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Must Have Android Apps and Games?

Mr E · 2009-08-21 18:21:14

Some of my favourites (looking for more recommendations!). We're stuck to free apps and games at the moment...... No point in linking to anything since they must be downloaded from the market, so I'll just name them. Astrid: Great task manager that is very persistant if you keep hitting snooze! Syncs online with Remember…

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#2072 08-12-2011 12:57pm
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PogMoThoin wrote: »

Phone, an Orange San Francisco. She loves it, she had been using the beta up till then, which ran out, meaning it no longer predicts words and made it pretty useless, so they kinda forced her into buying it. It's a steal at 10c

10 cents?? Where is it going for that price??

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#2073 08-12-2011 12:59pm
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madmoe wrote: »

10 cents?? Where is it going for that price??

Swiftkey or the phone? :pac:

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#2074 08-12-2011 1:36pm
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madmoe wrote: »

10 cents?? Where is it going for that price??

Android are doing a promo of premium apps for 10c as a result of reaching 10 billion apps downloaded. Its a new set of apps each day, swiftkeyx was on offer on Tuesday (i think)

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#2075 08-12-2011 2:47pm
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dulpit wrote: »

Android are doing a promo of premium apps for 10c as a result of reaching 10 billion apps downloaded. Its a new set of apps each day, swiftkeyx was on offer on Tuesday (i think)

Coola boola!!

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#2076 08-12-2011 11:49pm
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another in praise of swiftkey x
got it for 10p and its seriously impressive.
a must have app as the title suggests

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#2077 09-12-2011 11:33am
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Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk released today
http://www.dizzygame.com/

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#2078 09-12-2011 12:12pm
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The Great Chinholio wrote: »

Dizzy: Prince of the Yolkfolk released today
http://www.dizzygame.com/

incompatible with my Desire S

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#2079 09-12-2011 12:13pm
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nedd wrote: »

incompatible with my Desire S

Says it's compatible with my Desire!

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#2080 09-12-2011 12:14pm
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Apparently its not compatible with the Sensation either
They must have flagged something wrong

GS2 running awesome though :cool:

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#2081 09-12-2011 12:33pm
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For anyone using swiftkey x.

I just used it for the first time and seems really great and quicker for texting and emailing etc...

but I am a little concerned that when used with emails, SMS and the browser etc... that data might be collected such as passwords and usernames and credit card/banking information.

Am I completely off the wall or do you think there are security issues there

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#2082 09-12-2011 1:13pm
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Uriel. wrote: »

For anyone using swiftkey x.

I just used it for the first time and seems really great and quicker for texting and emailing etc...

but I am a little concerned that when used with emails, SMS and the browser etc... that data might be collected such as passwords and usernames and credit card/banking information.

Am I completely off the wall or do you think there are security issues there

Taken from the App's terms and conditions
"We take your privacy very seriously. This app does not learn from password fields and all language data learned on your device is stored on your SD card and never transferred".

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#2083 09-12-2011 1:53pm
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Patsy fyre wrote: »

Taken from the App's terms and conditions
"We take your privacy very seriously. This app does not learn from password fields and all language data learned on your device is stored on your SD card and never transferred".

Thanks. Should look more closely at T&C...

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#2084 10-12-2011 2:50am
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Does anyone know of a good app / widget that allows the configuration of the button on wired headphones.

It annoys me when playing music on my Nexus that I can only pause / play a song.

Would love to be able to skip to next (previous) song, change volume settings etc....

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#2085 10-12-2011 1:27pm
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Uriel. wrote: »

Does anyone know of a good app / widget that allows the configuration of the button on wired headphones.

It annoys me when playing music on my Nexus that I can only pause / play a song.

Would love to be able to skip to next (previous) song, change volume settings etc....

Which music player you using? Which headphones you using? I use Google Music app on the Galaxy Nexus with stock Apple headphones and skip forward always worked but volume up and down never did :-( Thinking about getting Beats inear for Xmas but will probanly be the same....

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#2086 12-12-2011 12:23am
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Does anyone know of a way to get the BBC iplayer working in Ireland?

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#2087 12-12-2011 12:23am
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Does anyone know of a way to get the BBC iplayer application working in Ireland?

