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There are a lot of calculators out there but I want something that handles equations and matrix calculations. In college I had a program called Lyme that worked great on my palm, I would want that or something similar for Android. There is a program called Scilab that could possibly be ported but I don't personally have the time or skill to do that myself. I would definately pay to have something like this.
I have read a lot of ideas and wishes for different ways to sort through the market. Does anyone know of an app that will sort through the market and organize searches by parameters such as relevance, rating, number of downloads, etc? How hard would this be to design?
I'd like to see a tide clock that could combine tide tables and GPS and/or cell site data to compute the tide status (and trend) at the nearest point on shore.
Sounds simple, but I would like an app that disables all of my notifications, audio and vibrate, when I place the phone on any flat surface, face/screen-side down.
So when I walk into a meeting or at night on my nightstand, I can place my phone screen down and be assured I won't be disturbed, but not have to worry about changing a setting when I pick up my phone after the meeting or in the morning.
I've tried searching, but it doesn't seem to exist.
What I want is essentially something which reverses the landscape tilt, so that landscape isn't done by tilting the phone to the left, but instead by tilting it to the right (so the buttons are to the left of the screen).
As I'm left handed, this feels like the correct way to tilt the device, and I'm certain that it should be quite easy for the Android team to implement. Yet it doesn't exist.
Hopefully it's possible to access the landscape-tilting function and change it via an app.
Edit: Just realised that this may be better posted elsewhere.
Last edited by Cube; February 16th, 2010 at 05:58 PM.
I work construction (often operating heavy machinery) and constantly find myself missing calls because the ring-tone wasn't quite loud enough. The temp solution to this is to use a frequency ring-tone, and although I can hear this, so can everyone for 3 square miles when all the sudden five hundred million mhz of whistle noises starts going off. Can something be used to amplify sounds? Even if something were designed to work on rooted phones I know many would pay to be able to increase their ring-tone volume. Please anyone?
Use a windows app like Audacity to increase the volume of your Mp3 file.
There's a few iPhone apps of this type, they're all pay apps. Something such as PinPal which keeps records of all your games, and keeps running statistics such as average, and league play. Anyone want to make some money?
Would love for someone to put together an app that gives the current wet-bulb temperature for a given location, all of the weather apps of course give the temerature and humidity for a location but without doing the calculation which is relatively easy there is no app that I can find that gives the wet-bub. This calculation is used for snow making, and a nice one on the web that could be used as a model is located at SNOWatHOME you simply input your zip code and it gives you the current wet bulb as well as the fore-casted temps, not sure which weather site they pull this info from and though I am by no means a developer but would think this would be pretty easy to do, anyone?
I know that there is a fair chance that the Freecycle site would work in the browser, for the simple tasks of either offering, wanting, or marking items it's a overkill, so i'm going to write a program that does just that.
I'd include the ability to send SMS to my friends and family so they can be sent details of items they have asked me to offer or want automatically.
To that end I think there is also a need for a SMS remaining counter, and also the ability to move the most frequently used contact details to the top of the address book.
I want a really nice "night clock" (bedside clock) with a fully configurable alarm system. Here's what's missing from everything I have found:
1. Nothing but large dimmly lit digital time numbers and a simple "alarm on" indicator showing on the screen in "night mode". (number and background color configurable along with brightness configurable and both portrait and landscape modes)
2. While the alarm is going off, a simple screen tap snoozes it for the configurable amount of time (in minutes). I shouldn't even have to look at the phone to snooze it.
3. Configurable "auto-snooze". This means I should be able to configure how long the alarm sound goes off before it automatically snoozes for a configurable amount of time. I'm talking seconds before the sound stops, not minutes.
4. Multiple saved alarms, i.e. one for weekdays and one for weekends, with completely independent settings for each.
5. Choice of alarm tones or any music file for the alarm.
6. Configurable fade-in length of time for each alarm sound/music.
7. And of course and option for screen-always-on while plugged in to a charger.
Forget about stop watches, timers, world times, etc. This is a bedside alarm clock replacement. It does what it does, but it does it very well. I would pay very well for something that really works like this.
Imagine I go to refill my prescription, and notice that this is my last refill. I now have a 30 day supply, but will need a new prescription when that runs out. So, I go into my calendar, and flip through each of the next 29 days to see if I have a doctor's appointment before then. It would be much nicer if I could simply search for my doctor and have the calendar display my next appointment, so that I know if I will need to call for a new prescription, or just do it on my next visit.
