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iOS Apps | Hello flatness, my old friend
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I use Japanese, have you used it, how does midori compare? I like that I read it has a names list, which would be good for flashcards, but does it have any killer feature that the other don't?
You don't use Whatsapp anymore?
What do you use for messaging? Whatsapp is nearly everywhere here in germany, no one would say: I don't use whatsapp anymore...
Japanese crashes for me all the time in iOS7 but aside from that I can't say there's a big difference. Midori uses more dictionaries I think (same set as tangorin.com I think, including examples). Midori has drawn out stroke order vs. Japanese's animated ones. Both have dedicated buttons for hand-drawn characters but I think they're using different systems as neither seem to use the default iOS chinese character recognition, so one might be better than the other. If you look up a verb I think Japanese has common compounds and Midori doesn't.
I think Midori just launches faster for me so if it's a quick word lookup I use it more than the other apps. For other tasks, Japanese (or other apps) might be better.
Check out nPlayer. I've been using it for SMB shares from my Airport Extreme, it's excellent.
Marty Chinn
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Perfect! Thanks! I was starting to wonder if it existed since for some reason a lot of players removed ac3 support.
It still looks awful.
Just less awful.
You'd have thought the UI would at least have decided on one out of blue or green (i.e. stripped out the blue).
Ideally it needed to take some of the abstraction out of it's interface - remove much of the toolbars, use more photographic wallpapers and blurring. Basically, steal Yahoo's iOS7 design language.
Does anyone use Pocket Casts as a Podcast App? I've been using it on my cell phone (Android) for a while and am now wondering if it synchs between the devices. The product description only mentions IOS devices but I don't see why they'd not support android as well as it relies on a Pocket Cast account.
Fair Trial
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Anyone with lag issues on whatsapp after the ios7 update? : /
backflip10019
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Anyone here use NextIssue? Thinking of getting a subscription for my girlfriend for Xmas (well, one of her gifts at least). She usually buys like 3-4 magazines a month at the grocery store, so seems like it's worth it. My only concern is the app -- does it work well? Easy to use?
Anyone have any experience using Onavo Extend? Just got a 5S with a 4G plan and in 3 days I've somehow used 300MB of my monthly 2GB so looking for ways to reduce my bandwidth
Is it safe and are there any negatives to it? I've noticed it sets a VPN up on my phone which it never used to do a year or so ago when I had it on my 4S
Is it safe and are there any negatives to it? I've noticed it sets a VPN up on my phone which it never used to do a year or so ago when I had it on my 4S
Sorry I've only synced between my iOS devices but frankly since it uses their own sync it must also sync with the Android version. It's great on iOS though, best podcast app out there in my opinion.
Face it Tiger..
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exmachina64
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Just to follow up, here it is straight from the developers mouth:
http://www.shiftyjelly.com/android/pocketcasts#sync
http://www.shiftyjelly.com/android/pocketcasts#sync
You have to pay a fee if you're using it online (away from home.) It's free over LAN, and works quite well (very low latency)
LogMeIn is free online, but has high latency
Thank's I'll look into those apps.
Also any good apps for news, magazines, etc.?
I want to use my iPad to read a lot of articles from news outlets in the future.
Thanks
Oh it is free over the LAN? Some reason I thought you had to pay. Just need to put in the local IP address?
How would it work for games such as starbound? Or is it too slow for that?
Jayayess1190
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Jayayess1190
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Well I like that Mr. Reader shows images next to news stories in the feed, but I have found that when using Mr. Reader with Feedly it follows the 30-day limit Feedly has. I have found that feeds in Reader show articles older than 30 days while Reader removes articles older than that like you get on Feedly's site or apps. But there is not really a reason to go back. I too have switched to Reader, but redownload Mr. Reader to check it out.
Mr. Reader also has search.
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/pdf-expert-5-fill-forms-annotate/id743974925?mt=8
PDF Expert 5 is released.
I hate that I have to buy a new app for the ner version. :/ poop
PDF Expert 5 is released.
I hate that I have to buy a new app for the ner version. :/ poop
Leona Lewis
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Especially since this thread just made me buy PDF Expert 4 last week -_-
Still, amazing app, even for $20. I'll continue giving the developer some coins.