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#2088 12-12-2011 3:14pm
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Patsy fyre wrote: »

Does anyone know of a way to get the BBC iplayer application working in Ireland?

2 months free

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056066624

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#2089 12-12-2011 4:24pm
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A must-have: OsmAnd

It's on-line and off-line navigation, the best I've ever seen. Based on OSM maps, with tons of options.

There are free and donate versions available.

http://osmand.net/

"Donate" version is called OsmAnd+ - it's well worth to pay 3 euro, but I'd suggest to test the free one first.

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#2090 12-12-2011 6:54pm
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PrzemoF wrote: »

A must-have: OsmAnd

It's on-line and off-line navigation, the best I've ever seen. Based on OSM maps, with tons of options.

There are free and donate versions available.

http://osmand.net/

"Donate" version is called OsmAnd+ - it's well worth to pay 3 euro, but I'd suggest to test the free one first.

Better than Google Maps? And is it useful/up to date in Ireland?

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#2091 13-12-2011 12:56pm
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IMHO better, but the quality of the map depends on the area - you can check it on openstreetmap.org as it is the same map. You can also fix the map if you found an error which is not an option on google maps.

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#2092 13-12-2011 12:58pm
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nedd wrote: »

incompatible with my Desire S

...and my Galaxy S2. Yet OK on both the Touchpad and Desire I no longer own. WTF?

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#2093 13-12-2011 3:35pm
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Funny enough I have Galaxy S2... (cyanogenmod7.1 stable + siyah-2.4 kernel)
What's wrong? Doesn't start?

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#2094 13-12-2011 3:37pm
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God damn Game Dev Story >_>

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#2095 13-12-2011 6:43pm
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madmoe wrote: »

Which music player you using? Which headphones you using? I use Google Music app on the Galaxy Nexus with stock Apple headphones and skip forward always worked but volume up and down never did :-( Thinking about getting Beats inear for Xmas but will probanly be the same....

Sorry for the delay in coming bak to you.

I am using Google Music also. Actually using the samsung earphones that came with phone, I much prefer them to the Iphone's ones, but with the ability to skip forwards I may go back to the apple ones.. hmmmmm

wish there was someway round it

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#2096 13-12-2011 7:07pm
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madmoe wrote: »

Thinking about getting Beats inear for Xmas but will probanly be the same....

As in the beats by dr.dre yokes? They're some of the worst head/ear phones on the market at the minute.

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#2097 13-12-2011 7:19pm
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draffodx wrote: »

As in the beats by dr.dre yokes? They're some of the worst head/ear phones on the market at the minute.

I got a pair of iBeats free with my HTC Sensation XE and I think that they are absolutely brilliant. Mind you, you would see me spending a couple of hundred euros on the like of Beats Studio headphones. They are extremely over priced but that makes them somewhat exclusive I suppose and some people are obviously attracted to that.

For the record, I borrowed my sisters Samsung earphones (from her Galaxy S) and they were utter garbage. I could hardly hear anything with them. Worst earphones ever!

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#2098 13-12-2011 9:16pm
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Uriel. wrote: »

Sorry for the delay in coming bak to you.

I am using Google Music also. Actually using the samsung earphones that came with phone, I much prefer them to the Iphone's ones, but with the ability to skip forwards I may go back to the apple ones.. hmmmmm

wish there was someway round it

Can't believe the Samsung ones don't have skip forward!

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#2099 14-12-2011 1:27am
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Does anyone know if an app exists so that when I'm using an android tablet I can use my android phone as a blutooth keyboard and/or mouse/touch pad.

I would find this really handy when my tablet thts connected to the TV could be controlled from my phone

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#2100 14-12-2011 9:42am
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Mr Keek wrote: »

Does anyone know if an app exists so that when I'm using an android tablet I can use my android phone as a blutooth keyboard and/or mouse/touch pad.

I would find this really handy when my tablet thts connected to the TV could be controlled from my phone

Which tablet you have??

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#2101 14-12-2011 3:05pm
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Great. SwiftKey X is back at .10c although it's not listed as one of today's deals. Thought that I'd missed out on it a few days ago.

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