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I've enable the ....\Camera\P10 in the registry, the GPS Photo option shows up, I've choose it and then the GPS initialize and there's an icon shows (I guess) GPS signal is ready in the camera mode.
However, I use it to shoot photos (it stores in MYPOI rather than MyPictures)....but when I upload it in picasa, there's NO position information i..e longtitute and latitute.....
Anyone experience the same?
Put GPSToday from GeoTerrestrial on your phone and it will work much better than the inbuilt rubbish, you can grab a copy from here http://www.geoterrestrial.com/ not only is this a cracking application it is free!
Just a small word of warning though it does have use the phones GPRS data connection for the mapping side of the application - not a problem if you have inclussive Data in your phone contract - Mike
yuisony said:
I've enable the ....\Camera\P10 in the registry, the GPS Photo option shows up, I've choose it and then the GPS initialize and there's an icon shows (I guess) GPS signal is ready in the camera mode.
However, I use it to shoot photos (it stores in MYPOI rather than MyPictures)....but when I upload it in picasa, there's NO position information i..e longtitute and latitute.....
Anyone experience the same?
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works for me, dont know whats up with your pics.
Bth methods works as long as it leads to GPS-info in the EXIF...but it doesn't work with FLickr (yes, I have set it right on mu account on flickr)...any one an alternative to get my data read and have it put in a map automaticly...
SorcererJP said:
Bth methods works as long as it leads to GPS-info in the EXIF...but it doesn't work with FLickr (yes, I have set it right on mu account on flickr)...any one an alternative to get my data read and have it put in a map automaticly...
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flickr works for me, but it reads the data sometimes wrong (only the degrees of latitude and longitude, thought the minutes and seconds are also in the header, but this is a known bug.)
e.g.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/2642258812/meta/
thanks all
I get an exif reader and it shows the long and lat...
maybe just the problem with picasa
The Android platform should have support for OCR, what is needed is a multi-task app for OCR services, or a simple Business Card Reader that store directly to contacts.
That would be awesome... I hope to see OCR of all kinds soon.
The barcode reader supports reading of datamatrix barcodes. Im sure OCR could be done.
I like the barcode reader, but no one uses the cot damn barcodes on there business cards.
Scan , add to contacts done. Its all there name address telophone number web address email. Added to contacts in 30 seconds
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The barcode reader supports reading of datamatrix barcodes. Im sure OCR could be done.
I like the barcode reader, but no one uses the cot damn barcodes on there business cards.
Scan , add to contacts done. Its all there name address telophone number web address email. Added to contacts in 30 seconds
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I still have about 200 of my old business cards and waiting for those to dwindle before I order a new stack... I will be putting on a barcode for someone to scan on the next one.
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The barcode reader supports reading of datamatrix barcodes. Im sure OCR could be done.
I like the barcode reader, but no one uses the cot damn barcodes on there business cards.
Scan , add to contacts done. Its all there name address telophone number web address email. Added to contacts in 30 seconds
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Which app supports the datamatrix?
TIA,
--M
Barcode scanner. It works perfectly. I showed it to a friend who has an iphone, He went onto iphones market and download iphones version. Which sucked in comparison, the iphone version you had to press on screen to take a photo, save, then click decode.
It would sit there for a minute or two then fail to decode.
the android one automatically decodes after its focused. As long as theres enough light and you keep stille enough. Decoded in a few seconds.
Its demo'd on the google android site.
OCR is one of the things I'd be interested in.
I'm debating making a GOOD financial app, one that supports budgets, multiple accounts, bills (with dates that they're owed), paychecks (with flexible hours, meaning for part time jobs where schedules change day to day...), etc.
One of the features I'd want to add would be an OCR reader for receipts. Scan the receipt once, it picks up any dollar amounts on it (as well as stuff like date/credit card account if it can find it), and the user just has to hit a couple buttons.