There's an alarm tab in the stock Clock app.
Gamecocks625
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I got no stock app, I'm on iOS 6.
But can you recommend another one?
I thought it was stock in iOS 6 too.
Oh wait, you're right!
This is hands down the best alarm clock on the app store, as it wakes you up at exactly the right time to feel most refreshed. But I don't think it would work with an iPad, because you have to put it in bed with you (under pillow, strap to your arm, tuck under covers, etc) to sense your movements.
This one works really well on the iPad and looks gorgeous. I also used it for weather info before finding this weather app which I now use exclusively on both my phone and iPad.
Of course, there's also the stock Clock app if you don't wanna buy an additional app.
One of the reasons why I delayed jumping back to iPhone from my Nexus 4 was exactly this. The other is getting my order of the iPhone skin made out of concrete. It feels just perfect; never liked the design choice of aluminium. Aesthetically aluminium is great, but I do not like the tactile perception of it.
Instapaper will be free tonight.
What's everyone using for RSS these days? Reeder 2 + Instapaper? Flipboard, something else? This will be a good excuse for me to stop visiting websites randomly and just get a feed going. Looking for a combination that'll sync seemlessly across iPad and iPhone.
What's everyone using for RSS these days? Reeder 2 + Instapaper? Flipboard, something else? This will be a good excuse for me to stop visiting websites randomly and just get a feed going. Looking for a combination that'll sync seemlessly across iPad and iPhone.
I use Reeder 2 for iOS, plus ReadKit for Mac which doubles for RSS feeds as well as Pocket, which I use to save and tag articles.
I had Intapaper but I thought Pocket was better in every way that was important to me at least, especially the use of tags which I thought was huge. Also, it seemed to handle pictures and videos better, but when then it still has it's issues with some websites I frequent.
I'm using the original Reeder on the iPhone, and Pulse on the iPad.
Pocket in both of them.
I've been looking for something better than Pulse for ages, because the latest updates have turned it into a not so great app. But using an older version of it still beats any other app I have tried for the iPad. It's such a shame the direction in which Pulse has gone.
Pocket in both of them.
I've been looking for something better than Pulse for ages, because the latest updates have turned it into a not so great app. But using an older version of it still beats any other app I have tried for the iPad. It's such a shame the direction in which Pulse has gone.
Are there any known issues with HeyDay and Quip on the latest verison of ios7? Both appear as dim icons and will not open. When I attempt to uninstall HeyDay it says I will be deleting "(null)" and nothing happens. When I attempt to uninstall Quip, it wants to uninstall Mailbox...
DJ Crimson
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I'm looking to buy some decent interactive books for my younger cousin. She got an iPad for Christmas and it's already loaded with games (Minecraft, Angry Birds, et cetera) so I figured I'd help out in this department. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
How old? My son is 5 and he's really enjoyed these so far:
Don't Let the Pigeon Run This App
La Luna Storybook
The Trip: Little Critter Reading Adventure
Don't Open Before Christmas
Charlie Brown Christmas
SO I imagine you all have downloaded Apple's 12 Days of gifts app, whereby they introduce a free iTunes item each day from December 26th for 12 days.
Previously, it was not available for US, but this year it has.
Normally it doesn't give you anything until the promotion starts, but I opend it today, and I got a free singles album (Lorde) with a music video and new single.
Did you guys in US get anything?
Previously, it was not available for US, but this year it has.
Normally it doesn't give you anything until the promotion starts, but I opend it today, and I got a free singles album (Lorde) with a music video and new single.
Did you guys in US get anything?
Iacobellis
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Yes. You can answer them with the Play/Pause button.
Cool, I'll have to try it one day soon. I've probably missed a ton of features because I didn't read the manual entirely. I can make calls too right?
Cool, I'll have to try it one day soon. I've probably missed a ton of features because I didn't read the manual entirely. I can make calls too right?
It has three buttons, volume up/down and play/pause.
While playing music, double click to skip forward, triple click to go back I think.
Long press button and you will activate Siri and form there you can ask her to make calls and so on.
Indeed, that's what I asked about last time. Thanks