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If you're an iphone user, turn away now.  This thread will only tilt your brainwashed mind.  You have been warned.   rotflmfao

The links take you to each app's page on the Marketplace website.  Here's what blondes are using on their Androids:

Out and About Apps
Barcode scanner (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.zxing.client.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuenhpbmcuY2xpZW50LmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..) - Scan barcodes on products then look up prices and reviews.
Shop Savvy (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.biggu.shopsavvy&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5iaWdndS5zaG9wc2F2dnkiXQ..) - ShopSavvy will provide you with a list of online and local prices.
cab4me (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cab4me.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5jYWI0bWUuYW5kcm9pZCJd) - helps you to get a cab when you need it & see taxi ranks where available.
Google Sky Map (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.stardroid&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5zdGFyZHJvaWQiXQ..) - turns your Android-powered device into a window on the night sky
Quidco (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.quidco&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5xdWlkY28iXQ..) - personalised offers and deals on the go
c:geo (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cgeo.geocaching&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNnZW8uZ2VvY2FjaGluZyJd) - Simple and always ready-to-go client for Geocaching.com

Phone Helps Apps
Bar Control (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.schwimmer.android.barcontrol&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zY2h3aW1tZXIuYW5kcm9pZC5iYXJjb250cm9sIl0.) - This allows you to switch to your most used apps quicker without going to the home screen.
handyCalc (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mmin.handycalc&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5tbWluLmhhbmR5Y2FsYyJd) - almost all the features you can imagine on a calculator
Locale (paid) (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twofortyfouram.locale&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50d29mb3J0eWZvdXJhbS5sb2NhbGUiXQ..) - never worry about your ringer going off accidentally again
MyBackup Pro (paid) (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yZXJ3YXJlLmFuZHJvaWQuTXlCYWNrdXBQcm8iXQ..) - Backup (with schedule option) to our online secure servers, or SD card
Ringdroid (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ringdroid&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yaW5nZHJvaWQiXQ..) - Create ringtones from your own music library, or record new ones on the fly.
Yata (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pelletiere.android.reallysimpletimer&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5wZWxsZXRpZXJlLmFuZHJvaWQucmVhbGx5c2ltcGxldGltZXIiXQ..) - a simple yet very customizable countdown timer.
Wireless tether (but only if you have root access) (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=android.tether&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImFuZHJvaWQudGV0aGVyIl0.) - enables wifi AND bluetooth-tethering (PAN) for "rooted" handsets.
Hoccer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.artcom.hoccer&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hcnRjb20uaG9jY2VyIl0.) - Data sharing simplified: Drag or throw any data to other devices
App Brain (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.appspot.swisscodemonkeys.apps&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hcHBzcG90LnN3aXNzY29kZW1vbmtleXMuYXBwcyJd) - Discover the best Android apps and share them with your friends.
Swift Key (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey.phone.trial&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50b3VjaHR5cGUuc3dpZnRrZXkucGhvbmUudHJpYWwiXQ..) - Award winning touchscreen keyboard for Android
Camera360 Ultimate (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=vStudio.Android.Camera360&hl=en) - camera app for your phone
Retro Camera (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.urbian.android.tools.vintagecam&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy51cmJpYW4uYW5kcm9pZC50b29scy52aW50YWdlY2FtIl0.) - Take old-school pics on your Android
Juice Defender (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sYXRlZHJvaWQuanVpY2VkZWZlbmRlciJd) - Battery saver app
PhotoFunia (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.photofunia.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5waG90b2Z1bmlhLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..) - Fun photo editing tool
LogMeIn Ignition (Paid) (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.logmein.ignitioneu.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5sb2dtZWluLmlnbml0aW9uZXUuYW5kcm9pZCJd) - Access your computer from your Android
Google Drive (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuYW5kcm9pZC5hcHBzLmRvY3MiXQ..) - store all your files in one place, so you can access them from anywhere and share them with others
Catch Note (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.threebanana.notes&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50aHJlZWJhbmFuYS5ub3RlcyJd) - Easily create new notes with text, voice or images, online or offline
Business Calendar (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=netgenius.bizcal&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5ldGdlbml1cy5iaXpjYWwiXQ..) - a complete calendar application that is synchronising with your Google calendars
Dropbox (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dropbox.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kcm9wYm94LmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..) - any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your Android device, and even the Dropbox website
Fancy Widgets (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.fancywidgets&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hbmRkb2VzLmZhbmN5d2lkZ2V0cyJd) - Personalize your Android home screen with highly customizable widgets
RealCalc Scientific Calculator (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.nickfines.RealCalc&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInVrLmNvLm5pY2tmaW5lcy5SZWFsQ2FsYyJd) - A fully featured scientific calculator which looks and operates like the real thing.

Media Apps
BBC Olympics (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.co.bbc.sos2012uk&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInVrLmNvLmJiYy5zb3MyMDEydWsiXQ..) - 2012 London Olympics
beebplayer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=bbc.iplayer.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImJiYy5pcGxheWVyLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ..) - BBC player for Android
Movie Finder (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.the4thdimension.moviefinder&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5ldC50aGU0dGhkaW1lbnNpb24ubW92aWVmaW5kZXIiXQ..) - search movies instantly and check out their rating, runtime and plot.
FotMob (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mobilefootie.wc2010&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tb2JpbGVmb290aWUud2MyMDEwIl0.) - Football app with news feed, live scores and more.
MixZing Media Player (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mixzing.basic&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5taXh6aW5nLmJhc2ljIl0.) - advanced media player
SkyGo (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.skygo&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5ic2t5Yi5za3lnbyJd) - On Demand and Live TV from Sky
Sky+ (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.bskyb.android.skyplus&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5ic2t5Yi5hbmRyb2lkLnNreXBsdXMiXQ..) - lets you record entire seasons of favourite shows to your compatible Sky+ HD box

Social Network/Messaging Apps
Seesmic (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.seesmic&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zZWVzbWljIl0.) - manage your social networks in a simple app.
eBuddy Messenger (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ebuddy.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5lYnVkZHkuYW5kcm9pZCJd) - Chat on multiple MSN, Facebook, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, GTalk, MySpace & Hyves accounts

Reference Apps
The Weather Channel (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.weather.Weather&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS53ZWF0aGVyLldlYXRoZXIiXQ..) - accurate and relevant weather information whenever weather matters to you.
Shazam (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.shazam.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zaGF6YW0uYW5kcm9pZCJd) - Hear a song you don't know? Shazam identifies it instantly
QuickDic (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.hughes.android.dictionary&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5odWdoZXMuYW5kcm9pZC5kaWN0aW9uYXJ5Il0.) - Offline multilingual translation dictionary
Engadget (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.aol.mobile.engadget&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hb2wubW9iaWxlLmVuZ2FkZ2V0Il0.) - obsessive daily coverage on gadgets & consumer electronics.
Met Office Weather (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=uk.gov.metoffice.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInVrLmdvdi5tZXRvZmZpY2UuYW5kcm9pZCJd) - Get your forecasts on the go with the official Met Office weather application
thetrainline (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.thetrainline&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS50aGV0cmFpbmxpbmUiXQ..) - search scheduled train times as well as purchase train tickets from the thetrainline.com
IMDb (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.imdb.mobile&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5pbWRiLm1vYmlsZSJd) - Movies, TV & celebrities
Amazon Kindle (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.amazon.kindle&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hbWF6b24ua2luZGxlIl0.) - Read books on your phone, including thousands of free Kindle books
Ebay (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ebay.mobile&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5lYmF5Lm1vYmlsZSJd) - browse, shop, sell and manage your eBay activity whenever and wherever you are

Health & Fitness
Instant Heart Rate (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=si.modula.android.instantheartrate&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInNpLm1vZHVsYS5hbmRyb2lkLmluc3RhbnRoZWFydHJhdGUiXQ..) - Turns your phone into a heart rate monitor.
Endomondo (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.endomondo.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5lbmRvbW9uZG8uYW5kcm9pZCJd) - Sports tracker, personal trainer and social fitness partner.

Poker and Games
Poker Income Tracker (Paid) (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pokerchang&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5wb2tlcmNoYW5nIl0.) - record keeper for all things poker
PokerEquityCalculator (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mamuso.pokerequitycalculator&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5tYW11c28ucG9rZXJlcXVpdHljYWxjdWxhdG9yIl0.) - works in a similar way to PokerStove, Pokerstrategy Equilator or Equilab
Poker Session Logger (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=p.sm&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsInAuc20iXQ..) - full featured bankroll tracker / poker log
Ultimate Holdem Timer (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.upt.timer.core&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS51cHQudGltZXIuY29yZSJd) - Fully customizable timer for your poker tournaments.
Angry Birds (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirds&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5yb3Zpby5hbmdyeWJpcmRzIl0.) - addictive or annoying (depending on your mood) game.
Stick cricket (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sticksports.stickcricket&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5zdGlja3Nwb3J0cy5zdGlja2NyaWNrZXQiXQ..) - The most popular cricket game in the world with over a billion game plays.
Ninja Fishing (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gamenauts.ninjafishingfull&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nYW1lbmF1dHMubmluamFmaXNoaW5nZnVsbCJd) - Sharpen your swords and swing your rods - it's time to fish...the NINJA way!
Alchemy (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=me.zed_0xff.android.alchemy&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm1lLnplZF8weGZmLmFuZHJvaWQuYWxjaGVteSJd) - Fire, Water, Earth and Air. Combine them and their products to get more than 300 new elements
Cut the Rope (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.zeptolab.ctr.lite.google&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS56ZXB0b2xhYi5jdHIubGl0ZS5nb29nbGUiXQ..) - Cut the Rope, catch a star, and feed Om Nom candy in this award-winning game
Jewels (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.mhgames.jewels&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm9yZy5taGdhbWVzLmpld2VscyJd) - a simple, yet quite polished and fun match-3 puzzle game
Robotek (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.hexage.robotek.hd&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsIm5ldC5oZXhhZ2Uucm9ib3Rlay5oZCJd) - Robots took over your world. This is your chance to take it back. Now with free online multiplayer.
Stupid Zombies (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gameresort.stupidzombies&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5nYW1lcmVzb3J0LnN0dXBpZHpvbWJpZXMiXQ..) - One man, one shotgun and lots of stupid zombies.
Tower Raiders 2 (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.gianormousgames.towerraiders2free&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5naWFub3Jtb3VzZ2FtZXMudG93ZXJyYWlkZXJzMmZyZWUiXQ..) - Get strategic in this epic tower defence extravaganza



EDIT - OP will be updated as and when you lot post new info.  
  :)

Have a look here

http://www.avforums.com/forums/htc-mobile-phone-discussions/

also a big thread on Android apps in the mobile phone thread but it goes back a long way.

Getting one on Monday,and selling it on Tuesday :)

Found their apps thread a bit more useful

http://www.avforums.com/forums/android-software/1017740-android-apps-discussion.html

Also found an apps thread on an Irish site

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055658304


Having so much fun with this!!!  Will report back with specific apps once I've had more time to play around.

1.01 sledge says HTC are better than apple, any takers?

But the iPhone is the 8th most important invention of all time (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/05/19/top_100_inventions_of_all_time/)!

 ;dingdell;

Next to 'flushing toilet', which is fairly apposite.

Handcent SMS is the best SMS app I've come across for android - very customisable as well.

SMS backup is also a must if you want to back up your texts.

Others I have include:

Barcode scanner
Shop Savvy
Bar Control
Bet on the move
beebplayer
cab4me
Facebook sync
handyCalc
Google Sky Map
Locale (paid)
Missed Call
Movie Finder
MyBackup Pro (paid)
Power Manager
Ringdroid
Seesmic or Twidroid (paid) if you use twitter
The Weather Channel
Wifi Fixer
Yata

and the best app of all imo - Wireless tether (but only if you have root access)

Oh, and saw someone with a Nexus using 'Swype' - what a brilliant app for phones without a hardware keyboard. Makes text entry an absolute breeze.

Unfortunately, it's only in beta at the moment and they've stopped giving out downloads.  But I'm sure it will be in open release soon.

www.swype.com

Fennec is out soon as well, which will be Firefox for Android

http://www.cnet.com/8301-19736_1-20005397-251.html

Haha I got a Htc Desire and its amazing imo...told Linux and he went into a massive apple rage, Android is the future kid...ask Google!  ;tightend;

just got mine today, the mfkin nuts!  owns the g1.

I've got swype on my Desire. It's pretty amazing.

Some good tips and advice here  http://androidforums.com/

Any decent Betfair App yet? only matter of time I guess...

Omg! Dunno how Iuckboxed picking this over the iPhone but dead happy with it.

got this too and love it also; only app i wish you could get is skysports one which isnt available for android yet

Just before the weekend, got myself a Samsung Galaxy S Android phone.  Looks very very similar to an iPhone, and now having played with it for a few days, got to say, miles better than the iPhone.

Bigger screen
higher quality Amoled screen
more memory
memory slot to put in as much more memory as I might want
Not restricted to stuff that is tightly controlled by iTunes store

it does everything an iPhone can do, and MORE..  Ok, some apps like Sky sports not there, but there are better alternates like ESPN sports, which is not just football its all sports..

I did compare all the android handsets including the HTC ones and this one compared top 2...  The best was called the HTC Evo, but, unfortunately as that came out in USA few weeks ago, aparently no plans to release in UK at all..  Shame..

Also got plenty of help from Kinboshi, many thanks...

Anybody downloaded the music wizard app???

You can download practically any song(Mp3) for free over a wide network? anybody know how this works? is it peer to peer? is it even legal?

Great APP though when you consider your paying something like 79p a track in itunes

Football App - FotMob
File Transfer - Hoccer

For Blatch - Bet Calculator

Anyone got any more new ones

Bet On The Move App is perfect for Betfair, and the Talking Tom app is comedy...

All that comes up is Signal Radar when i search for it

http://pda.wareseeker.com/HOBBIES/bet-on-the-move-1.0.2.zip/15fc3aa0a4

The Android phones take the Iphone to the cleaners and back, just ask SUPERMUG Linclutz.

Can you get it on the market, never downloaded an app direct to phone, would not have a clue where to start..

Anyone know if there's an Android equivalent of the Voucher Cloud app for the iPhone...?

Upgraded from my G2 (HTC Hero) to the Desire. Soooo good.

Not seen it on the market but just went into google and downloaded that link via the phone.

Ta downloaded... how do you create account.. no options to do so from what I can see..

You log in with your Betfair details, and off you go...

My contracts running out in the next few weeks and i cant decide over the htc or samsung galaxy s?? Any advice peeps.

I'm looking at the alternatives now as well.  The Desire and Galaxy S both look good, but it's such a shame that the Droid X won't be coming to the UK.  Looks like the dog's licky bits.  It's only on Verizon in the states, so that means you can't even buy it there and bring it back to the UK to get it unlocked and put a UK SIM in it, sigh.

Ty, I don't think you'll go massively wrong with either of those two.  I might even wait a few months and see what else is due to come out. 

Got the Galaxy S a couple of weeks back - mostly pleased with it - the screen is amaxingly clear and the video is better than the wife's Flip

But...

Twice so far it has just lost signal totally and I've had to put the SIM card into my old phone. I'm waiting for Orange to call me back in 10 minutes (since Saturday afternoon...)

Cheers m8, u got any idea what the new phones will be?

Not sure what the new ones are going to be.  All got 'codenames' such as the 'ace', the 'G2' (that's what they're calling it in the US, we call the Hero the G2 over here already), 'vision'.  Not sure which ones will be coming to the UK and which won't.

So it's the Galaxy S, the Desire or the Nexus if you want one now (and maybe one or two others).

The Desire would probably be my choice if I was getting one today.

Galaxy S - I have one - its brill

I believe, the soon to be rolled out, Android v2.2 will bring HD video to the Desire... something that the Galaxy has already.

2.2 is already out for a lot of phones (especially if you've rooted your phone, you can make sure you get it before it's released by your provider).  It seems to be a pretty big jump from 2.1 (which was a big jump from the previous version of android).  Flash 10.1 for the browser is a nice touch as well.

http://gizmodo.com/5543853/what-is-froyo

Things like the wireless tethering that turns the phone into a wi-fi hotspot were available before, but only if the phone was rooted.  Really handy feature that I use a fair bit when I'm out and about.

Since doing this is against the mobile operators' t&c... this will almost certainly be disabled in their branded firmware releases.

I've just ordered a Desire, on a decent (compared to my current package) deal, from mobiles.co.uk. They're part of Carphone Wharehouse group and allegedly send out un-locked, un-branded phones. I'll know for sure tomorrow.

Anyone use this - Ultimate Holdem Timer (http://www.androidpokertools.com/)?

If so, any good?

went with the galaxy s, ill report back once ive had a good old play with it.

Well I've had the HTC Desire for 3 days now and I think it's great. I'm only just scratched the surface of what it can do and what apps are available, but this how it looks at the moment -

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/Marvin1.png) (http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/Marvin2.png)

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/Marvin3.png) (http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/MarvinHome.png)

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/Marvin5.png) (http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/Marvin6.png)

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/Marvin7.png)

Yup the Htc Desire is amazing, Linux wished hed got one....

Looks amazing, can you let me know the names of the apps that you are using if they are not pre installed

any cool apps u guys would like to share?

Here's my current set up. My phone is rooted and i'm us CyanogenMod 6.0 ROM.

Homescreen, clock is TAJM, and Batt Stat widget.

(http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr210/jarv_1/2933550d.png)


Extended Controls, HTC Facebook widget, Twicca.

(http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr210/jarv_1/8c956160.png)


Launcher Pro Calender Widget.

(http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr210/jarv_1/f55bdffe.png)


MixZing Music Widget.

(http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr210/jarv_1/399f7427.png)


Launcher Pro Bookmarks Widget.

(http://i484.photobucket.com/albums/rr210/jarv_1/3334d267.png)

They are mostly pre-installed... plus these on the last page

3g Watchdog Widget
Internal Memory Widget
SD Card Memory Widget
Gauge Battery Widget

Apps downloaded thus far, free unless price shown

ESPN Scorecenter - Good
Golf Channel - So so
Golfshot GPS ($29.99) - Excellent
Ultimate Holdem Timer - Excelent
Handcent SMS - Good
MSN Talk - OK
eBay - OK
Google Sky Maps - Not really played with it.
Missed Call - Supposed to be good, but old number not ported til tonight, so no missed calls!
Barcode Scanner & Shop Savvy - waste of time
Google Shopper - Un-installed
Wi-Fi Analyser - Could be useful if you start getting wifi probs.
Wi-Fi Fixer - Not sure what it's suppoed to do!
Cab4Me - Haven't needed a cab yet.
Bet On The Move - Betfair app, not used in earnest but looks like it will do the job.

do u know how u guys have it set up on htc with all the screens looking good, how do i do that with my galaxy. All i have done is stick like 8 apps on each of the 7 pages, is that what all u other galaxy users have done?

I assume you do it the same way it is done on the Desire, since they have the same operating system.

Have a look here - http://androidforums.com/htc-desire/84650-show-us-your-desire-homescreens.html - everything discussed here for the Desire should work on the Galaxy S.

There is also a Galaxy S dedicated board - http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s/

Instant Heart Rate App - Cool

Stick your finger over the camera and it displays your heart rate.

Note: It works better on phones with a flash  LED... this alone makes the Desire far better than the Galaxy S! :)up

Because it run on flash Sky Poker will run in a browser window on an htc desire.Tiny table mind you and because of Sky's short action time you dont really get time to zoom it.

Betfair Touch now available from the Android Marketplace.


Finally !!!!!!

Got my upgrade today - the HTC Desire.  Now rooting it before I set it all up with the modded ROM.  How to do this is here: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Full_Update_Guide_-_HTC_Desire  if anyone's interested.

Just picked up my HTC Desire (replacement after losing the last one...sigh) and stumbled on to this site  www.appbrain.com 

Sign up with them and download appbrain to your phone.  You can surf for apps from your pc.  Pick and save what you're interested in on their site.  Then download the lot to the phone when ready.  Saves battery on the phone by having your search already done on the pc.

Did you get the friend finder app seemingly in helps find your friends name  from there cartoon character

http://www.cyrket.com/p/android/mobi.mgeek.TunnyBrowser/

I much prefer this to the standard browser. Allows for tabbed browsing and can run flash.  Fennec is in beta, which is firefox for mobiles. However, it's huge and at the moment doesn't allow you to install it to the sd card. So until it does, I'll be sticking to Dolphin.

The difference between Froyo (android 2.2) and previous versions is unbelievable.  The phone is 5 times faster and far more stable.

Love the built-in wireless and usb tethering, point-to-point sat nav a well as a lot of small features all over the place.

I find that this does all I need in a music player - Music Mod (http://www.appbrain.com/app/music-mod-%28froyo-only%29/com.piratemedia.musicmod)

And for those that want to see where they've been - My Tracks (http://www.appbrain.com/app/my-tracks/com.google.android.maps.mytracks)

And if you want your bad beat stories to be mathematically accurate (and even more boring!), then this is a must have - Poker Odds (http://www.appbrain.com/app/poker-odds/com.pokerodds) (€1.00)

Just got a Mini X10 Pro, beautiful little phone.

Sure can join in with app and homescreen discussions now though, cant fit anything apart from the clock on the screen!

Nice.  Sad, boring and annoying.  Sounds right up my street!

'Tis a good site :)up

You don't have to download the apps to your computer first though.  You can click the 'QR' button on the page of the app and it'll show you the QR code that you can scan using the app 'barcode scanner' and then you'll be able to go directly to the app in the market to download it. 

(http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=150x150&chl=market://search%3Fq%3Dpname:com.pokerodds)

That's the QR code for the Poker Odds app.

Click on the app you're interested in to get to the review of it.  Top left hand side click on 'Install' if yer interested in the app.  Rinse repeat until you're finished searching for apps.  Then go to the phone and click on AppBrain.  Click 'Manage and Sync' then work yer way down the list of pending apps to install them. 

Didn't download anything to my computer.  Everything goes str8 to the phone.  It stores a list online of what I've put on the phone too.  Handy for when this one goes missing.   ::)

I see.  Still seems like a long-winded way of getting an app to your phone to me!

Except automatically start playing again after a phone call... Doh! Crap!

Been playing around with it some more!! Pics in this post - http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=48053.msg1228640#msg1228640 - have been updated and have the following widgets...

Screen 1
Snowstorm Weather
Yahoo Finance

Screen 2
LauncherPro People

Screen 3
ESPN Scorecentre
Music Mod
Twicca

Screen 4 (Home)
What's Today Cal
Last Call
Animated Analog Clock
Android Agenda
Folder Organiser folders for -
Messaging Type Apps
Most Used Apps
Multimedia Apps
Tools Apps

Screen 5
Jorte Calendar
Jorte Task List

Screen 6
LauncherPro Bookmarks

Screen 7
SwitchPro
3G Watchdog
Internal Phone Storage
SD Card Storage
Gauge Battery
Audio Manager

Just had my HTC Desire for a week or so, so not too much on it yet. I've just got a 32GB micro SD card to replace the 4GB that comes with the phone. Do I have to go through some sort of set procedure to transfer the data from one card to the other? Or is it just a case of copying the contents of the 4GB card to my PC, then copying it from my PC to the 32GB card?

I understand it is the latter, although I haven't done it myself... I haven't come close to filling the 4GB card yet.

It now does re-start after a phone call... not sure if I was imagining it or if they have sneaked an update in when I wasn't looking.

Just found this one        the SoundHound        Its FREE  on Android apps

You tap the centre and it listens for 30 secs to a song playing on your car radio or in a club

and it tells you the name of the song, the lyrics, which album its on etc

v handy in a pub quiz music round lol

Shazam does the same.  Comes in useful.

Shazam has started to charge after the 5th request each month, so don't plan on using it often.  Came out with the charge in their latest update.

Yes you can just copy to the PC from one card, and then copy it on to the other.

If you decide to root your phone, one of the biggest benefits is the 'nandroid backup'.  http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Howto:_Nandroid_Backup

It basically works like a system restore, and allows you to take full backups of your phone and card so if anything goes wrong, you can go back to exactly how the phone was at a previous point.  That's how I've moved from one SD card to another in the past.

With the SD cards, it's obviously good to have a bigger card - but possibly the most important factor is the 'class' of card. The higher the number the faster it can read/write data, which is important on a smart phone, especially as many of the apps will be installed on your card (rather than the phone itself).

Also important if you want to get smooth playback of HD video on the phone apparently.

In my G1 I tried a class 2 8GB card (that I already had).  The phone ran terribly.  Replaced it with an 8GB class 6 card - and it flew in comparison. I could imagine HD video would need a fast card like you said.

Yes - I read that and got a class 6 card.

32GB + Class 6 = Lottery Winner?

Yours for 4 numbers.


Or £85.

Should be good for quite a wee while that card though.  Don't do a Laxie and lose your phone now ffs!!

Didn't technically lose it.  Knew right where it was...the next day.  But by then some other fecker had walked with it.

n. lost

- incapable of being recovered or regained

Yer in the wrong thread now

full angry birds game now in the android market, and free weeeeeeeeeeeee.

incred addictive game, as most iphone users will know

been playing it all day!

haha i love it, going to try and save my freetime and play it next week when im spose to be working

If waiting for Swype is annoying you, try   SlideIT Keyboard, a bit annoying getting used to it, but on the whole good

Also for free music download Music Wizard

Who needs to wait for Swype...  My Samsung Galaxy S came with it on the phone out of the box..!! :)

Who needs to wait for Swype, when they have 'Voice to Text' already on their phone, out of the box?

Those who are waiting, may have a long wait... I don't believe the developers intend to make it available for download, preferring to sell it to handset manufacturers for inclusion on new phones.

Apologies to Dawn, appbrain is a must-have for anyone with an android phone imo.  Does so much more than Laxie's explanation though to be fair :D

Anyway, here's the apps on my phone:

http://www.appbrain.com/user/kinboshi/apps-on-the-phone

Well, I knew what I wanted to say.  Just didn't 'splain it very well.   rotflmfao  Glad ya like it though - being our resident techno geek and all. 

I've had 'Locale' installed on my phone for a while and it's pretty powerful. 

But 'tasker' looks even more powerful.  Allows you to get your phone to do 'things' according to the situation you're in.  So for example, you can set it so when you're at home it switches the wi-fi on, disables the key-lock and turns the volume down (and off between the hours you want to sleep).  It can do a lot more than that, but takes a bit of reading and playing around with to understand what you can do with it.  It's a paid app £3.99 - but that's hardly going to break the bank.

There's a whole load of advice and tips about tasker on reddit:  http://www.reddit.com/r/tasker

Here's a good overview to get you started with tasker: http://lifehacker.com/5599116/how-to-turn-your-android-phone-into-a-fully+automated-superphone

Hey kin I have a g2 hero...with original software I can't find the poker app mentioned earlier on Marketplace...and I can't get appbrain to work....is it just me? Im worried about rooting it too...not sure what it means..don't wanna break this fone..but I do love the Android stuff...

This looks incred, defo getting it

Anyone used LogMeIn Ignition or something similar on an Android phone?

I frequently need remote access to the office PC and it's a pain to have to fire up the laptop to do it.

I've dabbled with PhoneMyPC, just on home network... it seems to do what it says on the tin.

A developer friend of mine swears by it.

Same guy that's gone to New Zealand? 

Nah, I said friend.

Thanks. You're alright for a L'pool fan

I have the Desire too, had it quite a while and just started using it to tether to my lappy as no internet since we moved. anyone know if it will use up my allowance too fast? although supposed to be unltd.

If it's unlimited, yer grand.  Only way they find a reason to stuff you on 'unlimited' is if yer downloading movies and music to beat the band each month.

Righty, just tethering it to my lappy to use as my internet connection to surf n play poker.

You've got friends?  You sure?

I'd heard that  ;angel;

Hello you. xx

 :hello:

Rush Poker coming soon -

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cfk7BmGqUYw

My friend is swapping out his wonky HTC Desire for a new one, but wants to back it all up to storage card and take select files with him before wiping it. Some files aren't backed up by this process so he wants to pull them out manually. Is there a decent file manager? Is there a way of installing a program by using a PC to put an install prog on an SD card?

I have just ordered a HTC Desire HD, was a flip with that and a Samsung Galaxy S. HTC won as it was in stock tomorrow where the galaxy would not be in stock for 2 weeks from T-Mobile. I'm now looking to divert all emails from my Blackberry 9700 to HTC. T-Mobile have let me take my 9700 contract only 3 months old, down from £50 a month to £18 a month and take on this 2nd phone on, got seriously bored of the BB except for BBM. So thanks T-Mobile

What app's would people suggest for the phone? Looking online, It's arriving Saturday. Is it possible to get everything pre downloaded to laptop and transfer when phone arrives.

** Quick edit to make sure I have not been miss sold ** The lady over the phone said for £35 (discounted for length I have been with T-Mobile, it will come with 1200 minutes, Unl texts, but 1GB of internet (but said if i go over this I will not have to pay for it?) has anyone else come across this

Thanks in advance

Can you get an android app that works on a PC.

I need a netcounter for my PC ,anyone know of one

Something like this (http://www.winpcware.com/net_networking/bandwidth-monitor-pid5938.htm)? Type Bandwidth Monitor PC or Bandwidth meter PC into Google and you get a few.

Although I'm assuming that's what netcounter is - totals up traffic across Wifi/LAN/3G/etc?

thanks Rex,

I just need a way to measure all the streaming I do on my PC, to stay within my 40 Gb monthly limit.

I do not download any data its all streaming.

I can ring up BT to ask how much Gb I have used, but its a pain

Thinking of getting a Samsung Galaxy S tomorrow.

Since they've been around a bit longer now, has anyone who has one got anything bad to say about them ?

My boss got one last week, and it was ok, but I really thought that the HTC phones are much quicker.. might be me though

Well, I've finally been dragged kicking and screaming into the smart phone era. The handset I went for isn't very fashionable (Or should that be desirable) but it has a good camera and a proper xenon flash, which is important for me.

So far I've managed to make a call, send a text, browse the web and download an app (What's the difference between an app and a widget?)

What I can't seem to do is download pics to my pc, or upload music to the phone.

With my previous not quite so smart phones, I've simply connected to the pc via a USB cable, and up pops the scanner and camera wizard. It shows me thumbnails of my pics, I select the ones I want, click "Next" and voila!

When I connect the data cable to smart arse, the wizard pops up, but the thumbnails are blank, or have the same icon, but no visible picture, so I can't select the ones I want. I can "Select All" but when I click "Next" nothing happens. It says it's downloading my pics, but it's lying.

Also,',',',',' I usually upload music by accessing the phone's memory and just dragging and dropping, but I can't find it in "My Computer."  I can find the phone camera, but not the phone's memory card.

And before anyone asks....    Yes. I have tried turning it off and on.

If you just drag and drop onto the phone, it goes into the memory card  (well it does on mine anyway)

I can't open the phone memory, but I can see the camera icon.

Red....u have to mount the fone;s memory......lol

But that's what's required.

Ahhh! Sorted, thanks.  :)up

Right. The scanner and camera wizard is downloading my pics, but it seems to be just downloading the thumbnails, and leaving the big pictures behind. Any ideas?

Are actually write indisposed by speaking into my phone and the voice recognition system you doing the rest I am lyrics

 I'm actually writing this post by speaking into my phone and the voice recognition system is doing the rest I can't believe it

I think take two was better.

Once you've mounted the phone's SD card, don't use any wizard to transfer the files, just open up a Windows Explorer window to show the contents of the SD card, and another for the destination folder on your PC.  Simply drag and drop between the two.

Or have you already sorted that issue?

Yep. I did it like that, but thanks anyway.

More probs probably coming soon. (I love it though)

They are good bits of kit aren't they?  You'll soon find the more you know about them, the more questions you'll have. Then you'll end up breaking it (but as long as you backup your stuff and don't leave your phone in the back of a taxi then you'll be fine as you can restore everything).

If nobody has mentioned Google Sky Map yet, then have a go with that. Probably the most "wow" app I've seen yet. Even though it doesn't actually do much.

It's a great app.  Was sat in a field at a festival round the camp fire at about four in the morning and loads of us were lying on our backs with people asking which constellation was which and which planets we could see - was cool.  Other than that, never used it.

what phone did you get tom?

and how much internet do people have on their tariffs? is unlimited really necessary?

Did you set-up the correct language - Yorkshire?

Motorola Milestone xt720. Ugly - Unfashionable - Great camera - real xenon flash.

I lurrrve it to bits.

Contract = 800 mins any network calls + unlimited tinternet + 250 texts: £17.00

I have 500MB. In the two full months that I have bills for, I used 117MB and 133MB.

I probably wouldn't be a heavy user (not sure how you would quantify light / heavy usage).

I suspect those with 20/20 vision, that don't have to squint to read things, would probably use more? :)

I have to but me bins on.

ooh, where did you get that contract? I'd like something that isn't £30/month

great camera by the looks of it

I've had the same number with Vodafone since 1988. I never upgrade my phone because I want to change my phone when it suits me, be it twice in a year or once in 5 years.

So, at contract renewal time, I always try to negotiate a better contract, and I'm quite good at haggling.

I see. think I've got less leverage, haven't had a contract for years

None of the contracts have 'unlimited' internet. There all capped at either 500mb 750mb or 1gb fair usage policy. I have 500mb a month, and i go on blonde/fb/hotmail everyday wenever i want i never even been near to 400mb

Giffgaff don't have a FUP, unlimited for personal use.

Bugger!!

Had to exchange my phone due to a technical fault.

Lost a nice simple little app that sat on the home screen and allowed me to toggle WiFi Bluetooth GPS and screen brightness.

It was just the 4 (or maybe five) icons on a little toolbar, nothing else.

Anyone know what it's called?

go into widgets

and its called power control i believe. stored already on the phone

Forgive my ignorance. I don't seem to have a widgets menu. I can't see it in apps or settings.

mine are in a section, when you put a shortcut on your homescreen

You're right, I've found it.

tyty

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1359689/Apple-iPhone-knocked-tree-trails-5-budget-rivals-UK.html

"The HTC Desire comes in at number one in the league table, ahead of the HTC Desire HD and the cheaper, less sophisticated,  HTC Wildfire."

"By contrast, it said the iPhone has slipped down to an 'unsatisfying' sixth place."


What a complete rip off the Iphone deals are, having used both they are similar but the Htc Desire is much cheaper but also faster and has a much better screen etc.

I'm due am upgrade next week...gonna go htc...what is the best?..I got a g2,n still love it...are the new gens a big improvement?

I love my Desire, but if I was getting a phone now I'd go for the Desire HD.  Faster, bigger, generally better - the biggest single benefit being the greater internal storage.

Here's a comparison of the two:

http://bigphonefight.com/htc-desire-hd-vs-htc-desire-review

Thx kin

Desire HD it is then

Got my desire hd...very fast...I'm v impressed at the features...anyone know how to transfer everything from my old htc...txt messages,and apps...etc...

http://www.swiftkey.net/how-to-use-swiftkey.html

Thanks to Linux for the heads-up on this one.  I've been using swype as my inpuinput keyboard,  but am now trying this out and I'm liking it so far.  It should get even better over time the more I use it.

If your old android phone was rooted you can do a backup and restore to your new phone, and then play around a bit to get it right. Other than that I'm not sure.  Your downloaded apps are linked to your account,  and even more so if you use appbrain to manage your apps. That would make it easier to move to a new phone with the minimum of fuss.

my galaxy s seems to freeze quiet a lot, any tips?

Ive deleted apps etc but it still takes ages to load and i just end up pulling battery out and restarting it. I'm guessing thats not the technically correct way to go about it.

It shouldn't do that very often at all, unless you're really hitting it with some memory/processor-intensive apps.

What version of the OS is it running, and I'm assuming you haven't 'rooted' the phone and applied a modified version of the OS (which actually run far better than the stock OS as they make better use of storage space and processor capacity, etc.).

Apols if already posted in here but any recommendations on a payg android phone ~£100 pls.

http://shop.orange.co.uk/mobile-phones/san-francisco-from-orange-in-grey

My Galaxy also does this - it's still on the old Android and I haven't rooted it due to a lack of understanding of what this entails and how to do it.

Any helpful links?

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Rooting

and then:

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S:_Flashing_CyanogenMod

Worth doing some reading about the pros and cons first to decide if rooting and flashing is what you want to do.  Some of the android forums are a good place to start.

I knew a bloke that used to do a lot of rooting and flashing. Until he got arrested that is.......

Sup everyone

Just got an Android phone for the first time and quite pleased with it, two app questions:

Whats the best app for watching videos I have downloaded from t'internet

Are there any apps for improving the quality of the video camera? The first impression of the camera on my phone is that it films videos 'a bit choppy'

There are so many apps out there its overwhelming

A bloke called Carter on FB just got one, ask him

bump, anyone?

Got the update for my galaxy s and its a massive difference. So much better, quicker and no lag and all the apps work super quick!

Google calendar lost all my data. Need a new calendar, preferably one that stores data locally rather than online.

 

is it not backed up automatically on www.google.com/calendar ?

Yes but the data has gone from there too.


http://www.google.com.bz/support/forum/p/Calendar/thread?tid=0b53870a0bdf1bac&hl=en

The problem if you use another calendar that is just on your phone - you lose your phone and it's all gone.

Obviously, what's happened to your google calendar is a bugger - and it shouldn't have happened.  It shows that even if you have your calendar in two locations (one being your phone, and the other being the 'cloud' in this case google's servers), if something goes wrong with the sync, you can lose both sets of data.  There is an option in Google calendar to export your calendar entries, and it looks as though doing that on a regular basis is the answer, and then storing that data on your PC and wherever else as a backup.

Unfortunately, it doesn't help you this time - and I'm sure your confidence in Google calendar is shot as well.

Thats such a shame tom, i have been using google for god knows how long (probably when boshi told me google were going to rule the world) and have never lost a single bit of data/entries

I've never had a problem either, but this has made me rethink my complacency and I'm now in the process of backing up all my gmail (45GB worth in 55,000 emails!) to my hard-drive using Thunderbird.

It's going to take a good few days though :D

So I just made a test entry (Which I can still see) in my phone calendar, then I look at my calendar on Google, that entry isn't there.

Where is it?

It's still set to sync?

That's not the point I'm making Kin.

The data is obviously stored on my phone because I can see it. It is not, (At the moment) on the online 'Google' calendar.

That being the case, how did l lose both sets of data, i.e that stored on the phone, and that stored online?

If everything was wiped on the Google side first then the phone would update to match what Google now (didn't) have.

Same if you accidentally wiped it on the phone and it updates google.

I don't think it's possible to accidentally wipe everything from the phone.

But if that were the case, then what's the point of the google back up?

its not so much that google backs it up, it syncs it.. I suppose if you dont have auto sync, then if you did wipe it off your phone then you have a chance to sync again with your google account..

Hmmm....    Seems much safer and just as easy to store the data locally on the phone and back up to the hard drive on my pc.

Been running this for over 24-hours now, and still got a while to go!  I mis-read the number of emails, it's over 100,000 that make up the 45GB worth.  Should have backed them up long ago, but Tom's problem has highlighted that even though I've gone 7 years on gmail without a problem I shouldn't get complacent.

Looks like we've sorted a solution for Tom going forward.   Still going to use Google for the calendar, and have it sync with the phone, but Tom will be exporting his calendar manually and saving it onto his PC.  That way if the calendar gets wiped again, he can import the exported file and restore all his calendar entries.

Thanks for your help Dan. I appreciate it.

anyone? I've tried a few but they are a bit slow and shit, someone must know of a half decent video player?

Try Rockplayer.

need help please cos I'm useless

how do I root an htc desire on froyo with version 0.93 bootloader? all the guides tell me I need 0.80 and earlier

Have you tried turning it off and on?

anyone know of any decent widgets?

ldo, afaik that's the only way to find out what bootloader version you have

 http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Desire_(GSM):_Full_Update_Guide
 Are you following the instructions on there? I think that's what I used to root and mid mine.

Not sure if that helps at all in your specific situation.

Try this.

http://androidforums.com/desire-all-things-root/300866-guide-rooting-unrevoked-windows-updated-14-04-11-a.html

cheers but not sure either of those will work as I've got a pvt4, I'm thinking I have to downgrade first so might just wait for gingerbread and see how that works

Ask on the cyanogenmod forum. Someone will help.

I'm on 7.0.2 (cyanogen mod) and it's excellent. Lots of improvements to the previous one.

One thing I would recommend to anyone with an android phone is to use google's two-step verification to help protect your account.  I can confidently allow apps to use my google account for authorisation without worrying about the safety of my account. My scare yesterday was probably a blessing in disguise.

not really many that excite me but android agenda is pretty nice if you use the calendar on your phone. and coin flip widget obv

question for peeps running handcent or similar. can I make it so I only get 1 notification of new messages? kinda annoying that I always get one from handcent and one from the normal message app

Yea, u got go into settings and make sure its just handscent messaging that's in use.

Open up the native messaging app and disable the notification in there.

Then in handcent you can choose the notification settings you want, and you can also set up individual settings for different contacts.

Finally am able to move Flash to the SD card, freeing up 12mb of internal memory storage. Was the largest app that I couldn't move to SD, and with a lot of apps on the phone the Desire was quickly running out of space.

gentle alarm


was highly sceptical of this at first but it's amazing, I've not woken up feeling tired since I started using it

Used this today...I'm bad in the mornings...sometimes killing alarms without even knowing it...liking that u have to play a game of Simon or it won't shut up....ideal for me..

You can't set the alarm and then turn the phone off with smart phones,  :(

Retrograde step imo.

No. All my previous phones, (Mostly Nokia) You could set the alarm and then turn it off. It would still "wake up" and ring.

Yeah, that annoyed me last week tom. Needed an alarm but was away with no charger so had to leave the phone on and hope the battery held. Would've just turned off my old nokia

Why not shut down all your other processes down at night?  Battery lasts for days like that.

Mine still goes off after the phone has died from battery. (Nokia)

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/gadgetreviews/most-android-devices-vulnerable-to-identity-theft/24801

Advisable to upgrade to 2.3.4 at the earliest opportunity (to check your phone's OS version, click on menu -> settings -> About phone), and to avoid using open wi-fi networks (which is good advice in general), and also to use the google two-step verification.

Do you lose anything during upgrade kin?

I've just upgraded to 2.3 from 2.2...

What should I expect....internet seems faster already....anything else?

how do you update it?

I doubt you'd lose anything, probably gain a lot of functionality though.

I'm on a modded version so have to wait until the newest version has been modded before I can upgrade. Others just have to wait for the upgrade to become available I think.

Anybody got an Android tablet yet? I'm seriously thinking of getting an Asus Eee Pad. Although nowhere has them in stock, which is annoying. Android 3 Honeycomb optimised apps are apparently in reasonably short supply - any decent ones anyone knows of?

Yeah,the option just popped up.....fantastic....phone is superfast now....was getting laggy before this....v impressed...

I got a tab, happy with it, got it over an Ifad as it seemed a lot more sensibly sized.

So far I have used it for betting on horses whilst in the pub.

It performed the above task well.

Fair enough. Ta :)

I have a Motorola xt720.

The camera shutter sound is very loud.

There is no "Turn off shutter sound" option.

(The law in some countries, including the one where this phone was made, insist that the phone makes a noise when taking a picture).

I would like to find a working app that allows me to mute my native camera.

I have tried "Silent Snap". It doesn't work.

Camera360 has the option to turn the sound off.

Does that allow me to use my native camera do you know?

You would still be able to use the native camera, but whether or not it will still make the shutter sound I'm not sure.

I downloaded Camera360... found that it had the option, tried it and then un-installed it. I didn't bother trying my native camera while it was installed.

It's free so I would suggest just giving it a go.

I'm a bit scared by the "It doesn't work and it wont uninstall" review

 little photo is good n v fast

Plug your earphone in.

Tried that.  :)

Investigating.....

It looks complicated.

It seems to be a picture editing / manipulation app or even a collection of several apps.

Review of Camera360.
by RioRodent

"It works and it uninstalls."

However, having just re-installed it...

Opened Camera360 and disabled shutter sound - no shutter sound when taking pics with Camera360.

Opened native camera app - shutter sound still plays.

Camera360 re-uninstalled.

Lol. Thank you.

Do you know:

Was the picture quality OK with the 360.

Can I use my native camera totally independently of it?

I didn't really 'take a picture', I just pressed the shutter button to see if it made a noise, then deleted the resulting pic of my laptop keyboard!

Do you really want me to re-re-install it?  ;grr;


Yes.

 ;angel;   ;whistle;

Both pics straight from the phone (HTC desire), with default settings, flowers were moving around in the breeze a bit. I would say the Camera360 one is probably better? (I haven't  re-re-re-uninstalled it yet) -

Camera360
(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/C360_2011-06-2520-11-52.jpg)

Native camera
(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/IMG_20110625_201216.jpg)

360 definitely better.

This one right?

https://market.android.com/details?id=vStudio.Android.Camera360&hl=en

That's it.

Downloaded.

Its a very nice app with some really cool effects, but it doesn't mute my shutter sound.

Bugger.  :(

Hey Rio, thanks a million for trying so hard mate. I appreciate it.

Rio, can you mute your camera by putting your phone into silent mode? 

I can't.

No

It is an option, not the default. Have you found the setting for it?

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/c360screen1.png)

Yes. I did it in "Normal" with the little speaker-no entry icon. (Yes?)

I tried both on screen shutter button in the camera360 programme and the hard-wired shutter button on my phone, which still takes a picture when using the app.

Just discovered PhotoFunia (http://www.appbrain.com/app/photofunia/com.photofunia.android)...

(http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s71/RioRodent/PF_08072011121728228.jpg)

:D

I've had all the iPhones and recently wanted a change so bought the mahoooosive Dell Streak which I subsequently broke playing poker drunk last night! :(

However, I've been so impressed by the Android OS I was wondering if anyone could recommend a new phone. I'm not totally up to speed with all the phones that come with Android installed. Any advice / pointers appreciated.

Thanks.

htc desire is head and shoulders above everything else so get yerself an HD

And if you're after a replacement tablet, I'd heartily recommend the Asus Eee Pad Transformer. I now have 2 (well, one is for the kids).

after my many a thousand text messages being sent episode

as a good will gesture HTC offered me an upgrade from my HTC Desire HD, to the newer HTC Sensation. they look similar, but the sensation is well,,,sensational....its much quicker with a dual core processor, a much better battery (my only negative of the desire hd) l      its lighter, thinner and all round better looking.
     the new "watch" is pretty good too, it allows u to rent or buy movies and u dont have to wait for them to be downloaded, only watched a few trailers, but the quality is awesome. defo recommend the HTC SENSATION over the DESIRE HD (although still a fantastic phone)

http://www.htc.com/uk/product/sensation/specification.html?utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_term=HTC%20sensation&utm_campaign=Model+-+HTC+Sensation+%28Paused%29&utm_content=sdJWCd5tR!pcrid!12607335702

Didn't even the sensation existed so yeah, get that if it beats the desire hd. Htc are the nuts

From what I've read it'll be a throw up between the Motorola Atrix and the HTC Sensation by the look of it. Thanks for the pointers.

Went for the Sensation and I have to say, it is the nutz!

I find Camera 360 really hard to get hold of, not on Android Market, so I use Retro Camera, Vignette and HDR Camera.

There seem to be loads of copycat Tower defense games but I really like Myth Defense , very varied and polished. I even nearly paid for it but can't find a way round my bank charging me £1.50 for 'foreign' google transactions??????

The missus was upgrading from her old blackberry and has gone for the Sensation.  It's a very impressive phone, and the screen is amazing.

Makes my Desire look like an antique!

What's the camera like on it?

I'm not a photographer but the 8mp camera takes a lovely Sharp photo. I'll upload one later for you to see.

Can you turn the shutter sound off?  ;popcorn;

Here's a video i took on my desire HD

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30o6Q6V5Gfs

click on the bottom right and select 720p to watch in HD (how it was filmed)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=30o6Q6V5Gfs

Here you go:
Hi Res Link (http://www.paulpitchford.co.uk/pp/bike.jpg)
(http://www.paulpitchford.co.uk/pp/bike.jpg)


Yes. It has Geo Tagging too.

I'll see if I can rustle a HD video up.

Video (Check the 1080p) - Excuse the boring video and bad lighting lol. Oh and it's boring :):

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mYBASTDF1xE

I must admit, the original seems better quality than the 1080p youtube video.

Paul.

Sensation looks great.  Have to admit I'm very disapointed with the camera on my iPhone, it's a big negative for me.  Think I'm due a new contract soonish, may have to make the switch!

Do it.  Leave the dark side.

Amazing return and winning point by Sledge? and good to see you went Htc in the end Moody!

ffs my serve looks terrible, probably coz I put in about 30% effort in against Sledge coz hes gash.

I PHONES FTW FOREVER!!!

Haha you sure do....and probs best to just throw your I Phone in the bin m8, Htc came from nowhere and are now by far the superior phones...

Aren't the HTC phones a bit plasticy?  I get the impression that the phones aren't as nice but the stuff they can do is better.  I think I'll have to get Mrs S to get one so I can see :)

The Sensation is made from a single block of aluminium, with a plastic cover at the back for the battery/sim card/sd card cover.

Mmmm, nice, I'll go check out how long the Mrs has on her contract :D

Samsung Galaxy S2 here tomorrow ftw

You haven't chosen that over the Sensation have you?  Bad beat sir.

I chose the HTC Desire over the Samsung Galaxy S, because it wasn't plasticy.

Sure sounds like it according to people who know phones.
With the remote possibility of you being correct then my next upgrade date is the 15th September. Shouldn't be an issue ;-)

Sure is a better phone than the sensation.  That said, the S2 is better than your last phone.

Why?

Lol

Come on Mr Research

I want plain hard facts and references to sources ;-)

Stuart Muggleskin strikes again

Nah, you've obviously done your research and decided that it's the best.  [  ] Good work.

It's not a bad phone at all, just not the best.

So what is the best currently and why?

To be fair, it depends what you want from the phone.  The S2 is excellent for video, if that's what you want from your phone.  So perfect for your animal porn.  The Sensation is probably the best for 'phone' stuff.

They've both got excellent processors and are lightning quick.

Why is the Sensation better for phone stuff?

I'm on t-mobile n have an internet package...I,ve been tethering the laptop,using it for browsing m a wee bit of poker for the last 3 nights....will this incur any additional costs?....works flawlessly...v impressive.....

How much data do you get each month?

I'm on t-mobile and have tethered quite a bit with no additional charges.  You should be fine.

Can't quite remember....unlimited with fair use policy rings a bell....my phone is now a modem!....technology amazes me sometimes....cheers kin...

You won't go wrong with either.

Could I use my galaxy s as a a modem?

How would I go about it?

.YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnOptsxmsso

Just testing out swype beta, really impressed. Takes a while too get used to but then it's awesome. If you do get it watch the youtube tutorial

For the third time now I have lost my calendar data while syncing to google.

I have the data backed up this time but it won't import and if I open the file it's just gobbledygook.

Does anyone know of a simple calender app that doesn't have a sync option?

best thing ever. makes me smile every time I use it because it's so good

Anybody know of a good running App that updates you distance and speed via headphones whilst running? and that allows music to be played throughout also.

training for a half marathon and could do with knowing this stuff without having to look down at a screen

I know a couple of people who use runkeeper and have been happy with it but there seem to be a few bugs reported on recent updates

moved home and been using my galaxy s as a modem, all i can say is its brilliant

Getting confused.  My phone is due for renewal and I'm going to go for an Android devise rather than the new iPhone but am really stuck between the S2 and the new Sensation XE.   If the S2 didn't feel so cheap to hold, I'd go for that but I quite like the look of the new XE and Sensations are at least made of more than a sheet of plastic. 

I was all sold on the XE until I stupidly read another review (Engadget) which really didn't rate it that much saying the Beats were too gimicky and the camera was rubbish.   I don't mind the Beats being a bit naff, I thought that anyway but I'd like a decent camera.   The HTC phones are at least a decent build quality and I quite like the red and black colour scheme.  I

On the other hand, I've never read a bad review of the S2 but having held one I'm really not keen on the flimsy feel.

Sigh, what to do.  I expect I'll be happy with whichever I choose but want to be sure before I go for another two year deal.

I have the S2 and I'd agree that on first handling it it feels a little flimsy - but I don't think about that now.

It is so much quicker than the original and I really can't fault it at the moment. The camera is a massive improvement on the previous model and at the base level of point n shoot it's easily as good as a mid-range compact camera. Video clarity is outstanding too.



It's a slightly odd shape though and I wouldn't recommend it if you have small hands.

Size is no problem, I have paws

Don't think you'd go wrong with either.

I've ordered the Sensation XE.  Should be with me on Weds.

One thing, is there a program like iTunes that Android apps use?   I quite like iTunes despite the haters and find it handy for organising what goes on and comes off my phone.

Android Market.

...and the appbrain app and site.

Try Doubletwist (http://doubletwist.com/)....it reads your music and playlists from iTunes and copies them to your phone. You need to download the program to your PC/Laptop and install the Android app.

It's free....

...although if you want the wireless syncing you have to pay for the Airsync app...otherwise just use a USB cable.

Looks great thanks, in fact it looks exactly the same as iTunes - have Apple sued them yet :D

Is there a Betfair app? edit:nm, found it on the Betfair site.  Strange that it didn't show in the Android market

it's a free app. give it a try. some people love it on phone, some hate it

Phone's too small for me to read on, I'm constantly scrolling, don't like it.

When good old Ice Cream Sandwich (and future software updates) gets released, do we get to upgrade free of charge?

There's a kind of symbiosis between the phone makers, carriers, and Google. They put Android on their phones, Google doesn't go around making it easy to upgrade your phone to the latest edition of Android, which encourages people to buy new phones, keeping the makers/carriers happy.

yeah. if you're given the new version then it'll be foc but you may never be offered it

Galaxy Nexus out now in the UK.

Looks like a corking phone. 

[X] want

http://mashable.com/2011/11/17/samsung-galaxy-nexus-review/

Not unless you want to spend loads more on the phone.

Bloke in my obvious is getting his Galaxy Nexus on Monday:

£31 a month, no upfront fee, 500 mins, 5000 texts, 2000 3 to 3 mins, 24 month warranty

Then there's the HTC Edge or Zeta rumoured to be coming out next year (maybe):

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2125439/htc-zeta-quad-core-smartphone-leaked

Wouldn't worry.  My HTC Desire is still working well and it's a two-year old phone now in terms of the technology. I'm sure the SII and the Sensation will be more than adequate for a good 12-24 months. It's the same with smartphones as it is with computers, the best time to buy is 6-months after you buy yours...