Still debating if I want to actually make it, the best money app out there atm seems to be FireWallet, but they're going to charge soon...
OCR is one of the things I'd be interested in.
I'm debating making a GOOD financial app, one that supports budgets, multiple accounts, bills (with dates that they're owed), paychecks (with flexible hours, meaning for part time jobs where schedules change day to day...), etc.
One of the features I'd want to add would be an OCR reader for receipts. Scan the receipt once, it picks up any dollar amounts on it (as well as stuff like date/credit card account if it can find it), and the user just has to hit a couple buttons.
Still debating if I want to actually make it, the best money app out there atm seems to be FireWallet, but they're going to charge soon...
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Barcode scanner. It works perfectly. I showed it to a friend who has an iphone, He went onto iphones market and download iphones version. Which sucked in comparison, the iphone version you had to press on screen to take a photo, save, then click decode.
It would sit there for a minute or two then fail to decode.
the android one automatically decodes after its focused. As long as theres enough light and you keep stille enough. Decoded in a few seconds.
Its demo'd on the google android site.
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Cool. Thx!
--M
OCR application
Well, OCR technology applied in several fields, like business card, receipts, document and more. It is not only working at iPhone, Windows Mobile, but also Symbian, Android.
WorldCard Mobile is another app to make good use of this OCR technology, doing business card reader for iPhone. I knew this company is also developing for Android now.
I thought there is already a business card reader application.
This ROM is an example... (look at page 1)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552274&highlight=business+card+reader
IIRC Google Goggles can perform namecard OCR, atleast on languages using Latin alphabet.
I think there's still room for a dedicated business card reader app. I tried Google Goggles with a couple of business cards and it was a bit clumsy in reading them.
I too tried google googles on some business cards.
It found some stuff, but missed most of it.
There is also the question of integration into your contacts.
Goggles does not do that.
ScanBizCards
I don't have an Android phone, so it's interesting to read the feedback on Google Goggles - and happy to read that some members feel there is still room for a specialized business card reader since I happen to be the maker of one, www.scanbizcards.com, available on the iPhone for now but will port to Android as soon as I have some time!
Besides doing a better job with the idiosyncracies of business cards, a specialized app can do much more than just scan the card.
Patrick
ya google goggles does that for sure but its still beta. so once they get all the bugs out that is one of the main features of that app.
here ya go
Here you go this is that bizcard apk: http://www.4shared.com/account/file/134939817/2d95066b/BizCardReader.html
Yep,
I have a business card reader app that came with my Hero.
Got to say it works very very well.....
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Here you go this is that bizcard apk: http://www.4shared.com/account/file/134939817/2d95066b/BizCardReader.html
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This is that hero bizcard reader. Try it will not work in android 2.0 but 1.6 &1.5 good.
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Here you go this is that bizcard apk: http://www.4shared.com/account/file/134939817/2d95066b/BizCardReader.html
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Just put this on my phone. Works really well! I was surprised by how accurate it was. It is not perfect, but it is very good at tagging the information about 95% of the time.
Thanks for the link.
Earlier I said that goggles does not integrate into contacts. It turns out that the business cards I choose, were not scanning very well. Goggles does integrate, but not anywhere near as well as BizCardReader (the app above)
Bizcard was getting accurate info, repeatedly. Goggles was giving me a different output with every scan.
post you list here of apps here
this is to help people like me who have never used android before
DON'T POST LINKS TO WAREZ....I WILL BAN YOU
you have been warned
Ok i`ll go first then! Even though i`m new to Android also....
1 Power Manager, something ive always wanted on a phone, especially when you have phones that can go flat in one day of use. Allows you to set it so that when your battery is getting low it`ll turn of wifi 3g etc.
2 Beyondpod the best RSS feeder.
3 Copilot live 8 the only sat nav for it as yet.
4 Bluex not tried it yet to be honest but you need it for sending files.
5 Netcounter for all of you on capped data packages. monitors how much is used.
6 Shazam obvious really!
7 beebPlayer A quality iplayer style app watch live bbc channels too.
