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Can i get a few Apps?

  • 16-06-2010 12:17pm
    #1
    mfceiling
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,903 ✭✭✭✭


    Hi Lads,

    I got a new samsung spica phone as my upgrade on 3 recently.
    How (in the easiest way possible - in plain english!!) can i get a few apps on it?
    I would like a couple of games and maybe a free map or location thingy (is that a technical term??) to have on it.
    I already have a map app pre-loaded on it but it costs me every time i use it - i don't have an internet bundle included on my contract cause to be honest i really only use my phone for calls and texts but i would like a couple of extra bells and whistles on it.
    Thanks for your help and if anyone wants to suggest a few good apps to download i would appreciate that also.
    Thanks again everyone.


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  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Some here http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/10things/?p=1305
    You can google "android must have apps"


  • #3
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,754 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    mfceiling wrote: »
    I already have a map app pre-loaded on it but it costs me every time i use it - i don't have an internet bundle included on my contract cause to be honest i really only use my phone for calls and texts but i would like a couple of extra bells and whistles on it.

    I'd be very careful of that. Make sure you switch off the data network on the phone & use wifi to use any internet functionality.

    TBH, Android may not be the best phone to get if you don't have a data bundle. Most apps would have some level of internet functionality & many work in the background...


  • #4
    Bluefoam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,754 ✭✭✭Bluefoam


    There is a good thread here for apps that boardsies use


  • #5
    bluelemonade
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭bluelemonade


    Hey I have the i5700 too! Download APNdroid from the market. It allows you to turn the gprs/3g internet on and off for whenever it suits you.


  • #6
    Scrappychimow
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,040 ✭✭✭Scrappychimow


    mfceiling wrote: »
    Hi Lads,

    I got a new samsung spica phone as my upgrade on 3 recently.
    How (in the easiest way possible - in plain english!!) can I get a few apps on it?
    I would like a couple of games and maybe a free map or location thingy? (is that a technical term??) to have on it.
    I already have a map app pre-loaded on it, but it costs me every time I use it - I don't have an internet bundle included on my contract cause to be honest I really only use my phone for calls and texts but I would like a couple of extra bells and whistles on it.
    Thanks for your help and if anyone wants to suggest a few good apps to download I would appreciate that also.
    Thanks again everyone.
    Please go back to school.


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  • #7
    Hogzy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,544 ✭✭✭Hogzy


    Scrappychimow wrote: »
    Please go back to school.

    :confused:


  • #8
    28064212
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,906 ✭✭✭✭28064212


    Scrappychimow wrote: »
    Please go back to school.
    GTFO. 'Thingy' is a perfectly acceptable placeholder word in informal English, and the OP made a light-hearted acknowledgement of that. 'i' instead of 'I' doesn't exactly affect the readability of the post. If all you have to do is scour threads for things to complain about, I don't think boards is the place for you.

    OP, for games and other apps, use the "Market" app that should be pre-installed on your phone. As bluelemonade said, download APNDroid, allows you to turn off mobile data so it doesn't end up costing you a fortune. There are a couple of free location apps - MapDroyd, AndNav, Rmaps and Maps (-). The good ones (up to TomTom or Garmin standard) are paid though - CoPilot and Navigon probably the best of the lot

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  • #9
    Tom Dunne
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,212 ✭✭✭✭Tom Dunne


    Scrappychimow wrote: »
    Please go back to school.

    If you have nothing constructive to add to the forum, then please don't.


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