I would definately get the Comcast cable TV App! It's free and you get HBO as well. Sweet HD on the Hero. You might also want to check out the Dollar Menu McDonalds App. Each day there is a dollar menu item not listed on the menu that you have exclusive access to just by showing them your Hero.
Hey JB,
I am just being a smartass here. Sorry, I thought the wink smiley would give it away. There are a lot of fantastic Apps for the hero. Just trying for a laugh. Please excuse my belligerence.
Titanium Backup - Awesome for backing up your apps, especially if you want to change ROMs.
SetCPU - along with rooting and Gumbo Kernel, this thing is awesome.
Quick Boot - Quickly boot into recovery, reboot, or bootloader.
Dolphin Browser - Awesome browser.
Handcent SMS - Much better than the stock app. Beautiful Widgets - It is paid, but they are all great.
Weatherbug Elite - The best weather app for Android, in my opinion.
Layar - Pretty nifty app. Just try it out.
Shazam - identifies a song by listening to it. Very useful if you listen to the radio.
Barcode Scanner - Scan barcodes to open things in the Market or web browser.
Places Directory - Google's directory. Find pretty much anything.
Google Sky Map - Awesome star map even if you don't stargaze. Just check it out.
Solitaire - everyone loves solitaire.
MetaMorph - if you want some awesome custom themes.
Gmail Unread Count - display the number of unread Gmail messages on a widget.
ShapeWriter - the most awesome keyboard. Just try it and wonder how you ever used the stock keyboard.
Quick Settings - Quickly turn off/on GPS, wifi, Bluetooth, backlight, and mobile data.
I've downloaded ShapeWriter and installed it. But I don't notice any changes. Did I miss something? Shouldn't the screen flip on an application when I turn the phone horizontally?
Thanks!
Did you follow the instructions to properly enable ShapeWriter? Go to Settings -> Text and Locale -> ShapeWriter -> Click "Enable." Then go to a text message or any other input field and hold down your finger on it until a menu pops up and select "Input Method" then ShapeWriter. Voila!
Thanks everyone, keep them coming! Any suggestions for my screen/typing problem? my screen sometimes doesn
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