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Pandora is Coming!!

http://tomconrad.net/2009/06/16/pandora-for-android-its-coming/
Finally we will be able to share in the love.

oh ive been waiting since i got the phone.
One thing i hope doesnt happen. I had pandora on a winmo device and sound quality was horrible i hope thats not the case for us now.

I hope it comes soon. Just googled pandora,tried it,and now I love it. Does have a .jar of of a mobile version already out? I'd like to see if I can get that to work while i wait.

I think it does. youll have to do a seach on it though.

otto888 said:
I hope it comes soon. Just googled pandora,tried it,and now I love it. Does have a .jar of of a mobile version already out? I'd like to see if I can get that to work while i wait.
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I tried using the J2me converter in the market but this are my results on this thread. I have the JAR hosted if someone wants to give it a shot.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=498540&highlight=pandora&page=2

Hopefully it will stream ok on EDGE. Im excited about this one!!!!

Open the box now!1!
Oh yummy. I feel like a kid on Christmas Eve, can't wait to open pandora's box. One app I've been dying to get my hands on since I got a G1. Hack away at that jarfile.

speoples20 said:
http://tomconrad.net/2009/06/16/pandora-for-android-its-coming/
Finally we will be able to share in the love.
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Tell me why I should use this over Last.Fm
I have been using last.fm for a few years now, its the single best thing about XBMC. What does pandora do that last.fm does not?
Last.Fm bitrate is very clear and stable, android players take a bit to buffer but this is related to hardware not software. It has just about EVERYTHING I have ever searched for and I have searched for some little known punkrock bands.

The thing I hate about pandora on my friends iphone is the damn skip limit. When I showed him last.fm he was amazed I could skip tracks forever.

evilkorn said:
The thing I hate about pandora on my friends iphone is the damn skip limit. When I showed him last.fm he was amazed I could skip tracks forever.
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So what your saying is.... There is no reason to be excited at all. Unless you have never used last.fm that is.

If there's a skip limit I'll stick with last.fm, that's a deal killer so no thanks to this and eyemeem

don't overlook the most important aspect of Pandora...
The Music Genome Project, an ambitious attempt at mapping the things that have influenced the artists we all listen to. I've been exposed to great music I likely would not have heard had it not been for The MGP.

atleast last.fm works in the uk, just tried pandora website now and it says no longer available outside the US

Voice Changer?

Hi, I was wondering if there was a free voice changing application thats free for our TP's. I just saw the new iPhone app, I am T-Pain and I thought it was pretty cool. Is there anyway anyone can make this app if it doesnt exist?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BZQHyfDs8DI
Pretty cool huh?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z13AjI8n4I

Haha yeah I know, but the song is refering to people using it to make songs and songs that become hot ringtones. I, however, want it for fun.
Jay-Z is the man though. Have you heard Blueprint 3? What do you think about it? I mean, EVEN HOV USED AUTOTUNE ON THIS ALBUM!

glad somebody said something. HOVA!

Off Topic(?)
BP3 kind of sucked. OB4CL 2 is waaay better.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgEKhAYRGFw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt7gMRBeEBw
You can continue (a WinMo Voice modifier would be pretty nice though-I like to make Prank calls)

At the risk of sounding like a complete nerd...Forza app request

There's a very good tuning calculator out for Forza 3 that's been written as a flash file. Does anyone know how difficult it would be to make this into an app?
http://forzatraders.com/forza-motorsport-3-car-setup-tool
From reading on Forza forums others have requested the same thing since it's currently an app for the iphone. I have a feeling it would be pretty popular.

CapitalM3 said:
There's a very good tuning calculator out for Forza 3 that's been written as a flash file. Does anyone know how difficult it would be to make this into an app?
http://forzatraders.com/forza-motorsport-3-car-setup-tool
From reading on Forza forums others have requested the same thing since it's currently an app for the iphone. I have a feeling it would be pretty popular.
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We're all nerds! This would be kind of cool. I just bought Forza 3 and playing it little by little. Still trying to figure out everything I can do.

This might be something I'd be able to develop, I've been playing with the Android SDK and looking for an idea for an application that would be useful but not too difficult for a first real project.
I'm not totally sure how Feuerdog feels about derivative works, it looks like he's ok with them, but I'll probably PM him first to ask, just in case.
No promises, but I'll look into it.

Sounds good! I remember reading a thread where someone asked him about an app for the droid, he didn't have the desire to do it himself but was receptive to the idea of someone else doing it. I looked and looked but couldn't find the thread again.

