Does anyone know where I can find an app that has instant news alerts like the Iphone has? Ive tried the foxnews app, but it doesn't send it instantly. If there is no app, is there a good sms service that delivers news instantly?
I've never had an iphone, but why not try the sense news widget? I don't use it, but it appears to be RSS feeds.
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I had this issue on my myTouch as well but when I get an email from facebook saying someone has commented on a post I made or something similar and I click it I get sent to the ugly mobile site and it just loads the live feed not the actual post. I just wanted to know if there was any fix for this or if it could load the touch site instead (or even better the app) so I don't have to wait to go to my desktop or look though posts in the app since the notifications don't work on the Nexus One yet.
Yeah mine does it sporadically. I haven't used it for a couple of days but maybe it has to be in the current processes list/ list of current applications for it to recognise it, else it opens the browser. Just a suggestion.
The whole notification thing really irritates me. You'd think since it comes with the phone, they would at least check that it works ¬¬
Well the web address sent to you in your email is from facebook.com and it is a http link to the full web site, facebook doesn't know that you're viewing this from your phone. gmail/email on the phone is going to treat these links the same, there's nothing built into the formatting or platform to make these 'special'.
I would recommend you disable email notifications on facebook, and configure notifications within the facebook app. This should get you the behavior you desire.
Ok so since i've fixed my facebook notification issue I actually hate the facebook app. Seriously, what app shows a notification which you have to open via an external link? I thought that was the point of the app? The facebook mobile website is atrocious, and i'd actually prefer to open it in web view rather than mobile view, since that's the point of a smartphone.
I hate to bring it up but even the iPhone did a better job. Almost everything could be done through the app. Almost.
that aint the phones fault its the app developers lol
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Well the web address sent to you in your email is from facebook.com and it is a http link to the full web site, facebook doesn't know that you're viewing this from your phone. gmail/email on the phone is going to treat these links the same, there's nothing built into the formatting or platform to make these 'special'.
I would recommend you disable email notifications on facebook, and configure notifications within the facebook app. This should get you the behavior you desire.
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To anyone having some problems, the best workaround I can find is using Dolphin Browser and changing the User Agent to iPhone. This will automatically pull up touch.facebook.com
As much as i like Timescape as a concept, its facebook integration just plain sucks.
The facebook app doesnt do what i want either.
Essentially i just want an app (preferably that runs in the background and doesnt need a widget) that will notify me of changes to my news feed.
Simple enough request i would have thought, but i havnt found anything like that.
Any ideas?
Thanks
You mean like you get a notification whenever any of your friends post anything?
With the Facebook app, you can turn on notifications so that whenever you get a notification on Facebook, it shows up in your status bar...
The official facebook app only notifies for Messages, Friend Requests and Event Invites as far as im aware.
Id like the news feed...
You mustn't have many friends if you want a notification every time someone posts something. My phone would probably never stop vibrating if I did something like that.
You can try the Facebook widget from the app, that updates when people post stuff.
Correct, i try and keep it under 100 friends.
I dont really care about peoples status updates but i do want to see when pics are posted etc
Just found that IM is actually quite useful....anyone recommend me the best app for the job ??
(need to cover both Gtalk and MSN, yahoo etc)
which is the best ?
I actually like Trillian. Sure, it's $5 (used to be a free Beta), but it's got a boatload of features, is quick, clean, and integrates perfectly with Trillian for Windows. I can be using it in bed/on the sofa, then go to my PC and the conversation I've just been having is there ready to pick up and carry on, and vice-versa.
Use EBuddy, works great and it's free.
Xda app
Thanks chaps
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Use EBuddy, works great and it's free.
Xda app
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I second this.
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Use EBuddy, works great and it's free.
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I use this one too, but I really dislike the fact, that it changes my quick message, and adds "on my mobile with ebuddy messenger"...
Anyone knows how to remove this?
