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So after a couple of months using the Hero I wanted to share the Widgets I still use. My sense UI now has allot of app icons but I still find most of these Widget useful. Please add any suggestions and I will post them up on page. Lets create a resource to make the iphone peeps jealous
3RD PARTY WIDGETS:
BBC News (8/10) two widgets on my home page one for most popular and another for tech or sport
News Buzz (7/10) Still good but have stopped using it
Weather Bug (small) (5/10) Removed it
S2 CalenderWidget (9/10) for me by far the best calendar widget (two types to choose from)
Andriod and Me (small)(3/10) If nothing else to do a nice for android information
Twidriod Pro (8/10) simple but works well
Google scoreboard (9/10) I like this allot good for all sports updates
Facebook (don’t have an account I‘m a twitter man)
HTC WIDGETS:
HTC calendar (small) (8/10) Removed
HTC Settings GPS/Wi-Fi/Bluetooth/Mobile (8/10) Good functions I now only have gps as ModaCo's roms have a wifi off app already installed
HTC Weather/Clock (9/10) Still nice looking but have gone for 2X2 icon without clock
HTC bookmarks (8/10) still use them
HTC footprints (Large) (8/10) Was fun at first but now removed
HTC Album (4/10) Removed
HTC Picture frame( 4/10) still use it
Contacts (8/10) nice but don’t use
Other than the stock HTC widgets - small music player, messaging and the ones you listed, I also use Google's Scoreboard. If you're into sports, its pretty good.
Oh and I have the Facebook widget too.
Someone should write one for xda-devs, it could show you PMs and when people reply to your threads/posts.... Or maybe I'm just beginning to rely on the Hero just a little too much these days.
I agree Floridak xda dev should be more mobile friendly. It would be nice to get updates via a widget. It would also be nice yo have a mobile edition web page that you can post on.
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totaly agree with the XDA-widget!
yep xda mobile support would be great
commodoor said:
yep xda mobile support would be great
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I just think it is so ironic that this is a forum about smartphones yet it doesn't have a mob friendly website
robboy said:
I just think it is so ironic that this is a forum about smartphones yet it doesn't have a mob friendly website
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You can choose pda version under "forum" on the homepage
HenrikPalm said:
You can choose pda version under "forum" on the homepage
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That's an archive of the forum you cannot add replys
robboy said:
I just think it is so ironic that this is a forum about smartphones yet it doesn't have a mob friendly website
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yep i agree i'm surfing a lot on this forum with my phone but all that scrolling pff and it would be nice if it fits on my screen and replying is also importent.
Well...
http://xda-developers.mobi/
Its what i use on my hero and works a charm, its been up and running for a good few months now
Now way !!! Cheers just what I needed
MuDvAyNeX said:
Well...
http://xda-developers.mobi/
Its what i use on my hero and works a charm, its been up and running for a good few months now
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what's different than getting to mob portal from web portal home page? (other than saving a click)
lets get back on topic. Any new Widgets out there?
try feedr. It's $0.99 but you can create an rss feed of xda forums and then place as many widgets on your desktops as you like..I like it a lot.
i use the normal xda website all the time from my hero, i find it great and if you zoom in the auto format setting kicks in to save you the hassle
Did anyone hear of widget that would show/hide my number when calling with one press on a home screen ? That would save a lot of effort
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lets get back on topic. Any new Widgets out there?
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I found interesting the Volume Widget Pro.
It's pretty nice and really useful to change music and alarm volume level from the home screen. And it has lot's of options to configure the colors of the widget.
What I'm using.
Twidgit, nice little widget shows the latest tweet.
BBC news, small widget that shows the latest headline.
Did have 'android and me' but it wasn't much of interest on it.
Ditto engaget.
I posted about this issue a while back when i first got my Hero. I was told it was not possible then. I`m hoping someone can remedy this issue as i hate having to scroll through 30-40 apps to find what i`m looking for. Even WM 6.1 has this facility!
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I posted about this issue a while back when i first got my Hero. I was told it was not possible then. I`m hoping someone can remedy this issue as i hate having to scroll through 30-40 apps to find what i`m looking for. Even WM 6.1 has this facility!
