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Favorite app

I was just wondering what everyones favorite or coolest add on app was? My latest app is compass i drove home in the gps mode.

One of the coolest apps is probably google sky.

SpringPad and Google Sky

favorite app
Currently is vlingo which is 10 bucks in the market but MTS users can get for free right now by downloading via www.vlingo.com. check it out.

Seems like it does the exact same thing as the genius button

turboyo said:
Seems like it does the exact same thing as the genius button
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Was about to say the same thing. Genius button....

turboyo said:
Seems like it does the exact same thing as the genius button
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Pretty much is but works faster than genius.

parmijo11 said:
Pretty much is but works faster than genius.
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Genius is free tho! o:

I would have to say GMote. It talks seamlessly with your computer, so that you have your entire music collection with you. It streams rather well... Its nice when you have a Multi TB music collection.
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IndikuT said:
I would have to say GMote. It talks seamlessly with your computer, so that you have your entire music collection with you. It streams rather well... Its nice when you have a Multi TB music collection.
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do you mind me asking how do you have yours set up? i was only able to get it to work via my home wifi connection (same goes for all of the "remote" apps, ie. remote desktop & rdp, phonemypc). but i need it to work from a remote location.

before the last update google maps had me off by quite a bit now its dead on and I dont lose signal as often either....

Head to DynDns.com and set up DNS account (free). Have it tied to your ip address. Then, for gmote settings, instead of your internal IP, put in your chosen web address.
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Nextel eat your heart out!
My fav is the app called "tikl" it is just like nextels PTT system but for android and doesnt use your minutes! international calling say what? lol its beta and free atm... I would pay for an app that is just like nextels ptt... the beta is good but it could be better... hint hint devs!

Maybe not very exciting, but I've found I can't live without LauncherPro.
For more neat-o factor, c:geo and Robotic Guitarist.

mylostlonelysoul said:
Genius is free tho! o:
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like he said this is free if you download it from their link for the MTS and if you do it through your phone it auto downloads the one for our phones

mylostlonelysoul said:
Genius is free tho! o:
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When I posted that it was free too.

RavenWulf said:
like he said this is free if you download it from their link for the MTS and if you do it through your phone it auto downloads the one for our phones
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Thank you for "reading" what I previously wrote. I just tested and it still works.

IndikuT said:
Head to DynDns.com and set up DNS account (free). Have it tied to your ip address. Then, for gmote settings, instead of your internal IP, put in your chosen web address.
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thanx for the input. setup an account and port forwarded and everything. but still can't get it to connect. =[

camera 360
i use so many useful apps all the time for different things I have my favorite app of the week. Camera 360. There is free and paid. you can take a photo and it will add effects that the stock camera does not. It can take the picture and "sketch" it so it looks as someone drew it. it also does that with painting which is neat. it will also add a ghost into the pics just for fun or creepy with kids or something. It's fun. I paid for the app after using free and it adds the ability to take a b/w photo with color added to just one spot or something. it is neat.

tried the camera 360 but it drained my battery fast I still use it from time to time.

[Q] galaxy s theme for mytouch slide

Im getting the new myTouch 3g slide for Christmas and I was trying to see if anyone could make me the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy theme or a rom of it for my myTouch 3g slide. All help is greatly appreciated. By the way, I'm on 12, so don't get mad if I don't understand.

just a quick 30 second scan of the development section for the slide turned up a ROM that was done back on Sept.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=780611

why get the slide? get the g2

#1: Because I'm only 12 years old.
#2: Because my parents don't have that much money and can't afford the G2

