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[Q] app like pages or numbers?

Hey all,
I was wondering if there is an app out there which resembles "Pages" or "Numbers" which is on the ipad. I LOVE both of these applications and their ease of use.
I'm currently trying out docs2go, but it seems very basic compared to pages
Any tips or suggestions would be great
Thanks!

Wow that is a nice app indeed. I currently use ThinkFree Office for Word and so far it's functional, but not as pretty You should have it already, its shipped with the Tab.

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Wow that is a nice app indeed. I currently use ThinkFree Office for Word and so far it's functional, but not as pretty You should have it already, its shipped with the Tab.
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those 2 apps are the only reason i'm not getting rid of my ipad entirely, they are amazing =(

Quickoffice is also available.
I have an iPad but don't like pages or numbers or keynote. I prefer Docs To Go on iPad.
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LordLugard said:
Quickoffice is also available.
I have an iPad but don't like pages or numbers or keynote. I prefer Docs To Go on iPad.
Forgive My Brevity. To Be Or Not To Be...
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In pages, i liked how simple it was to just hit the format buttons at the top(much like in Microsoft word).
In Quick Office and Docs to Go on android, it's very annoying to have to press the menu button every time i want to make something bold, underline
It looks like i'll be using Quick Office tho, as it seems to have a slightly better UI, IMO.
To each his own.

[Q] Great Quick Notes App

Anyone have a suggestion for a great notes app that they like. Notes from a class or simply jotting down some brain storming?

Catch Note is not bad, its been optimised for HC

I've been using Extensive Notes - it has some pretty robust features and looks great on the tab.

power note is the best. its simple and allows you to also look at your notes from the chrome browser using quick note as it has a sync function

Note everything pro still my fave.

I use my own application Notes. The newest version (2.0) has been released yesterday and is optimized for tablets - https://market.android.com/details?id=nl.jacobras.notes&feature=search_result

best note app optimized for tablet
What I have found after searching all over is MaplePaint, check the market!

Jacob nice app I love it how do I remove adds?
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Thanks for the information!

Evernote. It syncs, easy to use. Liked it better than scribe.

jacobras said:
I use my own application Notes. The newest version (2.0) has been released yesterday and is optimized for tablets - https://market.android.com/details?id=nl.jacobras.notes&feature=search_result
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Very nice app Jacob. Five star and a thanks.
Adopted.
Didn't see any adverts

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I use my own application Notes. The newest version (2.0) has been released yesterday and is optimized for tablets
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This is fantastic but the one thing all simple note apps seem to lack... the ability to create categories/folders.
I wish I could find a simple, well designed note app like this that actually supported folders/categories.
If it also synced to an online service (Google Docs for example) it would be even better.

I'm using Flick Notes for this. It's not tablet optimized yet but works fine on Honeycomb, and syncs flawlessly (so far) with the SimpleNote web service. SimpleNote in turn syncs with Notational Velocity on my Macs, and also saves notes into a Dropbox folder (need a paid account for that though). It's plain text only, and instead of folders it uses tags and search for organization, but overall this system works pretty well. Also there are SimpleNote clients for Windows, Chrome, emacs, vim, iOS, etc that can all sync to the same web account.
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Nucleotide said:
This is fantastic but the one thing all simple note apps seem to lack... the ability to create categories/folders.
I wish I could find a simple, well designed note app like this that actually supported folders/categories.
If it also synced to an online service (Google Docs for example) it would be even better.
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I agree, I've been looking for a note application that alows for cascading categories. Integration of to-do lists that can be checked off would be awesome too.

extensive nots
Many feature including free hand drawing add folder options and some pre defined folders for spacific files. Most complete out of the many I have tried. Works well with writing free hand notes with dig pen as well

I use mNote, which syncs to my simplenote account (https://simple-note.appspot.com/).

[Q] How can I make the Nexus 7 super-easy to use?

How can I make the Nexus 7 super-easy to use?
I have an elderly relative who has never used any Android device, or much technology at all to be honest besides old feature phones and television boxes, and we shall soon be purchasing her a Google Nexus 7. We settled on this idea after noticing that the 8GB Nexus 7 model is only £159 GBP, which isn't much more than the Kindle Touch and also offers a slightly larger screen. I am looking to make the experience personal and also easy for her.
Since I am going to use a custom launcher to prevent access to the app menu and simplify the user experience by showing her only the apps she will need to use (preventing access to the settings will prevent her accidentally deleting things), I am looking for a widget which will allow me to add my own custom text set to a custom size to the home screen. With this, I'll separate up the few apps she plans on using. Any recommendations for such an application?
Since this person does not have full function of a second arm, are there any applications which make one-handed operation easier on the tablet's 7 inch display?
Is there a widget which will allow me to add "picture frames" to the home screen? I could put some pictures of the family in these, which will add a nice personal touch.
Are there any keyboards which are good for one-handed use? Please do not say Swype.