Another use would be if a salesman receives a phone call from a client, he can look up the client, see that they have an appointment on the 17th, and remind the client that he will see him then.
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I suggest google steps up google talk for the android platform! Make it more like BB messenger, swipe to change conversations maybe even the barcode thing to add your android friends! If they could make it as nice to use as BBmsg with the added bonus of actually being able to chat with folks that don't have the same kind of phone it would be killer! Probably not a deal breaker but make something folks would miss I know its capable since I noticed it can tell my android friends from pc friends from other mobile user friends etc. Step it up google!!!!
and oh yeah, how come we're in an adroid forum but yet I can only add my aim and yahoo messenger accounts???? wheres the g-talk ?
Last edited by gruss; February 27th, 2010 at 07:05 PM.
I really like the idea of having an app that would track expenses based on receipt barcodes. That doesn't sound too far out.
I would be really happy with a program like (I hate to say it) Palm's My Day on their new devices. Android has yet to offer a truely comprehensive and well-built calendar/organizer.
That and a replacement phonebook app worth it's salt. It might just be me but I have an Eris and the contacts page leaves someting to be desired.
Listening to audiobooks a lot, I miss my creative Zen's bookmarking feature. Also, if an mp3-player would have *buttons* for. Ffwd and rew, then that would be most handy. Apart from that, basing it on the std music player source code would be just fine. Oh and while they're at it, by all means include a button for refreshing the library.
Last edited by Dutchmarco; February 28th, 2010 at 04:17 PM.
I'd really like a FM radio tuner so I could just listen to local stations here. And the games cubefield and avalanche would be cool if we had them as apps. How do you even make your own app??
From what I know you program them in Java, Download the SDK from android.com, or the (whole) android source (or parts of it) from Get source (Android Open Source Project)
And base your app on that - but of course you can't sell it for money, since it's based upon open source.
But byu all means look up books on Android development on Amazon, for more info.
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I just bought a Cradlepoint PHS 300 usb router and thought surely there is an app for my HTC Hero so far i have a Cradlepoint Paper weight. Does anyone know of a way to broadcast my signal? An app that would help my phone plug and play with this Personal Hot Spot would be worth a kidney.
But its not for android. You have to get the red car out of the way by moving the other It's really great designed and i DONT like something homemade from Market I like some cool design as this one. Does it already exist? Or can you develop one?
I like many of the ideas, but I want a database app. It doesn't have to be overly powerful, but something that you can create fields in and save and then search for data. There were several for WinMo, but I can't find one for Android. I'm sorta surprised, but maybe I'm the only one that would use one!?!
Fun how you expressed your dislike of home made apps in the same paragraph as a request to develop a game. Not the best way to make friends around here.
Fun how you expressed your dislike of home made apps in the same paragraph as a request to develop a game. Not the best way to make friends around here.
Well thank you Still not very smooth as the iPhones.. But better than nothing. Thanks Klaymen
Generally (also looking at Compass apps and such) frame rates under Android suck compared to iPhone.
Not that a little choppiness is going to fatally detract from a game of Rush Hour...
I would like to see an Calendar app that allows you to make appointments, meetings and other inputs via voice. I hate typing in my appointments and I have been really impressed with the voice recognition of applications like Handcent.
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An incredible app would be an aesthetically pleasing and fully functional task manager that synchs with "Tasks" on gmail. Astrid synchs with Remember the Milk and most people like RTM, but I want something that synchs with my gmail...that's why I like google docs and google calendar. gtask is a widget I downloaded and it's nice, but so far if I change something (like mark a task complete) on either Tasks within gmail or gtasks it will not remove the item or synch. Yes I've checked all the settings.
I'm actually kinda shocked Google is so far behind the power curve on what could be an amazing (and easy to create) widget.
Hey guys... new to the forums (and new to the android world, just got droid eris in January 2010).
iphone has a number of different film production related apps. I would love to see this for android! I've only come across a couple apps that are even remotely relative to the film/photography world, but none of them are even really applicable to the field. iphone has DOF converters for all formats (16mm, 35mm, different HD formats). It would be sweet if an app dev designed some stuff for android based off of some of the iphone apps for film production.
(apologies if this topic has been touched, to my knowledge and search efforts I haven't found anything yet)
I want a really nice "night clock" (bedside clock) with a fully configurable alarm system. Here's what's missing from everything I have found:
1. Nothing but large dimmly lit digital time numbers and a simple "alarm on" indicator showing on the screen in "night mode". (number and background color configurable along with brightness configurable and both portrait and landscape modes)
2. While the alarm is going off, a simple screen tap snoozes it for the configurable amount of time (in minutes). I shouldn't even have to look at the phone to snooze it.