guitarist5122 said:
why get the slide? get the g2
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In my opinion you shouldn't upgrade a phone every couple of months unless you're a developer or unless you have upgrade-A-phone-Syndrome. I think if anyone has the Slide then you should hold off until some real ground breaking phone comes out before you upgrade. The only good I can say about the G2 vs the Slide is the faster processor. Yes I am aware of the larger screen and better resolution on the G2, but is it really worth leaving the Slide behind? The Slide does a lot for a phone. I don't think we realize how far technology has come. I think we sometimes take it for granted. Do you remember before cell phones there was beepers? Do you remember getting paged and having to return that call on a near by pay phone (I'm 21 years old by the way)? The Slide can browse the internet, record video's, take pictures with LED flash (some high end phones don't even have flash), play music, download music/video's from websites, wireless tether, voice turn by turn gps navigation for free, text/call hands free (genious button) etc. A lot of other smart phones still can not do some of the things the Slide can. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS TO OFFENSE, BUT FEEL FREE TO RESPOND IN A RESPECTABLE MANNER. ANYONE CAN RESPOND!
Black myTouch Slide w/stock rom
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OuncE718 said:
In my opinion you shouldn't upgrade a phone every couple of months unless you're a developer or unless you have upgrade-A-phone-Syndrome. I think if anyone has the Slide then you should hold off until some real ground breaking phone comes out before you upgrade. The only good I can say about the G2 vs the Slide is the faster processor. Yes I am aware of the larger screen and better resolution on the G2, but is it really worth leaving the Slide behind? The Slide does a lot for a phone. I don't think we realize how far technology has come. I think we sometimes take it for granted. Do you remember before cell phones there was beepers? Do you remember getting paged and having to return that call on a near by pay phone (I'm 21 years old by the way)? The Slide can browse the internet, record video's, take pictures with LED flash (some high end phones don't even have flash), play music, download music/video's from websites, wireless tether, voice turn by turn gps navigation for free, text/call hands free (genious button) etc. A lot of other smart phones still can not do some of the things the Slide can. PLEASE DON'T TAKE THIS TO OFFENSE, BUT FEEL FREE TO RESPOND IN A RESPECTABLE MANNER. ANYONE CAN RESPOND!
Black myTouch Slide w/stock rom
www.GoTeamFriday.com
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Some people, this may be true, but for many there are very good reasons to upgrade that have nothing to do with the "A-phone-syndrome". I'm in the process of upgrading to the G2 myself now. I waited, but now that they broke the root I just cant justify staying any longer.
If I had to say there was only one single reason, I'd say for the mass of community support. The G2 is so much newer, yet there is much more support for it already on the forums. This is very important to me.
Other things to consider:
- There are now sense ports for it, as I wouldn't buy it with vanilla.
- Basic sense has no stupid faves/faves widgets, just the original HTC favorites. Much better
- Now with overclock kernels you can run it at 1.4ghz, and I hear it runs pretty fast! The espresso still hangs a bit sometimes, and at times, long enough to annoy me.
- You have full s-off.
- True full root. With the slide, you cant modify system apps while booted normally, or even reboot through adb shell. Annoying.
- Better resolution with a bigger screen.
- More storage.
- No genius button. I've had mine remapped since I bought the phone - not a fan of the genius app. And its slow.
-I prefer the keyboard, and I only buy phones with physical boards because I use them! Otherwise I'd buy all touch. Only downside is its still not 5 row like the good ol g1, but then again neither is the espresso. Still wins out for typing speed.
-There are now mods making it so that you can use the trackball to wake/sleep the phone like on the espresso, which was about the only other thing I didnt like. Top mounted power buttons = inconvenient.
- 4G network anybody?

im also trying to find a galaxy s theme/rom for mytouch slide BUT if i never come across on/stable one ill make sure to let you know

