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Is there away to get the weather app to show windchill as well as the normal temp?
I guess not eh.
SBSH Pocket weather is very customizable and can give all kinds of info including 'feels like' temperature. You might have to tinker with the skin though.
http://www.sbsh.net/products/windows_mobile_pocket_pc/pocketweather
I was asking for some way to show the "feels like" with the built in weather. And definetly not something that costs money.
Just wondering if it is possible?
bmancell said:
I was asking for some way to show the "feels like" with the built in weather. And definetly not something that costs money.
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In that case.. No!
That's one of the reasons why I don't use Manila, it is not very customizable. It's pretty, but not very useful.
There are loads of websites that will give you this information for your area - just find one and use Opera and go to it when you need to.
is there going to be a wm equivalent for this
cdiesel said:
is there going to be a wm equivalent for this
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I wish there is. I've been waiting for this for so long...
theres a program out there called SportsNut, that can grab the scores, news, etc...from ESPN, FOX, and Yahoo........i have installed, its nice, could use some tweaking and better graphics but it does the job
try pocket express, awesome sports scores upto date, follow favorite team and all sports. news, and alot more. and sport is just one thing on the app it a mobile media app. try it out you'll like it better then sportsnut, which looks like ****
thanks alot, its alot better, to bad we cant get a coder/developer that can develop something from both programs to pull the scores/news into something for 6.5, like a sports ticker or similiar
SportsNut
I installed Sportsnut and I kind of like it (I personally didn't like pocket express). I installed a cab that I found in ppcgeecks but it is for vga, does anyone know were to find a wvga version of it?
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thanks alot, its alot better, to bad we cant get a coder/developer that can develop something from both programs to pull the scores/news into something for 6.5, like a sports ticker or similiar
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I'm actually working on this now but I don't know how to do the custom panel/tab in wm 6.5to display the data. Any ideas?
maybe something like the stock ticker, or some panel that is broken down by nfl, nba, mlb, and espn top news stories.....where you would click on it and it would display the scores of that day....that could be a start ??
the X10 Mini pro ...
said she loved my phone but it was too big for her small hands...
now is bugging me to teach her how to use android...and recommend her apps
she loves taking & sending photos, videos, music files etc from phone to phone and phone to her macbook pro
-what apps are recommended for bluetooth or wifi file sharing on X10 mini pro?
-also..does it support Full qwerty onscreen keyboard?
u r free to suggest any apps u think a chick might find useful
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u r free to suggest any apps u think a chick might find useful
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Seriously? Is that an actual question? That's just misogynist, it's like recommending a bunch of sports app or wallpapers with nekkid ladies for a guy.
So, some app suggestion :
- sex positions )
- camera 360 free
- ES file explorer
- MapDroyd (offline map)
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Seriously? Is that an actual question? That's just misogynist, it's like recommending a bunch of sports app or wallpapers with nekkid ladies for a guy.
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misogynist will be if i say 'lol women cant use smartphones'
i am just specific demographics for the app user.
Vilam said:
So, some app suggestion :
- sex positions )
- camera 360 free
- ES file explorer
- MapDroyd (offline map)
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thanks....the 1st one seems interesting
and last one is also good as she drives around
Since I am a chick myself, let me tell you what I use!
And by the way, I don't think your question was misogynistic.
I want to believe that you meant well for your girl!
*Aldiko, for e-books
*Color Drips, addictive bubble breaker game
*Doodle Jump, another game using the accelerometer, so funny!
*Math Alarm Clock, so that I can wake up and get better at math at the same time LOL
*SoundHound, way better than TrackID as you can even sing a tune and have it recognised
*Tapatalk Pro, for obvious reasons
*My Honey Days, well pretty much self-explanatory LOL
*Wet Daisy Analog Clock Widget, sooooooo cute
I've seen a menstrual calendar on there.
Bluetooth file transfer - is needed to receive and transfer all files u want!
better keyboard with pink keyboard theme, my gf loves it!
Here are some of the apps my gf uses are:
-Ourgroceries, very useful for creating shopping lists, even for different stores and also has a feature to send shopping lists to another android. oh and it has some kind of recipe thing where you enter a recipe and it will give you the list of ingredients needed.
