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Day 1: What apps have you already installed?

SolidOrange

SolidOrange

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Just thought it would be interesting to find out what everyone else considers to be "must have" apps/widgets.

here's what i have downloaded so far:

Productivity Apps
Dolphin Browser HD - stock browser replacement
Evernote- note taking, upload to the cloud
Extended Controls - stock power control widget replacement
Handcent - stock SMS replacement
Lightflow - customize LED colors for individual apps
NOVA for ICS - stock launcher replacement (customizable homescreen grid, change icons, resize widgets, remove search bar, etc.)
Zedge - download wallpapers, ringtones, notification tones

Multimedia Apps
Netflix - duh
Slacker - streaming radio, customizable stations
TinyShark - streaming music, you pick the song! (FINALLY)
TuneIn - streaming radio, real AM/FM stations from around the globe

Games
Angry Birds
Paper Zombies
SpeedX 3D
Wind Up Knight

Widgets
Circle Battery
Extended Controls
ICS Clock


i'm sure i will end up with more by the time i go to sleep tonight, but that's what i've got so far. anyone else wanna play?
 
I downloaded the Drag Racer app right away. I guess its 90% of why I went from dumbphone to smart phone today :-)

Thinking Facebook, Netflix next. I'll check out some of the ones you posted, they sound useful lol
 
DAHTcom said:
I downloaded the Drag Racer app right away. I guess its 90% of why I went from dumbphone to smart phone today :-)

Thinking Facebook, Netflix next. I'll check out some of the ones you posted, they sound useful lol
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I was big into Drag Racing when it first came out, was top 100 globally with my ferrari 599, but quit playing when everyone started posting/downloading saved game files. It's no fun when half the people you play are cheating. :o
 
app useful and working good:
-Flash player 11
-astro
-chainfire 3d (root)
-convertpad
-green power
-phonemypc
-slingplayer
-facebook
-skype
-flashlight
-paypal
-shazam
-printershare
-torque
-titanium backup (root)

Working game
-Asphalt 6
-Galaxy on fire 2 THD (root/chainfire3d)
-Fruit ninja THD (root/chainfire3d)
-NFS Hot pursuit
-Madden NFL 12

the best (NON-working) app that hope to get soon:
-switchpro widget
-pretty all game from gayloft
-GTA 3 from rockstar (now on market)
 
DS Audio (Audio player for my Synology NAS)
Grooveshark (take advantage of they're $50/year deal NOW!)
Pandora
MX Video Player

Phandroid
Dropbox
Simple Calender (doesn't work)
Switch Pro (4G toggle doesn't work :( )

Twitter for Android
Google Voice
Tapatalk
Yahoo Mail
 
SolidOrange said:
sorry, should have linked in the OP

[APP] Nova Launcher Beta (ICS based) - xda-developers

aaaaaaaaand ninja'd.... by the person who asked, no less.
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Dubbin1 said:
Loving Nova Launcher!!! Its a must have app.
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Looks very interesting, I noticed it lets you use the space the search bar takes up.

One thing it didn't mention, does it allow you to select the number of home screens you use? I'm use to 7, although with 5x4 I could probably bring it down to 5.
 
Dubbin1 said:
I'm just using the apk, all I was looking to do was get rid of the google search at the top.
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FYI - you can remove the Google search bar from the top by:

1) settings
2) apps
3) choose Google search
4) disable

However, just installed Nova Launcher....regained that Google Search space for icons! :)
 
SolidOrange said:
Handcent - stock SMS replacement
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How is Handcent working for you? For me it is pretty spotty. Seems to work fine for SMS but crashed on my both times I received an MMS message. It also crashed on me every single time I tried to "test notifications" in the settings menu. The popup doesn't seem to be placed correctly either as the keyboard cuts into the popup when trying to type a quickreply.

Handcent has always been my favorite SMS app as well, and I'm using it okay, but there are definitely growing pains. I had to open the stock messaging app to open my MMS messages.
 
  • pdanet
  • blueant
  • scanner radio
  • ringguard
  • screen filter
  • quick settings
  • Xmarks
  • Astro
  • SMS to Texy Pro
 
NCTurner said:
FYI - you can remove the Google search bar from the top by:

1) settings
2) apps
3) choose Google search
4) disable

However, just installed Nova Launcher....regained that Google Search space for icons! :)
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Thanks I did not know that.

Edit: yes we can remove it but we cant use the space ;)
 
hammb said:
How is Handcent working for you? For me it is pretty spotty. Seems to work fine for SMS but crashed on my both times I received an MMS message. It also crashed on me every single time I tried to "test notifications" in the settings menu. The popup doesn't seem to be placed correctly either as the keyboard cuts into the popup when trying to type a quickreply.

Handcent has always been my favorite SMS app as well, and I'm using it okay, but there are definitely growing pains. I had to open the stock messaging app to open my MMS messages.
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handcent is working fine for me, although i haven't received an MMS yet, so i can't comment there. it did crash out on me during "test notification", but no other issues so far.
 
First off let me say this:
- I came from a blackberry where if I installed more than 5 apps, the device slowed to a crawl
- the android market is amazing, love installing remotely using the main website on my PC
- All these apps serve some purpose on my device
- I didn't pay more than $0.10/app due to the great deals Android has had these last 10 days, I feel sorry for anyone who missed it, there were some great apps available



Games
Angry Birds
Apparatus
Blow Up
Doodle Jump
Flick Golf
Super KO Boxing! 2https://market.android.com/details?id=com.glu.android.skob2
Speedx 3D full&free

Live Wallpapers
Galactic Core Live Wallpaper

Health
Endomondo Sports Tracker PRO
Instant Heart Rate Pro
Sleep as Android

Social
Facebook for Android

Apps
ESPN ScoreCenter
CBC News
GasBuddy
Google Googles
Google Reader
IMDB
Google Translate
Shazam Encore
SlideIT Keyboard
Optik TV Remote Record
MX Video Playerhttps://market.android.com/details?id=com.mxtech.videoplayer.ad
Speedtest.net
SoundHound ∞
Skype
Star Chart
TED Air
Ventriloid
TuneIn Radio
Twitter
WeatherEye
Winamp
Wifi Analyzer
 
How did you get the circle battery widget on your screen? It isn't listed under my available widgets and they took away the menu-add-widgets option...thanks!
 
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