Sense UI - News - Nexus One Themes and Apps

When using the widget, I've noticed that it downloads 50 news articles per feed. Yes, FIFTY. If you have more a couple of news sources, things start to get pretty ridiculous.
Is there any way to limit this to 10 or so articles per feed, similar to the stock Android 2.1 news widget?
I've noticed you can "export" to OMAPL, so maybe this is the way to customize it, but I don't know much about OMAPL. Anyone have any ideas?

No it will do 50(cant go lower), but you can make it more if you like. I just use 2 news things so I'm fine.

Ace42 said:
No it will do 50(cant go lower), but you can make it more if you like. I just use 2 news things so I'm fine.
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Yeah, I have various news sources I like to keep active on.

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Is the HD2 Twitter client useless for everyone else too?

Hi all,
I got my HD2 yesterday and so far I am very happy with it, except for a few minor details. One of the biggest annoyances so far is the Twitter client (HTC Peep). It's useless! When I try to update the latest tweets the entire phone slows down and it takes ages before they are updated. Also, scrolling up and down is extremely slow, except for most of the times when Twitter isn't updating at all.
Are everyone else having this issue as well? Are there an alternative Twitter client that works fine with the HD2?
Thanks!
pcprono said:
Hi all,
I got my HD2 yesterday and so far I am very happy with it, except for a few minor details. One of the biggest annoyances so far is the Twitter client (HTC Peep). It's useless! When I try to update the latest tweets the entire phone slows down and it takes ages before they are updated. Also, scrolling up and down is extremely slow, except for most of the times when Twitter isn't updating at all.
Are everyone else having this issue as well? Are there an alternative Twitter client that works fine with the HD2?
Thanks!
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not at at all for me. The only gripe i have is when mine updates i have to scroll up a little.
mallman said:
not at at all for me. The only gripe i have is when mine updates i have to scroll up a little.
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Strange. Mine is extremely slow and actually completely useless.
mallman said:
not at at all for me. The only gripe i have is when mine updates i have to scroll up a little.
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Second that!
Im using it without problems, its fast..
Only auto update doesnt work...
Maybe you have conflict with any installed SW...What about to try hard reset...
Mine is useless. It takes ages to upload/update, and doesn't automatically move to the top. It looks lovely but, coming from twitterific on the iPhone, its pretty useless as it stands. Its all down to how slow it is. Is this a ROM issue?
Mine also can't "make contact with the service" most of the time. Wile pocket twit works al the time.
Same here, also when it refuses to update it slows down the phone and I have to wait for 5 minutes++ for it to go back to normal.
Does anyone know of an alternative/good Twitter client I can use instead of HTC Peep?
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Does anyone know of an alternative/good Twitter client I can use instead of HTC Peep?
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I couldn't recommend Panoramic MoTweets any higher. It's not free, but it's cheap.
Personally, I've not had even the slightest gripe with the twitter tab in Sense, so I'm gonna stick with that, but I used MoTweets for a long time on my HD. Give it a try.
http://www.panoramicsoft.com/mobileapps/motweets/moTweets.php
I'm not a big twitter user, but I've had no problems with mine. Speedy and never fails to update.
I just wish it had a time limit on the notifications (no, I don't want to be notified at 3am thanks), but I think I'll end up with a generic alert management system to cover that anyway.
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I couldn't recommend Panoramic MoTweets any higher. It's not free, but it's cheap.
Personally, I've not had even the slightest gripe with the twitter tab in Sense, so I'm gonna stick with that, but I used MoTweets for a long time on my HD. Give it a try.
http://www.panoramicsoft.com/mobileapps/motweets/moTweets.php
