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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: vatiAH on July 04, 2010, 04:05:49 AM
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I just got my Incredible and I'm wondering what apps are conciderd a must by everyone. So far I love the phone. My only concern is with battery life, but I'm sure I can work around it.
Vati
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Time will tell how 'free' is free. :huh
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My girlfriend has the motorola droid and she really likes it. She uses an app called "taskiller" and it can shutdown all the apps running in the background and help your battery life.
WMBohica
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Shazam (Listens and tell you what a song is on the radio)
Urban Spoon (Great for finding places to eat when traveling)
Google Sky (Earth Science Teacher)
Taskiller (Very Important - as vati said)
Love my incredible, hope you enjoy yours.
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Yep, I got taskkiller and shazam, also picked up bubble, volume control, Barcode scanner and yellowbook. Does it take a special app for street view or did I just miss something in Google maps?
Vati
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Ive had my Incredible for about 6 weeks now. Love it. Battery life ...... lucky to get 12 hours out of a charge but it does a lot of things. As far as apps go, for me I like, in no certain order, Pandora, Barcode Scanner, Amazon and Ebay mobile apps, Google earth, weather and radar apps, business calculators, audiobooks and the timers, alarm clocks, and stopwatch stuff.
One of my favorite things is the voice to text and voice searches. I bought a couple extra 12v chargers on amazon for $2.49 cents shipped so I could leave a charger in a couple different vehicles.
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I've got a pretty similar list to Rondar. I do enjoy my Scanner Radio though, it hooks up to RadioReference.com and luckily my community is listed on the site. Just yesterday we saw some abulances on the road and I was able to connect to the channel and find out where and what was going on. I have a Stock App that links with my Google Account and tracks my stocks. Google shopper allows you to scan a bar code AND take a picture of something like a book cover and do a search for it. I've got TV.com, which I haven't used much yet, just to see if it works. Pandora is a good one . Some "fun" ones are Metal Detector and Google Goggles (it's suppose to be a tool but it's just kind of fun).
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I enjoy my Motorola Backflip Droid....I'm going to look for task killer.
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My girlfriend has the motorola droid and she really likes it. She uses an app called "taskiller" and it can shutdown all the apps running in the background and help your battery life.
WMBohica
How's the Droid? Looking at either that or an LG Ally...Android is what I want...my phone right now (env touch) does not work in a sense that I can't hear anyone when I call them or they call me.
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Motorola is coming out with a new Phone with the anDroid operating system. I have the HTC incredible with the android operating system.
Apps:
Not in any particular order.
Google skymap.
c:geo--- best one if you geocache.
facebook
Open Gps Tracker
fun ones.
wire Googles
Plateau
moron test
ILG
Awesome Anagrams
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I like getting prankdial i believe it is and prank call ppl with a differnt number instead of resricted :D
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A useful one for me is any battery status display. I don't remember exactly which one I use but it will show approximately how long you have using certain apps (such as 'Internet 5h:36m - Idle 56h:45m - Whatever game 3h:43m' and so on). Most will also come with a taskbar display or widget display for battery life remaining in 10% increments. Only had the phone a little while (old tracphone died so went with this, only 150$ and 20/month :D ) so I haven't had time to get many, but for the most part the "must haves" are a personal opinion per person. :)
Another useful can be DroidLight. It uses the Cameras LED as a flashlight.
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I got a very good deal on mine:
199 with $100 internet offer
-100 for new every 2
- 50 for secret sale coupon I got in the mail
-25 for being backordered and shipping 3 day latter then promised. Grand total. $25 + tax
I'm happy with the phone.
Vati
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Im waiting little less than a month for this to come out on ATT.
(http://smartphonenation.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/htc-lancaster-slide.jpg)
This is good thread though, now I know what to go download once I get it. :D
I currently have the Tilt by ATT which uses windows mobile but it seems that windows mobile is putting up its last stand with their fight with HTC to keep producing windows mobile phones. Doubtful that the windows mobile store can keep up with android's or apple's and it seems that most apps are charged for on windows mobile.
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I want an I-phone 4!