Any suggestions to any of my issues I face? Also, any general app recommendations are welcome, but keep in mind who this tablet is for when making suggestions. For example, no messenger apps.

No ideas to any of those applications/features I'm looking to implement?

Twenty minutes before the first bump and between the first and second - get a bit of patience! People aren't lurking on forums waiting to jump on your every post...
1. Yes - Minimalistic Text and others
3. Yes - search Play store for "picture widget"
4. Why not Swype? What makes it unsuitable (that'll make it easier for others to make suggestions.

Swype probably requires two-handing on a device this big.
Honestly, any keyboard that works well with one hand, will also reconfigure so much that you'll essentially have to relearn it.
Messagease and 8pen are good with one hand, but they obviously don't look anything like qwerty. And one-hand typing is really only feasible with phones anyway.
Best bet is just to use voice recognition and hope it really is as up to snuff.

You're probably not going to like my answer, but I tried this (also with a person who had use of only one arm) and it didn't work. I mounted it to a table on a movable arm to make it easy to use.
Beyond the shaking hands and weak eyes, the biggest problem is understanding the UI. To you and I it's not complicated, but we grew up with computers. That's not any sort of judgment; the guy was capable of using a windows XP computer (very very slowly), it's just that switching to a new IU is much more confusing to the older brain than for a younger brain. They just don't have the filters to pick out the important information from the screen quickly, and every step requires conscious thought. This can be very tiring for an older person, and--at least in my experience--older people don't have a lot of tolerance for frustration.
I don't want you to be discouraged by this; I spent weeks on this (and several hundred dollars) and ended up getting him a small laptop on which I installed a simplification program that allowed only basic email and internet. But your relative may be more savvy, have better coordination, or just more interest in making it work. Here's what I'd suggest:
1) "minimalist text" can be customized to put static text on the screen. You'll have to play with it a bit.
2) There's no applications I can think of that make it easier, but I'd suggest giving her some system to mount it where she can both see and reach it. Have her sit as she would when she wanted to use it (chair, table, bed) and figure out how she can use it with her arm resting on something.
3) I think the picture frames widget is included in stock android. I'd strongly suggest against using anything other than a solid-colored background though. Again, it's difficult for an older brain to parse large amounts of information, and older eyes to see past the contrasts. I'm sure there's some way to have a rotating photo widget on some part of the screen in the market though.
4) Swiftkey. It's a bit advanced, but has one major advantage: predictive text. She can enter a few letters and the software will come up with a few words. Often it will get the intended word within a few letters, which can save a lot of inputs. That said, I think the stock android keyboard in JB has this functionality too, so you might hold off and try that.
A few other suggestions:
1) Get a launcher that can be cut down to just one screen. ADW EX does this. And get rid of the elastic screens (allows it to stay static). You said you already have a custom launcher in mind; which one were you thinking of?
2) When AOKP gets their hands on this, they'll allow you to add and change buttons to the notification bar. Get rid of the long-presses, maybe even get rid of everything but the home and back button.
3) Forget the speech recognition stuff. Old voices are not easy to understand for anyone, much less a computer, and convincing an older person to speak slowly and annunciate is not easy. Also, the first time it doesn't work you'll have a very frustrated relative to deal with...
4) Keep it simple. The first time you show her how to use it pick one thing (probably email or video chat) and show her how to do just that. If you take just one suggestion from me it's this. Add something next time, once she gets how to do email or video chat (test her first). Seriously, everyone will end up happier as a result.
OK, good luck! Hope it works better for you than it did for me!

I would say, a very simple background. No live wallpapers. A Big clock widget,
Get her a Bluetooth Keyboard, there is no sense in trying to force an older person to use a touch screen, that requires near perfect fingers. A normal keyboard is something she most likely has seen and used before. So it will feel normal.
A Widget for changing volume. Something with like a large Plus and Minus sign, and a big percent so she can easily see how loud it is.

Brad387 said:
How can I make the Nexus 7 super-easy to use?
I have an elderly relative who has never used any Android device, or much technology at all to be honest besides old feature phones and television boxes, and we shall soon be purchasing her a Google Nexus 7. We settled on this idea after noticing that the 8GB Nexus 7 model is only £159 GBP, which isn't much more than the Kindle Touch and also offers a slightly larger screen. I am looking to make the experience personal and also easy for her.
Since I am going to use a custom launcher to prevent access to the app menu and simplify the user experience by showing her only the apps she will need to use (preventing access to the settings will prevent her accidentally deleting things), I am looking for a widget which will allow me to add my own custom text set to a custom size to the home screen. With this, I'll separate up the few apps she plans on using. Any recommendations for such an application?
Since this person does not have full function of a second arm, are there any applications which make one-handed operation easier on the tablet's 7 inch display?
Is there a widget which will allow me to add "picture frames" to the home screen? I could put some pictures of the family in these, which will add a nice personal touch.
Are there any keyboards which are good for one-handed use? Please do not say Swype.
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Any suggestions to any of my issues I face? Also, any general app recommendations are welcome, but keep in mind who this tablet is for when making suggestions. For example, no messenger apps.
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No ideas to any of those applications/features I'm looking to implement?
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lol man, RELAX. Bumping your thread like that is terrible forum etiquette.