8 Task manager does what you think it does!
There are many other apps that i have some ive not even tried yet. Some worth a mention are: YouTube downloader, XGalaga, Tunewiki, snapPhoto, last.fm, imeem mobile, locale, compass, and barcode scanner.
Feel free to ask me any questions on any i love to help....
Taskiller for killing off processes and apps.
Astro - file explorer app.
Agree with Co-pilot above - wouldn't have bought it without proper sat nav program.
Not essential but useful - Toggle Settings and Tone Picker.
Still looking for a decent movie player which seems a long way off. If coreplayer ports over the Hero will be complete!
Wikitude augmented reality browser - show it to your iPhone pals and watch them weep...
Second BeebPlayer. Really nice iPlayer implimentation.
My Hero came with the pre-latitude Google Maps - needed an upgrade!
A decent compass app!
London Tube Status app - so I know whether to run or walk out of my office in the evening!
Great thread- thanks for the advise.
However I cant find this beebplayer app... help?
Locale - Awesome app. Lets you customise your phone based on location, time, etc.
Last.fm - until spotify is released
OpenSudoku (Best one by quite a margin)
ShopSavvy - Barcode price comparison that works in the UK and gives you local results as well as web ones
Google Voice Search - Works surprisingly well
Doom!!!!
ScummVM - Has issues but you simply can't beat playing Monkey Island on the phone.
beebPlayer - Works OTA on T-Mobile, including live channels
markya23 said:
Wikitude augmented reality browser - show it to your iPhone pals and watch them weep...
Second BeebPlayer. Really nice iPlayer implimentation.
My Hero came with the pre-latitude Google Maps - needed an upgrade!
A decent compass app!
London Tube Status app - so I know whether to run or walk out of my office in the evening!
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Have you tried the app called compass?
The Jones said:
Great thread- thanks for the advise.
However I cant find this beebplayer app... help?
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Go into market on your hero select applications all sort by popularity 7th one down...
johnboywilson said:
Go into market on your hero select applications all sort by popularity 7th one down...
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Awesome thanks
what about MSN? i expect my Hero in 3 days, need to prepare also, barcode scanner, is that pre-installed or needs to be downloaded/bought?
Barcode scanner is free from the marketplace, it works really well.
Ive got some - had an android Handset as my main phone for 6 months and I adore it - currently have a Google Ion dev version of magic.
PicSay (and Picsay Pro) - Ive got the pro version - takes pics from camera or gallery and really easily adds speech bubbles, clipart, doodles, colourise, warp, captions etc then allows you to send via mms, mail, to twitter, picassa, facebook.
AK Notepad - very simple, easy to use and very robust. can back up to SD.
Twidroid and Babbler - might be redundant on Hero but great twitter and facebook apps.
Bettercut - allows you to add shortcuts for allsorts of stuff, and to edit any shortcut on your desktop to show your own icons.
UK TVguide - free version has a pop up on start and an add strip at bottom but small and simple to use
Wallpaper Set And Save - lets you use .pngs for crisper images
Jewellust - brilliant bejewelled clone a bit like Jewel Quest...
BookmarkBR - Backup to SD and restore your bookmarks from and to the android browser - great for when you eventually start wiping a lot and loading roms etc...
G-Backup - backs up SMS and MMS and a few other things to folders on gmail server. Auto back up is brilliant again if you wipe and change roms a lot you never lose a message.
Root Explorer - for when hero gets root - lets you go anywhere and options to toggle r/w and r/o in each folder, to copy paste and move stuff - dangerous in the wrong hands obviously...
Beebplayer is great, as is an app called Television, lets you download and run videocasts mostly from US but grand
suisen said:
what about MSN? i expect my Hero in 3 days, need to prepare also, barcode scanner, is that pre-installed or needs to be downloaded/bought?