I've talked with Feuerdog, and he's completely open with the use of his calculations for any type of implementation, so I have the green light from him.
I'll play around with prototyping some of the UI and calculations, see what I can come up with. I'll probably work on getting the math working first, then making it pretty second, since an ugly functional app still does something useful!

CapitalM3 said:
There's a very good tuning calculator out for Forza 3 that's been written as a flash file. Does anyone know how difficult it would be to make this into an app?
http://forzatraders.com/forza-motorsport-3-car-setup-tool
From reading on Forza forums others have requested the same thing since it's currently an app for the iphone. I have a feeling it would be pretty popular.
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and if you could also find me a way to view my leaderboards from my phone you would be my hero im in the top 100 in the world for AWD drifting

Just an FYI there's an app on the market now, ForzaDroid by Thomas Weitzel. Works perfectly and looks like it's using Feuerdog's formulas. Results match up perfectly with the output of the flash application.

Looks like it's the same short of app I was going to be making, glad to see there's one already out there. I'll put mine on hold and not worry about it unless there are problems with ForzaDroid

Goonchie Blunch

Hey everyone. I'm just letting you all know about this app I wrote for Android. Its called "Goonchie Blunch" and right now its like 5th on the list of Just In - Games. It just plays some drum-set sounds. If you click start, then click to the beat at least 8 times, the beat will loop by itself and you can continue to play drums. I think its a lot of fun. I put on a music app and some song I enjoy, then try to match the beat of it as I play the drums too. Well you should all download it and tell me what you think, oh and give it a 5 star rating.
EDIT: Already on version 9 in 2 days! Now it works on Droid, still unsure for Vogue 240x320... Volume works, no crashes! And there are now preview images before you download it. Search the market for "Blunch", it should be the only one that comes up.

drkow19 said:
Hey everyone. I'm just letting you all know about this app I wrote for Android. Its called "Goonchie Blunch" and right now its like 5th on the list of Just In - Games. It just plays some drum-set sounds. If you click start, then click to the beat at least 8 times, the beat will loop by itself and you can continue to play drums. I think its a lot of fun. I put on a music app and some song I enjoy, then try to match the beat of it as I play the drums too. Well you should all download it and tell me what you think, oh and give it a 5 star rating.
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Is it free?

does it support small screens?

Yes its free. I paid a $25 developer's fee to publish a free app, but to publish paid apps I think you need to pay like a thousand bucks.
As for the small screen, I programmed the layout using density independent pixel spacing, which means it should all fit on the screen. I tested it on my Vogue 320x480, and the Droid, but not 240x320. Someone can tell me how it looks 240x320 possibly?
One review up so far says its too laggy, but really they are buttons and a button is activated not when you press it but when you release. This should help the timing of the beat! I'm considering changing it so as soon as you touch a button, the sound plays, because that would be quicker.

Bumpity bump bump. Anyone out there willing to take the time and review my app on the market? I sure would enjoy it, plus I'm looking for ideas.

AppsGeyser

Anyone know anything about this program? I looks pretty cool. Maybe you can take a web page and chop it up into a widget. That would be my hopes for it....
http://www.appsgeyser.com/

Wow, zero replies. Guess its not a very good post.

Looks to simple
Ill give it a try and see how it goes.

So far the web Grabber is not working
"Unable to clip content"
Still trying More.

Looks like an easy way for someone to rip off someone else's hard work. Honestly, they even tell you to just copy the code for a widget into it and create an app from it. No mention of intellectual property anywhere.

Yeh pretty much.
Good for people that want website code as an app.
But to be honest its pretty crap...all it does is load a Frame with the webcontent in it.
Here is one i "made" for weather in Perth WA.
http://www.appsgeyser.com/19699
It also doesnt make widgets.....it lies..

roguey said:
Yeh pretty much.
Good for people that want website code as an app.
But to be honest its pretty crap...all it does is load a Frame with the webcontent in it.
Here is one i "made" for weather in Perth WA.
http://www.appsgeyser.com/19699
It also doesnt make widgets.....it lies..
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Wow, that is some brilliant programming you did there, LOL!
Seriously, you are right. For that use it is almost decent (although their ad banner is a bit large). I just created a couple to check my area traffic cams with, much easier than opening the browser and going to the sites.
Could be fun to mess with.

it would actually be cool if it did what it said it does...
ie make Widgets...
But it doesnt..

Yah, i finally got a chance to try it out. Im sure there are some people who might like it. Its not what i had in mind though. I really need something that will display web content via a widget. Not an app, thats for sure.

