Android apps (2 Viewers)

[skrzycki]

For those with Verizon Fios + DVR the Fios DVR Manager app is a must have. Allows you to create and delete recordings.

Other apps:

Keeper is a username/password keeper. Only downside is remembering the password to get in to keeper.

Guitar Solo Lite is a guitar playing app with cord library.

Tip Calc

Play! Curling (coconut labs) - Its the curling game from the olympics. Don't like curling? Download the app and you will

Apps Organizer organizes your apps by any label you want

Flixster gets all of your local movie theaters and showtimes

 

[belljr]

Dude just came into work that has had a Droid for awhile, gave me a tutorial, good god is this phone the shizzzzzznit. Skyfire browser with flash support

I find skyfire to be buggy. When it works it works great.2.2 default browser has flash also BTW - Verizon charging $10 for Video in the NFL App starting 9/1 At least you get all VOD content for that freaking $10 - even their regular content

 

[flapgreen]

Dude just came into work that has had a Droid for awhile, gave me a tutorial, good god is this phone the shizzzzzznit. Skyfire browser with flash support

Just got my Incredible today, so I'm trying to figure out what all of this stuff means. Will be looking through the thread extensively

 

[Abraham]

Hand cent is awesome

 

[flapgreen]

Hand cent is awesome

Just downloaded it

 

[Wooderson]

Hand cent is awesome

Yeah I recommended that awhile back great app. Many option on how you text behave.

 

[Wooderson]

I'm guessing it's been mentioned but the above post reminded me. Directv has a nice app as well to manage your DVR.

 

[Harry Beanbag]

Just got my Droid X on the 15th when they were first released. This thread will be very handy

 

[flapgreen]

nm. Found the gps but it says my location is in another city.

 

[Twilight]

Just got my Droid X on the 15th when they were first released. This thread will be very handy

Didn't order it right away, but I've now had mine for 3 days, so this is my

 

[3C's]

nm. Found the gps but it says my location is in another city.

The gps on the droid gets confused every now and then. Could be OS, could be hardware. It had me smack in the middle of Lake Michigan yesterday. Not even close. Sometimes a power off/on helps. Sometimes waiting a day.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

Fantasy Guru (keeps up with my yahoo baseball and will with my football too)

what does this do

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.

Very nice

 

[fsufan]

Fantasy Guru (keeps up with my yahoo baseball and will with my football too)

what does this do

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.

Very nice

so it is just for yahoo

 

[sho nuff]

Fantasy Guru (keeps up with my yahoo baseball and will with my football too)

what does this do

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.

Very nice

so it is just for yahoo

Yeah...I was hoping i could get my CBS baseball league on there too...but nope...just yahoo.

 

[fsufan]

anyone buy the myfantasyleague.com app. it is worth $5

 

[PlasmaDogPlasma]

nm. Found the gps but it says my location is in another city.

The gps on the droid gets confused every now and then. Could be OS, could be hardware. It had me smack in the middle of Lake Michigan yesterday. Not even close. Sometimes a power off/on helps. Sometimes waiting a day.

Do you guys have "Use GPS satellites" checked? Otherwise it just uses wireless networks and can be pretty inaccurate.Also, when mine was buggy the other day it got fixed just by un-checking and re-checking that option. This is on Eris.

 

[3C's]

nm. Found the gps but it says my location is in another city.

The gps on the droid gets confused every now and then. Could be OS, could be hardware. It had me smack in the middle of Lake Michigan yesterday. Not even close. Sometimes a power off/on helps. Sometimes waiting a day.

Do you guys have "Use GPS satellites" checked? Otherwise it just uses wireless networks and can be pretty inaccurate.Also, when mine was buggy the other day it got fixed just by un-checking and re-checking that option. This is on Eris.

Yes. I never use the wireless networks for location. It gets close, but isn't good for navigation. Sometimes disabling gps, then re-enabling helps. Other times I have to power off/on.

 

[Tiger Fan]

nm. Found the gps but it says my location is in another city.