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there is no real msn...but i have meebo IM and and that works fine for me
liamhere said:
there is no real msn...but i have meebo IM and and that works fine for me
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I am trying out Hi MSN. Seems ok to me. I dont use it much though, I prefer to be logged in on my PC.
The apps i use most are Hi MSN, ScummVM + Monkey Island , and couple other games. Co pilot live and Astro file manager, remote VNC, and Meridian (the best media player)
am i missing something? what do you guys use the barcode scanner for?
Hey, do you know how to make abul arts to show on Hero?
I have tried the folder.jpg image on the same folder but its not working...
liamhere said:
there is no real msn...but i have meebo IM and and that works fine for me
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Hi Liam,
I've been on Windows mobile for years and have crossed over to android and got a htc hero. I'm very impressed with android and wish I'd crossed over sooner.
One thing I really miss is microsoft voice command on my old wm device.
Do you know if there is a similar app for the android os? There are voice dialers on android market but they dont seem to cut it for me.
Can you help please?
Cheers,
Dom
hi dom
hope these help.
http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f10/voice-commands-2511/
http://androidandme.com/2009/04/news/android-news-news/voice-commands-coming-to-cupcake/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=477522
bigviv said:
am i missing something? what do you guys use the barcode scanner for?
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you can scan a item......then check it online for the best price to buy
its very cool.....IMO
I've read everywhere in reviews and such that the Nexus One has geotagging and a macro mode in its camera.
Can anyone tell me where geotagging is in the camera app? I can't see any reference or mention to geotagging throughout the phone.
I also can't see any options for macro mode in the camera.
hackm0d said:
I've read everywhere in reviews and such that the Nexus One has geotagging and a macro mode in its camera.
Can anyone tell me where geotagging is in the camera app? I can't see any reference or mention to geotagging throughout the phone.
I also can't see any options for macro mode in the camera.
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Look in the settings in the camera app, but I believe geotagging is a default option. In Froyo it looks like the GPS satellite icon.
Nope, can't find anything. I'm still on Eclair.
There is a geotagging option for sure, and it's in the camera. I remember turning it on. It's not called "geotagging", though. Might be "Tag photos" or something like that.
by default in eclair, if you leave gps active and take a photo, it should geotag.
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There is a geotagging option for sure, and it's in the camera. I remember turning it on. It's not called "geotagging", though. Might be "Tag photos" or something like that.
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Nope, this is what I see:
Flash Mode
White Balance
Anti Banding
Color effect
Store location
Picture size
Picture quality
Focus mode
Focus sound
No geotagging or macro mode.
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by default in eclair, if you leave gps active and take a photo, it should geotag.
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It doesn't though, even after the Compass and Maps app gets a lock.
When you take a pic the beast puts some data with the pic, (date, time, focal length, pixels,....) and if the GPS is on 'n running (and thus knows where U R..) it will add GPS location info...(latitude, longtitude... etc..)
So,, when you then later look at Pic (on 'phone with, presumably, suitable APP [I ain't seen how to see these data with gallery] - or on PC with any number of bits of SW [I use gThumb on Linux]) you can see & do things with the GPS data...) you can see where you woz...
Some cameras (expensive usually) also GPS-tag pics... almost all digital snaps in my experience come with all the other tag data...
See also..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geotagged_photo.
Further I assume you RTMF'd first...
The excellent Android Users Guide for 2.2 p 259 has this wee entry...
To view the location of a picture in Google Maps
If you have configured Camera to save location data with your pictures (see “Changing
Camera settings” on page 245), you can view the location where you took the picture
in Google Maps.
1 Touch a picture to view the controls and touch Menu.
2 Touch More.
3 Touch Show on map.
Google Maps opens, centered on the location stored in the picture.
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- it works, I just tried it..
- read 'n enjoy!!
http://www.google.com/support/phone/bin/answer.py?en&answer=182077
I'm pretty sure it worked like this in 2.1 also...
