Android Apps/Mods

[Mac]

All this type of talk is what scares me from trying Android again. It looks like Chinese to me

Up for an upgrade here in the next few months, and I'm not sure if I want to try Android again or wait for the iPhone5.

 

[jwinslow]

All this type of talk is what scares me from trying Android again. It looks like Chinese to me

Up for an upgrade here in the next few months, and I'm not sure if I want to try Android again or wait for the iPhone5.

None of what he mentioned is regular activity. He was saying this app would let you remotely do tons of cool stuff with your phone. You could record how the screen looks (screen cap), record the audio, remotely erase the phone if it is lost (wipe), etc.


What did you find confusing about your android experience?


The stock browser, meaning what came with the phone, is nearly identical, except they usually load flash elements and don't have giant missing parts like the iPhone.

The app list functionality is about the same. Android just stole apple's folder system. Apple has now stolen the notification dropdown menu bar, which makes their other android targeting lawsuits comical.

I want a phone with options, but they are an enhancement of my experience, not a necessity for someone who doesn't know about them.

 

[y0yoyoin]

this is a bad phone...would like to get this or Samsung Galaxy III when my contract is up...if either come to verizon that is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V5yYRnqzKc&feature=player_embedded#http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-V5yYRnqzKc&feature=youtu.be

 

[MD Buckeye]

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The app is always free to download and comes with a 1 week free trial, but a lifetime license is normally $4. I say normally because, as you have likely deduced from the title, the developer is offering free lifetime licenses in celebration of hitting 100,000 users.
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To get the license, just download the app and register an account (it requires a username, password, and email address - nothing tricky), then hit fill out the form and hit Submit. The developers will take care of the rest. The promotion ends with the month (by GMT standards), so better move fast - you only have a few days left!

Bad ass app. Thanks for sharing

 

[Mac]

None of what he mentioned is regular activity. He was saying this app would let you remotely do tons of cool stuff with your phone. You could record how the screen looks (screen cap), record the audio, remotely erase the phone if it is lost (wipe), etc.


What did you find confusing about your android experience?


The stock browser, meaning what came with the phone, is nearly identical, except they usually load flash elements and don't have giant missing parts like the iPhone.

The app list functionality is about the same. Android just stole apple's folder system. Apple has now stolen the notification dropdown menu bar, which makes their other android targeting lawsuits comical.

I want a phone with options, but they are an enhancement of my experience, not a necessity for someone who doesn't know about them.

I guess is the simplicity of the iPhone. With android there's so much more customization with Rooting and all that. I'm really think about going back to android and getting rid of my iPhone especially with the rumors of the iPhone 5 having a new dock connector making current accessories useless. Anyways, I guess the part I didn't like about android was that it's different.

I'll have to learn how to use a different system & layout. For example I use my iPhone for music while driving, maps for directions (and to check traffic). I want my phone to be my gps too. I use it for some games but not a lot. But I will be looking, when I do upgrade, for a Microsoft word/excel/PowerPoint app that I can use to edit documents on the go. And because of this, a bigger screen would probably be in my best interests.

I'm up for an upgrade now, so it's either wait for iPhone 5, or go with android and ditch this slow 3gS

 

[CentralMOBuck]

1For example I use my iPhone for music while driving, maps for directions (and to check traffic). I want my phone to be my gps too. I use it for some games but not a lot. But I will be looking, when I do upgrade, for a Microsoft word/excel/PowerPoint app that I can use to edit documents on the go. And because of this, a bigger screen would probably be in my best interests.

How does your iphone interface with your cars stereo? Outside of that an android phone can do everything you mentioned. Not that a android phone can't play music in a car either.

 

[Mac]

Right now I have a USB cig adapter to charge iPhone and a 3.5mm (I believe that's standard) cable running from headphone jack to aux port on radio

 

[Mac]

Is there a special way of getting music to/from computer to android phone? Would that music still work in iTunes?

 

[jwinslow]

With android there's so much more customization with Rooting and all that.

I'm a pretty big techie nerd (or at least I used to be) and I actually haven't rooted my phone. My droid incredible worked great (and had many of the widgets other android phones wanted), so I didn't feel compelled to switch.

I will do so with my nexus eventually, but so far I'm really enjoying the stock phone.

For example I use my iPhone for music while driving, maps for directions (and to check traffic). I want my phone to be my gps too.

Did Apple finally get turn by turn GPS navigation through google maps or another app? I know that was a missing feature for awhile which is standard on Android.

One nice bonus feature, the technology in the 4G towers triangulates your location much more precisely than 3G, so you often can figure out your driving distance/time without switching on the GPS (which takes a sec to kick in and also drains the battery if you leave it on).

I use it for some games but not a lot.

That's one area where the iphone destroys android. The latter has the biggest games (angry birds, words with friends, fruit ninja, etc) but doesn't have the volume of random, quality games that the iphone does.

But I will be looking, when I do upgrade, for a Microsoft word/excel/PowerPoint app that I can use to edit documents on the go. And because of this, a bigger screen would probably be in my best interests.

Android (and iPhone) have a number of office document editing apps. The Amazon App Store has given away a ton of premium $2-8 apps, including multiple office doc editors. I think they just had one a few days ago. The problem is they rotate through them, so if they were already given away for free (for one day each), they probably won't pop up again (however there are many different options in that software field, so there may be more coming).

 

[jwinslow]

Is there a special way of getting music to/from computer to android phone? Would that music still work in iTunes?

Where is the music coming from? What kind of computer?

You can download music over the air through Amazon, you can sync existing music on your computer to your phone with a USB cable or possibly wireless (not positive on the latter).

 

[Mac]

I use google maps on my iPhone. No it doesn't give turn by turn, but I love the layout. I hate 99% of the gps apps because they use all these colors and a haneous arrow for your location.

I don't download much music. It's all existing music or stuff I get from my brother in law (huge music junkie)

It would be coming from my XP laptop, and I use iTunes for my music organization/ storage

 

[CentralMOBuck]

I use google maps on my iPhone. No it doesn't give turn by turn, but I love the layout. I hate 99% of the gps apps because they use all these colors and a haneous arrow for your location.

I don't download much music. It's all existing music or stuff I get from my brother in law (huge music junkie)

It would be coming from my XP laptop, and I use iTunes for my music organization/ storage

Android has one of the best navigation apps out there I think and it works through google maps.

Doubletwist is a good program for syncing your music with your phone if you're used to using iTunes. They also have an app that will allow you to sync your songs wirelessly to your phone.

 

[MD Buckeye]

I use Google Music to sync my music to my phone. Doesn't take up any space on the phone (since it's web based) and you can have up to 20,000 songs I believe.

 

[Mac]

I was thinking Galaxy SII. thoughts?

 

[Bucknut24]

When you take a picture with your phone, is it stored on the SD card? And if so, is there a way to move it on your phone storage? I got a 2 GB SD card in there, and it's full, I still have almost all 6GB of storage on my phone