Not sure if MSNBC is on it but there's an app called RadioTime that has most of the radio station (AM/FM) that's streaming online. It checks your location and shows all available stations. 2.99 in the market.
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Android Market is kicking into gear!
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Not sure if MSNBC is on it but there's an app called RadioTime that has most of the radio station (AM/FM) that's streaming online. It checks your location and shows all available stations. 2.99 in the market.
GirLuvsDroid
Android Expert
Is there a difference between the epub books available from the eReader site, and those available on the B&N site? It was my understanding that they were the same thing, since I got to eReader via a link from the B&N site. If not, my bad -- are you saying there are actually two different apps named eReader associated with B&N?
I have installed the eReader app but haven't actually purchased any books yet -- still have several free ones to get through in Aldiko.
Both eReader.com and Fictionwise (and a number of other sites -- look for sites that sell .pdb format ebooks) have current books to purchase for the eReader app that you posted the link to. I have literally hundreds of books from those sites, all of which I can read on that eReader on my Droid.
The confusion here is that, although Barnes and Noble now owns both eReader.com and Fictionwise, Barnes and Noble has its own proprietary eReader (available for PC and Mac, Blackberry and the ICrap (Pod, Phone and Pad), but not yet available for Android). The nook also runs that same B&N software (and it completely baffles me that they don't yet have their eReader for Android, since the nook is itself an Android device that can be rooted!). My son has a nook and, although he can read all of the .pbd books I've purchased from eReader.com and other sites on his nook, I can't read any ebooks purchased from Barnes and Noble on my Droid.
I've informed Barnes and Noble that we won't be purchasing any ebooks from them until they provide a B&N eReader for Android.
shizzy1427
Android Enthusiast
Well you will never have flash on an iPhone so you can forget about that if you switch. And i've never had any trouble using Format Factory to put videos on my droid and they look perfect when viewed via Video Player from the market.Very disappointed with lack of any reasonable way to download and view video's and lack of even a reasonable alternative to flash on the phone.
Errr... Iphone apps as much junk as Android. Well one thing i can tell you, iPhone apps are prettier and that's usually about it. Pretty junks vs junks... nothing much to compare. What they all have one thing in common is there are always a diamond hidden among the craps. All you have to do is find it. I found mine, It's call Google Navigation, never stop loving it.
leftystrat
Well-Known Member
I am increasingly disappointed in the lack of apps for this phone.
Very disappointed with lack of any reasonable way to download and view video's and lack of even a reasonable alternative to flash on the phone.
The lack of Flash hasn't been a mystery.
As for your preferences, perhaps you'll be better served shopping around and researching before you get another phone.
GirLuvsDroid
Android Expert
By the way, in addition to the eReader we've already discussed in this thread, there is iReader, available for $1.99 in the market, which reads txt, chm, .pdb and Mobipocket (.prc) books. This allows you to purchase Mobipocket books (my experience in the past has been that, when I couldn't find a current version of a book in .pdb, I could usually find it in Mobipocket). I understand that Mobipocket will convert pretty much anything to .prc (including .pdf files), so you can read them on iReader also. Between Aldiko, eReader and iReader, you can pretty much read any kind of ebook content on your Android.
Mihalick.....
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU..
That is exactly what I was looking for... I never would have found it. I love to listen to the news while driving and that is why I had FloTV on my old phone.. couldn't see it but listened to it for hours.. I like music but it makes me sleepy when driving long distances...
you made my Day!!
THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU..
That is exactly what I was looking for... I never would have found it. I love to listen to the news while driving and that is why I had FloTV on my old phone.. couldn't see it but listened to it for hours.. I like music but it makes me sleepy when driving long distances...
you made my Day!!
eclsnowman
Newbie
There is still one glaring error with Android. Don't get me wrong I LOOOOVE my droid and well just about everything google gets it Midas-Touch hands on but the NDK for android is too weak. That's the reason we cannot play divx on our phone even though we can overclock out CPU's to 1200 mhz (hell my crappy omnia was a divx rockstar). There is just not enough access to the power laying on the underlying linux when you are running everything in a JAVA layer. Looks at some of the posts over by the sharp guys at XDA or the Coreplayer android thread:
"11th January 2010, 01:27 AM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpos ... stcount=22
posted by: bradsh1
The i8910 runs Symbian which is a real smartphone OS. As a result, it has a version of coreplayer and other apps which can decode avi, divx, xvid, etc even though the manufacturer might not have made such an application available.
There is no coreplayer for android because android apps are not native -- they run in an interpreted Java VM (it doesn't even have a JIT). In fact, I personally classify Android as a dumbphone OS -- there have been dumbphones that can multitask J2ME apps for years, and if all of the JSRs are implemented, J2ME is a rather complete spec (it even has accelerated 3D, something that Google is just now getting around to). To me, the defining feature of a smartphone is the capability to run native apps ... so both Android and Blackberry are just really, really fancy dumbphones.
Granted, Google has released the "NDK" (native development kit), but the programmers behind coreplayer have declared the NDK to be a complete joke, and have stated that they will not be bringing coreplayer to android until Google more fully addresses the lack of a way to interact with the phone hardware on a lower level.
