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[Jamesfrom818]

The Color Flashlight app is pretty awesome. I love the strobe function. Its pretty good at disorienting people.

 

[jonnybryce]

The Color Flashlight app is pretty awesome. I love the strobe function. Its pretty good at disorienting people.

:lol

I doubt it's better than my Droid's flash. 1/3 of the pictures in my gallery are people covering their face with their hands or blurry captures of people mid-turn to protect their eyes from the light. Everyone hates it.

 

[Inarius]

Anyone else buy Modern Combat: Sandstorm from Gameloft's site? I was under the impression that there was online multiplayer, y'know since the website said there was, but when I click on the multiplayer option in the game there is only local wifi. Anyone have any experience with something similar to this?

 

[jonnybryce]

Anyone else buy Modern Combat: Sandstorm from Gameloft's site? I was under the impression that there was online multiplayer, y'know since the website said there was, but when I click on the multiplayer option in the game there is only local wifi. Anyone have any experience with something similar to this?

There was "online multiplayer" on the iPhone version, except it had horrible NAT issues and didn't work for anyone.

But yeah, the general consensus is to stay away from Gameloft's Android games until they get their act together. You can try for a refund, some people got one pretty easily when their site first went up and claimed the games worked on Nexus Ones, but you know, didn't.

 

[Piano]

Just create a bookmark shortcut on your home screen. It will use the Neogaf icon in full.

Not on the Droid Eris it won't. Uses a little bookmark icon with the favicon in the top right corner.

 

[Kamakazie!]

Not on the Droid Eris it won't. Uses a little bookmark icon with the favicon in the top right corner.

Same happens on the desire. Any way to get the proper icons?

 

[Ronok]

I have a strange issue going on right now. Earlier on today I was able to watch videos on the youtube app perfectly well. But now, every time I select a video I get the error "Sorry, this video cannot be played." Has anyone else had this problem?

I'm using my HTC Desire....

 

[ZZMitch]

I would also like to recommend Appbrain. It's a better version of the android market. The hot apps section is where I found lots of new cool apps.

Is appbrain on your PC or something? Because when I searched Appbrain all I got was a way to sync it from your PC I think.

 

[Macho Madness]

Is appbrain on your PC or something? Because when I searched Appbrain all I got was a way to sync it from your PC I think.

www.appbrain.com

 

[ZZMitch]

www.appbrain.com

Alright, im on my Moto Droid thanks

 

[pxleyes]

Same happens on the desire. Any way to get the proper icons?

It just "works" for me. Worked on 2.1 on my N1, and works now on 2.2 I cant explain it because every other site does what you guys are saying.

Make sure you are bookmarking the secondapp neogaf link.

 

[Blindfutur3]

FXCamera or Vignette. I prefer Vignette.

Absolutely. Vignette has replaced the default camera app for me. Geo-location, the amazing effects and the frames make it so much better.

I just wish we had an application for taking panoramic photos like Autostitch for iPhone.

 

[Jamesfrom818]

Absolutely. Vignette has replaced the default camera app for me. Geo-location, the amazing effects and the frames make it so much better.

I just wish we had an application for taking panoramic photos like Autostitch for iPhone.

Not having panoramic photo function was a surprise to me because my HTC Touch Pro could do it.

 

[eznark]

Any useful widgets you guys like?

 

[ZZMitch]

Any useful widgets you guys like?

My favorites-
Weather Channel (Wide)
BattStatt

 

[jonnybryce]

Any useful widgets you guys like?

I use most of the stock ones (weather/news ftw) plus 3Banana's widget for notes and anything by Pure. Music, Calendar, that guy makes good stuff.

 

[ZZMitch]

Has anyone else here tried Dockrunner?

It is a cool app for the Moto Droid (and any other android phones that may support the multimedia mode). It enables the multimedia dock mode without needing to be plugged into the dock (that you have to buy for 30 bucks or so from Verizon :/ ).

I made my own dock out of old legos to use with it and now I am set! :lol

 

[eznark]

Link to the Pure stuff? I'd like a good music widget (does it work with the standard music app?)

I really wish Listen had a widget.

 

[womp]

Any useful widgets you guys like?

Mini Info

 

[giga]

http://apps.doubletwist.com/doubleTwist/-395703074765864636

Designed by one of the best Mac and iPhone designer, Sebastiaan de With: http://www.icondesigner.net/

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Eh, from those screenshots it looks a bit similar to the stock music player. Plus 2.2 revamped that as well.

 

[jonnybryce]

The leaked froyo has the same mp3 player I think.

It looks nice. I think DoubleTwist is slow though. iSyncr is really fast. I'll give it a shot.

