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So, I've got my Fuze... customised... flashed numerous roms, downloaded tons of games and other software... I've figured out a few tricks... And it does a lot of really handy stuff... I can edit schedules for work, carry around all of my information etc... But people constantly ask me... "what do you need a phone that does all of that for?"
So I was wondering if anyone uses their phone to do anything exceptionally cool...
Just looking to get the most out of my device and always looking for new things to tinker with...
Didn't really see a thread dedicated to ideas like this so I thought I'd post one...
i use my phone to play xbox live at work.....oh yes!!!! thank god for internet sharing
I bypass my work's proxy to play online games at work and browse websites they won't let me
Oh, and I sometimes use it to call.
mostly use internet to stream music at work, but that's if i can get a dadgum 3g signal
but i have used it as a level to hang a pic before. that drew some wtfs
I use it to provide near instant support for my Web site's readers. (It's a news site... serves a very general audience.) With my mobile device, I take readers who are angry because they can't find something and have all but given up, and turn them around with my quicker than quick replies. We use exchange, so the real push notifications make near instant replies possible.
Other than that, I use it for true mobile podcast listening. No need to synch my device with a computer to have the latest podcasts.
I also use the device to run our news organization's twitter and facebook updates, as well as live wireless video reporting using Qik.
So, for a newsie site operator, this is a damn good device. With a keyboard.
Play NES and Gameboy ROMS. Browse flash websites with skyfire. Draw using mobile paint programs.
Most exciting, four days ago pocket Blender3d was revived after a two year break.
http://www.blendernation.com/2009/03/12/blenderpocket-248a-is-now-available/
http://russose.free.fr/BlenderPocket/
There are no phones out there that can do this. Its mostly handy for showing off your work in a 3d environment, but you could feasibly create something on the spot as well.
Oh and taking panorama pictures.
whats the best snes or gb emulator for us anyway?
I use Winamp remote to watch tv/movies...decent quality too.
I use it as a graphing calculator.
well, it makes a dandy paper weight. it's also a very cool alarmclock, I use it to read books, I have even used to for a "avoiding irate wife" tool, and it's always been an awesome "irritate wife" tool. it's a gps thingie, a great money eater, and it works awesome to awe and cow the technically illiterate.
lets see
- upload pics of my one year old to facebook, as soon as I take 'em - instant share with all my family and friends!
- upload videos directly to facebook using the new Facebook app
- my defacto ebook reader when I travel
- my MP3 player for my gym work outs
- watch hulu.com on skyfire to catch missed TV epsiodes (on the elliptical)
- podcasts, newsfeeds
- FM radio for listening to the TV in my gym
- i use OneNote Mobile to make all my lists - grocery, shopping, important numbers etc
- English-Spanish dictionary, when I travel
- traffic updates on Google maps
- Weather and Stocks on TF3D
- Tomtom navigation, when I really need to ASK for directions
You guys should check out Alloysoft's Signal:
http://www.alloysoft.com/
With this, I can use my phone as a remote control to Windows Media Player or Itunes on my computer. It's great if you link up your computer to a big screen or stream music through an Apple Airport. I don't even have to get up to change a track, pause a video, or fast forward.
Wake On LAN is great too so I can turn on my computer from virtually anywhere in the house using my phone
Have it Fart!!
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread.php?t=61479
Let's see:
- Watch movies / series in the train
- Listen to music
- Check internet for information / news / train delays
- GPS in Google maps let me find things easily. With lattitude
my wife knows where I am without calling, which can be good and bad
- ScummVm plays me Monkey Island 1 and 2
- I can use it as a lightsaber
- Appointments & tasks
- Notes
- Use it to control my home computer with remote desktop
- Oh wait, it can call and sms too.
How did you use it to level a picture? Is this an app?
Thanks,
Dave
I'd love to use mine for some of this stuff. Now if I could only find something to get rid of those 40-50 calls I get a day.
when i did the level thingy i just used the gsensor calibration thingy as i didnt have this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411550
yet.
ooh ooh and you can use the fuze to read them 2d barcodes. i grabbed the quickmark freeware one. and i found a code on a box of insulin. it only had the lot and expiration date but it was dang cool
XATAGuy said:
How did you use it to level a picture? Is this an app?
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Start -> Settings -> System (Tab) -> G-Sensor
Just don't hit the calibrate button! hit ok when done.
wonder fuze powers activate! form of... an ice banana!
