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[Q] Kindle Fire Must Haves

Ok folks, so I rooted and got CM7 up and running on my KF.
I am coming from my evo that has cm on it, and know what works well. I was wondering if we could get some input here as to what apps people really love for their kindle.
What apps suit the Kindle more so than other devices etc?
Basically....if you have a kindle fire...what apps or games can you not live without?

Kindle app is a must have

Wunderlist task manager, Evernote(note taking app), ComicRack eComic reader, EZ PDF Reader, Sketchbook Mobile

Screen Dim is a must to reduce the screen brightness while reading.
File Expert is the perfect file explorer.
Wifi explorer pro is top notch for file transfers
DROPBOX hands down incredible
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Thanks for the screen dim suggestion!!!!!!!! Awesome
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If you want games then here is a couple.
Tanked(3D multiplayer tank game lots of fun)
Fruit ninjas puss in boots.
Tank hero.

keep em coming....love the suggestions...the dimmer is very handy

Best Volume Widget
Touchscreen Booster
Go Launcher
Root Explorer
XDA Premium (duh, lol)
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SPB Shell 3D...runs you a cool $15 but it's well worth it if you have multiple devices.
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MikeGolfW said:
Screen Dim is a must to reduce the screen brightness while reading.
File Expert is the perfect file explorer.
Wifi explorer pro is top notch for file transfers
DROPBOX hands down incredible
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I actually prefer Box to Dropbox nowadays. The major reason is that I got a free upgrade to 50gigs.
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CodenameDeadpool said:
I actually prefer Box to Dropbox nowadays. The major reason is that I got a free upgrade to 50gigs.
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Same here! My Xperia Play got me the 50 gigs

AdFree, AirDroid, Box, CPU Spy, Display Brightness, Root Explorer, Spare Parts+, Volume Control, Volume+ Free, and Zmooth.

imnotamorningguy said:
SPB Shell 3D...runs you a cool $15 but it's well worth it if you have multiple devices.
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How did you get this on your fire? I have it on my bionic but it doesn't show up in the market on my fire. Did you side load it?
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collindv said:
How did you get this on your fire? I have it on my bionic but it doesn't show up in the market on my fire. Did you side load it?
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Never mind. Did a titanium backup of spb on my phone, transferred it to the kindle and restored it. Changed interface to tablet and away I go!
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I tried SPB Shell a while ago and had a lot of FC issues. That and it just seemed way over-priced to me.

any way to make adw ex look better? i have it and like it but the ensity hack is no where near as good as go launcher. but i dont want to use go launcher because i cant customize it the way i want

Netflix and Remote VNC Pro. I use them every day.

Don't forget KeePass for managing your passwords and credentials.
Store the KeePass database in your Dropbox folder to sync it across multiple devices.

Castle Wars is also a very fun game!
Craigslist has an app which is very useful and saves your searches and constantly updates them...very cool to keep up with steals ya na what i mean
also, i dont recommend the facebook app...it's always been very trashy from my user experience both on the phone and kf
teamviewer is also a very very useful app to access your home based computer or work based computer and email files through the net which you forgot to put in your cloud maybe

All great apps on my phone, but even better with the Kindle Fire's excellent audio and video:
Netflix, YouTube, MX Video Player, Google Maps, Google Earth, YouVersion, IP Cam Viewer, RealVNC Viewer, Unified Remote, ADW Launcher.

[Q] Web browsing and article reading

I have a Transformer and a Kindle. I like how quickly I can browse the web on the TF, but it is really nice to read articles and such on an eInk screen. The problem with the Kindle is the browser is much too slow. Is it a decent experience rooting the NST and browsing the web on it with or without the norefresh hack? I currently use Pulse on my Transformer for news reading and I was wondering if anyone is using it on NST and how it works.

Please can someone weigh in on an opinion like what they use on their rooted NST

It works great. You can read fine with and without. Use an rss reader.
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I use gReader and it works great without norefresher.
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Essential Apps

what are the most essential apps u use on ur kindle?
mine are
evernote
pandora
i.tv

Mantano reader
Browser

XDA premium
Browser
Pandora
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Tapatalk
Dolphin and Silk browser
Kindle app (duh)
Smart Office 2
Fruit Ninja (in case I get very bored)
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ICS Browser
Tapatalk
Andclip
Root Explorer
PocketCloud
All apps that get used every single day.

Root Explorer
Browser
and Flipboard.
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Yep, these are all opened everyday.
Pocket - I always look up articles but never read them.
Google play
Slacker
Wall Street Journal
xda
mx player
file expert
Kindle app
Titanium backup - Does that really need to be said?
Ebay
Mint

Mine are:
Tapatalk
Pulse News
Facebook
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Any.DO, Chrome Beta, Engadget Distro, Evernote, Flipboard, JotterPad HD, Pocket, Sketchbook Pro, and Spotify.

Chrome
Teamviewer
Tapatalk
Es File Explorer
Mono Player
Netflix
Documents to Go
Printershare
Dropbox
Samba File Share
ezPdf Reader w/ SVOX and the British chick voice
Gmail
Ameritrade so I can watch my finances hemorrhage money.
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Chrome, YouTube, Max GO, HBO GO.

