Double-Twist adds ability to browse/sync android apps just like itunes?... - Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

http://m.lifehacker.com/5552262/doubletwist-adds-android-market-search
Haven't tried it yet since I'm not by my computer but I saw this article and thought you guys might want to try it out
Seems like an great copy of itunes now for all us window users with the app browsing capability in addition to the music sync.
What do you guys think about it?

hmm like appbrain. Made me remember Google's mp3 store demo from GoogleIO (mp3s from the market).

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*sigh*Its me again...looking for more apps.

My friend downloaded a program for his G1 called Tunewiki. I was wondering if there was a similar program for our windows mobile devices.
What is it? Is it like Music ID that comes installed from ATT?
No. Its a music player that automatically searches for and displays lyrics. It also gives options to see music videos for the song you are playing on youtube plus other neat features.
Update: Found a nice music player that downloads lyrics called MiniLyrics, but nothing as in depth an tunewiki. Maybe one day the devs behind tunewiki may port it to WM...only time will tell.
LvDisturbed1 said:
No. Its a music player that automatically searches for and displays lyrics. It also gives options to see music videos for the song you are playing on youtube plus other neat features.
Update: Found a nice music player that downloads lyrics called MiniLyrics, but nothing as in depth an tunewiki. Maybe one day the devs behind tunewiki may port it to WM...only time will tell.
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Im pretty sure there must be something like this among those 20-30 thousand apps for WM.
I remember using some player that displayed lyrics (if attached) while playing mp3, and it had option to find lyrics on some website. I can't tell you details because it was so many years ago when I was using VOQ smartphone, but what I mean is: keep searching
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Im pretty sure there must be something like this among those 20-30 thousand apps for WM.
I remember using some player that displayed lyrics (if attached) while playing mp3, and it had option to find lyrics on some website. I can't tell you details because it was so many years ago when I was using VOQ smartphone, but what I mean is: keep searching
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Well I found a nice app for that purpose, its called MiniLyrics. The thing is, Tunewiki...well, look for yourself. Click the link and check out the video.
http://www.tunewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
LvDisturbed1 said:
Well I found a nice app for that purpose, its called MiniLyrics. The thing is, Tunewiki...well, look for yourself. Click the link and check out the video.
http://www.tunewiki.com/wiki/index.php/Main_Page
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Good point, tunewiki is no longer available for new users. They complain that there are too many users for what they can support. I'm looking at the minilyrics now.
Well, I sent an email to the guys over at TuneWiki, and according to them, they have ports for WM and Blackberry in the works. Its pre-alpha though so it might be awhile. Oh well, at least they are planning to bring this wonderful app to WM!

where can i get non-market games?

where can i get non-market games and is there a way we can convert iphone games to a g1?
As of now, there are very few non-market applications, as the market is the easiest way to distribute apps and games, with the exception of some experimental apps, and iPhone games have nothing in common codewise to Android games, it'd be like saying "can you get my xbox to run ps3 games", it's just not right, though there may be ports of similar games, there is no way to just convert them.
im going to have to disagree with the iphone comparison. very very few iphone games are coded in xcode (iphone native code). theyre almost all written in java and are reasonably easy to convert but it isnt automatic so only the developer can make the new app.
as proof, EA converted a few of the top games to android really fast including sim city, bejewlled, tetris and monopoly to name a few.
i wont bother to link them since they arent commercially available and i dont know if they are considered warez or not.
but to find games outside the app store, do a google search for games with files named with the android extension .apk
Might wanna check this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=439642&highlight=market+apps
thanks
alright thanks for the help but if u find any please post there here
Downloading .apk via PC
I was wondering if there was a way that we could download .apk files via my web browser on my pc.
The reason for this is not having the patience to wait until I got home to use wifi(Since I don't have a data plan).... I am in school the majority of the time, and the Market downloads are blocked by the school administration.
Thanks in advance.
Try my signature it has tons of apk files in there uploaded to mediafire, if you need anything added pm me.
Non market apps can be also found on SlideME.org
Try SAM to see them all and download to install with ease.

WinPho7 can't multitask so...