I'd refer to your own thread that you opened not long before this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757848
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This might dumb the phone by a lot but: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.kunes.android.launcher.activity&hl=en
Here's a photo widget app that people seem to like though : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thinkjava.androidphotowidgetfree
If you can wait for further development.. flashing MIUI seems to attract a lot of newer android users due to the similarities with iOS. If not you can always get the MIUI style launcher.

Thanks. I will likely use Nova Launcher to keep the amount of screens to a minimum.

darkamikaze said:
This might dumb the phone by a lot but: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=name.kunes.android.launcher.activity&hl=en
Here's a photo widget app that people seem to like though : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.thinkjava.androidphotowidgetfree
If you can wait for further development.. flashing MIUI seems to attract a lot of newer android users due to the similarities with iOS. If not you can always get the MIUI style launcher.
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Yuck. No thank you on miui. I hate the unorganized nature of having every icon on the home screen. App drawer please.
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blackhand1001 said:
Yuck. No thank you on miui. I hate the unorganized nature of having every icon on the home screen. App drawer please.
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Fascinating. But this isn't for you; it's for an older person.
OP, the folks pointing out that it's bad forum etiquette to create multiple threads and bump them are right. And considering the time folks put into answering your question, it wouldn't hurt to respond and click the "thanks" button.

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Swype probably requires two-handing on a device this big.
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I don't understand how you would use Swype with two hands even if you wanted to. Swyping requires one continuous swipe with one finger across all of the letters that spell out your word, and besides the actual act of swyping, I don't understand how using it would be any different from using one finger to type on a non-Swype keyboard.

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Yuck. No thank you on miui. I hate the unorganized nature of having every icon on the home screen. App drawer please.
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Sorry that you don't know much about MIUI. It's the easiest ROM that I have used and now have it on my Infuse and Nook Color.
I am 66yo and like very simple and clean screens that are easy to use. The attached s/s's are from a 7" Nook Color screen.
1. Home screen.
2. Favorites expanded
3. 2nd Page....only have 2 pages...show all my apps in folders...no app drawer.
4. Reading folder opened
EDIT: You can set up as many or as few folders as you need and name them anything you choose.

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Sorry that you don't know much about MIUI. It's the easiest ROM that I have used and now have it on my Infuse and Nook Color.
I am 66yo and like very simple and clean screens that are easy to use. The attached s/s's are from a 7" Nook Color screen.
1. Home screen.
2. Favorites expanded
3. 2nd Page....only have 2 pages...show all my apps in folders...no app drawer.
4. Reading folder opened
EDIT: You can set up as many or as few folders as you need and name them anything you choose.
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I've used miui on several devices. I just find it clunky. I like having an alphabetically sorted app drawer.
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I'm working on the same issue for my mom, who just turned 86.
I downloaded Minimalistic Text for her, but I had assumed it would be simple to set up - it isn't.
Am I correct that it's very limited as to what it can display? It appears to be able to display the time, date, temp, and then a few other things not important to your typical 86 year old, such as battery level, cpu speed, etc.
I had hoped I would be able to have it launch apps, so I could for instance, have it show "Email", Facebook", etc.
Older people have difficulty remembering the names of apps sometimes. "K9" for instance, would not mean email to my mom.
Something that would allow you to make app icons larger might help. But I had high hopes for Minimalist Text!
Btw, we did a four way hangout with her yesterday. She has beginning Alzheimer's, but she loves technology!
Edit: I see in the OP's other thread someone mentioned Simple Text . Can that be used on a stock N7? Must I use a different launcher?

Best PDF app?

