The Must Have Android Apps

[basslover1]

This is outstanding:

http://uk.androlib.com/android.application.com-netgate-qpwn.aspx

Personal Assistant.

Looks cool, but I'm a bit iffy about putting all of my personal info onto my cell phone.

 

[Hadsus]

Looks cool, but I'm a bit iffy about putting all of my personal info onto my cell phone.

Yeah, that went through my head too. But account numbers and XXXXX'd out and.......

"ABOUT SECURITY
Pageonce adheres to the highest standards in security in order to keep your data private and secure. Personal Assistant uses 128 bit SSL encryption and is insured by a top 10 A+ rated insurance carrier."

http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/814

 

[destrekor]

Yeah, that went through my head too. But account numbers and XXXXX'd out and.......

"ABOUT SECURITY
Pageonce adheres to the highest standards in security in order to keep your data private and secure. Personal Assistant uses 128 bit SSL encryption and is insured by a top 10 A+ rated insurance carrier."

http://appworld.blackberry.com/webstore/content/814

similar to online services like Mint, which condense all your accounts and whatnot.

They may take a lot of measures to ensure absolute security, but I still don't quite have enough trust to put everything in one place. Just a personal thing.
Yes, individual account providers for online banking and stuff are just as vulnerable, but they have one account. If a particular site gets compromised, I may have to deal with cleaning up one account, and not all of my accounts.

I don't have no so many different things that I could benefit greatly from having all my accounts in a single place, and I have the Mobile Banking app (for my USAA account), and a bookmark to another mobile banking website. I have multiple services at each so I have two places to track all of my financial information (plus Google Finance for the market, of which seriously needs to get a little more added to it).

 

[Glitchny]

hmm so after further review I think I prefer dxTop to GDE as a home app replacement. GDE just seems slow and a resource hog compared to dxTop, and I really like the four screen set up and the free theme's.

 

[Hadsus]

I wanted to try dxtop but apparently there is this 30 minute tryout nonsense and then things get reverted back. Don't quite understand how that works but it sounds so Xbox demo child-like. I'm using GDE right now and I agree it is more sluggish than I would like. Since it's just a few buckos I kept it as the developer may make it more efficient as it is updated.

 

[Glitchny]

I wanted to try dxtop but apparently there is this 30 minute tryout nonsense and then things get reverted back. Don't quite understand how that works but it sounds so Xbox demo child-like. I'm using GDE right now and I agree it is more sluggish than I would like. Since it's just a few buckos I kept it as the developer may make it more efficient as it is updated.

the dxtop trial thing just resets dxtop every 30min, it generally isn't a big issue when trying to get a feel for it. I just like being able to access every home screen from any other home screen instead of scrolling through them.

 

[Hadsus]

I broke down and tried it anyway. Nice app. Funny thing is that it didn't change anything after 30 min. Still has some lag....I suppose like any home alternative will.

 

[Yzzim]

So I downloaded the Google Voice app but don't see how you can place calls with google voice. I went into the settings option and see under "Making Calls":

- Only use Google Voice for international calls
- Ask to use Gogle Voice for each international calls
- Do not use Google Voice for any calls

I even downloaded the Google Voice toggle and it just gives me a choice between these three options.

I do have my google voice account synced with the google voice app.

 

[Spoooon]

That's weird. On mine, I have the option to use Google voice for all calls or be prompted for each call.

 

[Yzzim]

Do I have to enter my google voice number on my phone anywhere?

Do I have to edit some settings on my google account?

 

[Spoooon]

Do I have to enter my google voice number on my phone anywhere?

Do I have to edit some settings on my google account?

I don't recall doing anything special. The only thing I remember doing is setting up google voice to receive my voicemail (and that was just to set up the voicemail as opposed to trying to figure out the solution to a problem). You could try howardforums or one of the various droid forums out there.

 

[Bateluer]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/183342/porn_app_store_lands_on_android_phones.html

 

[her209]

http://www.pcworld.com/article/183342/porn_app_store_lands_on_android_phones.html

"Dildroid"

*chuckle*

 

[maziwanka]

So I downloaded the Google Voice app but don't see how you can place calls with google voice. I went into the settings option and see under "Making Calls":

- Only use Google Voice for international calls
- Ask to use Gogle Voice for each international calls
- Do not use Google Voice for any calls

I even downloaded the Google Voice toggle and it just gives me a choice between these three options.

