Help Favorite 2.1 Apps & enhancements so far

[kzoo]

I would have to say in no order:

Google Goggles
Google Maps 4.1.1
Live wallpapers
Speech to Text is AWESOME
Google Gesture
Ultrachron w/ voice set
Barcode Scanner
Microsoft Tag Reader
Spare Parts

Add your favs and let's rock this phone!

 

[duratime]

Lock screen
Dialer screen (no more accidental mutes or speaker phones)
2.1 Apps (helix launcher)
Bluetooth connects now!
Computer USB connects every time

 

[NOMster]

facebook sync
googlemaps nav
helix launcher
built in app killer
youtube hq

 

[dreze88]

Maps, Speech to Text, and 2.1 itself. Looking back at 1.5 it's crazy what a difference 2.1 is.

 

[woldy2]

how did you get youtube HQ?

 

[decalex]

Lock screen
Dialer screen (no more accidental mutes or speaker phones)
2.1 Apps (helix launcher)
Bluetooth connects now!
Computer USB connects every time

Do you know how to stop the new lock screen from vibrating when u touch it (that's what she said)? -- the haptic feedback. I've tried everything, and although not a big deal, was just wondering.

 

[Eric-VTX]

I just updated to 2.1 and I'm like a kid again! But I notice that it does not recognize me in the market...do i have to purchase items i already purchased? like beautiful widgets, openhome screebl, etc...also I tried to install earth live wallpaper and can't get it to work? also can't find helix launcher? Your help will greatly appreciated...Thanks!

 

[kiddk1]

Goggles
Helix
Google voice search
live wallpapers

 

[ramiss]

Maybe I am the only one but I am generally unimpressed....*ducks for lightning*

I know that 2.1 provides a lot more "potential" for apps and I am impresed so far with the radio strength and stock speed improvement. Beyond that most of the improvements are from apps and not with the OS!

I would have been impressed if multi-touch and 5 screens came as stock features. I was looking forward to those.

Even the built in Exchange support, which I was looking forward to as well, is gimped. Why Android 2.1 doesn't support calendars in Exchange is beyond me.

 

[IOWA]

Cheeseburgers.

 

[ramiss]

Cheeseburgers.

Whoa! Nobody told me this thing had a food replicator!

 

[IOWA]

Whoa! Nobody told me this thing had a food replicator!

Yeah dude. made me some bomb ribs last night.

 

[ABH]

real yahoo mail sync

 

[NOMster]

wat

 

[shakuyi]

Swype!

 

[Solo]

facebook sync
googlemaps nav
helix launcher
built in app killer
youtube hq

How did you get facebook sycn to work? Ive been trying for ever now.

 

[kiddk1]

where is the yahoo mail sync?

 

[duratime]

I forgot. Having direct dial to contacts on the home screens is great.

 

[SoulTerror]

The call screen now, glad it's the swipe instead of just tap.

 

[IOWA]

the call screen now, glad it's the swipe instead of just tap.

yes!!~!!

 

[billobob]

I would have been impressed if multi-touch and 5 screens came as stock features. I was looking forward to those.

um, 5 screen support can be enabled in 2.1 without any third-party tricks and multitouch DOES come as a stock feature... just not for the moment, because samsung refuses to release multitouch drivers (or even tell us if the screen is capable of multitouch) and 5 screens isnt enabled by default in their 2.1 release

 

[Stoney62]

I forgot. Having direct dial to contacts on the home screens is great.

Speeddialer 2.0 is greater.

 

[ABH]

where is the yahoo mail sync?

Instead of having to trick the yahoo server or plug-in all kinds of backend info into the moment, the standard android e-mail application will sync with yahoo mail with just your address and password. (I suppose that was never a super amount of work) 1.5 would never do this.

 

[IOWA]

um, 5 screen support can be enabled in 2.1 without any third-party tricks and multitouch DOES come as a stock feature... just not for the moment, because samsung refuses to release multitouch drivers (or even tell us if the screen is capable of multitouch) and 5 screens isnt enabled by default in their 2.1 release

The hardware should be able to handle it just fine. However its the software backend that's the problem. Maybe numus and the gang will get it working.

 

[kiddk1]

Instead of having to trick the yahoo server or plug-in all kinds of backend info into the moment, the standard android e-mail application will sync with yahoo mail with just your address and password. (I suppose that was never a super amount of work) 1.5 would never do this.

when I try to do this I get the prompt "please provide detailed server information"