purple1 said:
im also trying to find a galaxy s theme/rom for mytouch slide BUT if i never come across on/stable one ill make sure to let you know
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2nd post.........
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the1wingedangel said:
Some people, this may be true, but for many there are very good reasons to upgrade that have nothing to do with the "A-phone-syndrome". I'm in the process of upgrading to the G2 myself now. I waited, but now that they broke the root I just cant justify staying any longer.
If I had to say there was only one single reason, I'd say for the mass of community support. The G2 is so much newer, yet there is much more support for it already on the forums. This is very important to me.
Other things to consider:
- There are now sense ports for it, as I wouldn't buy it with vanilla.
- Basic sense has no stupid faves/faves widgets, just the original HTC favorites. Much better
- Now with overclock kernels you can run it at 1.4ghz, and I hear it runs pretty fast! The espresso still hangs a bit sometimes, and at times, long enough to annoy me.
- You have full s-off.
- True full root. With the slide, you cant modify system apps while booted normally, or even reboot through adb shell. Annoying.
- Better resolution with a bigger screen.
- More storage.
- No genius button. I've had mine remapped since I bought the phone - not a fan of the genius app. And its slow.
-I prefer the keyboard, and I only buy phones with physical boards because I use them! Otherwise I'd buy all touch. Only downside is its still not 5 row like the good ol g1, but then again neither is the espresso. Still wins out for typing speed.
-There are now mods making it so that you can use the trackball to wake/sleep the phone like on the espresso, which was about the only other thing I didnt like. Top mounted power buttons = inconvenient.
- 4G network anybody?
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I guess you're right in a way.
Black myTouch Slide w/stock rom
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Actually the 2nd post is bs theres no download link for the rom
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purple1 said:
Actually the 2nd post is bs theres no download link for the rom
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The link takes you to the thread go to the first post and dl the rom......
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purple1 said:
Actually the 2nd post is bs theres no download link for the rom
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I really think you should take your time to read around the forums and absorb more information before you start asking questions/make comment. Or simply finish reading a thread. Maybe then that will automagically make you realize that there is a link. lol.

I know, it's getting very confusing.

I actually did and there's nothing there but random roms by random developers but not the s themed
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purple1 said:
I actually did and there's nothing there but random roms by random developers but not the s themed
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Look there is a galaxy s theme with an actual touchwiz launcher installed. Just look. If you cant find it in the dev section then your not looking.....
And these arent random roms by random people they are roms made by people that actually take time to learn and give back to the community. Just search if everyone else can find the themed rom why cant you?
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I am it goes to a download page. It has roms by htc clay, and someone else I don't remember.
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Ps3 or 360?

I'm bored so I was wondering what xda members prefer PS3 or Xbox 360?
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Short Answer: 360
Long Answer: Why does this matter anyway, its gonna start a flame war.

torikorocks said:
I'm bored so I was wondering what xda members prefer PS3 or Xbox 360?
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The PC says FU.

sakai4eva said:
The PC says FU.
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Lol
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thats an easy one... PS3

PS3
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Lol
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I changed my mind.
Android, and the PC says FU.

android ..

I didn't know that there was an actual question concerning this matter. The answer is as clear as comparing android to apple... PS3 is the only system that matters!
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Ps3 is you want more then just gaming.

360 CRUSHIN PS3 COME ON MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GET REAL ABOUT IT

fleurdelisxliv said:
360 CRUSHIN PS3 COME ON MAN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LETS GET REAL ABOUT IT
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yeah and att is the best carrier too huh!
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r916 said:
yeah and att is the best carrier too huh!
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DEPENDS ON WHERE U ARE!!!! SPRINT WORKS ABOUT 5 MILES EITHER SIDE OF I-2O HERE SO YEA AT&T'S BETTER LOL AND WHAT DOES PS3 HAVE BLUE RAY WHO GIVES A SH*T

blu ray, internet browser, ability to use pc harddrives, no rrod ( myself, my dad and most of my friends all got it) never had a problem with my ps3, including i can move it around while running without destroying disc's.
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I prefer 360 for online play but ps3 is nice too.
I'm gonna have to say both.
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Ps3
Although 360 has it beat multiplayerwise
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r916 said:
blu ray, internet browser, ability to use pc harddrives, no rrod ( myself, my dad and most of my friends all got it) never had a problem with my ps3, including i can move it around while running without destroying disc's.
Sent from htc evo
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never had rrod, i love xbox online play and usually dont move it while im playing it anyway so. Also have a sick phone and laptop with a browser

r916 said:
blu ray, internet browser, ability to use pc harddrives, no rrod ( myself, my dad and most of my friends all got it) never had a problem with my ps3, including i can move it around while running without destroying disc's.
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Agree. Not to mention, had my daughter spill a whole cupfull of water on mine, while it was playing a movie. Unplugged it, dryed it, and it still works like it's brand new! Unlike the 360, all u have to do is look at it wrong and your sending it off to get serviced. Microsoft piece of crap!
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lncoln said:
agree. Not to mention, had my daughter spill a whole cupfull of water on mine, while it was playing a movie. Unplugged it, dryed it, and it still works like it's brand new! Unlike the 360, all u have to do is look at it wrong and your sending it off to get serviced. Microsoft piece of crap!
Ud 3.2.0 / gingereds / god mode
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never once have had a problem with the 360 all of my friends have em to not one problem. Had 360 since day one! White one (sold to my cousin still works fine) when they first came out, halo edition green (sold to my boss still works fine) , black elite use it everyday works like a champ!