-Jorte, a personal organiser
-My Days, a menstrual cycle app
My favourite might-be-girly-apps:
3 - pretty music player
Apps organizer - this one organizes my phone
Astrid tasks - this one organizes my life (girls just love getting organized, or what?)
CardioTrainer
Epicurious - recipies
FxCamera - take artistic photos
TV guide (channel options might be more relevant in Nordic countries)
Qype - find restaurants, coffee shops, etc near you
Some games:
2 player reactor - she'll love beating you
Bonsai blast
Flood-it
Replica island
Quadrapop
Let me start by saying I really like android and think it is the best mobile OS around. That doesn't mean it cannot improve. Since getting my N1 I've found some features are unbelievably missing:
No folders for browser bookmarks. Seriously? I have almost 500 bookmarks, it's impossible to scroll though all that.
No bookmarks syncing.
No google docs app. And I though google really wanted us in the cloud.
Music player cannot sort by genre. How do they expect to rival ipods? Also, gestures control would be nice.
Calendar in Month view doesn't show all day events. If an event lasts all day it sure must be important, I want to see it! In fact, i think the calendar needs a major overhaul.
Awful task (to do list) management. Why can't I set repeating tasks? How embarrassing is it that windows mobile could do it over 5 years ago and android still cant?
Too few built-in widgets. Third party developers somewhat make up for it, but in the end I have a bunch of widget with very different aesthetics, makes android seem not very polished. No wow factor. That's why HTC, Samsung, etc, feel they have to create their own shells which slow down updates. No one wins.
Market needs some sort of moderation. We all hate Apple's closed model and it is definitely not what I want, but there are way too many spammers in the market, making it hard to find what you are actually looking for, that's why there are market alternatives cropping up. Either block spammers or let me forever hide some publishers. Also, the market application as a whole needs improvement, it is slow and the search is really bad (Yes, I said it! Google somehow screwed up on a search feature!)
Some of these problems are in one way or another solved by 3rd party app developers, but it is never as seamless as if it was part of the OS. Please post your opinion and you own personal gripes. This could help give good ideas to app developers, or even better, maybe Eric or Sergey stumble upon this thread and decide to solve all of our problems!
Numbers would help
The workarounds:
MusicMod takes care of music.
Astrid for tasks.
Dolphin HD for bookmarks etc.
Generally - I agree, these are indeed some good points. Most are visual, application-related points, and somehow I have a feeling Gingerbread is going to concentrate on that, which might address those points.
I agree with the calendar specifically, it's pretty poor.
As far as widgets go, I wish there were built-in options for changing the color schemes of some widgets.
-Stock music player and all music player sucks...
-Market sucks no way to find good apps
-Nexus one multitouch
-Some choppyness
I'm using the music mod but it doesn't do enough. I'm used to cowon's good music players so android in my eyes is really lacking.
It has bookmark syncing to a degree. Mine always reappear after a wipe.
In month view, the calendar does show all day events, just not very well. If you have a bold date with no coloured time block, its an all dayer.
I agree with most points here. I'm having issues with my phone freezing more often and having to do a battery pull for it to respond to me pressing the power button.
1. Copy and paste in email
2. Downloading ALL attachments/internet downloads
3. Sending ALL attachments
4. To-do list sync with exchange
5. Google Docs? (Hello? A smartphone that doesn't have any doc, excel, ppt view/editor?)
oh and:
0. Fix reception issues on the N1
Froyo brings copy and paste to email
Rellikzephyr
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
QUICK! Bury this thread so the ifans cant use these things against us!!!
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QUICK! Bury this thread so the ifans cant use these things against us!!!
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worse thread ever.
This probably represents the most reasonable set of criticisms I have seen to date.
- 500 bookmarks is excessive to me but I think even users with far fewer bookmarks could use organization so valid complaint
- I want to say bookmark syncing was announced at Google I/O 2010 but I am not certain.
- Repeating tasks is missing from google tasks. Until it gets added there it won't be available on android. (Pocket Informant is coming for Android though, I really liked his stuff on WM so maybe they will work some magic.)
