3 days. Went to bed fully charged and woke up 9 hours later 0n 75% charged. I have found a wireless printing app for the printer but it only prints pictures and PDFs.

nich

unscarred wrote:

jomoj wrote:

here's my list of (mostly free) good apps what I like for android:

Note Everything – notepad
...
...
GPS Status – shows you where the satellites are and their signal strength - geeky

I'm going to upgrade my HTC Desire to Gingerbread (CyanogenMod 7) this weekend using ROM Manager. After installing a 16Gb card I will then start combing this list to see which bits I like!

Thanks for the reccomendations!

Running this mod on my Hero. Impressed with it so far! I reckon I'll put it it on my defy in few weeks too

unscarred

nich wrote:

unscarred wrote:

jomoj wrote:

here's my list of (mostly free) good apps what I like for android:

Note Everything – notepad
...
...
GPS Status – shows you where the satellites are and their signal strength - geeky

I'm going to upgrade my HTC Desire to Gingerbread (CyanogenMod 7) this weekend using ROM Manager. After installing a 16Gb card I will then start combing this list to see which bits I like!

Thanks for the reccomendations!

Running this mod on my Hero. Impressed with it so far! I reckon I'll put it it on my defy in few weeks too

Well, it's up and running. The only issues I've had so far are with Facebook, and I'm informed that's cos FB have borked their own app.

Can I steer this conversation towards the best widgets? I'm still looking for a replacement for HTC FriendStream, nothing else seems to give a full screen scrollable social networking widget!

notsoblue

Some news about Google Calender / Outlook 2010 sync:

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/g ... il+Blog%29

lost_in_thought

notsoblue wrote:

Some news about Google Calender / Outlook 2010 sync:

http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2011/04/g ... il+Blog%29

Wahoo! Finally!

SimonAH

OK. Heresy.

Anyone want to trade a brand spanking new HTC desire HD for an iPhone 4?

My Appleness is struggling to make the transition (plus I've sideload of paid for apps and laboriously uploaded music)

Pm me if you're interested

redvee

That would be a backward step for the receiver of the iPhone

bails87

You mean SimonAH?

SimonAH

Yes! Help me step backwards! I'm actually considering pulling the auction for my iPhone 3GS.

essex-commuter

essex-commuter wrote:

lost_in_thought wrote:

essex-commuter wrote:

notsoblue wrote:

Swype

Yes it has that pre-installed, haven't looked at it yet. Recommended yeah?

definitely - best thing to happen to touchscreen phones since... ummm.... touchscreens.

OK, will investigate later...Swype here I come!

Well a few weeks in and I agree... Swype rocks!

Simontheintrepid

I am a new Android user and really like it so far. Plus as it seems my new phone is about to become obsolete I'm paying well under half of what I would have for an iSlab!

However, this obsolescence means I can't have 2.3. My question is this - does anyone know anything about the supposed 2.2 release (Frodo??) for the Motorola Defy? Apparently T Mobile users in the US have it but nothing but rumours and conjecture over here.

Cheers
Si

stuaff

Simontheintrepid wrote:

I am a new Android user and really like it so far. Plus as it seems my new phone is about to become obsolete I'm paying well under half of what I would have for an iSlab!

However, this obsolescence means I can't have 2.3. My question is this - does anyone know anything about the supposed 2.2 release (Frodo??) for the Motorola Defy? Apparently T Mobile users in the US have it but nothing but rumours and conjecture over here.

Cheers
Si

2.2 is Froyo. Have a look over here, a few threads about it. You can install it already, you don't have to wait Might well be 2.3 builds for it in future anyway!

prawny

After reading this im typing this using swype gotta say, liking it so far, not quick yet but I think I'll catch up soon. % think the predictions are even better than the standard htc keyboard, which I thought was badass.

thanks guys

prawny

% not withstanding :oops: