Hey guys,
I bought a sexy gadget, the Hero. IMO, the UI is slick.
I like the way I can setup the 7 screens, but I only use the HTC widgets.
Why ?
Not because there are not better alternatives. But most of them are ugly.
Of course, this is my opinion.
So I am looking for nice looking, sexy widgets and applications that can compete with what is running on the iPhone.
Examples of what I think is good (what follows is my opinion, yours can defer) :
- Flyscreen
- Cardiotrainer
- most of Googles applications, I like the minimalistic interface
- IM+ (I switched to the full version, to get rid of the ads).
There are also other good applications, but (again in my opinion) the interface can be improved.
They do the job, and usually very well, but I would not trust my dad with them, he would get lost.
So what do you think ? I just read an article stating that the polish of a program is as important, if not more important, then to add extra functionallity. I 100% agree, I need 1 app to do 1 thing, maybe 2, not 20.
Usually it just gets bloated, ugly and unresponsive.
So share with the rest of us your list of sexy applications with nice looking interfaces.
Or maybe you do not agree with me ?
Jan
although we have the hero's built in widgets, I love koxx's message widget, which pulls email and sms together, and his calender widget, both of which are fully sinkable.
Also, there is the Sony Erricson AmbientTime app that was floating around, which is pretty
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ok so this might be the wrong thread and if so the mods will move it but my question is what do the nexus one users or even the android users think is the best twitter app? i used to use twidroid and it was great but i havent used it since the switch to "twydroid" and used tweetcaster as well for not very long. i used touteir probably the longest and then switched to the official twitter for android. so i wanted to know what people like the best and for what reasons so the people who are confused as me can choose easier. thanks
It would help if you spelled "twidroyd" right.
I'm not really active twitter user but its great to read the latest news.
I used seesmic, touiteur, tweetcaster, twitter but i'm using touiteur(paid for more accounts) and that was the one i liked. It looks really slick and it works as it's supposed. the notification is also different and nice.
The only thing I loved about touteir was that you can change the colors of it.
I only use touituer as it looks the nicest UI, and I also use the official Twitter app for its system notifications and its integration into contacts app and the OS.
Twigee is the best twitter app for me.
Twicca for me
I like Seesmic because it has a widget that's dark (I like dark themed widgets).
As for the application, they're all pretty much the same and I've used seesmic, twidroid, tweetcaster, twicca and twitter for android.
Twicca is nice but the widget doesn't show tweet previews. If it did I'd probably switch from Seesmic.
+1 for Twicca. I've tried most of them, and found this one the best. It has a great UI IMHO.
Only thing missing for me is multiple accounts. Certainly worth trying out nonetheless.
Good recent comparison here
I'd say Twitter for Android is the most stable, since Seesmic crashed on me when it was doing a couple of things at once, i.e. geotagging my post and uploading a picture.
Haven't used Tweetcaster though.
Sent from my Nexus One
i LOVE tweetcaster and Touteir. these are the two apps i use the most! its hard for me to choose which one to use so since i bought both, i find myself switching between apps every so often. i uninstall one n install the other. or ill just have them both on
Still looking for a new twitter app
For the longest time I just used SMS (on WinMo), then when I moved to android, I used SMS and Peep since it came bundled with my EVO. Well, I started really using twitter, so now I follow tons of people/bloggers/news. i set up lists to differentiate the streams. Way back int he day I had a desktop app that let me separate/make lists to keep streams separate. Is there something like that on android? I was thinking that swipe left or right could go through the different lists I have made, but I haven't come across an app that claims to do anything with lists. Currently I am testing out twitdroyd as well as Peep, but it doesn't seem that it doesn't anything substantially different. I know it has a pro version, and if it does what I want I wouldn't mind buying it, but it just has a vague "list management" feature, and the free version is "list viewing". List viewing is not as integrated as I would hope.
Any ideas or recommendations?
one thing twitter for android has thats awesome. the twitpics show on your profile instead of having to click the link.
I like Seesmic since I have to use two accounts so for multiple accounts I would choose Seesmic.
If you only need one account then I would say probably the official Twitter client.
Twicca is quite nice as well. Refer to the link to help you decide that was posted earlier. A good comparison by Engadget.
After seeing footage of CES with lots of 4g/LTE phones, im really impressed by that unnamed LTE Verizon Touchwiz3.0 device they were showing there.
But one thing struck me; It was running some improvements i also saw on some other US phones, while the european version, the i9000 does not have those tweaks.
Such as the ability to pick your first homescreen to wich it returns after pressing home... or that awesomesauce clock it's running...still accuweather, but a lot sexier!
I got me wondering if the GTi9000 or any SGS-phone will ever see those fine widgets?
Find similar widgets/whatever on the market?
Alternative launcher apps already have all that additional functionality (and probably more).. zeam lets you choose which is home, how many screens there are, how many rows/columns, default settings for a ton of stuff, and tons of other stuff I can't even remember.
For the clock I use fancy widget, that looks pretty nice
All that stuff drains the battery anyway. When the applications on markets grow, there will be apps that suit your needs, don't worry!
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After seeing footage of CES with lots of 4g/LTE phones, im really impressed by that unnamed LTE Verizon Touchwiz3.0 device they were showing there.
But one thing struck me; It was running some improvements i also saw on some other US phones, while the european version, the i9000 does not have those tweaks.
Such as the ability to pick your first homescreen to wich it returns after pressing home... or that awesomesauce clock it's running...still accuweather, but a lot sexier!
I got me wondering if the GTi9000 or any SGS-phone will ever see those fine widgets?
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Yes, allright!
I allready have tried ADW and LP and i believe they all give the option to set wich screen is home, but i don't know, the feeling of everything stock just feels right!
This is the way samsung designed their S-life based platform, so i tend to stick with it as long as it is useable. And frankly; right now it is useable with 2.2.1. I just miss some more samsung widgets, such as a music player widget, or a dedicated mail widget for their touchwiz social hub system. And i'd like to see the daily briefing widget optimized, because it really boggs down the whole system when you use it...even after their newest update!
Hi,
Am pretty new to Android and came across this really nice App/Widget called ColorNote. An all in one package that has a lot of features and comes in a reasonably sized package.
I'm sure many of you are already using this. The reason for the post however is not to promote this, but to ask if anyone either knows of a way to contact the author or know of an alternative to this.
What I need is an app with all the features of the above, but with a widget that is NOT a sticky post, but with something like a flip pad. That is the widget shows page 1 of the notes and then I either click an up/ down arrow to move between pages or click on the tip of a page to move between them as in the app here -> http://www.appbrain.com/app/simple-notes/hu.monsta.simplenotes
Can someone help me?
Thanks
Evernote is one of the best note taking apps. You can do voice notes, text notes and pictures. Web, desktop and phone apps. My only real complaint is that you can't write checkable lists on the phone app, but they are adding new stuff all the time. Oh and it doesn't have a widget, but you should still check it out.
springpad is also pretty good.. has awidget where you can scrol through different notes...
I use colornote for checklists. I like it. Its very clean and easy to use.
I have been trying to embrace the cloud using Springpad on my phone, CR-48 (meetings/note taking computer at work), my W7 work desktop and my Macbook Pro personal laptop. It's been working out well so far.
Colornote is nice for taking quick notes, like during a meeting or something.
For everything else, I also use Springpad. In the past I've gone through Catch (formerly 3banana) and Evernote both but I feel that Springpad is superior to all of them.
Just to add an extra choice, I've been liking Simplenote
Andronoter is a free Android client of it, www.simplenoteapp.com is the web interface.
Hello!
Im 16, and just finished my first Android Application. It is for Android 3.0 Honeycomb Tablets, and it is a simple Note-taking app inspired by Penultimate for iOS...
It has a beautiful UI, and some awesome features including a pop-out calendar for finding dates (Calculator coming soon!).
I would like some feedback on it, and I would like to know some more features I could add (What else do you use when taking notes?).
It was tested on a GTab, so if anything is wrong on your device, let me know!
Here is the market link: Jot Notes
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.almondmendoza&feature=search_result
Nice, simple notetaking/drawing app. Works well with no apparent bugs on Flashback ROM. The black background is kind of cool, but kind of weird; it might be nice to have a white background option and a black pen. I prefer the UI of PenSupremacy (notebooks with multiple pages, exportable to a variety of formats, etc.), but it still has some bugs that make it unusable for me, so this is nice to have while the bugs get worked out.
I'm interested in your opinions on the Microsoft Launcher, especially if you are on it or were. This looks pretty good to me: Microsoft Launcher Review
In the past, I tended to return to the phone's native launcher because:
1. It ended up being actually better all around for what I wanted to get done.
2. It's easier to leverage other people's experience.
My reasons for going with 3rd Party launchers have been:
1. OEM was not as flexible. I can't seem to get the dark theme even with LWP+. All of my Setup screens are still black on white. It's a checkbox on the Microsoft Launcher. I can lay things out with as many icons on a row as I want and can even get my own icons for the things that have icons that make no logical sense.
2. After a factory reset you can restore your setup. With OEM you cannot unless you have root and restore from TWRP. I don't have root for the first time with my Note 9.
3. You can bring the same interface it to any Android phone such as from a Samsung to a Pixel 2 (LG) with no costly layout time and learning curve.
I don't know if it affects battery life or not. I'm used to having root so I don't know if there are apps that let me see what sucks on the battery and what doesn't.
I'm also interested in the best way to put to sleep battery suckers for processes I don't use.
Thanks!
Been on it for a while now.... And honestly I love it. It really is so useful. It has time-line built in. It has loads of customization like for example probably the best implementation of adaptive icons I've ever seen. Every last one of my icons are the shape I choose without that stupid white background. It actually convinced me to switch back to using outlook as my main client and it's been so long since I had some of the most basic email features on mobile I forgot how nice it is. I hope they continue this project. I also started testing using edge as my browser by forcing it as default and my battery usage while online seems to be better... Could be placebo. Gotta say aside from some optimization issues/ redraws here and there I've been super happy with my decision to try it out. I have religiously used pixel Launcher or the open source version here on xda called rootless launcher for years. It's been eye opening for sure... I previously used Nova and a few others but so far I'm sticking with this new Microsoft project to try and diversify my digital footprint considering I've spent the better part of my adult life freely giving away my personal info to Google without a single thought.
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Been on it for a while now.... And honestly I love it. It really is so useful. It has time-line built in. It has loads of customization like for example probably the best implementation of adaptive icons I've ever seen. Every last one of my icons are the shape I choose without that stupid white background. It actually convinced me to switch back to using outlook as my main client and it's been so long since I had some of the most basic email features on mobile I forgot how nice it is. I hope they continue this project. I also started testing using edge as my browser...
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I just figured out I forgot to subscribe to my own thread.
That thing is a lot more than a launcher. It's an environment administrator that seems to have forgotten what Android and Samsung say are impossible.
Question: I have all of my apps organized into folders. If I try it out, will it blow those up?
Thanks!
I have all mine in folders but I don't know for sure if it will allow them to import. It did import all my widgets and settings though so I'd assume the same for the folders.
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I have all mine in folders but I don't know for sure if it will allow them to import. It did import all my widgets and settings though so I'd assume the same for the folders.
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Got it! I'm not sure if I'll do Microsoft, Nova or stock.
The more I work with the new TouchWiz, the more I think when they say TouchWiz is getting pretty close, my response is close to what, infuriating people? Just trying to get a black theme with the TouchWiz is a challenge while with Microsoft and most apps it's a checkbox. TouchWiz has zero control over icon size, spacing, shortcut text, behavior, gestures, or anything else. I have multiple file managers that all are labeled File Manager and I can't even rename one of the to Asus File Manager. TouchWiz on KitKat even works better. I can get black anytime I want to and with folders, I can see enough of the cascaded icons to know what is in it, and I can arrange them so the most important one is in the forefront. With Oreo, I can download a black theme if I set up a Samsung account and give them rights to everything but the 3 digit codes on credit cards, and allow them to use the information for any purpose and give it to anyone. Their privacy policy makes Google look like a saint.
Thanks for your feedback!