I've been playing around with these two and they are pretty cool.
Street view has an option to turn on compass mode and as you move the phone around it will turn the view to match the direction you are facing -makes it feel like you are really standing in that spot looking around. You use the stock map app but get in real close to where you can click on a business or address and then you get the menu that has the street view option. Then turn on compass mode.
With sky map, you aim your phone up at the sky and it shows you the different constellations and stars. You can pick an object to look for, like say, mars, and the phone will point you to its location.
Last edited by Investor22; March 17th, 2011 at 01:58 AM.
Since every forum seems to have a thread like this...and I've found some useful things on them elsewhere...might as well add one here...here are some of my early favs as an Android Noob:
Free Apps
EasyTether (Lite...full version is $9.95)
Google Navigation
Google Voice Actions
Vlingo
Easy Filter
Color Flashlight
Quick Settings
Lookout
App 2 SD Free (by Sam Lu)
VM Minutes Checker
Dropbox (allows easy moving/sharing of files to/from PC's)
BBC News
NY Times
MSNBC
NPR News
Weatherbug
TV.com
Real Player Beta
Olive Office Editor
AAA Roadside
Scanlife
TiKL
eBuddy
Can you please give me your opinion of Olive Office Editor?
Thanks
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Easy Filter is not really working for me. In fact, I can't tell if it's really doing anything. I would really like to just block the calls and have them not go into my voicemail.
aCCleaner
Advanced task killer
ADW.Launcher***
Data counter widget
Flashlight
FuelLog
Linda Manager
NoLock
NoLED
Notepad
Opera Mini ***
Pulse
Quick Settings ***
Ringdroid
Skype (3g enabled version)
Speedtest
Smart Keyboard Pro ***
To Do List
Voice Recorder
WIdgetsoid ***
Most important ones have the *** beside them. I'd like to be able to use the NESoid and other emulators but I absolutely refuse to use them without a wiimote, which the Optimus V cannot do
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clockr
calendr
go launcher
zedge
minutes checker vm
handcent sms
HeyTell
yahoo IM
skyfire
M.calendar
battery booster
app 2 sd free
gas buddy
youtube
opera mini
scan life
evernote
wheres my droid
weather bug
for my 3 y.o toddler lock. he loves games
I got quick settings but not for the hotspot deal. I never use it. I'm too chicken!
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[root only] Anim Mod by Jrummy - great for adding some slick animations to your window and transition animations... not all animations work on the Opt V, and it requires a reboot to run, but adds a "slick" factor to the phone.
Think of it as Dropbox, but instead of a 2GB cloud, the cloud is your PC. Or think of it as a free GoToMyPC.
Access your PC for download and streaming. It has a couple of players, like for streaming music and vids (it has more of these specialized apps for the iPad), but I haven't used them. And it says it can upload pics you take on your phone (again, I haven't tried this). So far I've used Tonido for loading files from my PC to my Optimus, like ebooks or office documents.
You need your PC running and not in sleep mode, of course. Good if you're ok with leaving your desktop running (with the Tonido PC program running). Or if you don't like your PC running all the time, they sell a Tonido Plug for $99, a NAS device into which you plug a hard drive with content you want on the go.
Also access PC to PC. Create a username and password, say, of johndoe, and you can access via http://johndoe.tonidoid.com (note it's "id" at the end of "tonido").
I heard about this in the FLOSS (Free Libre Open Source Software) podcast.
I've been using my Android about a week now, but I'm a pretty heavy 'power user' type.
Astrid Tasks -- great task list that integrates with Google Tasks and Producteev
Evernote & Springpad (haven't decided between these yet; they're both outboard brain/ remember everything apps)
Voice actions -- allows you to speak actions your phone will then do
dropbox -- we all know this one
shazam -- identifies songs you hear on the radio
SMS backup + -- backs up your SMS messages to your gmail account
quick settings -- allws you to easily turn things on and off without doing lots of menu-digging
Y5 battery saver -- turns wifi on if youre in an area you've connected in before, turns it off if you're not
Dolphin Browser HD -- with gestures and extensibility, knocks stock browser out of the park
I'm also using a few that have been mentioned before.
Last edited by Anamacha; April 13th, 2011 at 02:46 PM.