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What issue?
just wanted to let everyone know i found a nice people/contact widget, that is sense like and has a nice look, supports pictures. its called people/contact widget, too simple. i am running a froyo rodrigues rom (which kicks ass), and had to restart the phone to make it work.
if anyone finds or knows of a good bookmark widget that looks nice and is functional, let me know. i tried visual bookmarks and found it to be lacking.
That app sucks dont waste time or money please close thread
The best bookmark widget I have found is for dolphin. I use dolphin but that is one of the only reasons.
Its great except it doesn't work. Other than that it's the best app.
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Just thought I would add my 2 cents. When you click on the market there is the staff picks for tablets. One of them is an app called News Republic. Now the app itself is horrible for a RSS reader. Pulse or many others are far superior. But what is good is the apps Widgets. 3 sizes, one of them a Stacker. In the app you can search and add feeds of entertainment, tmz, sports, individual teams, politics, android, tablets, top news stories what have you. But then you can add Widgets based on the one news feed. Nice scrollable Widgets. Perfect for a sports homescreen or an entertainment screen or whatever. Haven't seen anybody else post this.
Hi guys,
So I loved Twidroyd when Ubersocial hadn't messed it up. Now I've tried Plume and Tweetcaster which are too ugly for my liking. Also tried twicca which is sweet except for their system of notifying about tweets without downloading them first. Is there any way to get twicca to do that?
Or alternatively, an elegant twitter client or one with decent customizability in terms of appearance would be nice too.
Try fiddling with the Tweet Caster theme. Functionally rich and a great twitter client.
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Try fiddling with the Tweet Caster theme. Functionally rich and a great twitter client.
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are there other options besides the 4 choices included in the app? couldn't find any on the market
Try Twicca
like i said, i hate the way twicca tells you about notifications without downloading the tweets mentioned.
plume seems second best to twidroyd so far. ubersocial just plain sucks
How about tweetdeck??
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like i said, i hate the way twicca tells you about notifications without downloading the tweets mentioned.
plume seems second best to twidroyd so far. ubersocial just plain sucks
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so you want it to tell you have a new mention and actually show the mention in the notification panel or something?
ive tried all the twitter clients and twicca is by far the overall best - atleast to me. it has the cleanest interface as it not being all cluttered with extra unneeded stuff on the screen and also being able to color code your followers is nice too. after twicca i would say tweetdeck would be in 2nd.
Those are pretty much it for Android twitter apps, gonna have to suck it up.. I personally use Twicca & Seesmic... Best bet is to learn how to develop apps and make one to your liking
i just use the twitter app?? it does everything fine.
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so you want it to tell you have a new mention and actually show the mention in the notification panel or something?
ive tried all the twitter clients and twicca is by far the overall best - atleast to me. it has the cleanest interface as it not being all cluttered with extra unneeded stuff on the screen and also being able to color code your followers is nice too. after twicca i would say tweetdeck would be in 2nd.
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i settled on plume premium. it works. what i meant was that it should have updated the app with the new tweets when it notifies me of updates, not wait for me to click on the notification, then load the app, then load the tweets.
plume premium comes close to what twidroyd used to be before ubersocial killed it. (damn you ubermedia)
I was thinking about this. If we choose to use a custom launcher, we will likely lose blinkfeed, right? I've got a dozen or so Apex tricks that I have come to rely on. I wonder how this will work??
I know in the past when i used a One X using a custom launcher pretty much removed all the Sense apps so I could see that happening again this time
i must be one of the only people looking forward to blinkfeed!
i almost always had a sports news widget on my homescreen (though not the main one to be fair) and for a large amount of time twitter and facebook too - to have all of that on a dedicated screen (not even a widget) should be really great for me.
I'm looking forward to blinkfeed myself. I thought more people would love that feature. I think it's great.
Sense 5 is so sexy. Why would anyone want to install a different launcher on it?
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djbenny1 said:
i must be one of the only people looking forward to blinkfeed!
i almost always had a sports news widget on my homescreen (though not the main one to be fair) and for a large amount of time twitter and facebook too - to have all of that on a dedicated screen (not even a widget) should be really great for me.