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Didn't look as good as HTC Peep, but I will give it a try. Thanks!
useless for now :S if someone deletes a tweet you already seen, the changes does not happen on hd2 when you update.
Do they actually test the software before sending it to the masses ?.. darn thing..
Hi, trying to use HTC Peed on my HD2 is near impossible. It slows right down or crashes!
I downloaed moTweets from the Marketplace a few days ago and have to say it's amazing! The interface is beautiful and the screenshots don't do it justice. It alerts you on the notifications bar when new tweets or message arrive.
Plus it has everything you need to retweet, send location, pictures, videos, view links, shorten links. I can't believe they charge under £3 for this. I've removed Peep for my bar and put moTweets on my quick links.
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Didn't look as good as HTC Peep, but I will give it a try. Thanks!
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It's a million times better than Peep. Especially if you live on Twitter
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Hi, trying to use HTC Peed on my HD2 is near impossible. It slows right down or crashes!
I downloaed moTweets from the Marketplace a few days ago and have to say it's amazing! The interface is beautiful and the screenshots don't do it justice. It alerts you on the notifications bar when new tweets or message arrive.
Plus it has everything you need to retweet, send location, pictures, videos, view links, shorten links. I can't believe they charge under £3 for this. I've removed Peep for my bar and put moTweets on my quick links.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one with the problem. Anyways, the Norwegian marketplace has 11 (!) apps. Totally useless so far.
Because my Twitter app also would'nt connect via GPRS, but did via WiFi, I contacted HTC NLD for a solution. Their reaction was that this might be a proxy problem.
So of your mobile provider uses proxy Twitter is next to useless. If not, it should work fine.
Check if this is the case by connecting your HD2 to WiFi and start twittering. If the lag or connection issues are gone you have a proxy! Check the provider settings if you're able to connect without a proxy.
Also third party twitter apps will prove to be useless because they use the same proxy. In that case the only option is to connect to internet and twitter on line.
pcprono said:
Same here, also when it refuses to update it slows down the phone and I have to wait for 5 minutes++ for it to go back to normal.
Does anyone know of an alternative/good Twitter client I can use instead of HTC Peep?
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http://www.trinketsoftware.com/Twikini/
Brilliant Twitter App. Very cheap, and rock solid. Gets updates often. . Well supported by developer and.....
Works like a charm when not connected to WiFi too.
I would have liked to use the built in twitter app, but I too can''t get it to work over a non wifi connection, I looked at removing my proxy info, but my proxy box was already unticked so made no difference to the problem.
Thankfully Twikini is supurb (and I had already purchased it previously) so I just use that. Its a much better twitter client all round.
Anyone interested in buying this App, might like to know that it is also available from the marketplace at a considerably cheaper price than direct from the developers website.
There is a free trial version, give it a go. It even comes with a HTC coloured theme so its all looks nice.
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I'm glad I'm not the only one with the problem. Anyways, the Norwegian marketplace has 11 (!) apps. Totally useless so far.
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yeah it's ****ing pathetic. I thought it was going to be at least a few hundred apps there.... Been checking there once in a while since I bought the HD2, but still no new apps. Maybe we'll get 1 or two more apps next year if we are lucky woohooo!!
Few things in the world can be more useless than Twitter itself, let alone Twitter clients.
It does the Twitter thing for me but doesn't make coffee, doesn't deliver or send any significant information anywhere and doesn't wake me up in the morning. So yes, it's predictably useless.
Another good Twitter client is PockeTwit: http://code.google.com/p/pocketwit/