My Stuff
Well, I use my Touch Pro for fun and work:
Custom software that hits databases, including SQL Mobile and HandDBase, to maintain expenses/income and clients for partner's business, and my own wine list, cocktail/mixed drinks applications, and such
Update serveral blogs directly
Goof off on the web, and TV, and Instant Messenger
Use to get several different emails, including work, so I can pretend I am working from a bar
Used as a flashlight with "Torch" - comes in handy when sneaking around in the dark, or looking for dropped items in dark areas
it has my music on it so it is my portable MP3 player that I connect to my car and everything
Stream TV, some movies, video clips (yes, even porn)
Edited Microsoft presentations, Excel files, and documents for work and clients
use as GPS navigation in my car, in case you didn't know, some software will work with the GPS in the phone but will use a "voice" to read the directions, and if you just plug your phone into your car Aux. port, it will come across the speakers in your car. Pretty cool to show off.
Of course use it as portable storage, no longer carry around the stupid USB drive sticks
So, some is fun, some is cool, most is work stuff. LOL
Just thought i'd start a thread polling people on their top apps.
So what 10 apps couldn't you live with?
I think this has been asked before somewhere on here, but it will be interesting to here more.
...i believe that the next thread will be "what are your top 15 apps?"...buzz me if i'm right
lol no just got my hd2 today and thought this would be a fun way of finding out the best apps to get
my top 10
FPSECE
Morphgear
Nitrogen
xda shutdown
i-nigma
Resco file explorer
facebook
opnmarket
DivX Player
eWallet
Palringo
Flix
OnTV
WhereIs
OpnMarket
MTreeSize
Midomi
MobileTFL
MyPlayer
and few more....
Shake2Send
WebTV
ShopingCart
SpoonUKFlights
UKTrains
uConvert
there is quite a lot VERY USFUL apps round some are free some not...
regards
5 Apps that make the phone half useable
Androkidd, s2u2 , idialer- User Interface
Quick menu - Amazing little drop down menu to open and close apps quickly
AE button plus - remap the hardware buttons to 3 functions each like scrolling up and down, page turn etc
Resco File explorer and Registry - unfortunately alot of things on win mo have to be tweaked using tips from XDA.
Zoomer and Rotate screen and Bsb Tweaks - essential apps to mutitouch any app, rotate any app or apply essential tweaks.
5 Apps that make the phone half decent
TomTom - GPS navigation with a free city map of your choice
Skype - voip to voip free calls. Useful if you have an unlimted data package and low minutes or freinds on other networks.
OpnMarket - a decent and much needed free app store
5 Apps that make the phone pretty cool
Opera Mini (check out iris browser and skyfire too) - Browser
Coreplayer for snapdragon and DivX - Media viewing
FPSECE & Morphgear- Games
Adobe Reader or Foxit- PDF
5 Apps that we don't have
Vlingo or Dragon Dictation
I will edit it later
Coreplayer for Snapdragon?
brandi said:
Coreplayer for Snapdragon?
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there's one doing the rounds extracted from the tg01 which uses hardware acceleration. not legit though as its only licensed for use with the Toshiba
To be honest, have tried the Acer/TG01 versions of Coreplayer and in my test it's rubbish, mild increase on some file formats, normal version 1.36 of Coreplayer easily outperforms the supposed Hardware accelerated versions and these so called HW accelerated versions were unstable.
1-Resco explorer 2010 - It is very user friendly with a lot of function file explorer for HD2
2-Torchbutton - It is very usefull small program to enable led flash as a torch, you can add this to your program tab or assign as a button!
3-resco photo viewer 7.03 (multitouch support) - multitouch support and editing support software for viewing and editing pictures
4-googlemaps - ???!!! no need to explain
5-hicalculator - the best calculator for HD2 in my opinion with many (i really mean MANY) functions...
6-xdashutdown - for soft reset
7-coreplayer for snapdragon - for playing video and audio files support many formats!
8-spb wireless monitor - for measuring how many kilobytes or megabytes you use with your data,usb and wifi connection!
9-midomi 2.3(though it doesn't work correctly but i have to work on it) - just search then you will get what this is, it used for music recognition
10-foxit reader (for viewing pdf files and it is quicker than adobe reader )
and of course for those who are frustrated from htc messaging VITO SMSChat + registry hack(in order to make vito, the default sms application)
A small discruiption along with the app would me nice
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A small discruiption along with the app would me nice
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+1 Yes please!
Doesanyone have any lind to download TomTom 8.40 fro eastern europe?
Seems great aplication!
xavierdemon said:
To be honest, have tried the Acer/TG01 versions of Coreplayer and in my test it's rubbish, mild increase on some file formats, normal version 1.36 of Coreplayer easily outperforms the supposed Hardware accelerated versions and these so called HW accelerated versions were unstable.