The gps on the droid gets confused every now and then. Could be OS, could be hardware. It had me smack in the middle of Lake Michigan yesterday. Not even close. Sometimes a power off/on helps. Sometimes waiting a day.

Do you guys have "Use GPS satellites" checked? Otherwise it just uses wireless networks and can be pretty inaccurate.Also, when mine was buggy the other day it got fixed just by un-checking and re-checking that option. This is on Eris.

Also, I know the google maps is still in Beta, so the gps might not be as robust as another Navigation program

 

[flapgreen]

Pandora is freaking awesome. I put in one of my favorite djs and it started playing a ton of great Dance.

 

[Rodeojones]

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[Abraham]

DOes anyone know how to make Handcent the default SMS tool and disable the built in SMS tool? Every time I get a text, Handcent pops up (so I guess its already the default, actually) but then I also get a notification through the standard SMS tool. How do I disable that?

Also, Froyo (coming to the EVO on Tueday) has copy/paste in GMail, which has been my biggest gripe about the phone.

 

[Card Trader]

DOes anyone know how to make Handcent the default SMS tool and disable the built in SMS tool? Every time I get a text, Handcent pops up (so I guess its already the default, actually) but then I also get a notification through the standard SMS tool. How do I disable that? Also, Froyo (coming to the EVO on Tueday) has copy/paste in GMail, which has been my biggest gripe about the phone.

Go into your default messaging app and bring up the menu and go to settings, disable Notifications.

 

[flapgreen]

DOes anyone know how to make Handcent the default SMS tool and disable the built in SMS tool? Every time I get a text, Handcent pops up (so I guess its already the default, actually) but then I also get a notification through the standard SMS tool. How do I disable that? Also, Froyo (coming to the EVO on Tueday) has copy/paste in GMail, which has been my biggest gripe about the phone.

Go into your default messaging app and bring up the menu and go to settings, disable Notifications.

Thanks. Was also trying to figure this out.

 

[snellman]

anyone buy the myfantasyleague.com app. it is worth $5

I wish you could do more with it. It is basiclly a score updater for your myfantasyleague teams, but I think it is worth the $5. Will see for sure when football starts

 

[flapgreen]

Can't get my email set up. Keeps saying it can't verify.

 

[bostonfred]

Can't get my email set up. Keeps saying it can't verify.

yahoo?

 

[flapgreen]

Can't get my email set up. Keeps saying it can't verify.

yahoo?

Tried my yahoo and google account. Same thing.

 

[bostonfred]

Can't get my email set up. Keeps saying it can't verify.

yahoo?

Tried my yahoo and google account. Same thing.

The standard mail client is completely integrated with gmail. not sure what's going on there. yahoo mail was a problem at one time, not sure if it still is. yahoo was making you get their premium package or something if you wanted mobile integration with their email. there were some workarounds listed, but i just use my browser to check it now.

 

[KGB]

i need to get busy on this thing.

havnt configured my handcent

havnt set up podcasts

havnt set up/used visual voicemail

im sure others

 

[belljr]

Can't get my email set up. Keeps saying it can't verify.

Do you have wi-fi or bluetooth on?Turn that off first. yahoo does not work with wi-fi enabled.I have yahoo, comcast and gmail all synced with no issues (other than wi-fi enabled)ETA: Bluetooth can be on but when originally setting it up turn it off.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

Can't get my email set up. Keeps saying it can't verify.

yahoo?

Tried my yahoo and google account. Same thing.

Try k-9 Mail app.

 

[=Smackdown=]

Fantasy Guru (keeps up with my yahoo baseball and will with my football too)

what does this do

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.

Very nice

Definitely makes managing my teams in Yahoo much easier.Just got the Droid - had a regular cell phone before.LOVE the Droid

 

[Sofa King Money]

Can't get my email set up. Keeps saying it can't verify. :IBTL:

yahoo?

Tried my yahoo and google account. Same thing.

Try k-9 Mail app.

Could you elaborate on k-9? Saw it mentioned on a Google forum but looks a little shakey on Marketplace...