I hesitate to post the Youtube link....though it's possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen, it has lotsa profanity. Just search Iphone vs HTC evo :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
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I want an I-phone 4!
I hesitate to post the Youtube link....though it's possibly the funniest thing I've ever seen, it has lotsa profanity. Just search Iphone vs HTC evo :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl
Lol oh that was great, "It &$^ing prints money" :rofl
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just some off the top of my head on my phone ....
Lookout..... mobile security (scans every download)... but most importantly allows you to locate or completely LOCK a lost phone if needed
Shazam
Astro ..... file manager
PdaNet..... tethering app
Ringroid.... easily make ringtons from MP3 right on the phone
Barcode Scanner
Sports Tap.... sports scoreboard of sorts
Google Voice .... must have this for free text messaging and will transcribe voicemails and send as texts, among other things
Weatherbug is the best weather app Ive seen on there so far
Pandora Radio..... streams music from personalized selections
Camera360........ absolute best camera program Ive found
as far as games everyone will have their favorites..... I personally like Bonsai Blast and What The Doodle
if you really want to change things up a bit then you can try some different launchers:
I recommend getting Home Switcher which allows you to easily switch your launchers...... most popular launchers seem to be ADW.Launcher and Launcher Pro...... Ive tried them both and still prefer the Sense....... but you can really customize your screens with different launchers where Sense is what it is
some other handy apps that I use regularly are:
Wifi Analyzer..... shows all available signals and their strength etc
Gmote..... allows you to use your phone as a remote for your PC (can control media player/keyboard/mouse)
GPS Test..... scans for Satelite signals etc...... also has handy little compass
GPS Status....... similar to above
as far as task killers go...... generally they are totally unnecessary on an android phone......because of the way android handles applications...... however they do come in handy for those pesky apps that never want to close on their own
there are various tips on improving battery life...... task killers dont fall into any of them..... there are things you can do though..... I personally use my phone quite a bit with different apps and browsing etc...... I still get anywhere from 24-36 hours before I even consider a charge.... I can go 2 days with moderate use.....
try turning off the mobile broadband when not in use....... you dont need this for the phone to function as a Phone......also the GPS is a big drain........ also not needed on when not in use....... haptic feedback drains alot........ theres tons of other things as well....... just have to go through and turn off the things that you dont really need running
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PdaNet..... tethering app
Problem with tethering now is that the cell phone carriers are starting to crack down. AT&T has ended their $30 unlimited and grandfathering those who already have it. AT&T now started only offering 2GB for $25 or 200MB for $15. Extra $20 has to be paid for tethering which Im sure can be worked around with the app you posted above as I know the windows mobile phones have tethering built into them.
Verizon says its unlimited as well but not sure on the exact number but I believe if its more than 5GB they shut off your internet access claiming that your pirating or some sort.
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the thing with tethering is........ unless youre using their tethering app then theres really no way for them to casually tell if youre tethering............ sure if you all of a sudden started using 20Gb a month they might suspect something.........
but to casually tether when you go on a trip or just out and about with your laptop...... it would cost them far more than to catch you tethering (the man hours it would take to perform the steps necessary to investigate) and then they still cant really tell or prove anything, far more than they would earn off you paying for the tethering for your 2yr contract........ its just not worth it to them to bother catching someone........ in short...... they dont check
what they do however is depend on people stupidly admitting they were tethering....... then they drop the hammer........ Ive never heard of anyone getting caught tethering without them being stupid
I tether several times a month and it is still less than 10% of my total data usage
this is one of those things where they count on a couple of factors: either youll do the "right" thing and pay for the tethering........ or youll be so afraid of getting caught that you wont try it for free
when Froyo (2.2) comes out for everyone it will have built in tethering for everyone including the ability to be a mobile hotspot........ now with that they can easily tell because its proprietary software.......... with pdanet being 3rd party its virtually impossible for them to tell if youre tethering or not
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I use it for stocks a lot, as well as a wireless tether. Android apps are fantastic.
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Pandora. Pandora+Droid+Wyoming = Amazing. Finally the radio I want in no mans land