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Apps for Android |OT|
- Thread starter Divvy
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More crushing that I didn't grab the apk. It worked perfectly on my n7 so I guess they released early by accident. Will probably be coming out this week.
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
That's what happens when the a device like the Nexus 7 comes along and starts to push over a million units per month. Plus it got good press, and everyone seems to really like the device. Creates some buzz and developers notice.
The Faceless Master
Member
ballin'
indeed.
developers have to *want to* update their apps on their own.
one reason for that is to meet customer demand.
http://support.swiftkey.net/knowledgebase/articles/148618-swiftkey-3-1-changelog
indeed.
developers have to *want to* update their apps on their own.
one reason for that is to meet customer demand.
ElDiablo90x
Neo Member
Does anyone know a good offline image viewer/manga reader app? I have some manga saved to my computer and I'd love to read it on my phone. Every time I try to move the images to my phone, the order of the images get messed up.
The Faceless Master
Member
why not rar/zip them up and use Perfect Viewer
Finally Flipboard for my touchpad! Other than one strange graphical glitch, it's been running great. Sometimes pictures haven't been loading, but I saw Flipboard respond to one of the reviews saying that it's because they are experiencing heavy traffic from the Android tablets and that things will improve. I think I'll be using more of Flipboard on the tablet and Currents on my GNex.
Take the images, compress them into a RAR or ZIP and rename them .cbr or .cbz accordingly and as was mentioned, just open them as one compressed file per 'issue' in Perfect Viewer.
Right, it's a legal cover like Gmail's beta was.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Nope. And I certainly stopped caring about it, too.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Yeah, any impressions? Looks nice. And how's the offline reading support?
I tried it but decided to refund. It looks nice and in active development but Reader from Age of Mobile is more suitable to my style right now.
I guess it does. If you hold it landscape style, it has these fancy multiple panes that people seem to like.
Press is good. Press is beautiful, in fact. Their font choices, how it handles transitions, is carefully designed. But Press is currently in version 1.0. Features are missing. You can't swipe between articles, you must to back to the listing and choose other article. However, you can quickly mark as read if you skim a feed list.
I can say it's the first app that can truly compete against Reeder (iOS) in terms of design. I've emailed them a couple of times to give my feedback in some matter, and they've responded promptly and seem to be excited with continuos development.
However, in the age of Feedly, I feel I've made the jump to the 'magazine' style look. It's simply a pleasure to swipe between feeds.
But I have Press installed and awaiting updates. Today I alternated between Feedly and Press for further comparison.
I can say it's the first app that can truly compete against Reeder (iOS) in terms of design. I've emailed them a couple of times to give my feedback in some matter, and they've responded promptly and seem to be excited with continuos development.
However, in the age of Feedly, I feel I've made the jump to the 'magazine' style look. It's simply a pleasure to swipe between feeds.
But I have Press installed and awaiting updates. Today I alternated between Feedly and Press for further comparison.
Go into settings and untick all the search sources you don't need (I only have chrome checked for example), the speed improvement is quite large..
Why are there no decent messaging apps for Android? Argh 
GoSMS is probably the best I've found so far, but damn, everything else I've used has been poor
Quite funny that one of the main reasons I wanted to switch from iOS is because they didn't lock down things like this, yet it still offers a far superior experience
GoSMS is probably the best I've found so far, but damn, everything else I've used has been poorQuite funny that one of the main reasons I wanted to switch from iOS is because they didn't lock down things like this, yet it still offers a far superior experience
Why are there no decent messaging apps for Android? Argh
Quite funny that one of the main reasons I wanted to switch from iOS is because they didn't lock down things like this, yet it still offers a far superior experience
I prefer Handcent over GoSMS, but yeah, it's basically those two and Chomp when it comes to SMS apps. Surprised there aren't more viable options.
kobashi100
Banned
so the Archos Video Player is now up for android 4.0 devices.
It does nothing what other Players dont but does offer a better looking UI. TV/Moviesheets looks great.
Typical Archos though, ask you to pay extra for AC3 audio codec plugin.
Archos have been doing this since the good old PMP days.
Thought they may have stopped that by now. A kind chap has put up all the codecs plugin for free..
It does nothing what other Players dont but does offer a better looking UI. TV/Moviesheets looks great.
Typical Archos though, ask you to pay extra for AC3 audio codec plugin.
Archos have been doing this since the good old PMP days.
Thought they may have stopped that by now. A kind chap has put up all the codecs plugin for free..
FunnyBunny
Member
Are the Feedly revs working on a full article view for Android similar to the desktop?
I hate how several of my feeds include just a few sentences before I'm forced to jump into the in app browser or Chrome.
I hate how several of my feeds include just a few sentences before I'm forced to jump into the in app browser or Chrome.
I was under the impression websites decide how much content they show in feeds, not Feedly (therefore forcing you to visit their site, get a hit, and watch ads).
I used this app in the past. Link2SD.
What I liked about it was that everything worked. It works by creating Symbolic Links. BUT it takes some work to set up. Other programs like apps2SD might be a good intern solution.
If you are planning to keep your phone for a while then it might be worth using this. My previous phone was a LG Optimus T with 200 MB of app memory. I ran out quickly and tried using different App2sd programs to fix the issue. Nothing was even close to what Link2SD accomplished, even widgets worked.
Good luck.
FunnyBunny
Member
Correct.
I'd even settle for an option to load article with "clutter" removed by default. As is, I'm constantly bouncing back and forth between Pocket and Feedly.
ElDiablo90x
Neo Member
Managed to figure out how to read manga without converting. Just used Mango, works really well despite the ads. Can't really find the premium version on play store though.
I'm looking to put some sort of weather widget but not sure how to do that. Can anyone recommend a minimalistic weather app? I live in the UK in that means anything. Don't mind paying if it's really worth it.
I'm looking to put some sort of weather widget but not sure how to do that. Can anyone recommend a minimalistic weather app? I live in the UK in that means anything. Don't mind paying if it's really worth it.
Bboy AJ
My dog was murdered by a 3.5mm audio port and I will not rest until the standard is dead
Anyone?
After you click on 'visit website' the Chrome button at top changes into an eraser to do that. You have to wait for the whole page to load, but that's less annoying than jumping between apps. My biggest problem with Flipbook is that it doesn't even have a built in browser as far as I can tell so you always have to switch around. I thought there was some app that did all this automatically though, but maybe not.
Square Triangle
Member
What is the best Twitter app? I miss Tweetbot on my old iPhone.
inb4 Falcon Pro mentions.
I don't think too many people on GAF have bought it.
I like tweetlanes
Vinterbird
Member
Echofon for me at least, since it has a read tweet sync features cross iOS, Mac, PC and Android, so no matter the device if you use the echo client you start reading from your last unread tweet. For me it's a pretty important feature and made the choice easy.
It's also a pretty client.
Already tried this, slightly better, but still slow. Any good alternative search bar widgets?
Vanillalite
Ask me about the GAF Notebook
Falcon Pro if you want to pay.
The Faceless Master
Member
Take one for the team! Our do a 15 minute run...
Limited offline reading support. Articles can be read but you can't cache images.
The Faceless Master
Member
Amazon Instant Video released for Android. do you have a Google TV? no?! your device is not compatible.
The Faceless Master
Member
they do. some apps will let you pull/format the full page though.
phillipgessert
Member
Is there a tidy method to do this? Because there are certain feeds I'd love to do that with, actually.