I do have my google voice account synced with the google voice app.

do you have the droid eris? i think the google voice for all calls settings might only be for the droid

 

[Bateluer]

http://store.androidguys.com/product.asp?id=21847&n=CIDR-Calculator

CIDR calculator, slick.

 

[Bateluer]

http://store.androidguys.com/product.asp?id=21847&n=CIDR-Calculator

CIDR calculator, slick.

 

[Hadsus]

I broke down and tried it anyway. Nice app. Funny thing is that it didn't change anything after 30 min. Still has some lag....I suppose like any home alternative will.

GDE updated this morning.....looks like the developer put some performance into the app....rotating cube, getting around is more snappy.

 

[Glitchny]

GDE updated this morning.....looks like the developer put some performance into the app....rotating cube, getting around is more snappy.

Yea I've noticed this as well. Of course it gets updated as soon as I get dxTop themed and set up. Now I'm torn on which to use.

 

[Hadsus]

I discovered the Dx Top folders just recently....for the apps. Nice. 'Cause it all becomes a jumbled mess after awhile. Wish GDE had that built into the app bin. But it has enough plusses that it is my home of choice now.

 

[Glitchny]

I discovered the Dx Top folders just recently....for the apps. Nice. 'Cause it all becomes a jumbled mess after awhile. Wish GDE had that built into the app bin. But it has enough plusses that it is my home of choice now.

Yea the "Live Folders" are pretty nice in dxTop. But so is the Application Bin Widget in GDE. I do like the 4 screen diamond thin in dxTop though. It's nice being able to switch to any screen from any of the others.

 

[destrekor]

Yea the "Live Folders" are pretty nice in dxTop. But so is the Application Bin Widget in GDE. I do like the 4 screen diamond thin in dxTop though. It's nice being able to switch to any screen from any of the others.

Awesome things in GDE:
seamless scroll (?) to go from furthest left screen to furthest right, and vice versa (like you keep going one direction and eventually return to the main home screen).
A fast flick can take you from any home screen to the furthest boundary in the direction you flicked, and tapping the screen will stop it on the screen you tapped.

Folders?
Not experienced in these "Live Folders", so can't say what competes with them.
But there are folders on the desktop that anything can be dragged into (minus widgets).
Also, in the applications menu of GDE, if you press back, you'll see there is a All Applications folder, and you can add more folders. One of these other folders can even be the default "drawer" should you choose to set it to that when configuring what the Menu button or the drawer icon brings up when tapped. So you could make a "Social Apps" folder and when you press the drawer icon, instead of getting all apps, it would only show the "Social Apps", presumably only including the apps you actually place in that folder. And pressing the Back button would bring you to the Main Applications screen where the folders are, so All Apps is two taps away if you went that route.

 

[Glitchny]

Awesome things in GDE:
seamless scroll (?) to go from furthest left screen to furthest right, and vice versa (like you keep going one direction and eventually return to the main home screen).
A fast flick can take you from any home screen to the furthest boundary in the direction you flicked, and tapping the screen will stop it on the screen you tapped.

Folders?
Not experienced in these "Live Folders", so can't say what competes with them.
But there are folders on the desktop that anything can be dragged into (minus widgets).
Also, in the applications menu of GDE, if you press back, you'll see there is a All Applications folder, and you can add more folders. One of these other folders can even be the default "drawer" should you choose to set it to that when configuring what the Menu button or the drawer icon brings up when tapped. So you could make a "Social Apps" folder and when you press the drawer icon, instead of getting all apps, it would only show the "Social Apps", presumably only including the apps you actually place in that folder. And pressing the Back button would bring you to the Main Applications screen where the folders are, so All Apps is two taps away if you went that route.

Yea I know about the seamless scroll in GDE, still more of a fan of the way dx:Top works with Up/Down/Left/Right all being unique screens.

 

[lokiju]

Has anyone found a good Android alternative for Yelp and UrbanSpoon?

Google Places seems pretty good but while it does show reviews from urbanspoon, it doesn't count those reviews towards ratings.

 

[Glitchny]

Has anyone found a good Android alternative for Yelp and UrbanSpoon?

Google Places seems pretty good but while it does show reviews from urbanspoon, it doesn't count those reviews towards ratings.

I use Where which includes Yelp reviews in the listings etc and seems to have a lot of good info available.

 

[vshah]

i tried the opentable app last night and it worked perfectly