Hi-
I have been trying to find a good way to view magazines on the Gtab. I tried the zinio app discussed here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=82756) and could not view magazines. The app would run and I could d/l a magazine but the pages came out blank. It also crashes when the Gtab is in landscape mode.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
I use world newspapers. It only has the web magazine, but its better than nothing.
Thanks- will give that a try. I wonder if the app from the nook color would work on the gtab? It is kinda amazing that electronic magazine distribution has not been standardized yet.
To answer my own question this works well for me. Text could be clearer but it works
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=870399
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Thought I'd start a thread, similar to the games one, to allow for recommendations for apps that are found to runs particularly well on the Samsung Galaxy Tab.
I'll start this off with:
Google Earth - Obviously the big screen makes it nice, but the fast GPU and super smooth touchscreen controls also help. tilting and twisting with two-fingers, panning and flying over the high resolution terrain of the Alps is simply amazing. I'd almost say, due to the intuitive touchscreen controls, it's as good or even better than the desktop version (not as many options yet though).
AndroidVNC - This works just like I almost imagined. Sitting on the balcony, then 'tap...tap' my Kubuntu desktop is displayed nicely and can be used on my tab. Awesome for checking up on progress bars of running stuff.
WinAmp is cool on the Tab. Gives You big enough room to select and scroll through directories (compared the N1)
Speed Hud uses the FULL SCREEN, can't wait to try it in my car at night !
EStrong File explorer also uses full screen and is excellent to use on this device.
Wifi Analyzer on the Tab lookes like a professianl Wifi tool !
XBMC remote is alos great on this device. Only problem I have is when Yo rotate it during browsing folders it looses info and You have to go backwards one step to see anything again.
TuneIN radio also works great. I have it running in the background most of the time
Skype is also a dream on the Tab. Gives good room for the big communications...
Photoshop express on a screen like this rocks !
MSN DroidX also works really good
IM+ does not work well. It does 2/3 size in the center
Meridian player works really well too.(pro edition) Plays MKVfiles and everything I have tried smooth. Flac and mp3's are no problems at all.
I just discovered TV Flash. Works really well on Tab, good quality and nice selection of news channels. Some entertainment tv as well! Get it while its in beta!
I'll add another one:
GMote is awesome. Using the entire screen as a touchpad to control the mouse on my XBMC box. You can also switch to remote or keyboard mode, and even stream files from the computer to the Tab. Very nice.
Fennec official beta works a treat. Finally we have firefox!
ftgg99 said:
Fennec official beta works a treat. Finally we have firefox!
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Where did you get the apk???
Can you share please? The ones I am downloading from the mozilla ftp aren't working
They just force close...
EDIT: Nevermind I found it... It's not one of the nightly builds but the publicly released beta.
Indeed. By the way, gmote doesn't work in fullscreen. Only the pad works, and not too well at that...
ftgg99 said:
Indeed. By the way, gmote doesn't work in fullscreen. Only the pad works, and not too well at that...
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What exactly are you having trouble with? It automatically goes fullscreen for me (cover art of streaming music, the remote buttons and the file browser).
As for the touchpad, I did increase the mouse acceleration a bit beforehand, because I was using the touchpad from the Logitech DiNovo Mini before. Maybe that makes the difference.
The browser isn fullscreen for me. Cant remember now as ive uninstalled it. Ive got PocketCloud so its not really an issue.
Anyone tried GRemote? It's a prettier version of GMote, albeit commercial. http://gbmsoftware.com/
Will need to try Fennec, a link to a recent working .apk would be useful.
knightnz said:
Anyone tried GRemote? It's a prettier version of GMote, albeit commercial. http://gbmsoftware.com/
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Looks like it's Windows only.
Rapax said:
Looks like it's Windows only.
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The server is, yes, but the client isn't.
They did say several months ago that they were working on a OS X server, but no further word of it, my guess is that it's not going to happen.
I'm searching for a good Newsreader App, where i have my Feed Abonnements on the left and the articles an the right, like you get it on your desktop browser when visiting google reader website.
Just search for fennec for android... can't be easier than that.
Really Skype... are there video calls? If not then where do I get video to pccalls from?
I got to say that one of my most essential needs on a device like this is comic book reading.
So I got to say I was quite pleased with the app Comic Reader Mobi.
The reader takes advantage of the full screen.
paradox82 said:
I got to say that one of my most essential needs on a device like this is comic book reading.
So I got to say I was quite pleased with the app Comic Reader Mobi.
The reader takes advantage of the full screen.
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Somehow it refuses to list my cbr files though...
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smnnekho said:
Somehow it refuses to list my cbr files though...
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That's strange. In my case I just chose a root folder source for my comic collection that is located on my external sd card and away it went.
Perhaps you should get in touch with the developer through the comic reader mobi forum. The person seems to be quite hands on when it comes to helping users.