fleurdelisxliv said:
never had rrod, i love xbox online play and usually dont move it while im playing it anyway so. Also have a sick phone and laptop with a browser
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Can't lie, XBL is badass, I love the features but what is it now, $60 a year?
Not much really but still a pain to have to pay for something like that on top of paying $60+ for games.
But for some people who don't have a computer or sick phone, my gf's friend only has a ps3 and a wii, no computer and a jinky old phone and she uses her ps3 to watch youtube vids and uses it to search the web.
Hell I use my ps3 almost all day on my days off, between streaming music, watching netflix and playing black ops, it never gets a break and never once has it over heated or givin me any errors, my dad's 360 always has disc read errors even after getting the lense cleaned.

[q] how many people use a ipod touch after getting a droid device?

I thought this was a good question because, after i got my Droid i saw little to no use for the Ipod touch, i just wanna see how the rest of the community feels on it.

If the battery life wasn't so terrible on my D3 here, my ipod would be almost obsolete, however, the ipod is a fantastic mp3 player, and having a 64gig touch, that's quite a bit more space purely for music than what I can get on my droid. Also, I am subscribed to some podcasts, and I haven't found a good podcast app for android yet, so, my ipod touch will still see a lot of use from me. I also have an old 160gig classic ipod, and nothin is gonna touch the storage on that thing for a while.
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techdigital said:
I thought this was a good question because, after i got my Droid i saw little to no use for the Ipod touch, i just wanna see how the rest of the community feels on it.
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I used my iPod Touch with my rooted wifi tether on Droid Eris because the internet seemed faster via wifi than it did on the phone, but I haven't picked it up once since I've had the Droid 3.

gravenimage said:
I haven't found a good podcast app for android yet
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Get Doggcatcher. You can download and stream podcasts, it remembers your progress if you have to stop in the middle and come back a few days later, etc. Very full featured.

We have two of them and they both collect dust to be honest my wife and myself dont want to carry a phone an ipod and such.

Google Music makes stand-alone mp3 players obsolete. That's what I use. I have my entire music library on my phone without having the actual files take up space on my phone. Of course, if you have a poor or no signal, it doesn't quite work. But you can cache playlists and songs if you want to have things available offline.
I used to have an ipod touch until I got Google Music on my Inc.
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I just sold my ipod touch 32 gb and had no kinda feeling about it, I don't even miss it. Try zumocast its amazing if you have alot of media on your always running desktop.
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I use it just for music now. No other use for it.

no, but the one thing Droid is missing is something like iTunes to sync / buy music. I know there are programs out there (I use iSyncr) that work fine, but it would be nice to have something built in.

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no, but the one thing Droid is missing is something like iTunes[...]
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...and nothing of value was lost.
Can't say I ever had an iTouch, but I do have (far too many) other devices. On the music front, I'm actually transitioning away form using my Droid du Jour as my default music player. More and more I find myself wanting physical, tactile controls. I've tried -- for years -- to find a dedicated Bluetooth AVRCP remote, but the closest I've found is overpriced A2DP pendants with crap battery life and terrible controls. Add the fickle hand of battery life, and I find myself reaching for the finest MP(3/4/5) player China can produce.

What to do with old Galaxy S?

I just got a SGS3 and I'm keeping my SGS for now. Any thoughts on some cool or useful things I could do with it now that I have my SGS3? I'm willing to try almost anything but I haven't thought of anything that I can't just do with my SGS3. I'll probably try put Jellybean on the SGS before I try it on the SGS3.
One idea is maybe use it for a webcam. I don't have a webcam right now so is there I way I can use the rear camera as a PC webcam?
Throw out some ideas. Keep in mind I don't have a data plan or voice plan for it anymore but wifi is an option still.
Thanks!