[App] TweetDeck for Android

http://www.mediafire.com/?5ncph514h8b49wc
It is fantastic.
Wouldn't consider this as warez as its not a paid app, just the (soon to be) public beta.
Enjoy!
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I would personally wait for the public beta as that's going to happen in a few days.
Yup on the internet are "old" version.
I prefer to wait for the official beta launch. Probably even tomorrow...
I accidentally deleted a column, how do I re-add it? D:
Weird, I can't get it to work.. get java error..
Edited: Its working :O!
thanks.... i'll try it out
the official beta for this launches today.
http://mashable.com/2010/08/12/tweetdeck-for-android/
I'm on the current pre-beta and there are a lot of things missing that will hopefully be included in the proper beta release. Little things like no settings menu.
FroYo, xda, beer, repeat.
Official beta is out now. It looks good but is very very buggy. Foursquare gives FC , cant add columns, no notifications...
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Have it loaded on my Vibrant using FB & Twitter only. Very stable for me and I'm really diggin it so far.
Loaded Tweetdeck yesterday I was very disappointed compared to the iPhone version. Why is it missing so many features, sad Im still waiting for a Twitter cliet as good as Twittelator Pro for Android. The closest I have found is Touiteur, I like Hootsuite but like Seesmic there is no @ ID address support.
-McMex
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Loaded Tweetdeck yesterday I was very disappointed compared to the iPhone version. Why is it missing so many features, sad Im still waiting for a Twitter cliet as good as Twittelator Pro for Android. The closest I have found is Touiteur, I like Hootsuite but like Seesmic there is no @ ID address support.
-McMex
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Which features are missing? Must say that I'm only familiar with the desktop client, not the Iphone client.
I have tried the Tweetdeck for android as well and I must say I like the look and feel of the app. Sometimes the app crashes when changing views, but hey... it's still beta so I can live with that. What I am missing is a settings menu. ATM there is no way to set the update interval, which is a big mis imho...
Looking forward to see the end result of the app.
I'm liking the Tweetdeck for Android beta and it looks like they are pushing fixes and updates out really quickly. Hopefully this will be fully featured and out of beta soon.
beta 2 is out. check their tweeter
Beta 3 is now available, you can now customize the refresh intervals (individually for each column, too!).
http://bit.ly/deckondroid903
https://twitter.com/TweetDeck/status/21420770851
Edit: Full changelog: http://support.tweetdeck.com/entries/240663-new-android-tweetdeck-beta-v0-9-3-available
installed this after Paul Obrien tweeted about it... I'm really impressed and whilst it's a bit lite on features I have a feeling they will iterate quickly. I use the OSX desktop client so am figuring it will include a lot of the features from that before long, but with a mobile slant of course...
Okay, so as I understand it, tweetdeck should combine Twitter, Facebook, Buzz, whatever.... into the "Home" column, right?
It seemed to last night, but since then it's seen 2 tweets and zero facebook posts, even refreshed it a few times.
I know it's beta, but not sure why it seemed to work last night but not today.
Nope, by far not just me.. http://support.tweetdeck.com/entries/237561-facebook-syncing-stopped
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Okay, so as I understand it, tweetdeck should combine Twitter, Facebook, Buzz, whatever.... into the "Home" column, right?
It seemed to last night, but since then it's seen 2 tweets and zero facebook posts, even refreshed it a few times.
I know it's beta, but not sure why it seemed to work last night but not today.
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I had it earlier this afternoon too...
Later today, when I tried to fix it, I pressed in the account screen on my facebook account. Somehow it "locked" i think, because i couldn't press it afterwards anymore.
Since then it updates & refresh again. Maybe that works?
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I had it earlier this afternoon too...
Later today, when I tried to fix it, I pressed in the account screen on my facebook account. Somehow it "locked" i think, because i couldn't press it afterwards anymore.
Since then it updates & refresh again. Maybe that works?
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I poked at that too and all it did was pop up a similar window to the first time it authenticated, but immediately went away.. No updates.
I think I'll uninstall it for now, maybe look again later. Overall I like the idea, but if it won't work, it's useless. Someone replied to my tweet about it not updating Facebook with "Restart your phone". Wut? Uninstall is my answer.
Has the battery drainage been solved by adding the update interval setting? Couldn't see anything specific in the changelog for 0.9.3.