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Yep, HTC Album outperforms it as well, much smoother and better quality with correctly encoded videos.
I still use the retail 1.36 for music and standard dvd/tv rips.
Izorai said:
Doesanyone have any lind to download TomTom 8.40 fro eastern europe?
Seems great aplication!
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Check PM.
Grtz,
Degake
Coreplayer for SnapDragon
Can any kind souls provide the link to this Coreplayer for SnapDragon please?
Or at least point me in the right direction by giving the correct filename?
TIA.
Morphgear, FPSEce, Resco Explorer, CorePlayer, Pocket Player, allReader, Opera, Pigeon!, Twitter tab , google maps, rss hub, youtube application, xdaShutdown.
Very cool thread but to have value to it you should include what the app does, I'd say it's more important than download link.. I'm gonna add my list later
Coreplayer first and foremost! So, I'd love to try the SnapDragon version. I'd appreciate a link or a point in the right direction.
uZard Web Browser P Beta Ver.2.0
Requirements:Android 2.X
#it doesn't work on hvga screen#
Overview:
uZard Web P is a mobile web browser. It allows
users to experience the same web surfing they
do with PC.
uZard Web P shows the fastest performance
not only on 3G or 4G networks but also on 2G
and 2.5G networks. As long as the devices have
the access to a network, users can experience
the same web surfing and multimedia contents
through uZard Web P just as they do with PC.
uZard Web P is optimized for use on a broad
range of mobile devices and networks.
uZard Web P shows same screen as you see in
your PC ’s.
> is the fastest mobile web browser.
> supports cross platform.
> works independently of chipset and
technologies.
> doesn’t require high processing power.
> takes smallest data traffic.
> is a small size application.
> is easy to customize and converge.
To see it to believe - uZard Web P introduction
Video ▼
Latest uZard Web P Functions
uZard Web P provides even more joyful web
surfing functions as it provides the important
mobile functions in additional to the basic
features of PC browser.
Complete Support of Video and Audio
- Fully experience various UCC video on
YouTube and others as well as real- time news
video such as CNN (Video formats such as Flash,
Silverlight, WMV, Etc.)
- Experience the music on Internet. (Sound
formats such as MP3, AAC, WMA, Etc.)
Real-time Multimedia File Uploading to the
Web
- Upload the pictures or videos in real-time
while your are surfing the Web sites such as
Facebook, Twitter, Flickr and others. You don’t
need to tediously search for files saved in your
PC or mobile phone and send them through
MMS.
- Download sound source from a Web site and
use it as the bell tone of your mobile phone.
Download the video file and view it later.
Daily Lives of You and Your Friends in Your
Hand
- Easily connect to the blogs or cafe (Group) in
Facebook and Twitter through easy and quick
login and writing. Now your friends in long
distance are only finger touch away.
Same UX (User Experience) as Your PC
- Same screen as you see while Web surfing on
PC is provided.
The Web pages are displayed as they are
originally intended without summarization or
alteration. Familiar UX helps users from the
burden of having to learn new navigation.
Download from here :
www.uzard.com/en/down/download_android.asp
follow me on twitter :
www.twitter.com/wiineeth
I installed the application. When I try to run, it says no Sim found, I have my sim installed and can make calls, I have HTC Aria CM6.1.x experimental. Why should that browser need a sim card.
Thanks
Has anyone tried this with positive results?
Its ok. Can't turn off hepatic feedback!! Major downer. Its slightly slower than opera.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
It loads the pages WAY too big for the htc dream screen... iv tried every option in the settings to fix this but they did nothing.... non of the options work... at least its not another peice of **** stock browser recompile like dolphin.. ect
Looks Nice and Sounds nice, I'm using a HTC incredible, and every time I try to run it it say's no SIM found, also the haptic feedback is annoying. sounds promising though, thanks for the Beta.
Works fine on my hd mini, with one problem though, if i leave the device alone for a while so that it locks itself while uzard running on horizontal view...everything freezes and requires a soft reset. Device getting locked with vertical view works perfectly fine ... any ideas guys?
no SIM found using htc evo
No unfortunately it works on x10 Experia. but after you start is always on the homepage .... : (
Pretty good so far. Works with a Bing Maps GPS tracker where no other browsers would. Needs to be able to register as a browser when clicking links outside the app (i.e. link in Gmail)
i was REALLY disappointed to see that the TF doesn't connect as a mass storage device one of the main reasons i purchased it was to use as an ereader (previously had the Sony Reader which was completely awesome)...i naively thought a tablet could run rings around an ereader
i have a large library which i manage on PC using Calibre, and every book (over 700) has customised tags which is how i navigate it...the first problem was that Calibre could not recognise the TF in MTP mode, the second was finding an ereader app that suited me, but THEN i found that all apps i tried either couldn't read my tags and the Calibre metadata, or (which is much much worse) they add a bunch of nonsense crap tags when importing books
i'm at my wits end! it really shouldn't be this difficult!