I agree that it doesn't do as advertised, but it can really be handy. Just created an "app" for my favorite streaming radio station. Another for Hulu. It works really well!

Radon_22 said:
I agree that it doesn't do as advertised, but it can really be handy. Just created an "app" for my favorite streaming radio station. Another for Hulu. It works really well!
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Great Radon,
Im glad you found a use for it. Im sure i can figure something out for it. What I really want is a widget for Yahoo Sports. It would be nice to have the scores and news all on one widget.

Hi guys,
My name is Andrew, I'm CMO at AppsGeyser.
roguey, I really can't find where you saw that we talked about making widgets for mobile? Please point me.
we convert web widgets to apps, but we don't make mobile widgets. We do not offer anything that we are not really able to do, that's no any sense to start business on lie.
Our platform is not for someone who can use Eclipse and make an app for Android. We help those who have a website and barely or strong enough know HTML. You can quickly build an app. Some users use our platform to build proof of concept. Some just wrap up website and have great results, we constantly publish case studies on our blog.
nunjabusiness, we care about IP and sure we have a mention in our terms that users have to have all required copyright on all content they submit. If we have abuse from legal content owner we are shutting down the app.
roguey said:
Yeh pretty much.
Good for people that want website code as an app.
But to be honest its pretty crap...all it does is load a Frame with the webcontent in it.
Here is one i "made" for weather in Perth WA.
It also doesnt make widgets.....it lies..
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You are correct, it was the OP that said it, and i assumed it was what it said on the website.
That is my fault. I take it back.
Anyway you can make it do widgets?
That would make it 500 times better!!.

Andrew Kudrin said:
Hi guys,
My name is Andrew, I'm CMO at AppsGeyser.
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nunjabusiness, we care about IP and sure we have a mention in our terms that users have to have all required copyright on all content they submit. If we have abuse from legal content owner we are shutting down the app.
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Hi Andrew, welcome.
Yes, I did eventually read the T&C and see that you covered that. That is good. Problem I had is that IE9 really doesn't like your site and until I used Firefox I wasn't even able to get started in the creation process to see the T&C. Maybe put a small disclaimer on the main page?
Roguey, sorry but it is a WAY different process to widgetize an app. What they are offering is the opposite, which I honestly can't see any real value in at this point. I (and thousands of other people) would also like this ability and if it were easy, there would already be a way to do it. My understanding is that it is almost as difficult as writing the whole app from scratch.
I do, however, like the ability to turn a website into an "app" even though I could not get the engine to clip anything of value. I was limited to whole sites only for some reason. I am sure it is website-specific and the way the page is set up may keep them from properly capturing the part of the page I want.

It doesnt matter if its a different process.
Its possible, they just need the time do it...

Hi roquey,
Thanks for this brilliant idea, we'll definitely consider it.
What content you wanted to see as a widget?
roguey said:
You are correct, it was the OP that said it, and i assumed it was what it said on the website.
That is my fault. I take it back.
Anyway you can make it do widgets?
That would make it 500 times better!!.
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I would like the abilty to make my own widget to show weather, ie capture a frame from a weather site. Have the option to Have the widget refresh from the net every 15 minutes - hourly, depending on what you want.
Its pretty endless really, Basiclly what your app does now but show it in widget form.
Prob keep the widget size to 4*2 in size, or if u can let the user choose, depending on the size of the frame that is needed to be captured.

There are already more than enough weather widgets, IMHO.
However, a resizable widget that will display (and auto-update) a definable segment of a web page is absolutely something I would pay money for.
Web Clip Widget Trial claims to do this, but I cannot get it to actually display any pages for me yet.
Andrew - It seems to me (a non-programmer) that embedding a webview with the webkit browser engine should be pretty easily doable. The key I think is to be able to snip a section of the page to display with no extraneous graphical elements.
I found this example code http://mobile.tutsplus.com/tutorials/android/android-sdk-embed-a-webview-with-the-webkit-engine/ in fact, I found a ton of tutorials to show how a developer would do this ... but no actual downloadable widget to accomplish it.
From what I can gather, you usually call webview with a specific url to display something in the app so I guess the hardest part would be making an interface to pass that info to the widget and then refresh on interval.

+1 for web clipping widget.....that works.

nunjabusiness
And it matters that there are lots of Weather widgets because???
That would be what i would use it for...i know tons of websites that **** all over fancy widget and the like.
It wouldnt be just weather widgets aswelll...