ES File Explorer and Mobo video player. I use them to stream video from my FTP server.
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Pulse for news, Spotify (the new Beta is pretty good) for music. All of the current Kairosoft games available. Between those, I have more than enough to keep me occupied!
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Evernote, its great for my summer courses and syncs my notes to all of my devices
Google voice for texting
Pulse
Airdroid, if you haven't tried it, try it!
VGBA

These are the things that I use on my Kindle Fire
ROM:Modaco Rom
Launcher:Go Launcher EX
Browser:Firefox Beta
Market: 1MobileMarket
Games: gta iii, fruit ninja and Age of Zombies
Video Player:MX Player
Others:Facebook, Youtube and Twitter
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dudeitsvinced said:
Evernote, its great for my summer courses and syncs my notes to all of my devices
Google voice for texting
Pulse
Airdroid, if you haven't tried it, try it!
VGBA
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How did you feet Google voice to work on a kindle fire when we still lack the ability to use a mic with it? Unless of course your on a cm7 rom and not cm9. I'm on a cm9 but I can't stand cm7 for some reason
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dudeitsvinced said:
Airdroid, if you haven't tried it, try it!
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Append this to my list! This thing rocks! I think I'm going to have all my clients I have to support get this on their phones.

Xda premium
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Nexus 7 "jelly bean" optimized Apps

What apps are optimized for the Nexus 7?
Looking through the Play Store and searching Nexus 7, many of the apps aren't optimized for this tablet.
I was hoping I could elicit your help and perhaps we could create a list here.

What no recommendations...?

What kinda apps are you looking for? Games, News app, note?

Any that are optimized for the Nexus 7.
When you get on the Play Store, most of the apps are designed for phones.
I think we need a good list of apps that are for the 7 inch form factor of the Nexus 7.

Astrid Tasks
DataSync
Google Drive
EverNote (not amazing, but decent)
Notes for ICS with Tasks sync

Apps are the key to the ultimate success of the Android OS and ultimately the Nexus 7.
Thanks for starting our list!
I'm hoping more of you will add your input.

Stock:
Google play books and magazines
Currents
Chrome is gorgeous
After:
Xda app - after running this for awhile, I realize that uses an inordinate amount of battery life. Nearly as much battery as google play music has used in 2 hours of playing music well just being a backrub after. Are there any fixes or is this a known issue?
Supergnes works great both portrait/landscape although I prefer nesoid and snesoid emulators..
Talkatone paired with Google voice
Camera launcher for nexus 7
Stickmount
Rotation locker ( long press choice, widget is broke)
Google earth and Sky map work great in 7"
Kindle app does *not* take advantage of all the real estate.. lots of screen wasted in 1 and 2 panel.
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Interested to know any apps optimized for nexus 7 as well. Just got this tablet today so I'm just installing apps that were good on my HTC sensation.
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Nexus 7 optimized apps
Time to add more apps to this list!
Please post your recommendations.

Dead trigger
Drive
Giant little war game
Flip board ( perfect size to read)
Comic rack free ( walking dead comics all stored on Google drive)
Comixology
box (check them out often sometimes they give away 50gb sales. I got during one. )
Temple run is perfect on this beast.
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MrSchroeder said:
Stock:
Google play books and magazines
Currents
Chrome is gorgeous
After:
Xda app - after running this for awhile, I realize that uses an inordinate amount of battery life. Nearly as much battery as google play music has used in 2 hours of playing music well just being a backrub after. Are there any fixes or is this a known issue?
Supergnes works great both portrait/landscape although I prefer nesoid and snesoid emulators..
Talkatone paired with Google voice
Camera launcher for nexus 7
Stickmount
Rotation locker ( long press choice, widget is broke)
Google earth and Sky map work great in 7"
Kindle app does *not* take advantage of all the real estate.. lots of screen wasted in 1 and 2 panel.
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I want to second the fact that the xda app drinks major juice.
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What readers are you using on your n10?

And what format are you using to read ebooks? Are you using some other app to get ebooks? Please share

Aldiko for Grey market epubs
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SysAdmNj said:
And what format are you using to read ebooks? Are you using some other app to get ebooks? Please share
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My device is Nexus 10, currently using Adobe Reader for PDF reading, really eager for a reader with better experience. Can anybody advise？

I really liked ezPDF on my phone, don't have my n10 just yet (out for delivery today) but if it's as good on tablets as it in on phones, I'd look into that

Not very original I know but Kindle works superbly on the N10, I also have Adobe PDF reader, it's a bit bloated but works well.
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One of the things I like about the Kindle reader is I can email the mobi files to my @kindle.com address, then that book is in my archive available for download and syncs across all of my devices.

I mostly use Overdrive that works with my public library.
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Nook Reader. I subscribe to a number of magazines through B&N, and the Nook app is much better than Zinio. So I also use the Nook app for reading epubs. Calibre software manages it all very well.

Mantano reader is undisputed PDF and Epub champion of Android readers.
Moon is prolly the best for .chm. Still no really good reader for .djvu format
For magazines, I use Zinio - but not too excited about it, will try Nook when my subscriptions expire.

Mantano here as well. I tried a few and its the only one I found having no visual lag whatsoever when reading PDFs. Can't speak for other formats though.

I just got the kindle one a few days ago so far so good. I might try some of the other ones you guys have talked about.