Oh and just search Pure in the market, his Calender, Messaging and Music widgets are within the first 10 things that come up.

 

[pxleyes]

Eh, from those screenshots it looks a bit similar to the stock music player. Plus 2.2 revamped that as well.

2.2 didn't revamp the music player. And it isn't anything like the stock one from what I am seeing. Not to mention this is a re-release of their original doubletwist app that helps sync your music/videos from your itunes or pc to your phone.

 

[Kagari]

Looking for a good free IRC app... if there is one. I see the paid one on the market place, but meh.

 

[BigFwoosh]

For anyone interested, I just updated my Custom Car Home app. It now has three home screens and support for SD storage with Froyo. It is also infused with gaf love <3

Edit: As far as IRC apps go, I like AndChat. It does the job, and it's free.

 

[Str0ngStyle]

I have a strange issue going on right now. Earlier on today I was able to watch videos on the youtube app perfectly well. But now, every time I select a video I get the error "Sorry, this video cannot be played." Has anyone else had this problem?

I'm using my HTC Desire....

The youtube widget on the Eris/Desire can be glitchy. Try accessing youtube via the internet and videos should load just fine.

 

[rpmurphy]

I have a strange issue going on right now. Earlier on today I was able to watch videos on the youtube app perfectly well. But now, every time I select a video I get the error "Sorry, this video cannot be played." Has anyone else had this problem?

I'm using my HTC Desire....

If the video was a very recent upload, I usually just wait a day before trying again.

 

[LivetoFollow]

Same happens on the desire. Any way to get the proper icons?

Bookmark 2

 

[Ronok]

The youtube widget on the Eris/Desire can be glitchy. Try accessing youtube via the internet and videos should load just fine.

If the video was a very recent upload, I usually just wait a day before trying again.

Thanks for the help, but later on I found that mp3 playback had also started throwing up errors. I don't have a clue what happened. I decided it was best to just do a factory reset and start again. haha

As soon as I did this mp3 playback and youtube were working perfectly well.

 

[Zeppu]

For anyone interested, I just updated my Custom Car Home app. It now has three home screens and support for SD storage with Froyo. It is also infused with gaf love <3

Elaborate on this please.

 

[DefectiveReject]

Elaborate on this please.

+1

 

[Earl Cazone]

Is it possible to let someone remotely root my phone over desktopviewer or something like that? I really want 2.2 cyanogen on my htc magic as soon as a stable release is out, but im not able to do it myself, i would somehow break my phone (even with all the tutorials out there)

 

[jonnybryce]

The doubletwist app is very nice. It can be a little slow but its really nice looking and is a nice media hub. I think its worth a grab, with a little while to scan it pulled my music synced from iSyncr, so you don't even have to use Doubletwist desktop (which is great, since it sucks).

One there's a widget and landscape this will be golden. I think I've switched from stock.

 

[The Friendly Monster]

DoubleTwist app is far better than the stock app. Is it just me who thinks the sounds isn't as good from it though? Seemed to lack bass to me, but probably just a trick of the mind.

As soon as Spotify do proper ways of sorting media, rather than just search + playlist, I won't need anything else.

 

[jonnybryce]

The sound quality seems the same, but maybe when I plug it into my car I'll notice a difference.

I like the video and podcast sections. Even if you don't use Doubletwist for music, it can be used to sync podcasts and as a podcast player, which is something a lot of people still look for who aren't satisfied with Listen.

 

[BigFwoosh]

Elaborate on this please.

It's a replacement for the Car Home app that comes on 2.0+ phones, but it has three home screens, each with 8 customizable shortcuts (apps, direct dials, pretty much anything but widgets for now). It also has options for automatically enabling bluetooth and speakerphone, and auto-disabling wifi. It's free on the market, and there is a $1 donate version as well for anyone feeling generous.

 

[kaching]

Link to the Pure stuff? I'd like a good music widget (does it work with the standard music app?)

Fair warning on Pure's Cal widget if you downloaded the leaked 2.2 build - it doesn't work yet. It looks like the app has to be resigned for froyo to access calendars, but isn't yet.

Music widget still works though and, yes, it works with standard music app.

The only thing I don't like about the Pure widgets is that the deve creates just about every conceivable widget configuration so you get a list of 6-9 widgets for the same thing on your widgets lists. Honestly, I think he should whittle things down to 2-3 configurations per widget, optimize for the most used layouts.

 

[kaching]

It's a replacement for the Car Home app that comes on 2.0+ phones, but it has three home screens, each with 8 customizable shortcuts (apps, direct dials, pretty much anything but widgets for now). It also has options for automatically enabling bluetooth and speakerphone, and auto-disabling wifi. It's free on the market, and there is a $1 donate version as well for anyone feeling generous.