Handcent
Astro
Awesome Drop
Launcher Pro
ShootMe (does work on non-rooted phone despite what it says in the market)
Quick Settings
Android Assistant (yeah, yeah task killer, but it's so much more and has an app cache cleaner)
Dolphin Mini
My bank's app
White Noise Lite
aCCleaner
Advanced task killer
ADW.Launcher***
Data counter widget
Flashlight
FuelLog
Linda Manager
NoLock
NoLED
Notepad
Opera Mini ***
Pulse
Quick Settings ***
Ringdroid
Skype (3g enabled version)
Speedtest
Smart Keyboard Pro ***
To Do List
Voice Recorder
WIdgetsoid ***
Most important ones have the *** beside them. I'd like to be able to use the NESoid and other emulators but I absolutely refuse to use them without a wiimote, which the Optimus V cannot do
Facebook
Twitter
AVG Anti Virus
Color Flashlight
Amazon Kindle
Chicago Tribune
eBay
GasBuddy
Juice Defender
LA Times
Miami Local News
MP3 Ringtone Maker
NY Times
Out Of Milk
Pandora
Showtime
ShopSavvy
SoundHound
Stop Watch & Timer
Tune Me
Weatherbug
Superbox - Has many, many tools without additional standalone apps, including app2sd, quick settings, battery manager, task killer, cache cleaner, installer/uninstaller and more. Pretty small size too.
Android Assistant - Similar, but not as many features as Superbox. You may not need it, but I like it.
gReader - RSS feed reader
AllRecipes Dinner Spinner - Ignore the cutesy spinner (which is kinda fun). Full access to AllRecipes website, and ability to save recipes. Comes in very handy in the kitchen! Out Of Milk is nice for grocery lists, and I realized that you can also SMS lists to others (though not sync).
Wapedia - Nice, lean Wikipedia app that also (supposedly) searches other wikis. Better than Wikidroid.
IMDB - Searches Internet Movie Database. Nice to have for trivia buffs, or if you're wondering who that actor/actress is. Also has local showtimes and TV listings.
TV Listings - Need I say more?
With the piddly internal storage included with the Optimus, I've been a bit miserly about apps. I typically look for ones that can be moved to SD, but often beggars can't be choosers. I did have Gas Buddy and SportsTap, but noticed that their mobile sites did the exact same thing, so I uninstalled them and put them on my Opera start page. Same with stand-along news apps, as I just bookmarked their mobile sites.
For music, love Pandora. Also added Slacker, which is similar but not as good. Uninstalled IHeartRadio, even though TuneIn doesn't access Clear Channel stations. Realized I don't really much care for Clear Channel that much. Until they offer app2SD, they gotta go bye-bye.
Have only one media player besides the stock one, Jukefox. Be careful, though. The newest update takes away app2SD support. Otherwise, not a bad (though not great) free music player.
I have (through help from the many people at these forums) managed to root my Optimus V. One of the best apps is App Swapp-aside from 3 apps that just refused to work properly on the SD card,ie. widget apps,Root tools uninstaller,Root tools(I didn't even attempt to swap Launcher Pro,or Volume Control,or Minutes checker), I have been able to move 53,thats right,53 apps to the SD card.This is quite an acomplisment considering,A. I'm fairly new to computers,and B. I've only had this V for a month and a half. If you want to watch video's(Jetflicks or any video on a web page)with the V, the only way right now is to use Skyfire as your browser. I like Car Home in the car,but Voice Pod with the provided handsfree earplug type set when not in the car. Funny Warp, because I need a little humer every now and then. Android Assistant, it does some things I like plus gives me useful system info. Root Explorer,it does just what the name implies. Wiki encyclopedia. Mobile News Plus, Dictionary(by:Troid) You speak the word and it not only gives you the meaning but the proper spelling, My-Cast Weather, WiFi Radar. I have a few more , Just standard apps, and some for rooted Phones. I would I made this post look somewhat like the others with each thing on it's own line but alas, I really haven't figured out how to do that yet. P.S. all spelling corrections where done using the Dictionary App. as I don't seem to able to find a spell checker on the Firefox browser(one of its only drawbacks that I can find)
I forgot to list Extended Controls(widget App), it has a WiFi hot spot enable abillity(I tried it on the laptop by disabling the house's WiFi in the network section,then chose the one my phone was now emiting,and it worked!!!
Juice Defender is a must have, for 2.2 Task Killers don't work
Fring - if you are running out of minutes you can call out for 1.2 cents a minute
Skype - Same as fring, but you can talk to other Skype friends free
Device(s): 1 optimus v running cold as ice with blarfs recovery and s2e, 2 Optimus v running backside rom with
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Favorites:
flex T9 keyboard
Wave launcher
launcher pro
Go SMS
Docs to go
Friend caster
Quick pic
Copilot live
Dolphin browser hd
Others:
quick settings
imdb
app2sd pro
Kindle( I have a nook but the app is too bloated)
Mighty grocery
Astro
Pic say pro
Printer share
Color note
System panel
Stop motion
zedge
Goggles
Amazon app store
Ebuddy
Text pic
es explorer
Uverse mobil
netflix
Weather bug elite
What camera app do you guys use? In another thread someone recommended I try Camera Advance Lite, but I can't sort out how to use it. Where do the pictures go?!