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My wife is probably going to love it. I would prefer to be able to move it to off center. I'm not totally thrilled with any FB or Twitter (-Caster is my favorite on both) widget, but I use them for feeds as well. I can see liking it, providing it's fairly customizable.
djbenny1 said:
i must be one of the only people looking forward to blinkfeed!
i almost always had a sports news widget on my homescreen (though not the main one to be fair) and for a large amount of time twitter and facebook too - to have all of that on a dedicated screen (not even a widget) should be really great for me.
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I'm going to give it a go. I only use 3 homescreens currently anyway and my default one if very sparse with only 4 apps. The idea of blink feed seems good, as long as it can sync with all the stuff I look at on currents I will be pretty happy.
Still no word on the menu button for legacy apps though.
Yes, using a custom launcher will mean you'll lose blinkfeed.
The only way around that will be to wait until someone has made blinkfeed into a separate flashable zip. At that point, you'll be able to set up your custom launcher as you'd like and then I guess you'd just be able to flash blinkfeed to have the functionality of both.
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong on this.
HTC Widgets only work on stock launcher, I don't see why Blinkfeed would be any different.
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Far as I can tell blink feed is another screen on sense. No sense=no blink. Personally I hope a dev can get rid of it. I don't need a news thing and I don't use Facebook or twitter so it seems kinda useless. Id like to see a messaging panel on it with a quick reply like on the Ubuntu touch where its in the notification.
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I am looking forward to trying out blinkfeed as it now follows holo guidelines and they have dropped the horrid 3d look for a much more modern flat look and if I don't like it I will put on a custom launcher.
Does anyone know if you can move the blinkfeed to another home screen as it would in my opinion be much nicer in the middle screen so you can swipe left or right for widgets/apps
It is one of the things I like too. But I also like being able to turn off icon labels, create my on gestures, etc. in Apex. Seems like it might be kind of like switching to an iphone -- if you want blinkfeed, you lose ability to customize.
Meanwhile, I'm sittin' on my hands until I see a few audio reviews.
BaronInkjet said:
I was thinking about this. If we choose to use a custom launcher, we will likely lose blinkfeed, right? I've got a dozen or so Apex tricks that I have come to rely on. I wonder how this will work??
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Hi. I pre-ordered and already have my hands on a shiny new HTC One, and BlinkFeed was not one of the reasons I bought it. One of the first things I did after getting the phone was installing Apex Launcher. I use its gestures too and I like the customizability it offers. Thankfully for me, BlinkFeed indeed goes away with a custom launcher
coming from a iOS device im looking forward on all the HTC features. iphone really gets so boring. does the blinkfeed feature use a lot of power and will using a custom launcher make the battery last longer?
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treoreloaded said:
coming from a iOS device im looking forward on all the HTC features. iphone really gets so boring. does the blinkfeed feature use a lot of power and will using a custom launcher make the battery last longer?
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My One is in for repairs but in the week I was using it i didn't notice any noticeable battery drain from Blinkfeed the the first few days battery life doesn't tend to be good as it needs a couple of charging cycles but certainly battery life is very good.
I'm a big fan of Nova I use it on my Nexus7 but i doubt I will be on my one.
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treoreloaded said:
coming from a iOS device im looking forward on all the HTC features. iphone really gets so boring. does the blinkfeed feature use a lot of power and will using a custom launcher make the battery last longer?
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I have been using Blinkfeed for over 2 weeks and still get good battery life
coupetastic-droid said:
I'm looking forward to blinkfeed myself. I thought more people would love that feature. I think it's great.
Sense 5 is so sexy. Why would anyone want to install a different launcher on it?
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i love blink feed tried different launchers but the sense is the best
treoreloaded said:
coming from a iOS device im looking forward on all the HTC features. iphone really gets so boring. does the blinkfeed feature use a lot of power and will using a custom launcher make the battery last longer?
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hey, i'm surprised about the battery life with blinkfeed. Also the data traffic is less, in one week i had used only 40mb for blinkfeed. I think thats great.