Android Apps

[swiggidy]

I've had my droid about a month now, have downloaded a ton of crap

Some I've actually used productively:
Listen - great podcast manager
My Tracks - GPS tracking for a run, trip, etc

Free Games:
Replica Island - free game featuring Android
Trap!

[a500lbgorilla]

There is only one app you need: the google voice-to-text. Drinking with your friends will never be the same.

I also like the BBC news app. I wish they had one for Al-Jazeera.

oh, and calvin and hobbes and cyanide and happiness apps.

[bode]

getting a droid next month so bring on the good suggestions. my brother in law had a pretty cool app that showed constellations wherever you point the phone in the sky. not that practical, but cool nonetheless.

[swiggidy]

Yeah, google sky. There is a ton of random stuff I've downloaded, was curious how much interest/feedback there was.

Bode, PM me like a week before you get it and I'll do a quick "beginners guide". I would say just bump this thread but I'll likely miss it.

[oskar]

Waze - I got it on my iphone, but it's cross platform afaik.
Free GPS Navigation with Turn by Turn - Waze

I'm addicted.
It might be less fun in areas that they already have maps for. When I first used it I drove from upper austria to vianna, and vianna was almost all white with maybe a dozen roads scribbled on it. Now there are thousands.

[bode]

getting a droid next month so bring on the good suggestions. my brother in law had a pretty cool app that showed constellations wherever you point the phone in the sky. not that practical, but cool nonetheless.

im trying to decide if i want to get the moto droid, or the HTC Incredible. Thoughts?

[BooG690]

The Moto Droid is amazing. Lightning fast, sick browser, great apps.

I can't comment on the other phone.

[BooG690]

I found this app pretty cool:

foursquare

[lolzzz_321]

wtf so do i get iphone or droid

[a500lbgorilla]

Droid. It's a pretty amazing phone.

[oskar]

Definitely try them hands on before you buy. I haven't used the droid, but I have used other full touchscreen phones that randomly wouldn't react when you click something or it doesn't click exactly where you thought you did which can be very irritating when you browse pages with lots of links.

tbh I think the physical keyboards are just something to go wrong. It's not like you're going to write your memoirs on the thing.

[ensign_lee]

iphone.

The droid is just freaking annoying to use.

[swiggidy]

Can't comment personally, but
HTC Droid Incredible Review: More Like Impressive - Htc droid incredible review - Gizmodo

Basically get the incredible. It has 2x as much RAM, 2x faster processor, and I guess HTCs interface is better than the default (and Nexus one isn't coming to Verizon, if you can get that I believe it was supposed to be the winner)

[oskar]

This is the same kind of nonsense why they got away with selling 500mhz PIII's with 128mb ram in supermarkets in the late 90's and people would go "oh see, this has 500 of something while the one over there has 300 of the same, so obviously this must be better.
The only reason hardware companies even bother to tell you how much mhz their chips have is because people are still easily impressed with numbers. They might as well tell you fsb frequency or multiplicator. It's a useless number. Even more so if you compare it to another device which has a completely different OS.
All that matters is how well it works.

[a500lbgorilla]

I'm liking the Dolphin HD browser app a lot. Priced for free.

[mrhappy333]

I just got the droid. Its amazingly fast.

[donkbee]

wtf so do i get iphone or droid

wait a few months until the new iphone comes out and then get that.

[bode]

picked up a moto droid yesterday and am happy with it so far

[bigred]

wait a few months until the new iphone comes out and then get that.

yep

[swiggidy]

I am really happy that I'm on Verizon, and that I'm not supporting Apple. But I'm an anti-apple fan boy.

[a500lbgorilla]

picked up a moto droid yesterday and am happy with it so far

This is the one I have. Dominates the iphone and I know this because I would never chose the inferior product; the universe wouldn't allow it.

[mrhappy333]

Aloqa app is cool
Google goggles is awesome
Barcode scanner is great
Shazam looks promising

Any more you guys like? Any good poker games or apps?

[swiggidy]

Aloqa app is cool
Google goggles is awesome
Barcode scanner is great
Shazam looks promising

Any more you guys like? Any good poker games or apps?

Goggles never works for me

Flixter - clutch for finding movie times nearby
AroundMe - good for finding anything else
Handcent SMS - upgrade to messaging program
AppBrain - upgrade to market
Google Sky Map - marginally practical, but very neat, clutch if you were trying to woo HS chicks
My Tracks - uses GPS to plot your running/biking/driving route


Weather, haven't experimented enough here
weather dot com I despise
accuweather dot com is very good, their app isn't bad, except for looking at hourly weather forcasts. It only shows 3 at a time which is annoying. Online the hourly forcast setup is money.
RadarNow seems solid

For geek "cool"
GPS Test
Antennas

[mrhappy333]

Has anyone had any luck syncing the facebook calender to the MotoDroid calender? It's not working for me.

[swiggidy]

Swype is amazing, free beta for now, will be worth a purchase
Swype | Text Input for Screens

[givememyleg]

Swype is amazing, free beta for now, will be worth a purchase
Swype | Text Input for Screens

very cool

[mrhappy333]

ive been using yelp, I like to read everyones reviews and post my own.

