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gocuse3
Footballguy
so really i can just leave everything checked and it wont effect anything?
bostonfred
Footballguy
Each time you run an app, it will stay open until you close it. This can hurt your battery life because many of them will stay open in the background so you can go back to them at any time. And a lot of apps don't have a close button or quit button in the menu. You can use advanced task killer to kill the ones in the background that you don't need anymore. Just check the boxes next to the apps you don't want to use anymore, and click kill selected apps, and they will close. If you want to go back to a running application, just launch it again. It should be right where you left it.
bostonfred
Footballguy
If you were in the middle of an email or had your browser on a specific page when you closed it, you would lose that. But the application doesn't break, if that's what you're asking.
bostonfred
Footballguy
The nice thing about the weather app as a widget is that it will use the GPS to tell you the highs and lows for the day in your area, and you can open it to see hour by hour and ten day forecast. It also gives you weather alerts, so if there's a thunderstorm coming, or a bad snowstorm, it will give you a warning in advance. My wife wants to get a droid specifically for this.
sho nuff
Footballguy
Ive uninstalled ATK actually.
Read too much about how it was doing more harm than good.
How it recognized things that were not actually running or draining battery and in the end Android is set up for Apps to be using more than one function and that is why some stuff is up. It learns what it uses and eventually figures out what it needs without sapping your battery. I have not noticed any decrease in battery since I quit using it, so I uninstalled.
Id read up a bit before you go off and set it to kill most of those tasks.
Read too much about how it was doing more harm than good.
How it recognized things that were not actually running or draining battery and in the end Android is set up for Apps to be using more than one function and that is why some stuff is up. It learns what it uses and eventually figures out what it needs without sapping your battery. I have not noticed any decrease in battery since I quit using it, so I uninstalled.
Id read up a bit before you go off and set it to kill most of those tasks.
sho nuff
Footballguy
Agreed...I can look outside but it does not quick tell me the temp, or forecast or if I need to grab the umbrella from my car before walking up to the office.Also, not a big deal this time of year as its just hot all the damn time...but in the spring and fall its good to have first thing in the morning to know how to dress the kids for the day.
Mr. Chumley
Footballguy
Got a droid x and I'm confused. What's the difference between a widget and an app and where do you get widgets?
sho nuff
Footballguy
]Newer user here...but I will answer what I can.not sure on the motorola how the interface is...but on the HTC, press and hold on the screen to add an app, folder, or widget and you should get those options.My wife's samsung does not give me the same options though as far as widgets. Difference is kind of in how they work.Weather widget for example will display current conditions on your screen and update itself. Clicking it takes you to the app to see full weather functions and forecasts and such.Weather App would just look like an icon to click to get to the same functions if you clicked the widget.The widget just gives you that functionality to see updated weather data on your screen without going off the home screen and into the app.Mr. Chumley said:
The Z Machine
Footballguy
Since upgrading to 2.2 (Froyo) my Swype has stopped working.
I tried uninstalling it, uninstalling the installer, and searching for any "swype" files on the device. Then I reinstalled. Still doesn't work. All I have is the crappy original interface.
I needs my Swype! Help!
I tried uninstalling it, uninstalling the installer, and searching for any "swype" files on the device. Then I reinstalled. Still doesn't work. All I have is the crappy original interface.
I needs my Swype! Help!
bostonfred
Footballguy
An app is like any application in Windows. You can go to the start menu and run the application, or you can click on a shortcut to it and it runs. And just like Windows, you can add shortcuts to your desktop that launch applications. A widget starts up when your phone starts up. It might not do anything until you interact with it - like an on/off switch for turning your wifi on - or it might display something - like the weather widget that shows you the current temperature. But it's more than just a shortcut, because you can do stuff with it right there on your desktop, without opening up another application.Mr. Chumley said:
mattyt
Footballguy
Whoa!...check out the BlindType demo video....http://www.blindtype.com/
Swype might have some very serious competition.
Swype might have some very serious competition.
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Card Trader
Footballguy
Looks great, but Swype is so much faster. This would be great on the iPad though, almost a "must have".
nephilim
Footballguy
anyone used the connect-bot ssh app? or any other ssh app?
if you've used an ssh app, does x11 over ssh work???
just picked up a samsung captivate (at&t is my only option) and this thread has provided several toy items (and since it is my phone, toys come first) but ssh into home and then work machines will be needed soon...
if you've used an ssh app, does x11 over ssh work???
just picked up a samsung captivate (at&t is my only option) and this thread has provided several toy items (and since it is my phone, toys come first) but ssh into home and then work machines will be needed soon...
flapgreen
Footballguy
Does Swype come with the Incredible? Hopefully, I'll be getting the Incredible in the mail and a couple weeks, and everyone seems to love Swype
toshiba
Footballguy
It is not a standard app, you need to install it.
flapgreen
Footballguy
tx. This thread will be invaluable once I get my phone.