Does your car home app add music controls (i.e, next track, previous track, pause/play and track info) to the home screen when it detects that the music player is running? 'Cause, if it does, I will gladly donate to your worthy cause. I also wouldn't mind homescreen controls for when Google Navigator is in use, if possible.

 

[BigFwoosh]

Does your car home app add music controls (i.e, next track, previous track, pause/play and track info) to the home screen when it detects that the music player is running? 'Cause, if it does, I will gladly donate to your worthy cause. I also wouldn't mind homescreen controls for when Google Navigator is in use, if possible.

It doesn't have music controls. Someone else mentioned that to me once too... I may add it in the future.

What do you mean by "homescreen controls"?

 

[jonnybryce]

Fair warning on Pure's Cal widget if you downloaded the leaked 2.2 build - it doesn't work yet. It looks like the app has to be resigned for froyo to access calendars, but isn't yet.

Music widget still works though and, yes, it works with standard music app.

The only thing I don't like about the Pure widgets is that the deve creates just about every conceivable widget configuration so you get a list of 6-9 widgets for the same thing on your widgets lists. Honestly, I think he should whittle things down to 2-3 configurations per widget, optimize for the most used layouts.

You can hide the reoccurring sizes from the widget list. Never really bothered me, but you can hide them I believe from the settings.

 

[ZZMitch]

It doesn't have music controls. Someone else mentioned that to me once too... I may add it in the future.

What do you mean by "homescreen controls"?

Yes, music controls would be awesome

 

[skybaby]

The only thing I don't like about the Pure widgets is that the deve creates just about every conceivable widget configuration so you get a list of 6-9 widgets for the same thing on your widgets lists. Honestly, I think he should whittle things down to 2-3 configurations per widget, optimize for the most used layouts.

Widget lists should have branches, seriously. I had ONE app on time installed that did this, so it only added 1 item to initial list and once you clicked it it opened a new list. Everyone else just dumps it in the main list and it gets bloated fast

 

[gcubed]

Widget lists should have branches, seriously. I had ONE app on time installed that did this, so it only added 1 item to initial list and once you clicked it it opened a new list. Everyone else just dumps it in the main list and it gets bloated fast

100% agreed

 

[kaching]

What do you mean by "homescreen controls"?

Same thing as the music controls, just stated slightly differently. i.e. have the controls on the car home screen, rather than needing to click through to the actual app, if the app is already running.

You can hide the reoccurring sizes from the widget list. Never really bothered me, but you can hide them I believe from the settings.

I know, but if you ever need to get it back, you'd have to reinstall, right? It's just a cumbersome process, needs to be cleaned up. Ideally Google enables devs to make widget size configurable in a settings screen (which is what they can't do now and why they need to list every widget size in the main list). In the meantime, devs should resist the urge to create every conceivable size - it's probably better for UI/UX if they focus on fewer configurations anyway.

 

[BigFwoosh]

Same thing as the music controls, just stated slightly differently. i.e. have the controls on the car home screen, rather than needing to click through to the actual app, if the app is already running.

Gotcha. I will certainly keep that in mind!

 

[b.e.r.g]

Dad just bought an Experia Mini and it's the first Android phone I've ever put my fingers on. How is it compared to the other big brother phones (HTC etc)? Can it run every Android app just like any other smart phone?

 

[J Tourettes]

Dad just bought an Experia Mini and it's the first Android phone I've ever put my fingers on. How is it compared to the other big brother phones (HTC etc)? Can it run every Android app just like any other smart phone?

Nope. SE borked it by releasing it as android 1.5 for some sick reason.

 

[b.e.r.g]

Nope. SE borked it by releasing it as android 1.5 for some sick reason.

Duh! But there are many apps for 1.5 as well, right? Like goggles, earth, starmap, evernote, and all those shiny apps I've seen all over? I'm more concerned about the screen size and resolution and if the hardware in general can handle these apps?

 

[Dommel]

Looking for a good free IRC app... if there is one. I see the paid one on the market place, but meh.

Andchat

 

[Bboy AJ]

I know, but if you ever need to get it back, you'd have to reinstall, right? It's just a cumbersome process, needs to be cleaned up. Ideally Google enables devs to make widget size configurable in a settings screen (which is what they can't do now and why they need to list every widget size in the main list). In the meantime, devs should resist the urge to create every conceivable size - it's probably better for UI/UX if they focus on fewer configurations anyway.

No, just recheck.

The process does need cleaning up but I disagree with limiting the sizes. Let the users pick.