 

[oneohh]

Anyone use the RedPokerClub holdem application? Anyone having any problems with it (connectivity)? Anyone know of another serviceable multiplayer holdem game for the Droid?

 

[videoguy505]

 

[Sheriff66]

Can't get my email set up. Keeps saying it can't verify.

yahoo?

Tried my yahoo and google account. Same thing.

From Android Central messageboards....

Yahoo Mail FAQ:Question:How do I configure Yahoo Mail?Answer:If WiFi is turned on - turn it off before proceeding.1. Open HTC mail application2. Click Menu > More > New Account > Manual SetupIncoming Server Settings:3. Protocol = IMAP4. Enter email address in email address filed (name@yahoo.com)5. username= name@yahoo.com6. password = yourpassword7. IMAP server= imap.mail.yahoo.com8. security type = none9. server port = 14310. Select NEXTOutgoing Server Settings (11-13 should already be pre-configured from prior screen)11. Login Required checkbox checked12. username= name@yahoo.com13. password = yourpassword14. SMTP server = smtp.mobile.mail.yahoo.com15. security type = None16. server port = 58717. Click next.Account & User Name:18. Account name = whatever you want19. Your name = duh20. click Finish Setup*****Update on WiFi Access (thanks iman)***When you add a new account, select IMAP under the protocol menu>enter your email>enter your user name which is your email>enter your password>for IMAP server enter: android.imap.mail.yahoo.com>security type is SSL>server port is 993then hit nextfor SMTP server enter android.smtp.mail.yahoo.com>security type will be SSL> server port will be 465Now your email will sync even if wifi is on.

 

[tribecalledjeff]

Can't get my email set up. Keeps saying it can't verify.

yahoo?

Tried my yahoo and google account. Same thing.

Try k-9 Mail app.

Could you elaborate on k-9? Saw it mentioned on a Google forum but looks a little shakey on Marketplace...

What do you want to know? I use 2 Yahoo accounts and 2 G-Mail accounts and it integrates them all at once. Does everything I need and just seems to work better and smoother than the regular mail app that comes on the phone.

 

[3C's]

Can't get my email set up. Keeps saying it can't verify.

yahoo?

Tried my yahoo and google account. Same thing.

Try k-9 Mail app.

Could you elaborate on k-9? Saw it mentioned on a Google forum but looks a little shakey on Marketplace...

I've been using it about a month. It's much more feature rich than the standard email app. One of the biggest things for me was I couldn't open or forward attachments with the standard (not gmail) email client. This also does push/pull email. I'm still getting used to it and really haven't explored too deeply into it's capabilities, but it does what I need.http://code.google.com/p/k9mail/

 

[flapgreen]

Can I snyc up my phone to the radio in my car? I'd love to do this

 

[Wooderson]

Can I snyc up my phone to the radio in my car? I'd love to do this

You can using BT or a FM modulator

 

[flapgreen]

Can I snyc up my phone to the radio in my car? I'd love to do this

You can using BT or a FM modulator

I looked this up but I may have to get someone to show me how. I'm not very good at that sort of thing. Looks like I could also hook up a jack from my phone directly to my stereo also.

 

[belljr]

Not sure what you are trying to do, but if you have an aux in you can just get a cable that goes from the headphone jack to the aux in

 

[mattyt]

BeerCloud

* Scan a beer's barcode with your phone's built-in camera to see a thorough product description

* Search GreatBrewers.com's database of more than 2,800 beers by brewer or beer name

* Descriptions display product image, style, taste profile, food pairing, strength (ABV), color (SRM), and bitterness (IBU)

* View any brewer page for a brief description and a list of beers they produce

* Track down a beer in your neighborhood with your phone's built-in GPS*

* Search includes beer offerings at more than 40,000 bars, restaurants, and stores

* Distance appears next to each retailer - click a retailer to map or get directions

* Beer Finder data perpetually updated with shipments from local wholesalers

* Recommends complementary beer style accompaniments for more than 250 foods

* Select main ingredient, then select dish and see recommended style pairings

* Clicking a specific style reveals commercial examples of that style

Upcoming features:

* Tag favorite beers, brewers, and places to buy beer

* "Favorites Map" - maps the 25 closest bars, restaurants, and stores carrying any of your favorite beers

* Write, save, and share tasting notes on any beer

* Seamless integration with GreatBrewers.com account

 

[sho nuff]

BeerCloud * Scan a beer's barcode with your phone's built-in camera to see a thorough product description * Search GreatBrewers.com's database of more than 2,800 beers by brewer or beer name * Descriptions display product image, style, taste profile, food pairing, strength (ABV), color (SRM), and bitterness (IBU) * View any brewer page for a brief description and a list of beers they produce * Track down a beer in your neighborhood with your phone's built-in GPS* * Search includes beer offerings at more than 40,000 bars, restaurants, and stores * Distance appears next to each retailer - click a retailer to map or get directions * Beer Finder data perpetually updated with shipments from local wholesalers * Recommends complementary beer style accompaniments for more than 250 foods * Select main ingredient, then select dish and see recommended style pairings * Clicking a specific style reveals commercial examples of that styleUpcoming features: * Tag favorite beers, brewers, and places to buy beer * "Favorites Map" - maps the 25 closest bars, restaurants, and stores carrying any of your favorite beers * Write, save, and share tasting notes on any beer * Seamless integration with GreatBrewers.com account

:(

 

[Abraham]

K9 does push? If I can't get the gmail client to work I may try that.

 

[Rodeojones]

Can I snyc up my phone to the radio in my car? I'd love to do this

You can using BT or a FM modulator

I looked this up but I may have to get someone to show me how. I'm not very good at that sort of thing. Looks like I could also hook up a jack from my phone directly to my stereo also.

My Droid X is on back order and have not done this myself but in theory, an FM transmitter should work ala an iPod.Hook up FM transmitter to phone (headphone jack). Tune car radio station to an unused frequency (88.1 works best here in South Seattle) and turn on the Pandora or whatever online radio station you are streaming through your phone. The FM transmitter will send the radio stream through your car stereo via the unused fm radio frequency.This is how I listen to my iPod in my personal vehicle but have not tried it with a phone.

 

[Sheriff66]

BeerCloud * Scan a beer's barcode with your phone's built-in camera to see a thorough product description * Search GreatBrewers.com's database of more than 2,800 beers by brewer or beer name * Descriptions display product image, style, taste profile, food pairing, strength (ABV), color (SRM), and bitterness (IBU) * View any brewer page for a brief description and a list of beers they produce * Track down a beer in your neighborhood with your phone's built-in GPS* * Search includes beer offerings at more than 40,000 bars, restaurants, and stores * Distance appears next to each retailer - click a retailer to map or get directions * Beer Finder data perpetually updated with shipments from local wholesalers * Recommends complementary beer style accompaniments for more than 250 foods * Select main ingredient, then select dish and see recommended style pairings * Clicking a specific style reveals commercial examples of that styleUpcoming features: * Tag favorite beers, brewers, and places to buy beer * "Favorites Map" - maps the 25 closest bars, restaurants, and stores carrying any of your favorite beers * Write, save, and share tasting notes on any beer * Seamless integration with GreatBrewers.com account

 

[videoguy505]

DOes anyone know how to make Handcent the default SMS tool and disable the built in SMS tool? Every time I get a text, Handcent pops up (so I guess its already the default, actually) but then I also get a notification through the standard SMS tool. How do I disable that? Also, Froyo (coming to the EVO on Tueday) has copy/paste in GMail, which has been my biggest gripe about the phone.

Go into your default messaging app and bring up the menu and go to settings, disable Notifications.

Thanks. Was also trying to figure this out.

Will have to try this. For some reason, I think I'm getting Handcent popups while I'm already in Handcent having the conversation... is that normal?

 

[bostonfred]

Just got my 2.2 update. Seemless so far. I like the new quick buttons at the bottom. Where can I find a list of new features?

 

[zander_s]

Just got my 2.2 update. Seemless so far. I like the new quick buttons at the bottom. Where can I find a list of new features?

What do they do? I don't see any different buttons on my EVO.