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I actually like Trillian. Sure, it's $5 (used to be a free Beta), but it's got a boatload of features, is quick, clean, and integrates perfectly with Trillian for Windows. I can be using it in bed/on the sofa, then go to my PC and the conversation I've just been having is there ready to pick up and carry on, and vice-versa.
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tried Trillian
Liked the look of it but had issues with it not letting me log into Yahoo, i could set my account ok but it would only connect for a micro second then diconnect, msn and google worked well tho.
shame
using Meebo at the moment as an alternative.
Also didnt like Nimbuzz much either
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I use this one too, but I really dislike the fact, that it changes my quick message, and adds "on my mobile with ebuddy messenger"...
Anyone knows how to remove this?
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If you use Facebook chat it posts "on my mobile with ebuddy messenger" as your Facebook status without your permission. That's the one annoying reason why I stopped using it and switched to nimbuzz!
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It depends on what you're after I guess in a client. I have Meebo IM, MSN talk and eBuddy.
Meebo IM and eBuddy have more client support. But as an MSN client alone, MSN talk is very hard to beat in my opinion.
Try IM+ and IMO.
After I tried all, they have proven to be most reliable and stable.
And have support for all IM services.
Peace
Mercury MSN Messenger is the BEST for MSN.
- MSN Features:
File transfer
Voice clips
Group chat
Invisible signin
Multiple MSN accounts
Logging to sdcard
Offline messaging
Show current song (MSN Now playing)
Improved Launcher (Widget)
Fling (or swipe) between contact lists and conversations
Events notification (message received, contact signed in)
Notifications: status bar, vibrate, audio, led
Chat with your MSN and Yahoo contacts
- Other Features:
Multiple languages
Start on phone boot
Very stable and regular updates
I'm using Ebuddy because it integrates all Chat Clients (FB, MSN, Yahoo, etc.), got a good UI. Had no problem yet regarding to facebook posts like "online with ebuddy", did never posted it. Only drawback I would say is that you cannot send files (corrent me if I am wrong), for instance you cannot take a picture while you are in the chat window and send it. Nimbuzz could do it (used it before), but its quite big (5mb).
Hi,
quick question, is there Friendstream on the arc or yomething similar?
Since i really dont like the timescape from se it takes too long to update...
thx in advance..
If you use Launcher Pro, it has a built in "Friends" widget that works great (I'm using that now on my X10.
If you want to keep the Arc launcher then you can use Colorize Widget
by SnowBEE. It has a similar style and a bunch of widgets. But the one that combines multiple feeds (Twitter, Facebook, etc...) which is called "Timeline" is only in the pay version of Colorize.
I think there are others out there. I like both of these because they are scrollable.
Or there's SE's own app - Timescape.
It merges facebook status updates, 'tweets', texts messages and e-mails into a single stream which, unless I'm mistaken, is the same as HTC's FriendStream.
htc friendstream is better than timescape but still the same idea
btw what is arc lunch pro?
LauncherPro... Love it...
Just one more thing, which is a good mail client were i have a nice widget with it ckind of the onethat looks like Friendstream on sence.
I have installed Pure messenger widget and K9 to get the mails... but for some reason when i hit reload on the widget it will not start getting the mails.
I have to set an automtic downlaod of the mails in order for the widget to load them... and that sucks...
THX in advance
Looking for an app suggestion folks, the one thing I really loved about my old htc with sense was the way it organised all my emails, text messages, Facebook updates etc and attached them to the relevant contact card. You could go into a person's contact card and see their latest status, public photo gallery, call logs and messages etc no flicking from app to app to find out did that person text me or email me or messenger me.
Any suggestions of apps to add this sort of functionality to my S4?
I'm not rooted and still under contract so wouldn't want to so no custom room's please.
Thanks
Jon
Any suggestion folks?
I've tried Contacts + which is quite nice but doesn't do Chaton or email and I've tried the various Go Contacts app's which are mostly awefull.
Really looking for something to tie in emails.