[APP] Executive Assistant - for anybody whose inc is an office phone too

Holy guacamole! Has anybody else seen or used this app? I am amazed - its spectacular. It is a 1 stop widget for email / calendar / tasks / sms / missed calls / voicemail / facebook / twitter / google reader.
I just downloaded and installed the free version of the app from market and various add-ons and am positively blown away. Will be buying the paid version to get rid of ads when i get home.
I have been searching for something like this for weeks and found a reference on droidforums or something like that. My stupid, stodgy, underpowered, small low res screen, bad browser, no apps, no customization blackberry can now safely be consigned to the trash can! My d-inc will be my new work phone and with this app and the widgets I have absolutely everything I needed.
A few things to note:
1. Set up took a small bit of time for me but once set up properly it is great.
2. Editing any incorrectly entered settings is confusing since the menu button keeps pulling up general phone settings. You have to click inside the widget and then press the menu button to get the app settings. They should make that better.
3. The widget app does not seem to support exchange email - just gmail including google apps and other IMAP/POP accounts such as yahoo, hotmail - you need paid accounts for those last 2 I believe. I guess for my exchange account i will use the htc widget (strangely though the app does support exchange calendars).
4. There are countless settings - spend the time to figure them out. Font size, color, background - way too many things can be changed.
5. I confused myself by using it on the lockscreen - when you switch on the screen, you dont see screen unlock - you just see a summary page of the emails / calendars etc etc. - you have to click the home button to get the slider to unlock your phone.
6. http://www.appventive.com/executive-assistant is the app site but there is not a helluva lot of info there. You are a bit on your own in figuring out the settings etc.
7. I have 2 google emails - 1 personal, 1 office g-app and of course google voice. It did not like that and would not login into all my email and voice till I entered their passwords properly instead of letting the app gather that from the device settings.
8. I have not tested battery drain yet but I suspect it will lead to some since it seems to pull the emails rather than just polling the android apps.
For anybody who wants to use their droids as work related phones - this is by far the best thing I have ever come across.
not that I'm cynical, and it does look interesting, but this post sure sounds like developer pumping his app
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not that I'm cynical, and it does look interesting, but this post sure sounds like developer pumping his app
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hahahahaha. check my other posts - u will see i am a noob tinkering around - not a dev or anything like that - probably sound too excited because i finally got an app which makes my bberry (useless junk i was forced to use since the iphone is bad too) replaceable. am a private equity guy - i know financial statements not java or whatever android is written in.
PS: there is 1 more drawback - if u try to use multiple widgets, 1 setting applies to all. So u cant have 1 widget for SMS/Twitter/Facebook and 1 for email - maybe i am doing something wrong but thats what it seemed like.
Does not support exchange = fail.
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Does not support exchange = fail.
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+1 That is the only mail that I check on a daily basis. Double Fail!!
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+1 That is the only mail that I check on a daily basis. Double Fail!!
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triple it, it a deal breaker for me, great idea though. would buy it if it was able to read from the exchange mailbox (i don't want yet another mailbox checking or recieving, its already downloading the email, just read that inbox?)
If anybody can recommend anything better, I would love to try that. I suggested this only because there is nothing better than this out there - at least I have not found any. Even without exchange, there is no consolidated widget for all the things in 1 screen.
I have a JB iphone 4 too and I use lockinfo (cydia app). That's the best implementation of a launchpad for various items (calendar, weather, email, missed calls, sms, voicemail, notifications, tasks, twitter) and so on... So far no such widget/app seen on the android platform. This one is close but as you can see from my comments too, its not perfect.
I have Executive Assistant and I must say it's very useful.. if you're looking for something else that also displays all information you might want to try Slidescreen and Slidescreen Pro. I'm not sure if you can read exchange mail through them but they're very clean and professional looking.. they act as a new home though.
Good find!
Checkin out the free version now, no exchange support isn't an issue for me as I don't use it, but if the rest of the app is solid and the dev has enough of a following, I think it's safe to say that exchange support can be expected down the pipeline (Here's hoping since I know a lot of folks use it!)
OK, bought full version, dude SWEET find! Been looking for something like this!