Also Googles must use the GPS tag info when linking from photo to other stuff....
Cheers 'n hope-that-helps...
Lodger
hackm0d said:
I've read everywhere in reviews and such that the Nexus One has geotagging and a macro mode in its camera.
Can anyone tell me where geotagging is in the camera app? I can't see any reference or mention to geotagging throughout the phone.
I also can't see any options for macro mode in the camera.
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on 2.1, there is an option in 'settings' for security and location, which says store location in pictures, or something similar. give it a looksee.
once you've found that option, install GPSstatus from the market, and make sure you have a 'location lock' before you start shooting. it will affirm that your gps is working (1) and that your camera has access to the gps (2) for tagging.
after taking a picture, the 'info' bit should reveal 'show on maps' or soemthing similar. you can also see the GPS coordinates in decent image viewers like: picasa, mac preview, etc
"Store location" = geotagging.
Wait until you see GPS symbol, that'll say that GPS is locked and the location is accurate.
hackm0d said:
Nope, this is what I see:
Flash Mode
White Balance
Anti Banding
Color effect
Store location
Picture size
Picture quality
Focus mode
Focus sound
No geotagging or macro mode.
It doesn't though, even after the Compass and Maps app gets a lock.
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umm yeah, store location is the geotagging option. turn it on.
What's the best Google Reader app that will work for the VG?
Well...have you tried the, uh, Google Reader app?
Of course. But I am unable to get my account to connect to it I get a no accounts message and hitting "add accojnt" gets me an unableto sign in message.
I use Pulse:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.alphonso.pulse&feature=search_result
works awesome, syncs with my google reader account perfectly and works great on a large screen.
I tried it a long time ago on my phone and I didn't like it, mostly because it didn't seem to fit well on the phone, but on the gTablet it's all kinds of awesome.
No issues whatsoever on vegan gingerbread rc1
I have used a bunch of the available options. If you want a fancy GUI and don't follow a ton of feeds there is pulse or feedly. A quicker/more pro type reader would be newsrob, g_reader, feedr or goodnews. Rssdemon is good, but doesn't 2 way sunc with Google reader. I think newrob might be the best of these right now, but this is very subjective and changes with releases.
I have been pleased with the features and flexibility of gReader. Works in conjunction with Google Reader feeds, and great for offline downloading and reading of RSS feeds. As I have a long commute without wireless access, the offline reading works well on the gTablet.
FeedR is the best out there. I have pulse, but just to show off. Pulse is rather pointless if you follow more than 10 feeds.
I have a problem with Google Reader and that when I click on an article it gives me a small window, about the size of a mobile phone screen to read the article and when I go back one level, it goes full screen again.
Try NewsRob
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I have a problem with Google Reader and that when I click on an article it gives me a small window, about the size of a mobile phone screen to read the article and when I go back one level, it goes full screen again.
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I have the same issue.
I've settled on NewsRob, which I've been using on my phone forever. Works good enough with the large GTab screen.
couchmonkey said:
I have a problem with Google Reader and that when I click on an article it gives me a small window, about the size of a mobile phone screen to read the article and when I go back one level, it goes full screen again.
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Did you email Google for support? If you do and enough people mention it they will incorporate it into their next build.
It's apparently a version problem, in 0.9.3....0.9.2 didn't have that problem. If I could find the 9.2 .apk file, I'd go back one version.
From my experience the "tiny window" issue is a result of the DPI setting on Vegan Tab. In order to correct an issue with the market not displaying correctly the DPI has to be set to 161, but that throws off other apps. Mainly Google Reader it seams.
@thomashfoster
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I have used a lot of the readers out there. My current favorite is GoodNews. I use a lot of feeds (200+) and it seems to be the only one that can handle this load. The dev is doing a lot of new stuff and improvements.
I just recently found D7 and I'm a pretty big fan. Pretty fully featured with a nice interface. Fast too!