- IRT too few built in widgets. HTC, Motorola, and others would do their own thing regardless of what Google provides. It is part of their branding and value add for the platform do distinguish themselves from the competition.
- Agreed on getting the market some moderation, the question is how and how much. My vote is for letting me blacklist developers from my account. I think that would be sufficient to clear out a lot of the chaff.
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Yep, it needs to at least be cloked!
Gdocs is free and it works very well for viewing and editing google documents. Or do you mean it should have a native app? I think all smart phones should have native office suites, its almost offensive that they don't. And there aren't many third party options although I do like docs 2 go fairly well and its supposed to have a major update coming...sorry I veered a bit there
stock music app SUCKS. seriously, i can't view all songs??
contact management is really difficult. can't edit/manage contact groups. can't even set a default group...
My bookmarks sync back when I wipe my phone. They always have I believe, or it could be a froyo addition.
I'd love for Google to fix up and optimize some code of the UI elements that are choppy. Most are smooth as butter, but a few certain things are choppy.
And don't we get word and excel viewer out of the box? Those files work on my phone, just not listed in the app drawer.
blablum said:
Let me start by saying I really like android and think it is the best mobile OS around. That doesn't mean it cannot improve. Since getting my N1 I've found some features are unbelievably missing:
No folders for browser bookmarks. Seriously? I have almost 500 bookmarks, it's impossible to scroll though all that.
No bookmarks syncing.
No google docs app. And I though google really wanted us in the cloud.
Music player cannot sort by genre. How do they expect to rival ipods? Also, gestures control would be nice.
Calendar in Month view doesn't show all day events. If an event lasts all day it sure must be important, I want to see it! In fact, i think the calendar needs a major overhaul.
Awful task (to do list) management. Why can't I set repeating tasks? How embarrassing is it that windows mobile could do it over 5 years ago and android still cant?
Too few built-in widgets. Third party developers somewhat make up for it, but in the end I have a bunch of widget with very different aesthetics, makes android seem not very polished. No wow factor. That's why HTC, Samsung, etc, feel they have to create their own shells which slow down updates. No one wins.
Market needs some sort of moderation. We all hate Apple's closed model and it is definitely not what I want, but there are way too many spammers in the market, making it hard to find what you are actually looking for, that's why there are market alternatives cropping up. Either block spammers or let me forever hide some publishers. Also, the market application as a whole needs improvement, it is slow and the search is really bad (Yes, I said it! Google somehow screwed up on a search feature!)
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Everything you've listed there are app issues, and have nothing to do with Android OS itself.
Pro tip: Vanilla android is garbage.
It's a starting point for other companies to build on.
Pointing out the problems of android wont make it better anytime soon. How about we have a thread with all the good things about it. I am sure it would far out rival the problems
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Pointing out the problems of android wont make it better anytime soon. How about we have a thread with all the good things about it. I am sure it would far out rival the problems
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I disagree. A circle-jerk won't accomplish anything. If you need an example just look at Apple forums that are full of rabid iZombies praising everything Steve. Pointing out actual defects, flaws and shortcomings in form of constructive criticism on the other hand, will help the open source community plug the holes left open by Google.
I'm sure everyone has their own opinion on this. They did a huge study on the greatest invention ever. You would think it would be the automobile or the electric light bulb. The invention that won, however, was the printing press - interesting.
MY FAVORITE:
Without a doubt, the greatest Android App IMHO is NANDROID. (Lol, I'm not even sure it is an "app" per se, or just a part of Recovery...)
It is the ultimate Mulligan. The perfect do-over. Ctrl-Z for flashaholics. We can try any new rom that comes along without risking a thing of the setup we KNOW we like.
That's mine, what's yours?
angry birds is mine....it makes the work day go by faster...lol
Pulse. Not only does it eliminate the need for a bunch other apps (Android Central, Engadget, other news...), but it is beautiful and intuitive. There really is no other app that has that level of quality IMHO.
PowerAMP is a close 2nd.
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Pulse. Not only does it eliminate the need for a bunch other apps (Android Central, Engadget, other news...), but it is beautiful and intuitive. There really is no other app that has that level of quality IMHO.