Best Twitter APP **IN YOUR OPINION**

I have tried these so far
Twidroyd
Twidroyd was one of the first Android Twitter apps, and it has remained one of the best. The only complaint I’ve had is that Twidroyd isn’t as fast as it once was, but that hasn’t stopped it from being one of the most used apps. The Pro edition of Twidroyd was among the first to introduce new features like multiple accounts, themes, and media sharing, so users can count on strong features in a good interface.
Tweetcaster
The Tweetcaster interface is very pretty and the features are appealing. There are dark and light theme options, favorites, profile reading, filtering by user, and the ability to save searches. In fact, features are the saving grace of the app because it is one of the most-decorated of the comparison chart. No matter what I removed or added, Tweetcaster typically had it. I’m unable to get Twitter.com list support, but the app does let users create lists within the app. The free and pro editions are identical except that free version includes advertisements.
Plame
Full disclosure: I’m biased in my admiration for Plame. I love when apps incorporate beautiful designs, and few apps are as pretty Plame. Anyone who uses this app should opt for the Premium version, which adds theme support, color-coded multiple accounts, a widget, and threaded conversations. The great thing about Plame is that its constantly updating. The app needs to improve its speed to rival other apps, but Plame remains one of my favorites.
Great for: People who value good looks, lots of features, and constant updates
Am currently using both Tweetcaster PRO and Plume, Plume is really cool and I love the features but it is dirt slow with updating the tweets. Tweetcast PRO I just got so am still feeling it out fully but it is definitely faster then Plume in everyway...
So which twitter app would you recommend??? which do you use on a regular basis???
I always use Plume.. I've tried the others and I enjoyed Plume the best..
I use tweetcaster it seems to do what I like. I tried tweetdeck but i didn't like it at all. I am going to download plume and test it out now though
Best twitter app I've tried was seesmic, but I'm running twicca right now and its probably a tie. I tried all those others you listed and tweetdeck and they all suck.
Best cleanest and fastest I feel is seesmic, full featured is tweetcaster and twidroyd. Don't like plume at all anymore.
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Best twitter app I've tried was seesmic, but I'm running twicca right now and its probably a tie. I tried all those others you listed and tweetdeck and they all suck.
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Hmmm I never heard of seesmic am going to download it now and test it out.... Brb
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Hmmm I never heard of seesmic am going to download it now and test it out.... Brb
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Test Twicca also its sick
the official twitter client is good for me, have heard good things about plume though!
Plume
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the official twitter client is good for me, have heard good things about plume though!
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I haven't tried many of the other ones so I can't say. They just look "after marketish" to me tho..
I'm not a major "tweeter" I just follow a lot of the things I'm interested in and use it for updates.
I'm just coming to the conclusion that you really can't go wrong with any as there some who will go to bat for each twitter client. I for one paid for Tweetcaster and liked it and haven't tried another one since. This thread is making me want to try the others again though.
One question I do have though, which client has the best widget? That's the deal breaker for me.
Plume hands down
I hop between Plume and Twitdroyd but I use plume 90% of the time.
I've tried twitter, tweetdeck, seesmic and tweetcaster and keep coming back to tweetcaster. It's not as intuitive as some of the others, but I like the combination of appearance and features better than the others.
[edit] Ok, so I just checked out Plume, and it might become my new favorite. Thanks for the recommendation! [/edit]
I use Plume
i used plume for the longest. i loved it but i got tired of it so i am using tweetdeck now and i like this as well if i had two pick the better of the two i would say plume
Wow, I really thought Tweetdeck would be getting more love. It's by far my favorite. Plume is nice, but why not have Facebook, Buzz, and Foursquare all rolled in? The only thing I don't like about it is the widgets.
The 'Tweetdark' mod makes Tweetdeck that much better.
The official Twitter app, after one of the updates, got a lot better. But I still use Seesmic. Don't tweet much, myself, mainly for following various 'parties.' Very clean and quick. Perfect for myself.
My main gripe with Twitter apps is that none of them offer push notifications for mentions and replies; They all poll, some of them in as little as 3 minutes by default (Tweetcaster and I think Plume). I mean, polling for new tweets every THREE MINUTES BY DEFAULT?
That is absolutely insane. You can drain your battery in a few hours without even touching your phone if-- God forbid -- you forget to shut them down , or are an average user and simply don't know the effects of this on the battery.
Heck, I think even a poll of every 15 minutes is too much.
I've tried emailing them and I've gotten some responses but no changes--months later.
So personally this is my setup: Official Twitter app with no background updating, Plus Notifo Beta (Google it) and Push.ly. That way I get my mentions and replies pushed to my phone. I'm still testing it and some people say it's unrealiable, but I can always come back to regular SMS notifications.
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I haven't tried many of the other ones so I can't say. They just look "after marketish" to me tho..
I'm not a major "tweeter" I just follow a lot of the things I'm interested in and use it for updates.
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Everything else I tried felt "aftermarketish". Except Seesmic. Clean, professional, fast and very, very functional. Used Plume for a while before I found it. Plume has now been deleted from my phone.