3C's
Footballguy
It actually is on some phones...and that's the way they want it to be. They'd rather have it written for and installed on OEM, not something available in the market.
sho nuff
Footballguy
Still getting my feet wet with Android too...my must haves so farFantasy Guru (keeps up with my yahoo baseball and will with my football too)Handcent (for texting, better than the stock texter on the evo)Yahoo MailSportsTap (sports news and scores)PandoraTV.com (will be useful later)Weatherbug (i like it better than the Weather Channel, the widget works better)Dolphin Browser (I like it better than the stock web browser on the evo)Some people will tell you about a task killer...I have removed them from my phone and my wife's and have seen no drop in battery performance at all.
bigfun54
Footballguy
I'm only going to come in to say negative things about WeatherBug. It's a great looking app, and I love the interface, but they couldn't have worse forecasts. I don't know where they're getting it, but it's ruining my social calendar. We keep moving pool parties because of WB's forecast, but it's usually quite different from The Weather Channel's forecast. I do like the radar though.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
First thing I would say, make sure you keep it charged. A car charger is a must. The apps I like are Weatherbug (sends storm warnings, forecast, radar), SportsTap has every sports score known to man and you can set your favorite teams so I have the Tigers scores on a main screen and can follow them without opening anything, Twitter App if you use Twitter, Loot is a free and safe program that can balance your budget/track finances without sharing any private data, Open Table is good if you ever make reservations for nice dinners, Google Listen has podcasts, Pandora app works perfect, Yellowbook, Goby, Congress is informative if you want to closely follow our Legislative branch, Astro allows you manage your files/downloads, and Advanced Task Killer is like control-alt-delete on a PC- it allows you close applications and is essential.
Ilov80s
Footballguy
Download Radar Now, it is one a touch radar. Do you have Weatherbug set to send you notifications of storm warnings? I have that and it is by far the best feature. It has saved me from being caught in some bad storms.
SouthJersey
Footballguy
Are all your BB contacts saved on yoru computer? I was using a Palm before I got my Droid and I don't remember how now...I think if you google it you'll be able to find a step by step tutorial...but I was able to import all my contacts saved in the Palm software into my Gmail contacts. Once you do that, all your contacts will sync with your phone.Anyone know how to get contacts out of a BB backup file into my Incredible? My Storm is dead, and I don't know anyone numbers anymore without my contacts...
Sheriff66
Footballguy
I actually figured out how to get it done...FYI for any BB users that have an issue with their current phone not workingHad to download .idp converter and use it to open my backup file, export the contact files to my desktop as .csv files, then upload them into my Gmail account, now they are synced up.Are all your BB contacts saved on yoru computer? I was using a Palm before I got my Droid and I don't remember how now...I think if you google it you'll be able to find a step by step tutorial...but I was able to import all my contacts saved in the Palm software into my Gmail contacts. Once you do that, all your contacts will sync with your phone.Anyone know how to get contacts out of a BB backup file into my Incredible? My Storm is dead, and I don't know anyone numbers anymore without my contacts...
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fsufan
Footballguy
for me they are weather appmovieshandcentespn sportscentercowboys newnfl newsnba newsstocksusa todayFSU news
fsufan
Footballguy
what does this do
Tibetan Sherpa
Footballguy
I'm new to Android, coming from Blackberry and now have an ATT Captivate. For whatever strange reason, it doesn't have a notification of a missed call or text if the phone is in a locked mode. Has anyone come across an app that will have that notification while the phone is locked? I constantly have to unlock the screen to see if anything is missed and would like to have some sort of LED notification for missed calls or texts. Thanks.
This is a must, much better than plain texting.Some other i will add:
Car finder(comes in real handy during the christmas shopping season.)
My Verizon
Call filter(one of my favorites, it will block any numbers you want from rining thriugh. It will show up as a missed call on your phone. Easy to use)
Music player called "Cubed" or "3" Coolest music player, plus has a tool for searching concerts of all the bands on your player that are coming to concert in you area.
Dock simulator(for docking at home or in your car)
GPS tracker(its my favorite, you can track your phone from your computer live)
Google sky map(one word..Awesome)
PdaNet(use your phone for an internet connection to your laptop)
SMS to speech(reads your testx outloud, be careful though, sometimes you dont want people around you to hear an incoming text
Traffic buddy(traffic cams for your local area, ive used it more than once to avvoid traffic jams)
Trapster
TV junkie(must have for someone who watches alot of TV shows)
Harass me(an ap that allows a call to come through to your phone if you have it on silent, a caller has to call you a certain amount of times in a certain amount of time, set by you)
Instant lyrics
Imusictao(download music to your phone for free)
sho nuff
Footballguy
When it loads, I chose among the sports...baseball for now.Takes me right to any leagues I am in with my yahoo ID.Then gives me a nice interface to view my roster, set it, player search and pretty much anything from yahoo's fantasy stuff.
sho nuff
Footballguy
Android Central had something on that a few days ago showing some program that would blip a random pixel on the screen and move it around so you don't ruin any one pixel.Id start there.
ETA the link...
http://www.androidcentral.com/galaxy-s-tip...r-phones-asleep
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Is there a music player app (alternative to the stock music app) that will keep playing while the GPS talks over it? I often have my EVO connected to my car audio and have both the music app and navigation app running at the same time. Whenever navigation speaks, it shuts off the music app altogether.