OP I notice you put Blacklist in your list. I am having a heck of a time getting a call blocker to work (pick up/hang up). Does it work for you on your OpV?
*Edit. I have tried to get Blacklist working and it's actually not doing anything. Doesn't even attempt to pick up the call or send it to voicemail. weird
Facebook
AVG Antivirus
Traffic Counter
Gmail
Youtube
Juice Defender
Pandora
Adobe Reader
AK Notepade "The Best"
Zedge
The Weather Channel
Garden Of Weeden
Man, some of these lists are pretty long to be "favorites"... My "can't live without", used daily are:
K-9 Mail
Go Launcher
Widgetzoid2.0
1TapCleaner
WeatherBuddy+InstantRadar (much less space than Weatherbug which "was" a favorite)
Folder Organizer
MultiPictureLive WP
Others I can't live without but not used daily:
Minimalistic Text
Dropbox
Skyfire
CarMaintenance
ShootMe
ColorNote
QuickPic
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AppBrain App List
AppBrain so totally rocks.. love the lists you can create for posting on forums! (I've edited out the free/paid bits on the second line as it's really not relevant to this thread.)
I just tried an app I really like. "Bookmark Tree Manager". I was looking for a way to organize bookmarks with folders, not really caring what the browser did with them. This app lets you change text size and color, create your own folders, and keeps track of what you're doing in the default browser (and has auto back-up feature). Really nice and small app size (this is set on LARGE text for my old eyes), I've tried 4 or 5 others.
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Thank you for sharing this app! I searched for something like this awhile back and never found anything that suited me, and this app is perfect! I think my fav part is you can enlarge the text... my eyes are old, too!
I've been use Xscope browser a few days because it's fast, small, and has nice bookmark links... but I just tried Opera Mini (hadn't tried it a long time), and I must say, it's also fast and has a lot of really nice features. It's UI is very nice, graphics seem clearer, web page handling is nice (option for "single column" is nice), nine custom speed dial links on home page, does not build up cache at all, and you can add search engines to the search bar! Also after a few days, with 100 bookmarks added, the app is still only 880mb... and cache never build up.
Only I don't like or haven't found the answer for is how to import bookmarks (from default browser). Not a big deal since I use Tree Bookmarks I mentioned previously.
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ADW Ex launcher (adw gets no love! It's much better than LP, IMO)
Android Pro Widgets
SwiftKey X
Simple Text Icons
Get Glue
Moon + Reader
Minimalistic Text
Wikidroid
Folder Organizer
Edit: I just read the last few posts and got reminded of a few more:
Ghosttown
Quick pic
Simiclock
Go dialer (love the speed dial)
Color note
On call end (makes it so you go back the the homescreen after a call instead of your recent call list. Why don't we have a built in option for this, I ask?)
Shush
Last edited by sadielynn; July 24th, 2011 at 11:18 PM.
ADW Ex Launcher (LOVE IT!)
SwiftKey X
Beautiful Widgets
TweetCaster Pro
FriendCaster Pro
MLB At Bat
Fruit Ninja
iSyncr
Player Pro
Shortyz (Thanks melim for getting me addicted!)
Tapatalk
Titanium Backup Pro
Words With Friends
title is to list favorite apps...seems a lot of people decided to list all their apps.
I've noticed that myself.
Right now my favorites are:
Google Docs (I have most of my favorite recipes in .odt and I copy/paste them to my Google Docs and then read them on my phone while cooking)
Google Voice
Plants Vs Zombies
I use Go SMS and GO EX Launcher as well.
But the champs of my app list are Link2SD, Root Explorer and the stuff that makes root possible.
Heehee. This is one addiction that's actually good for your brain. Most people think crosswords are an old fart thing, but I've been doing them since I was in my late 20s, thanks to the influence of my Grandmother (who just passed in Jan at 101, and was as sharp as a tack until the last 6 months of her life).
Pandora
Seesmic
Fancy Widgets
Netflix
Amazon Kindle (currently haven't bought a single ebook, but enjoying the free classics!)
PicSpeed HD
Google SkyMap
Handcent SMS
1Likes
AppBrain App List
Live Wallpaper