Is there any way that at least music, Like Slacker or Music Player, can work in the background? I know that's what "not able to multitask" is, but this is a BIG downer for me. I like having Slacker or Pandora (HD2) running all day with my headphones in, but still be able to perform basic functions on the phone,
No unfortunately not at the moment. It will play with the phone background off but that is it. If you have to go to another program and then hit back it will resume/stream again.
Zune obviously plays in the background but so far not another player. I wonder when pandora will finally release the WP7.
mrmomoman said:
No unfortunately not at the moment. It will play with the phone background off but that is it. If you have to go to another program and then hit back it will resume/stream again.
Zune obviously plays in the background but so far not another player. I wonder when pandora will finally release the WP7.
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I loved Pandora. But I would take any music program that would play in the background while still being able to text/surf the web like I used to on the HD2.
Small drawbacks to getting a brand spankin' new software. Gotta wait for these small things to hopefully change.
zune natively.does.that right now. I love zune and how on this phone its awesome. Signed up for a year pass. Can't beat it. Unlimited streaming of any song they have and 10 songs to keep forever is great.
Try zune if you are looking for a music player that will play while surfing, emailing etc.
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zune natively.does.that right now. I love zune and how on this phone its awesome. Signed up for a year pass. Can't beat it. Unlimited streaming of any song they have and 10 songs to keep forever is great.
Try zune if you are looking for a music player that will play while surfing, emailing etc.
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Thanks for the advice. I was looking more into a free way of doing it like Pandora or Slacker, FM Radio ect (well as far as not pay for a membership to like Zune ect) I'd pay for an app.
Guess time will tell on what there chef's can do for the new windows...
I use Zune without a pass and I have transferred all my music and download all my podcasts and everything works a teat
CD (UK)
Yea, it's good for once you get your music on it, but I don't have a computer that I can use Zune. All my music is at work and i opnly have iTiunes, on a MAC, and can not download any programs.
Jeimygirl said:
Thanks for the advice. I was looking more into a free way of doing it like Pandora or Slacker, FM Radio ect (well as far as not pay for a membership to like Zune ect) I'd pay for an app.
Guess time will tell on what there chef's can do for the new windows...
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I'm sure I read MS have loosened the controls on running apps in the background as long as it meets certain targets on battery usage, so it really depends if winmo gets enough mindshare for pandora etc to make an app for it
Yeh they did, I remember reading that spotify said they are making an app for WP7 and that it will run in the background
That would be reat. Sounds like they didn't allow it due to they didn't want the phone to run slow, and the performance going back to them? I'd rather my phone run a little slow to be able to at least multitask so music frm a free program such (slaker, pandora ect) can run in the background than hnave a super fast phone that i can only use one program at a time. For now, I'd be happy with just music running in the background. But I'm sure some apps could make use of this as well.
Wasn't this an iPhone problem at first (or current) too? Not the music, but multitasking in general?
I understand and appreciate the rationale behind the lack of multitask support for third-party apps in WP7, but I have already encountered two major inconvenient situations caused by it.
1. I can't run Messenger (which sucks for now) and browse the web or play games at the same time.
2. I'm playing a game half way, and I receive a text message. If I want to read and reply to the message, I'll have to reload the game all over again.
I do not know when or if Microsoft would support multitasking in an update, but I sure hope it will be soon. WP7 is such a sweet platform as far as development is concerned, yet the lack of third-party multitask support could be a dealbreaker for me.

[Q] Managing Playlists via PC

As per title really,
Im looking for some way or managing / organising my music playlists, Possibly by my computer.
I have a lot of music on my phone and creating and editing each playlist separately just takes forever. So does anyone know of a quicker way ?
And finally, When i have organised my playlists, Is there a way i can back them up ? So that when i do a full wipe I do not have to re do them again ? Over in the HTC forums, users say that TB can back up playlists, However i tried this several times and upon a restore it didnt work.
So looking for an alternative for that too ! :good:
Thanks
A-D
Samsung have released a new app for seamless transfer from iTunes (if you're a fan).
The reason I say this is I find creating playlists on iTunes very easy and they're always hosted on your PC.
The apps called easy phone sync, free in play store, only for galaxy owners. There's a separate app for the PC, link provided on the play store page. Haven't actually used it yet, but reviews are promising.
Sent from my Paranoid Android GT-N7000. It doesn't get much better than this!
Thanks man I'll look into that.
Swyped From My Galaxy Note

[Q] Music Cloud/Storage Stream Options ?

Hello Folks,
I am trying to find a way of keeping most of music available to me across my devices,
Android Tablet (Nexus7)
Android Phone (MotoX)
Various PC's
I have messed with Google Music and something about the interface doesn't do it for me.
MyMusicCloud is limited to 250 songs and other cloud services like Skydrive don't offer streaming services but just storage.
The idea is to stream, not really download to play, ideas and suggestions would be appreciated.
Pete
I used subsonic server for over a year. Works insanely well if you are willing to run a server from your PC. they're are raspberry pi solutions as well. Also, some use Plex, instead. Both are great options. As for cloud services, you can pretty much do Google music or amazon. Google gives you 20k songs free. Amazon gives you an unprecedented 250k songs for $25 a year.
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pasta1234 said:
Hello Folks,
I am trying to find a way of keeping most of music available to me across my devices,
Android Tablet (Nexus7)
Android Phone (MotoX)
Various PC's
I have messed with Google Music and something about the interface doesn't do it for me.
MyMusicCloud is limited to 250 songs and other cloud services like Skydrive don't offer streaming services but just storage.
The idea is to stream, not really download to play, ideas and suggestions would be appreciated.
Pete
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Just a heads up that if you are not into the Google Music app, you can now use third party software as the interface, but still use Google Music for its free storage capacity. I saw the article somewhere on this site, I will take a look for it.
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JustROLLIN said:
Just a heads up that if you are not into the Google Music app, you can now use third party software as the interface, but still use Google Music for its free storage capacity. I saw the article somewhere on this site, I will take a look for it.
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Boom!
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...cloud-streaming-to-third-party-music-players/
This should solve all your problems.
metaljr81 said:
I used subsonic server for over a year. Works insanely well if you are willing to run a server from your PC.
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I used Subsonic for a while too, seemed to work well. As mentioned, you need an always on computer if you want access whenever. I remember it being a little tedious to set up. Subsonic also lets you stream video files, pretty neat, worked alright. I stopped using it when I discovered that my home Comcast internet usage was over the 200GB limit one month, but I can't verify it was Subsonic or something else on my network... I'm tempted to try Subsonic again, seems silly to upload my music to Google's server when I could just stream from home, provided your upload is fast enough and you have a static IP or DDNS.
I've had good luck with Cloudaround. The free version lets you stream from dropbox, and the paid version uses Box, GoogleDrive, Skydrive and others, as well as your local files.
I have used Amazon MP3 with good luck
I appreciate everyone's suggestions...
I guess one of my large pet peeves with Google Music is its inability to sync music to a folder, unless I am not seeing it.
When i use there music manager software and direct it a folder path it just copies everything over, if a file is deleted or renamed it does nothing, its not truly a sync piece of software, any work arounds ?
Pete

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