this is what i have come up with - if you have any other options, please let me know (and after trying, but failing, to find online solutions, i thought i'd list my half-arsed solution here)
EREADER APP
i chose Aldiko as my ereader app because it supports dual-page landscape view, epub, and pdf (but in single page view only)...i prefer the readability of Kindle app (but it has no dual page view), and i prefer the interface of Mantano (but you can't change the margin sizes and it can't connect to my Calibre server - though i do have my library in Dropbox, the interface of the online Calibre server has the ability to sort by tags)
SYNC
again, because it is an MTP device when connected to PC, none of my auto-sync PC programs will recognise it...for wifi syncing with my Calibre database when i am at home i chose WifiSyncr...it has only 1-way sync (which is what i want as i don't want my library changed by my tablet!)...the downside is that it doesn't 'sync' only changed files, it just copies everything over to the tablet every time you connect (around 1GB for me), but until i find something else this will have to do (i can always just unplug and use the usb/power cable, but i'm lazy)
ACCESS TO CALIBRE LIBRARY
i set up my Calibre server with a no-ip http address, and Aldiko connects to this flawlessly
USAGE
when i first used the 'import' function within Aldiko (or maybe it was one of the other ereader apps i tried), my ebook folder structure had been changed (!!!) with things like new folders created for authors' names - a consequence of the apps not reading the Calibre metadata and just using ****tycrapballs metadata info from some internet hell dimension...i found LegerCalibre, which is 100% perfection on reading my Calibre tags and metadata database - but that's all it does, it's not an ereader, just an interface
so this is what i'm left with:
-wifi sync my Calibre library when changes are made
-use Leger Calibre to navigate local library on tablet and open books using Aldiko
-use Aldiko to read books - but not to manage them, and ignore any Aldiko sort options
-use Aldiko to navigate Calibre server (if i ever need to)
the only other option i can see at this stage is to go out and buy the new Sony Reader and let the TF rot in the corner
addendum: the Asus MyLibrary app just craps itself, and the Asus Sync program only allows syncing of contacts and calendar - who the.f still does this!!!
no one? was my post too long? how about:
how do i use Calibre with the TF?
I use Calibre and cool reader.
Cool reader does epub and kindle format as well as most other formats. I don't know about tags and things.
I have a pretty big library on a 32 gig sd card, which I stick in the pc to transfer books.
It sounds cool what you're trying to do! I wait with bated breath...
Give cool reader a try. it does good 2 page landscape and is very flexible with options.
I'm still struggling with basic conversions of PDF and swapping authors with titles across about 10,000 books, but I'll have a quick look at tags.
I would suggest that you visit www.mobileread.com, the developer of Calibre is actve there )there is a specific sub-forum dedicated to Calibre) and he is very forthcoming and helpful to those that have bought a paid version.
peteinchina said:
I use Calibre and cool reader....
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(i didn't receive a notification of your reply!)
i did end up going with CoolReader in the end, and like you just using my SD card in a usb device so Calibre can access it directly
CoolReader works with opds online catalogues and Calibre has this capability...keeping your library in a Dropbox public folder you can use CoolReader to directly access it...it's pretty cool...let me know if you want more info on it
Kumabjorn said:
I would suggest that you visit www.mobileread.com, the developer of Calibre is actve there )there is a specific sub-forum dedicated to Calibre) and he is very forthcoming and helpful to those that have bought a paid version.
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thanks, i'll check it out
I've just released my newest app that allows for easy searching of Metacritic via a barcode: Metacritic Searcher
Metacritic (www.metacritic.com) is a site that aggregates reviews of different media product. This is an unofficial app that allows you to easily view some of the information.
After scanning the barcode it searches Google for that UPC and extracts the product name. It then searches for that product name in Metacritic. The results are displayed in a list with the score, release date, and platform (ie, Game [PC], Movie..). Clicking on a row will show more details about that product, including the summary, a thumbnail, user score and then links to the reviews. Clicking on the title will direct you to the Metacritics site and clicking on either of the reviews will bring you to the review pages.
It utilizes a third party barcode scanning app that uses zxing (ie. Barcode Scanner, Google Goggles..) but with it you can easily search for reviews and scores on music, movies, books and games.
Please sent me feedback with suggestions or questions!