I'm looking for a PDF app that I can underline highlight and annotate. Also allowing me to sync to multiple devices.
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People have their preferences but I think the best is repligo.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cerience.reader.app&feature=search_result
I believe it does everything you described. Although I haven't personally used annotations much. I wish it had a custom zoom setting instead of preset values. And even better would be to save this custom zoom setting per pdf. Little things like that no one things of...
And it's not free but goes on sale periodically.

its gonna be mantano for me. smoothest so far that I've tried

I have the paid version of mantano, but don't you have to pay for cloud services?
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I'm not sure. I never tried mantano, but since you mention it's the smoothest, I'll give it a try. I think I skipped that one thinking it's focus wasn't pdf.
Regarding smoothness, repligo is ok, but don't apps have to be complied to use hardware acceleration? From the few I tried, none seemed hardware accelerated.
This is on the ipad side, but I want this smooth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCdWkV4H6Eo

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I'm not sure. I never tried mantano, but since you mention it's the smoothest, I'll give it a try. I think I skipped that one thinking it's focus wasn't pdf.
Regarding smoothness, repligo is ok, but don't apps have to be complied to use hardware acceleration? From the few I tried, none seemed hardware accelerated.
This is on the ipad side, but I want this smooth:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCdWkV4H6Eo
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Mantano is awesome silky smooth page turning animation
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I like Polaris viewer

You could use adobe reader and google drive in combo.
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Unless things have improved, adobe reader didn't even remember last page read, which drove me nuts. But I haven't tried it in awhile.

Do any pdf apps allow you to delete pages? this is something available on ipad which I NEED on android before I can switch... appreciate info

I for once want to give an idea what i can't recommend.
I CAN'T recommend Moon+ Reader as well as ezPDF. Both performance has been very sloppy loading next pages, not very clean controls, even both feature additial features I have never used even once.
Even both readers have like 4,5+ stars in play store.
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Do any pdf apps allow you to delete pages? this is something available on ipad which I NEED on android before I can switch... appreciate info
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Isn't PDF supposed to be a protected document file? I don't mean the extension's full name...
Like where you can't edit the content of the file? I don't know the ipad app you are talking about. Maybe that app is just hiding the pages but not really "deleting or modifing" the file / or parts.

endrancer said:
I for once want to give an idea what i can't recommend.
I CAN'T recommend Moon+ Reader as well as ezPDF. Both performance has been very sloppy loading next pages, not very clean controls, even both feature additial features I have never used even once.
Even both readers have like 4,5+ stars in play store.
Isn't PDF supposed to be a protected document file? I don't mean the extension's full name...
Like where you can't edit the content of the file? I don't know the ipad app you are talking about. Maybe that app is just hiding the pages but not really "deleting or modifing" the file / or parts.
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The app for iPad is called PDF Expert it is definitely deleting the pages if you export the document to another reader then you will not see those pages anymore.
The idea of a PDF is a portable Document Format it's not protected document format. There are certain types of PDF that can be protected but not all PDF by default.
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I remember seeing a reader with "book effect" when changing pages. Its like you drag from a corner and page turns as you swipe kinda thing. Any app that you know has that effect?

Adobe reader does a surprisingly good job.
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I Want To Change My Hovering Pen Icon, Any Idea?

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 default hovering pen icon is just a tiny little dot...
But I wish it could be changed to another shape like cursor on PC destop...
Pls help me.
Thank you.

Hmm, in LectureNotes you can select the size of the hover so it shouldn't be impossible to change in other apps as well like a launcher.
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hmm, that would be pretty cool if you could do that.

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Hmm, in LectureNotes you can select the size of the hover so it shouldn't be impossible to change in other apps as well like a launcher.
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Yeah, it does in LectureNotes.
I currently working with Screencast creating math tutorial and post it on youtube. But I think the student would be confuse if they couldn't see the hover. There is a problem when recording on LectureNote, it's lagging (paused somehow). So I chose S-Note (built-in app on galaxy note 10.1), my problem is just the tiny hover. There is no hover setting in S-Note

The pen pointer has changed in the 4.1.1 (something) rom I'm using on my n8010, it's a small light blue ring with a hole in the center that matches the s pen's tip. I find that it's nicer than the dot, but I didn't see any new options to change the icon. It would be great to have some more customization, especially for using drawing apps.

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Yeah, it does in LectureNotes.
I currently working with Screencast creating math tutorial and post it on youtube. But I think the student would be confuse if they couldn't see the hover. There is a problem when recording on LectureNote, it's lagging (paused somehow). So I chose S-Note (built-in app on galaxy note 10.1), my problem is just the tiny hover. There is no hover setting in S-Note
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I see your problem. I use YouTube lectures from Kahn academy and similar videos all the time, some have a pointer and even though I prefer that most videos doesn't and it's usually no problems if the teacher is switching colors and tell where he's writing. Some courses are better than others, math is imo pretty straightforward compared to other classes where you have to make and edit large flowcharts etc. But that of course depending on what level of math we're talking about.
A way around your problem would be not to use any recording tool but to actually record the screen itself. Ie, just like you take a screenshot but like a video instead. This however, usually requires root and that might not be something you want to if it's not your tablet. I also think there are programs to record your voice simultaneously too, something I don't think SNote is doing.
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