PowerAMP is a close 2nd.
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Wow...Pulse is awesome. Thanks for cluing me into it.
Mine are probably:
Angry Birds
Tapatalk
RockPlayer (for playing .avi and .mkv videos)
Winamp
LauncherPro Plus
for me its app brain as it allows you to keep your apps list in a text file to remain consistent from flash to flash.
Pandora Radio. I use it everywhere. While I'm playing Xbox, while I'm driving, while I'm pooping, while I'm eating, plus I use it on every platform.
I never heard of Pulse before. The guys behind this did a great job. Best news app I've ever seen.
For RSS feeds you can't beat Newsrob. Not a fan of Pulse - too busy for me.
My rss reader of choice is Feedr, but app I can't live without goes to LauncherPro plus
Got to agree with th OP on "nandroid"... it was the only reason I rooted in the first place. But like the OP said, not to sure it counts as an app.
With that in mind..... LauncherPro(free), Launcher-X Pro, Switch Pro, mClock and BattStat..... hmmm.... there all just widgets. They court as apps right?
If not.... Mixzing, CardAce: Hold'em and Docs ToGo.
My top twp apps are:
Xiia player - steaming radio, best out of the few available, better than Pandora because IMHO the bit rate Pandora runs sucks ass, sounds like 24kbs mono to me. You can easily find commercial free internet radio like chronix.
Swarm - very nice torrent client.
Facebook! Just sayin'!
I thought pulse was awesome until google reader officially launched the app, I think it's much more functional than pulse though it's not at all stylish, but from a reader I just care about the content, and it's delivered nicely with the reader app.
I have a finite set of apps that I'd call best. As far as making my life easier, Titanium Backup (pro) is just wonderful. I've found myself restoring and backing up apps as I like to flash often. And it restores everything about the app, so I don't have to worry about missing stuff on a restore.
Also launcher pro has helped the convenience of using my phone. I trimmed the screens down to three and have two docks and just use folders so when I use my phone I'm not fiddling around with screens but getting exactly what I need.
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I have a finite set of apps that I'd call best. As far as making my life easier, Titanium Backup (pro) is just wonderful. I've found myself restoring and backing up apps as I like to flash often. And it restores everything about the app, so I don't have to worry about missing stuff on a restore.
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Titanium Backup(pro) is number one easily in my book. hell I'm using it right now! I have most of the time around a hundred apps and its made flashing new roms way less painless
I'd say there are a lot of better apps but I end up using Klondike solitaire the most.
Remote web desktop is pretty frakin sweet
xlGmanlx said:
Remote web desktop is pretty frakin sweet
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TeamViewer > all remote desktop apps.
Mine would have to be "mikandi"
Sent from the MATRIX... while plugged into my EVO... using the XDA app... from a galaxy far-far away.......
If Nandroid counts it's number one, with Titanium Backup a distant second. Without these two apps there'd be a lot less rooted phones and active rom flashing, as others have mentioned.
TB isn't my greatest app ever pick since its primary use (for me at least) is backing up all apps + data before changing roms, which again I would only occasionally do were it not for Nandroid. To be a truly great app, a program needs to extend the functionality of your phone in a way that creates a valuable new function or enhances an existing one already on your phone, making it a more essential tool in your life and possibly replacing others you currently use.
The first app I bought was LauncherPro. I've tried most of the competition, and LP is the best for my needs. It's awesome but greatest app ever? I have a feeling that many of these features will eventually end up incorporated into Android.
"Pic to pdf" type apps are pretty amazing. Yes, you can do each step individually with other apps and share the same end-product, but in less than a minute I can open CamScanner, create and then upload a finished work order to Google Docs. I purchased CamScanner after trying them all last month, it has the features I need for my job and is already saving me a lot of time.
Final answer: the Google Search widget. Is that cheating? I get access to almost anything with one button press and voice input, from sending texts to maps/navigation to a comprehensive search that searches pretty much anything you want including apps, email, calendar, voicemail, texts, the web, etc. Can anything alse compare?
subsonic is nice too
i was gonna say rom manager.