Flipboard vs Google Currents

Having used the much hyped Flipboard app since a week and the under estimated Google currents app for months, my comparison might approve biased.
The performance of the Flipboard app is far below satisfaction,I agree that further updates will improve that, but come'on man, the app is a major attraction feature of galaxy s3 and so needed to be more polished.It maybe that my 320x480 screen and lame processor might be the reason, but still Google Currents, too, wasn't made specifically for my device and it runs far more smoothly,duh.
The most annoying part is that many of the stories open in full site mode, not in magazine mode, unlike Google currents.The full view takes hours to open on a slow connection, so again Currents is the winner.
What do you think? Don't come yelling at me if you are a Flipboard fanboy and find something wrong in my post.
I'm a Flipboard fanboy and find everything wrong with your post!!1!
Just kidding.
Having used both, I have to say I don't see anything special on Flipboard other than the nice-looking animations it has. The clunkiness was probably your device though. Now, don't take it as if I'm bashing your phone or anything. I'm just saying... do remember it's being pushed first to a major device with impressively powerful specs to then start working with the lower-specced devices, as have others done before with other apps (I'm almost sure of this).
I do prefer Currents, though, for the same reasons you said. Full article is something I'd prefer as an option, like opening on the browser. Magazine style is much better for reading on phones.
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I myself bash my phone,it's dumb,it's lame,but it's still not as crap as iPhones because it's an Android
I prefer Currents as a reading app because articles are more accessible, and it's much easier to navigate. In Currents, while you are reading an article from a subscribed source, you can conveniently tap an icon and there pops a list of other articles from the same source with headlines and snippets for you to check at a glance what is of interest to you. As for Flipboard, yes, the pictures are big and nice, but navigating within it is just so inefficient. I actually feel "isolated" in the app. I need to read quickly over lunch, so Flipboard is just not for me. Actually my favorite reading app is nether Currents nor Flipboard, it's Pulse News.
Yeah,I have used pulse too and see of it's features, like disabling image loading when not on wifi and it's interface are better than currents, btw flipboard home screen is the worst, wasting all the screen estate
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I have used both as well and updated Flip to 1.8.4 just two days ago.
The thing i like about flipboard...FB / Twitter integration...THAT'S IT
refresh is quite slow on flipboard...and what is up with just 4 pages?? Then you have to go and click more and view rest of your topics to choose from.not cool...
I like Currents...i like that it's true magazine style as even the fliping is left to right like reading a magazine rather than flipping from bottom..(flip style)...
Currents also seems to refresh quite quickly..if G DOGS can incorporate FB / Twitter / G+ in currents...that would be AWESOME....
I was so hype when the apk got posted. And to be honest I'm still using flud lol. Its nice but I like fluid more. On a side note that was the only thing my iPhone friend would say he wouldn't get a android. Now its on it he came up with some other bull
Flipboard content seems limited. Maybe I haven't explored it enough. I too like that you can add your FB/Twitter feeds to it. I don't post much, so it works great for keeping up.
I currents, also.
Flipboard is more for tablets rather than phones. I think that Currents is better on a phone but on a tablet, nothing can beat Flipboard. I'm using it on my iPad 3 and it is amazing app. Just my 2¢
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I have it on my iPad, too. I always thought it was limited. I hate that it just stops updating after a set number of pages.
I think flipboard shows more content, at least that's how I feel. In currents there is only this one banner area and the icons below doesn't show any info about new articles. While flipboard shows lots of pictures. Other than that I've found one big flaw in each of the apps. Please correct me if It's wrong and explain me how
Flipboard lacks offline support
Currents doesn't seem to have a way to favorite items?
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Flipboard and Pulse both are about or below 3mb. In comparison why is Google Currents a bloated 7+mb? I guess because it shows bigger pictures ؟ :-/
Pulse seems good - but they should definitely allow users to reorganize pages. Also the 12 feed per page limitation doesn't make sense, especially because you can't club multiple feeds together in one feed or line.
On the other hand, I know it is probably a matter of personal preference, but I feel both Google Currents and Flipboard sorely lack the ability to allow continuous vertical scrolling on articles. On Flipboard it does happen for most articles but not all, and Google Currents seems determined to pagify every article it finds. This is very annoying to me especially as a smartphone user.
So which one do you end up using?
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I have ruled out Google Current... wish it could show vertical scrolling articles, but paginating every story is unacceptable for me, and is a complete deal breaker.
I am evaluating Flipboard & Pulse now. Both are good, but perhaps I am slightly inclined towards Pulse. It allows me to see all headlines at a glance and also shows vertical scrolling feed for all articles. I am planning to try Yahoo Pipes to combine multiple feeds into one.
Pulse is my current favorite, and as far as pagifying every content is considered, I'm ok with that, because if I want to see full web pages, I'm better off with my opera mini which loads the story 3x faster
Yes but imagine, these readers could do it with zero lag as they are loading the story anyway. Pulse, though, doesn't fall into this category - it doesn't paginate anything (thankfully).
I like Filpboard better because it can suggest content sources for me. For example if I want to read about all things Hockey, it automatically suggests a bunch of articles for me. Currents doesn't do that. I select ONE source for Current and that's all it will ever show me (At least in my exploring of the app).
both are really good but i find myself using currents more. as beautiful as flipboard is, i prefer being able to see multiple headlines at once, and the ability to search through all your news sources which you don't seem able to do from flip.
Taptu
What about Taptu? It has that excellent scrollable news widget and you can combine rss feeds.
Have you guys tried feedly?
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