#1RAGE said:
I just got a SGS3 and I'm keeping my SGS for now. Any thoughts on some cool or useful things I could do with it now that I have my SGS3? I'm willing to try almost anything but I haven't thought of anything that I can't just do with my SGS3. I'll probably try put Jellybean on the SGS before I try it on the SGS3.
One idea is maybe use it for a webcam. I don't have a webcam right now so is there I way I can use the rear camera as a PC webcam?
Throw out some ideas. Keep in mind I don't have a data plan or voice plan for it anymore but wifi is an option still.
Thanks!
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I read someone who strapped it to the remote control car they race for pov driving experience!

slaphead20 said:
I read someone who strapped it to the remote control car they race for pov driving experience!
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I was thinking about something like that but I already have a GoPro camera for stuff like that.

Car GPS; or
Get 32GB/64GB SD card and make it an awesome portable music player

Load it up with customized ICS or JB.
Lend it to a less fortunate friend or family member who is stuck with Blackberry or iPhone.

nyloncrack said:
Load it up with customized ICS or JB.
Lend it to a less fortunate friend or family member who is stuck with Blackberry or iPhone.
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:good: It's not that old! Lending it to someone else would be great!

Tried & failed!
nyloncrack said:
Load it up with customized ICS or JB.
Lend it to a less fortunate friend or family member who is stuck with Blackberry or iPhone.
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I tried to give it, but there were no takers!!!

Oct-Al said:
I tried to give it, but there were no takers!!!
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Me me me!

There's definately an app out there that Leta you use your old android phone as a CCTV webcam which you watch from a browser. Used it to find out who was eating my cereal when I was living at uni
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Oct-Al said:
I tried to give it, but there were no takers!!!
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By all means, send it my way.
I really do have unfortunate peeps I know who have BB or iphone. Unfortunate in that they aren't on Android.
What an amazing story it would make of international benevolence and sharing. Ok, maybe that's a little over the top.
But, I did live in Dorset for 14 months. May that sway you..
And if you ever visit Canada, you'd have a place to stay...
And I'll pay the shipping.

You can also use it as a NAS (if you load it whith a usb host enabled kernel) or torrent client.

I saw read somewhere that someone modded the camera to be a nightvision one (hardware mode) you could try that?
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You can also have a look over there!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773050

Clean flash and donate to a local charity of your choice

Why don't you donate it to a hardworking dev? I'm sure they could do something useful with the second phone.

The good first gen single core phones are starting to go off plan and turn up second hand. I picked up a Galaxy S Epic Sprint (the one with slider keyboard) last week at my favorite pawnshop for $60 mint, to mess with and use as a mini tablet. Apparently either the prior owner didn't deactivate it, or with Sprint (no sim card) once activated the phone works fine on wifi. First did factory reset, then rooted, now everything including GPS seems to work (other than the phone and cel data of course, at some point I'll install a Google Voice solution).
I'm using it as a middle of the night reader with a screen dimmer app. My wife has been bothered by the bigger screen lighting of the NC, so something smaller helps. Its a pretty good ereader/podcast player for this purpose. Lots of reader/news apps seem optimized for its WVGA screen, some have night mode. And I put a couple of games on it for the kids to use in the car instead of giving them my real phone.
Now I need to figure out something to do with the slider keyboard. Thinking maybe a remote keyboard app for the PC, anybody recommend an android app that will convert a slider keyboard to a remote computer keyboard through a network?

Hi,
Make a crach test movie
Regards,

I'd say put it away somewhere safe in case something happens to the S3 and you need a backup phone. That's what I'm planning to do with mine. My Galaxy S will be a backup and would be the one I would take on long hikes cause I won't be too bothered if I drop it, although I've kept it in mint condition.
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Slaphead20 and skills have good suggestions.
Otherwise, I'd always planned that whenever I upgrade, I'd likely keep it for its amazing audio quality from its Wolfson DAC and Voodoo Sound; it's hands down the best portable music player I've owned. Plus, there was a good article on Lifehacker a ways back about people keeping older smartphones and iPod Touches with Skype on it to use as a 'house phone'.
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You could send it to me lol I need a testing device but I'd say use for holidays and you don't want to risk the s3
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