3. Configurable "auto-snooze". This means I should be able to configure how long the alarm sound goes off before it automatically snoozes for a configurable amount of time. I'm talking seconds before the sound stops, not minutes.
4. Multiple saved alarms, i.e. one for weekdays and one for weekends, with completely independent settings for each.
5. Choice of alarm tones or any music file for the alarm.
6. Configurable fade-in length of time for each alarm sound/music.
7. And of course and option for screen-always-on while plugged in to a charger.
I have no idea if this idea has been posted already, but I would love an app that allows you to write like "gesture search" but apply this to texting. THAT would be awsome, a gesture texting app....
I have no idea if this idea has been posted already, but I would love an app that allows you to write like "gesture search" but apply this to texting. THAT would be awsome, a gesture texting app....
It's not quite the same thing, but have you looked at ShapeWriter or Swype? (ShapeWriter is available in the Market, Swype is only available as a beta through their website right now.) I use the Swype beta, and I LOVE IT. SO much faster than using a keyboard!!
I was able to get swype (right now they've closed off their beta download), but i'll have to check out shapewriter. I'm loving swype at the moment but "gesture search" feels like such a tease because I can write extremely fast on it with no learning curve needed, but its only good for searching through my music or contacts...
I'd love to see an Application Update Manager. Haven't seen anything like this in the market. One of the most tedious things to me is the constant updating of applications, which can be a fairly slow process when there are several updates available. I realize that there are some security concerns related to allowing automatic updates, and have a couple ideas to address this:
- Ability to specify a list of trusted apps that are to be automatically updated.
- The app would detect changes in system permissions of apps to be updated and require user approval to update if found.
I'm a software developer myself, but I have minimal Java experience and no Android experience as yet, and little time to get acquainted at the moment. One of these days maybe I'll get around to tackling this if something else doesn't get to it first.
I'd like to see a tide clock that could combine tide tables and GPS and/or cell site data to compute the tide status (and trend) at the nearest point on shore.
I would love for somebody to make a Pandora app that connects to a proxy server in the U.S. so those of use outside the U.S. can enjoy the greatness. Stupid license agreements and the CRTC!
I could use an app that uses the barcode reading ability and/or google goggles on my Droid to scan in comic book collections.
1. Scan UPC code on the comic (or take a picture of the cover)
2. Enter condition information and purchase price
3. File
4. Repeat
Additional functions could be to scan a comic when you are removing it from the collection to delete from inventory and to track the sale price and to even track storage location of individual comics (Which archive box #, etc)
A similar branch app could be used to scan in a book library also, or any type of collectible (ie. matchbox cars, coins, etc.)
A good online FPS game would be nice. One that used the Moto's keyboard, and touchscreen.
I'd also like to see a Hulu app that would let me watch my favorite shows from my phone without paying Verizon to bucks to watch stuff I don't even have an interest in.
another good one is an old palm app- it let you make a grocery list, and then sorted your items by aisle. It cut 20 minutes off my grocery shopping time. plus, it's open source, so anyone can take the code and do what they want to it.
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I work construction (often operating heavy machinery) and constantly find myself missing calls because the ring-tone wasn't quite loud enough. The temp solution to this is to use a frequency ring-tone, and although I can hear this, so can everyone for 3 square miles when all the sudden five hundred million mhz of whistle noises starts going off. Can something be used to amplify sounds? Even if something were designed to work on rooted phones I know many would pay to be able to increase their ring-tone volume. Please anyone?
It's not a software thing, but a hardware solution might be to get a noise-cancelling handsfree or bluetooth that will put a tone directly into your ear. They sell 'em everywhere, and they're small enough that they probably won't interfere with your work.
Last edited by kalas1973; March 21st, 2010 at 08:30 PM.
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How about an app that synchronizes your contacts between all your gmail accounts? I have 3 total, and each has separate address book, if I make the change on one, the other 2 don't sync... and having to manually sync is such a pain... when creating a contact I would like to not have to specify to which account I want to add it, how about ALL OF THEM!?
Better Calendar/Scheduler
I know its capable since I noticed it can tell my android friends from pc friends from other mobile user friends etc. Step it up google!!!!
Not the best way to make friends around here.
