Must Have Apps for Android TABLETS!!

BenEadir

Hi all,

I just upgraded my HP Touchpad to the CyanogenMod ICS CM9 Alpha 2 ROM and it's absolutely transformed the usability and user experience of the tablet.

I've already loaded some of the apps I use most on my Phone (Galaxy S2) but given the difference in screen real estate and general uses between phones and tablets I thought it would be worth starting a thread dedicated to sharing knowledge of the best tablet apps.

The problem is I don't know of any so hopefully others with more user experience of Android tablets than me might contribute their thoughts???

Cheers,

Ben

ED E

Will post some that I use on my Dropad when I get home.

To start with try "Fancy", great way to kill a few minutes just sitting on the couch.

mickoneill30

Hmmm. A lot of the apps I use on my tablet are fine for the phone too. The apps that I would only use on the tablet are

Zinio - Magazine reader. Quiet cheap subscriptions to common magazines.
ezPDF - Read PDFs on your tablet. Acrobat PDF Reader works fine but ezPDF is better.
tTorrent Lite - Torrent client for Android.
Cabbage - For sending texts
Sentinel 3 - Spending too much time on this game
MX Video Player
Estrongs file manager - handy for browsing shares on the network
WiFi File Explorer - handy for accessing tablet files over the network.
Jump Desktop - Best Remote Desktop client I could find.

All of the apps above work fine on the phone too but I've a phone and a tablet and those apps get more use on the tablet due to the size of the screen.

ED E

Androidify(Fun)
Angrybirds(duh)
Box(.net)(Functionality)
Busybox(Functionality)
Cabbage(Text without a sim)
Dropbox
ES File Explorer
Fancy
Google Music(duh)
HD Widgets Tablet
Last.FM
MoboPlayer or yxplayer
ModernCombat2(Fun) [ZOMG FPS ON A TABLET IS ACTUALLY FUN!]
MyPhoneExplorer(Great sync/transfer tool)
Netflix(Its a tablet loike)
Screenshot(so you can post them in the screens thread)
Thumb(fun)
ThumbKeyboard4 (Really good tablet kb, better than swype IMO)
Tinyshark(Mooosic)
Titanium Backup Pro(A must on any droid)

BenEadir

Thanks lads, a great set of apps for me to get stuck into.

An odd one which I find really useful is TV Listings - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vaudauxruth.tv.ireland&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS52YXVkYXV4cnV0aC50di5pcmVsYW5kIl0. If your tablet is normally on the coffee table in front of the TV or thereabouts it can be a real handy way to quickly suss out what's on "Now and Next" on all the channels available via UPC/Sky.

Ben

BenEadir

Suggestions for best ICS Tablet Launcher? I'm using Go Launcher but am open to alternatives.

Ben

Zaph

ED E wrote: »

Google Music(duh)

Just tried to install this and I get the following message:

This item cannot be installed in your device's country.

Is there an issue with using it in Ireland?

mickoneill30

Yeah. You have to Google the APK. Then to get an account you have to log on to Gmail through a US proxy to sign up. It comes built in with Honeycomb and ICS so step one isn't necessary on those tablets. For step 2 you only have to use a us proxy once (sign up using a PC).

5starpool

Zaph wrote: »

Just tried to install this and I get the following message:



Is there an issue with using it in Ireland?

I think you need to use a US proxy for registration only, but after that it's ok to use anywhere. I don't have it installed, but I'm pretty sure I read that here before.

Grassey

BenThere wrote: »

Suggestions for best ICS Tablet Launcher? I'm using Go Launcher but am open to alternatives.

Ben

I've heard Nova and Apex both bandied about as the 2 best tablet launchers in something I was reading this morning. I've downloaded both and will get to mess about with them in a while.

ED E

Zaph wrote: »

Just tried to install this and I get the following message:

Is there an issue with using it in Ireland?

5starpool wrote: »

I think you need to use a US proxy for registration only, but after that it's ok to use anywhere. I don't have it installed, but I'm pretty sure I read that here before.

This. Its US only now(presumably for legal reasons) but US customers are allowed to stream while they travel, so all you gotta do is install while on a US proxy/vpn. Or just nab the APK(Not stealing if its free) from a compatible device(my Sony device worked with the backup of my samsung based tablet which I installed it on while actually in the US).

Only thing to consider is that you dont want to put your google details through a dodge proxy as the man in the middle can see all;)

killbillvol2

Grassey wrote: »

I've heard Nova and Apex both bandied about as the 2 best tablet launchers in something I was reading this morning. I've downloaded both and will get to mess about with them in a while.

I'm using Nova on my phone and love it. I was disappointed with it on the tablet though - seems to heve a few bugs that need ironing out.

SteM

Everyone seems to go for Estrongs file manager but I prefer File Expert on my tablet. Just think it looks nicer and is more user friendly.

Telchak

ADW Launcher on tablets is fantastic, much better than stock Honeycomb launcher

Ste-

SteM wrote: »

Everyone seems to go for Estrongs file manager but I prefer File Expert on my tablet. Just think it looks nicer and is more user friendly.

Root Explorer all the way!

bandit197

Osmos HD....great chilled out game, on sale at the min, 49c.

killbillvol2

bandit197 wrote: »

Osmos HD....great chilled out game, on sale at the min, 49c.

Great on a tablet and a great price.

donalg1

anyone recommend a good app for downloading music

Eoin247

Photoshop touch,

Red Silurian

There's a lot of apps from Autodesk that are only for tablets for any Engineers or Engineering students it's handy for displaying and possibly editing files... Most are free too!

smilerf

donalg1 wrote: »

anyone recommend a good app for downloading music

tunee music is great but you'll need an ad blocker for air push ads

tallus

Pulse News app is excellent.