[mrhappy333]

I've had my droid about a month now, have downloaded a ton of crap

Some I've actually used productively:
Listen - great podcast manager

Do you listen to any poker Podcasts? and if so which ones?

I like Duece Plays with Bart Hanson
and Top Pair Home poker podcast

[Sprayed]

Waiting for the July 15th release of Droid X.

[bode]

Swype is amazing, free beta for now, will be worth a purchase
Swype | Text Input for Screens

i don't know how i've texted without swype for this long. such a great app.

dialer one is a good upgrade to the stock phone app to check out.
agree that handscent sms is much better than the stock sms/mms.

has anyone rooted their droid yet? i've been kicking around the idea so i can run android 2.2 and overclock it, but not sure if i want to fuck around and possibly ruin my phone.

[Jack Sawyer]

YouTube - Mario Live Wallpaper For Android! Working On Sprint HTC Evo!

[swiggidy]

Places Diectory: find food, bar, bank, etc around you
Same idea as Around Me, but designed by Google so way better.

Features that I wanted, but couldn't figure out (thus I assume they don't exist) in Around Me

1. Pick location on a map, so you can look for something in the upcoming city instead of just your current area
2. Search within a category. So you can specify "Pizza" or something instead of browsing through all the subways and McDonalds just to find sit-down food

[swiggidy]

If you have enough apps that you are using folders, check out Apps Organizer, it's much slicker

[bode]

So has anyone rooted yet? i think i'm going to this weekend so i can run android 2.2 and overclock the processor to 1ghz or more. Anyone know where i can find the best step by step walkthrough?

[swiggidy]

So has anyone rooted yet? i think i'm going to this weekend so i can run android 2.2 and overclock the processor to 1ghz or more. Anyone know where i can find the best step by step walkthrough?

Haven't tried, but this site is good
The Start to Finish Guide to Rooting Your Android Phone

2.2 is tentatively scheduled for the droid by the end of July so unless you're feeling adventuresome, it might be worth waiting. Likely if you attempt the root this weekend they'll release the upgrade next week, if you don't it will be another 6 weeks.

[Sprayed]

I just got the droidx and the performance is pretty solid but I am curious if rooting it would make it even better. However, I heard that you can't root the x. Do you know if this is true? I'm hearing that 2.2 is going to be released closer to the end of August. But who knows.

[Sprayed]

Apparently you can: Droid X can now be counted among the rooted (update: video!) -- Engadget

[bode]

i ended up rooting Wednesday night and am pissed i waited this long. As long as you read through the tutorial a few times and take your time doing it, it was a pretty fail-proof process. I installed android 2.2 with a pretty cool theme and overclocked to 1.2Ghz. This thing is 4-5 times as fast as stock. Apparently all droids act differently when accepting the overclock or whatever, and i got lucky that mine accepts one of the highest speeds.

[Sprayed]

Rooted my DX and downloaded the WiFi Tethering app. Pretty sweet. Next step is removing unwanted apps that came with the phone.

[BankItDrew]

I know you guys are bias and all but iyo is droid >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> iphone/BB?

[bode]

imo it is, only because of the open source and ridiculous amount of customization.

[a500lbgorilla]

imo it's the difference between cake and pie. No one should care because we're all eating some delicious dessert.

Any who says the iphone isn't a great phone isn't being honest; anyone who says the droid phones can't compete is being equally dishonest.

We all have better things to worry about, like why Team Edward >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> team jacob.

[BankItDrew]

We all have better things to worry about, like why Team Edward >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> team jacob.

[IowaSkinsFan]

Snesoid - Snes emulator.
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Gentle Alarm

[swiggidy]

Android 2.2 (aka Froyo, which I just found out is short for frozen yogurt) is to be released this week. Unofficial they will push 10k "updates" tonight at midnight, then 200k every day after that. They're basically handed out randomly.


Best parts about Android 2.2 Screenshots: Our Favorite Features in Froyo


Flash isn't in the market place yet, but should be tomorrow.


If you are impatient, and want it now, here are directions:
[How-To] Force the Official Android 2.2 Froyo Update for the Motrola Droid - Android Forums


I downloaded it to my computer, the update zip is 45MB so it will take a bit if you're downloading via 3G.


Just finished, works fine.

[bigred]

I DON'T CARE I HAVE AN IPHONE

[swiggidy]

Haven't got to try this yet, but just loaded. I've been waiting for one of these

Key Ring Stores Loyalty Cards on Your Phone

[BooG690]

FROYO! YAYYYYY!

[bode]

Haven't got to try this yet, but just loaded. I've been waiting for one of these

Key Ring Stores Loyalty Cards on Your Phone

how is this working for you? i only use 1 key card for stores right now, but if this app works i would definitely use a few more.

[swiggidy]

how is this working for you? i only use 1 key card for stores right now, but if this app works i would definitely use a few more.

Honesty I haven't used it yet. I only have 2 for the grocery, and the one I frequent most I can just type in my phone number.

{EDIT: this app doesn't work with flatbed scanners (because of the screen, not the app specifically), aka what they have at the grocery, beat}