When I'm running Pandora + Navigation, whenever the Navigation app speaks, Pandora keeps playing the song (at a reduced volume) and all is good.
When I'm running Pandora + Navigation, whenever the Navigation app speaks, Pandora keeps playing the song (at a reduced volume) and all is good.
belljr
Footballguy
Missed Call or Missed Call Led work ok.
belljr
Footballguy
spelled right? Can't find itThis is a must, much better than plain texting.Some other i will add:
Car finder(comes in real handy during the christmas shopping season.)
My Verizon
Call filter(one of my favorites, it will block any numbers you want from rining thriugh. It will show up as a missed call on your phone. Easy to use)
Music player called "Cubed" or "3" Coolest music player, plus has a tool for searching concerts of all the bands on your player that are coming to concert in you area.
Dock simulator(for docking at home or in your car)
GPS tracker(its my favorite, you can track your phone from your computer live)
Google sky map(one word..Awesome)
PdaNet(use your phone for an internet connection to your laptop)
SMS to speech(reads your testx outloud, be careful though, sometimes you dont want people around you to hear an incoming text
Traffic buddy(traffic cams for your local area, ive used it more than once to avvoid traffic jams)
Trapster
TV junkie(must have for someone who watches alot of TV shows)
Harass me(an ap that allows a call to come through to your phone if you have it on silent, a caller has to call you a certain amount of times in a certain amount of time, set by you)
Instant lyrics
Imusictao(download music to your phone for free)
Mr. Chumley
Footballguy
Can someone tell me what launcher pro and beautiful widgets does? Also I have weather bug, free version, but it only displays the temp for anything else I have to tap it and open the app. Does the pay version give you a weather widget?
"i Music Tao" thats exactly how it appears on my phone.spelled right? Can't find itThis is a must, much better than plain texting.Some other i will add:
Car finder(comes in real handy during the christmas shopping season.)
My Verizon
Call filter(one of my favorites, it will block any numbers you want from rining thriugh. It will show up as a missed call on your phone. Easy to use)
Music player called "Cubed" or "3" Coolest music player, plus has a tool for searching concerts of all the bands on your player that are coming to concert in you area.
Dock simulator(for docking at home or in your car)
GPS tracker(its my favorite, you can track your phone from your computer live)
Google sky map(one word..Awesome)
PdaNet(use your phone for an internet connection to your laptop)
SMS to speech(reads your testx outloud, be careful though, sometimes you dont want people around you to hear an incoming text
Traffic buddy(traffic cams for your local area, ive used it more than once to avvoid traffic jams)
Trapster
TV junkie(must have for someone who watches alot of TV shows)
Harass me(an ap that allows a call to come through to your phone if you have it on silent, a caller has to call you a certain amount of times in a certain amount of time, set by you)
Instant lyrics
Imusictao(download music to your phone for free)
I just tried searching for it myself and couldnt find it. It still works on my phone, i wonder if it is still available. That would suck, i have my new Droid X on the way, i hope i can still get it from the market or i might have to just keep my Droid.
belljr
Footballguy
I use fancy widget now. It gives me a clock and weather similar to the HTC default.I used to have weather channel and a seperate clock app but weather channel would always freeze AND would send notifications FOR EVERYTHING, and the only way to turn it off was to uninstall reinstall.The thing I don't like about fancy widet is to get an hourly forceast it takes you to the weather channel web page.The good think about fancy widet imo, is it gives you temp, h/l, date, time.Tap on weather to get 4 day forceast, tap on clock to open up whatever application you want - mine is set to Calendar Pad
TitansFan10
Footballguy
Same deal and still out there, look for Music Wizard. Awesome app"i Music Tao" thats exactly how it appears on my phone.spelled right? Can't find itThis is a must, much better than plain texting.Some other i will add:
Car finder(comes in real handy during the christmas shopping season.)
My Verizon
Call filter(one of my favorites, it will block any numbers you want from rining thriugh. It will show up as a missed call on your phone. Easy to use)
Music player called "Cubed" or "3" Coolest music player, plus has a tool for searching concerts of all the bands on your player that are coming to concert in you area.
Dock simulator(for docking at home or in your car)
GPS tracker(its my favorite, you can track your phone from your computer live)
Google sky map(one word..Awesome)
PdaNet(use your phone for an internet connection to your laptop)
SMS to speech(reads your testx outloud, be careful though, sometimes you dont want people around you to hear an incoming text
Traffic buddy(traffic cams for your local area, ive used it more than once to avvoid traffic jams)
Trapster
TV junkie(must have for someone who watches alot of TV shows)
Harass me(an ap that allows a call to come through to your phone if you have it on silent, a caller has to call you a certain amount of times in a certain amount of time, set by you)
Instant lyrics
Imusictao(download music to your phone for free)
I just tried searching for it myself and couldnt find it. It still works on my phone, i wonder if it is still available. That would suck, i have my new Droid X on the way, i hope i can still get it from the market or i might have to just keep my Droid.
Mr. Chumley
Footballguy
Is ESPN FF going to put out an app?
Wooderson
Fight The Power
Man I hope so. They have an iPhone app so you would think they would create one soon.