Brag - £31 a month, no upfront fee, 500 mins, 5000 texts, 2000 3 to 3 mins, 24 month warranty
Beat - It's on 3 :D

No data allowance?  

Cheap deal though, most places have an upfront fee at £30 pm.     Looks a nice phone.  You'll like the S2, it's not like that's gone from being one of the best phones on the market to being old tech overnight.

1GB of data.

Deals are available on O2, Vodafone and T-mobile as well for about the same sort of deal.

Damn, I should look around more :D

If you've only had the phone 24 hours, you should be in a cooling down period, may be worth looking into if you'd prefer the new phone.

Harshest rubs

Got all you can eat data plus loads of calls and texts on Oneplan on 3, month to month contract, 25 quid, plus you can tether, using WIFI tether on Android (no root needed), works like a dream (once 'always on mobile' has been enabled). Download movies, whatever, they don't care.

Fab app: getspool.com     Chrome browser plugin, if I'm on a page I like, or the page has  vid I like, eg youtube, bbc news, etc, I just click the button on browser. I go to Spool on my phone, and the page or video is sitting there, wiii!

Been trying to work out a way to make my phone trackable even once hard reset, apparently possible but you need to cook a rom :/

Not got any myself.  Just be careful what you install (just use the market for installing stuff unless you think you can judge what's OK or not).

The main thing I'd advise anyone using gmail/android is the two-step verification to help prevent your account being compromised. 

Loads of stuff for 10c:
http://www.androidcentral.com/slew-popular-apps-suddenly-are-10-cents-android-market

Can't pay without a 2 quid transaction fee from my bank :(

I've been an Android user for a few years now, but I haven't experimented much with apps. I mostly play simple games and have practical apps (Tesco, The Weather Channel, Currency Exchange); I know - what a geezer, right? 

Some of the more interesting ones I'd recommend are:

Shazam (http://www.shazam.com/music/web/android.html) - if you're out and about and you hear a song you like, it finds the name for you.
QuickDic (http://www.appbrain.com/app/quickdic-offline-dictionary/com.hughes.android.dictionary) - despite the suggestive name, it's not sexy in the least. It's just an offline language dictionary, so you don't have to worry about roaming when you're abroad.
DI.fm (https://market.android.com/details?id=com.audioaddict.di) - awesome web radio.

Anyone use MSN Messenger on Droid?
Whats the best app?

ebuddy is the one myself and a few more on blonde use, but we've had it for a couple of years now so not sure if it's necessarily the best these days.

Seems to do the job, many thanks.

They don't use msn but for general instant messaging I've used Touch and Kik. A little intrusive (always on) but they do they job pretty well.

whats the best battery saving app?

ive updated my phone to the new firmware and its absolutely killing my battery.

I hear good things about JuiceDefender.

juice defender certainly used to be the app of choice like a year ago. no idea if anything better has come out since

personally I cba with any of them now, just carry a spare battery in my wallet, takes 10 seconds to switch over on the rare occasions that I run out of juice

Now that we've all had time to get used to our androids, what apps are your favourite? 

For me it was c:geo (a geocache tool) - but they removed the best feature on it last month.   ;frustrated;

Had my android for about 5 months now.  Wasnt sure when I first got it but fully convinced now!  Favourite apps are: ESPN goals, Sky Go, Halifax, Mp3 Music, PhotoFunia.  All androids need now is Siri and I would never leave...

I like Livescore, Where's My Water, Engadget, BBC News, SSNews, Field Runners, Great Little War Game, TED Mobile, Zoombet, ColorNotes.

HandcentSMS - a really good SMS txting replacement app.

TweetDeck

LogMeIn - Remote access to my PC

eBuddy

Advanced Task Killer

Those are the apps I have use pretty much all the time.

I had a nice simple weather app. At a glance next few hours, easy to set location, not too many bells & whistles.

It stopped working so I binned it. Any suggestions for a new one?

What make of phone?  HTC has a very nice built-in weather app called... Weather.

I'm sure tikay can talk you through the details.

Motorola Milestone xt720. Crapish phone, good camera.

 ;spam;
everyone please enter this quiz run buy the fabulous Herbie



http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=57252.45

 ;spam;

Found what looks like a suitable app.

'The Weather Channel'

The trouble is, it wants permission to send sms, make calls, write to my calendar etc. WTF is that all about?

What about the Met Office?

Will have a look Jon.

Is it data heavy?

dunno - seen it recommended as a top 50 android app is all

Have been trying Swift Key X...latest generation of strong-AI-based input software....Not bad. It can be linked to Gmail and Facebook so that it can 'learn' your grammatical and linguistic style.
Can't find it on Market, but there's a free version floating around on the web as apk.

YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m62xSh5LtdY

I use it on my iPhone without any issues.

Aaaaarrgh!!! Surely it would be better if taught you* correct grammar and linguistics??

 ;tk;

[*Not 'you' personally, necessarily.]

Most apps ask for a ridiculous amount of access to things you'd never think they would need.

This is one of those things you'll either have to live with or withous as all apps will ask for pretty much far more access than you would think necessary.

As long as it's from a 'trusted source' I go with it.

After all, Google's motto is "Do No Evil" right?

I hear what your saying, maybe they can make an add-on for that for those of poor grammar. If teachers can't learn it to pupils in school maybe its too late anyway.

My contract's up and I've been eyeing up the HTC One X, now available on all networks.

3 seems to have the best package for my needs, and I'm definitely leaving t-mobave a question for anyone on 3, who has an android phone. They're asking for an additional fee each month to allow tethering. It's not something I'd be using that often, but it's a very useful thing to have from time to time. Does anyone on 3 use tethering without paying the additional charge? I know there's a usb tethering app available (not from the market) that can bypass any software blocks, otherwise I guess I'd have to wait for a modded version of the os for the phone to become available.

Any geeks on 3 can advise?

This turned out to be an excellent app. Cheers Jon.

really like switfkey

took a fair while to get used to it but it improves with time as you say it learns your regular words e.t.c

etc.

;)

guess what one of my favourite words is on there!

I had a One contract, monthly rolling (One is the only one that allows tethering?). It's all you can eat data, as in *unlimited*, people leave it running at night to download movies. £25/month sim only.
I put the sim in my netbook, 3 detected this in about 20 mins, blocked it. Has to be in a phone.
I had another non-tether contract with 3 before, they detected tethering in about 10 days, blocked it. 3 guy said with some pride that they have the best algorithms for detecting who is tethering (volume/type of files etc). Much faster detection than O2 etc.
Worked pretty well when I had it, I'd wifi tether mostly. Just don't fall asleep on the phone with this going on, it gets incrediby hot.

I wouldn't be using tethering to take the piss, so hopefully I'll be able to get it through without flagging anything up on their system. Just there in case my broadband goes down to get onto the web or if I'm out and about somewhere and need to do something on my laptop.

Anyway, phone ordered and will be here Tuesday hopefully.

gl. I used Barnacle and PDAnet sometimes for tethering.

Phone looks amazing, look forward to hearing the low down

So there was a system update for my phone last night which I installed now I seem to have lost all my music and all my photos, does that sound right?  Can I get them back?  Not fussed about the music but the photos I could do with.

Doesn't sound right.  The music and photo files should still be there.

That's what I'd have thought, they've gone though. 

Need to Google some more, but they might just reappear in a day or so.

Where were the files stored?

Attach your phone to your computer with a USB cable and when it pops up select "use as USB storage device" (or something like that) and then use windows explorer to hunt around for them.

If you can't do that get Astro File Manager Free from the Android Market and see if you can browse around the phone to find them that way.

ES File Explorer is good too.

on the phone ;)

Cheers for the advise, will try it out shortly

They're all on the phone thanks, can see them going through explorer on the computer, will copy them all over.  Not sure why my music isn't showing on the phone, the tracks are all in the right folder, maybe the folder config changed in the update

Anyway, problem fixed, thank you

http://googleblog.blogspot.co.uk/2012/04/introducing-google-drive-yes-really.html

It's out for Android phones now, and will be available for the iphone soon apparently. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google. android.apps.docs

Anyone getting the Galaxy S3 its coming out this week I think.

Was tempted by the Iphone 4s seeing as every man and his dog have it but im gonna stick with good old galaxy s.

If the Galaxy III is anything like the One X, then it'll be a corking phone. Really happy with the One X.

Thetrainline app is amazingly easy to use.

Got tickets Darlington to Edinburgh really quick and really cheap.

Anybody got any recommendation for a remote desktop app?

I was looking at this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.xtralogic.android.rdpclient&hl=en but at £10 I thought I'd check for any advice before buying it.

Anybody use one?

Had decent experiences with logmein ignition which was around same price.
I think there's an android version of pocket cloud which is pretty good on the iPad and free

Any good new apps out?

Just treated myself to a HTC One X, it is truly the pooch's dangly bits.

Stick cricket? Not new but awesome

Yes!

Also, TuneIn radio is great

Got those.

Any more?

IMDB is a life safer "who was that bloke in that film?"