I love my Nexus One, but IMO this is one area where google really really dropped the ball. Windows Mobile, iPhone, S60, Maemo, and soon even web OS support native apps. Google needs to do two things:
1) Get its game together and offer real native app support
2) Offer APIs to hardware accelerate multimedia functions (I think they may have finally added 3D in 2.1)
... I'm sick of having apps on my 1GHz snapdragon that look like gameboy advance crapware.
If I'm wrong about any of this stuff, someone please let me know, but as far as I know this is the case."
"11th January 2010, 01:27 AM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpos ... stcount=22
posted by: bradsh1
The i8910 runs Symbian which is a real smartphone OS. As a result, it has a version of coreplayer and other apps which can decode avi, divx, xvid, etc even though the manufacturer might not have made such an application available.
There is no coreplayer for android because android apps are not native -- they run in an interpreted Java VM (it doesn't even have a JIT). In fact, I personally classify Android as a dumbphone OS -- there have been dumbphones that can multitask J2ME apps for years, and if all of the JSRs are implemented, J2ME is a rather complete spec (it even has accelerated 3D, something that Google is just now getting around to). To me, the defining feature of a smartphone is the capability to run native apps ... so both Android and Blackberry are just really, really fancy dumbphones.
Granted, Google has released the "NDK" (native development kit), but the programmers behind coreplayer have declared the NDK to be a complete joke, and have stated that they will not be bringing coreplayer to android until Google more fully addresses the lack of a way to interact with the phone hardware on a lower level.
I love my Nexus One, but IMO this is one area where google really really dropped the ball. Windows Mobile, iPhone, S60, Maemo, and soon even web OS support native apps. Google needs to do two things:
1) Get its game together and offer real native app support
2) Offer APIs to hardware accelerate multimedia functions (I think they may have finally added 3D in 2.1)
... I'm sick of having apps on my 1GHz snapdragon that look like gameboy advance crapware.
If I'm wrong about any of this stuff, someone please let me know, but as far as I know this is the case."
MiXoLoGiSt
Well-Known Member
Yes Android Market has had a lot of apps added but A LOT of them are useless like soundboards and those stupid chinese girl photos apps. iPhone has some useless apps but nowhere near as bad as Android. I love my Moto Droid but apps are a pain to find anything good on it. I get tired of looking though thousands of apps to find a good one because of all the Chinese Porn, Soundboards and Themes.
I second that .... how the heck do you find anything good through all the junk ??
djkeller3
Android Enthusiast
Try DroidLive... there's a lot of stuff in there... some broadcast stations broadcast live on the internet there... I found Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity on WABC (New York City) and listen to the live shows everyday with DroidLive.
djkeller3
Android Enthusiast
I had problems with AOR and started using DroidLive instead. I'll try it again.
djkeller3
Android Enthusiast
I understand where you are coming from, but for me as a fairly newbee, I think its coming along.
Regarding radio stations, you can try flycast. Its not perfect, but will work, if you really need local stations, otherwise you can't beat Pandora. Of all the apps out there, I may cancel my sirius because of Pandora.
Also, download AppAware. This is pretty neat to see what other people are installing and uninstalling. I have been able to check a few out, keeping some and trashing others.
Good luck and try to enjoy!
If you like Pandora, you'll love Slacker. You can fine-tune Slacker to play PRECISELY what you're after much more thoroughly than Pandora. Used to listen to Pandora all the time, but Slacker really is much better. Best to go online and create your account and then customize your music on your computer. I opted for the $5 subscription and am in music heaven. Just like satellite radio, only better.
You can buy books from Smashwords, d'l in epub format & read them with Aldiko.
I thought the graphics looked like crap because they were on my htc hero, now I know it really is android.
KAL-EL
Well-Known Member
WOW, thank you for suggesting this to someone. I too was looking for an app like this. For starters, I wanted to be able to listen to my local AM sports radio station before I started driting off to sleep at night. The cherry on top is that it has all those music stations too. ElectricFM is pretty good with that part too.
That's great that Android is catching up with apps. Not that the number of apps really matters (rather the quality of apps and functions - many apps on the Appstore are just multiples of the same functioning apps anyways), but it'll just be one less thing the iPhoners can try to say is better about their phone
EDIT: Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of repeat apps and useless apps on Android Marketplace as well. But the number of apps for the device has never been real criteria for which phone I should get anyways
EDIT: Don't get me wrong, there are a lot of repeat apps and useless apps on Android Marketplace as well. But the number of apps for the device has never been real criteria for which phone I should get anyways
fortesquieu
Android Expert
Considering this thread is full whiney "Waaah the app store only has good apps and the Android market is full of soundboards!!!1" idiots I don't think facts or information is going to help much.
neelmehta
Member
I agree that lot of Apple's are crap but the apps I have on my iTouch that I miss not having on my android are:
-Chase Banking (I know I can do mobile banking through the web but I like the Chase app)
-Pocket Tunes (You can record radio stations and play them later like a DVR)
-Fuel TV
-Mountain High Resort (for snowboarding)
-Facebook (apple one is way better IMO with notifications and inbox, etc.. than ours)
I thought these were pretty quality apps...hope Android gets them soon
-Chase Banking (I know I can do mobile banking through the web but I like the Chase app)
-Pocket Tunes (You can record radio stations and play them later like a DVR)
-Fuel TV
-Mountain High Resort (for snowboarding)
-Facebook (apple one is way better IMO with notifications and inbox, etc.. than ours)
I thought these were pretty quality apps...hope Android gets them soon