Quidco has an app that tells you if there are any deals near where you are, synching to your gps

Ninja fishing is good fun

Can anyone in here recommend a 7" tablet with an HDMI-output capable of:

Skype
iPlayer
SkyGo

Just bought a random one from Amazon but have returned it as, contrary to description's claims, Android 4.0.3/ICS don't seem to like Flash (ie. no iPlayer), SkyGo is a NoGo and Skype wouldn't get beyond the login page...

Cheers, Ed

Session Logger    - keep record of cash / tourney profit/loss, hourly etc. Paid version has more functionality incl loans/ prop bets etc

Poker Equity    - basically pokerstove on your phone

I'm going to make this thread easier to reference tonight.  I'll be combing through it, adding links in the OP to apps you lot have recommended here.  If you notice anything added that has since turned to rubbish, let me know and I'll remove it.  Cheers!

You can get the BBC Olympics app now which has the live feeds from all 24 BBC Olympic channels.

Perrrrretty sick

OP has been sorted and is pretty much up to date with this thread.  Have a read through and let me know if I'm missing anything.  Cheers!

Geocaching app is good for the out and about, nice work :)

c:geo is the best geocaching app I've found, but mainly because its free! I think they lost the live mapping after one update, but it's back again and works fine.

Edit, I may as well add some other apps I've found good, now I'm up to my 4th Android device:

Games:
Alchemy
Cut the rope
Jewels
Robotek
Stupid Zombies
Tower Raiders 2

Useful:
Catch (note taking app)
Amazon Kindle (not been mentioned yet?)
Business Calendar Free (excellent calendaring app with good variety of widgets)
Dropbox (cloud storage)
eBay (I use the official app, does the job)
Fancy Widgets (good customisable replacement for the front screen clock/weather widget)
RealCalc (for those who can't do without a scientific calculator)
Sky+ (remote recording on your home sky box)

Good stuff, will add them to the OP.  Also nice to know c:geo got sorted too.  I really liked that app and was gutted when they lost the live map feature.  Adding it back now.  Cheers!

3 days later, I've managed to root my phone and put a new rom on it.  Not a task for the faint hearted.   rotflmfao

Anyway, while on my knowledge quest of all things android the last few days, I stumbled across something called Plan B.  Very good if you lose your phone - it's installed from the market once you know you've lost it and sends you an email with the GPS details.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.lookout.labs.planb&hl=en

Have always used CyanogenMod on my previous android phones as my ROM of choice, but it hasn't been available for the One X as a stable version for actual daily use.

Anyway, it is now so put it on my phone today. Wow, what a difference. The phone was alwayspretty qquick, but now it's like lightning. Incredible difference and so happy I took the time to do it today.

Really can't get better as a game than 9 Innings. Free and yet the level of detail is incredible.

Baseball game (obv). You pick and build your team, you can play offence, defence, run, steal bases, field...

You trade cards and improve your squad. Different modes like home run derby etc.

As good as it gets.

Is it compatible with Jellybean?

I'm using the latest version of CyanogenMod, which is version 10 - and that's based  on Jellybean.

(http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c17/JCtheMessiah/Screenshot_2012-09-23-09-42-16_zpsae6177ca.png)

What phone do you have?

Nexus: the Google 'phone.

http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Nexus_One:_Full_Update_Guide

Nexus not supported by CyanogenMod 9 or 10 it appears, only up to 7. something. So I don't think that's Jellybean...

I dare not try it as I am not that good with these sort of things. It is the rooting part that scares me.

OK. Thanks

It took me 3 days, loads of frustration and some hair pulling to get through it.  The biggest problem is the 'how to' information is in their techy language.  I got a bit of help from Jack to keep me sane and it is doable, but it really is hard work if you've never done it before. 

Why would I need to CyanogenMod my phone?

Did you not use the ROM Manager app Laxie? 

I've an HTC Desire and internal memory is rubbish on those.  Even if you move every app to the SD card, a certain amount of app data stays on the internal memory.  I set up a partition on my SD card to trick the phone into thinking 2gb of the card was internal phone memory.  I also did the S-off on the phone.  That was an easy job.  Rooting was easy once I knew how, but took aaaaages to figure out.  Making the SD partition wasn't toooooo bad, but I was still caught on a few steps.  Now the hard work is done, I can install any ROM I like, download whatever apps I like and the phone flies with no space issues.

I have no idea what you just said there :D

What does chaning ROMs (that should be a tv program!) do for you?  Is it worth while?   I was watching a youtube clip but it was half an hour long and to be honest, I'm not sure what it did!  If it makes the phone work quicker I may be tempted.

The phone works MUCH quicker and can be used for much more too now that internal memory isn't an issue.  Root it, partition the card and install a ROM.  [ ] Easy peasy.  That said, if I can do it...anyone can.  I've saved the links to everything I found helpful on the subject and can send them to you if ya like.

Yeah, and I didn't help you at all ::)

 rotflmfao  Oh yeah, Boshi did help a bit.  He laughed a lot too.

A bit?

Heck no....you laughed A LOT!  Jack would have laughed lots too except he was in the same room as me at the time.

Google apps having a sale.  25p apps that would normally cost lots more.  Think they're changing the sale list each day during the sale, but don't quote me on it.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_celebrate_25_billion

Ya eejit!   rotflmfao

Wish someone would sort my Desire out... continually getting insufficient memory warning.

I spent ages this morning trying to free up enough memory to download AND install the Sky go app.

Finally get it installed, for it to tell me that it won't run on a rooted phone! Bastards!!!

Skygo won't run on a rooted phone, and won't run on the One X at all - so it's a bit crap for me!

New list of sale apps this morning.  Not sure if any of them are decent...look pretty meh to me, but I'm clueless. 

https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/promotion_celebrate_25_billion

13 days til I get my S3 which will be my first ever android phone. Can't wait. Back in the day I was a Nokia fanboy then became an apple drone, missus has new iPhone and it's shit. Mate showed me the S3 and I went weak at the knees. The water ripples, the face recog, the size, the weight and all the specs. Looking forward to finally putting this thread to use.

iNterested (see what I did there?) in why you think the new iPhone is shit, my missus has one and I think its great.

Because its the new iPhone. It's supposed to be a game changer, leader of the pack but it is none of these!

Maps don't work which is utterly ridiculous. I hate having to use iTunes, fair enough I can sync via the cloud but you still have to login to your computer to change songs etc unless you jailbreak it. The new connector is abs shocking. I have adaptors for tonnes of ipods and iphones and now they expect me to get a couple more in at £30 a pop. Hardly has any new features at all. Please tell me what is new? Not talking about the size or weight. What new features does it have? The camera is same res as 4S. Ok it runs faster until you sync all your apps and music to it then its no different to the 4S and in comparison with a Samsung its sluggish. Still no room for extending memory which iPhone users have been calling out for. Still not very customisable unless you jailbreak. I honestly don't see what is appealing?

(http://i1173.photobucket.com/albums/r600/leeethefish/a0029f24eb6b95df91e8365de7cc9ac3.jpg)

Thanks for reminding me of this. Bought a couple yesterday. Amazing Alex on the list today, which is made by same people as Angry Birds and is supposed to be pretty good. Can't really go wrong for 25p.

I'm no Apple fanboy but I do have a 4s and the wife has a 5. I also use several Android devices on a daily basis.

Apple really dropped a bollock with the maps but apparently it wasn't just down to Apple why they dropped Google maps.

I use several Android devices on a daily basis, phones and tablets I also use several Apple devices. The ease of use, look, feel, quality design is far greater IMO on the Apple products. Yes Apple do hype better than everyone else and yes they rob us blind but so what. If idiots like me are willing to pay for quality and not plasticky products then that's just a price we have to pay.

Again IMO its def not slower than the S3 and I use both everyday. Ok there's no NFC but I think I'll just swipe my credit card instead. Actually probably easier to do that and less of a risk. Oh, there's no widgets, will have to go and cut my wrists or just click an app.

Apparently there are 200 new features/changes on the 5 but I'm not going to list them.
iTunes isn't everyone's cup of tea but it does what it's supposed too.

The new lightening connector is better and more versatile than the older one yet you are moaning that they've changed it. On the other hand you're moaning that they haven't changed the phone. This makes me smile.

The S3 is a good phone but you know what, so is the 5.

apple fan boys gonna apple fan.  :D

And a haters gonna buy an S3.
:)

haha, don't make me get all the apple products in my house together and post a picture. This was my carry on luggage last time I went on hols:

(http://www.popwuping.com/stuff/picts/ultimateipodcase.jpg)

Could do with one of those, will scour eBay later.

Not read through it properly yet, but was recommended by someone as an 'easy guide' option for people interested in rooting their phones...

http://lifehacker.com/5789397/the-always-up+to+date-guide-to-rooting-any-android-phone

Quick bump from myself whilst I remember so I can read this lifehacker site later on. 

PhotoFunia, my fav app ever.

The good lady has procured herself a Samsung Galaxy 10.1 Tab 2.

Do I set this up as I did my Android phone?  Do I need to install AVG or similar?  She is using it for surfing and Sky Go/IPlayer thats about it.
Any other must have Apps for Android tablet users (Anyone says Candy Crush Saga they can go stand in the corner and have a long hard think about themselves).

Arseblog?

Pre loaded Standard photo folder of Double winning sides, wrighty, Highbury etc.
Last night prolonged the marriage at least another week.
I do fear she is brainwashing the child while I am at work, I couldn't share the house with another one.