Could someone try and see if this app works on their Tab, I downloaded it and used it on my HTC Desire last night and it is so damn amazing!! Live streaming of games in pretty high quality straight to my phone
Would be awesome if it scaled and worked on the Tab too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=800415&page=2
Hey guys, just wanna let u guys who don't know that u can tweek the apps that does not run in full screen with spare parts app avlb in the market...
Just got the tab yesterday and today I'm completely happy to run all my apps full screen!
Cheers..
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Yeah, JKK made a howto.
Anyone get MLB At bat 2011 video to work on their TF yet? I installed the app but I'm only able to stream audio since the TF is not an approved device. Let me know if you've had any luck.
Are you a MLB TV subscriber? I don't have the MLB app, but I am able to log onto MLB.com with my browser and view games on my transformer by logging into my account. Video fills screen and looks very good.
I know most people don't care about this app but, I think it's BS that it's not compatible with more devices! I pay $25 a month for the service! It's not even compatible with my HTC Inspire phone either. I have to edit the build.prop file to make it work. The transformer needs to be supported. It's the perfect device for it!
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Are you a MLB TV subscriber? I don't have the MLB app, but I am able to log onto MLB.com with my browser and view games on my transformer by logging into my account. Video fills screen and looks very good.
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Yes I am a MLB.TV subscriber. Didn't try it in the browser but I suppose that makes sense with flash installed and all. I'll do that until I get the native app working with video. Thanks!
Wait for their honeycomb app to be released. They mentioned it earlier just before the season started. Unfortunately, we might have to wait until closer to July/August before it finally gets released for honeycomb. Otherwise, just use the browser to stream the games for now if you have MLB.tv. I can't afford MLB.tv yet, so I'm eagerly waiting for the honeycomb app so I can get the condensed games.
GordonP said:
Are you a MLB TV subscriber? I don't have the MLB app, but I am able to log onto MLB.com with my browser and view games on my transformer by logging into my account. Video fills screen and looks very good.
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posted this in another location but got no responses:
cant log into my mlb acct as i can only type 1 character in password blank. if i try to type other characters, nothing happens. any ideas?
Try to view the full site vs the cell optimized site. I have it working and video works really well through Dolphin for me.
Earth
Pulse
Tweetcomb
USA today
Youtube
These are either 10000 times better on a Transformer or just not available on a phone.
hmmm.
that would be:
volume+ makes the transformer louder than my macbook 13"
pulse
vnc viewer
my library
taptu
vplayer
DEFINETLY: aDownloader, best torrent app, simple UI but downloads quicker than my desktop and use to be laptop. Download everything i would on my laptop and be able to view or listen to them with vplayer or standard music app
ebuddy
file manager hd
Newsr definitely. So much nicer to check my feeds than on the iPhone.
Yes, TF is one GREAT tablet.
Check my thread for more app
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119737
I'm loving all the new honeycomb apps - way better than the limited "phone apps" available.
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News360
Contract killer
Taptu
Air attack HD
All my 720p movies
ASUS TRANSFORMER PRIMED
Add to that infernus verse 1 free on market place great puzzle mystery just very short would love a game like the 7th guest out years ago for PC.
ASUS TRANSFORMER PRIMED
The news reading apps are so much better on a larger screen
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The news reading apps are so much better on a larger screen
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Agreed. Now when looking at the phone, the screen looks tiny
I know... I need a phone with at least a 5" screen...
Chess Chess - (not hd but fun)
Maps
Mango
jonsingh12 said:
hmmm.
that would be:
volume+ makes the transformer louder than my macbook 13"
pulse
vnc viewer
my library
taptu
vplayer
DEFINETLY: aDownloader, best torrent app, simple UI but downloads quicker than my desktop and use to be laptop. Download everything i would on my laptop and be able to view or listen to them with vplayer or standard music app
ebuddy
file manager hd
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What setting do you put volume+ at?
Do you up the bass as well?
Which version you on?
Does aDownloader have a seach feature like ttorrent?
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-- Plume, while awesome on my smaller galaxy tab, is SWEET on the TF, landscape allows for columns like tweetdeck. I think its unsung as twitter apps go, but its awesome on wide tablets. It may not be your finally twitter app choice but it has some real utility that I just love.
-- News360
-- Reader HD (I still want GReader Pro for Honeycomb but I may learn to accept Reader HD instead, it're pretty great.)
-- Tablet Keyboard - I never considered this until seeing *cough* Steve Jobs go on about IOS5 having it the "Split" thumb-friendly keyboard. Knowing the Android community usually has the best solutions first, I hit the Market. "YEH BOIIIIII, WE HAD THAT FIRST."
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I used to read comics on my OG Galaxy Tab but I sold it a while ago and haven't done any digital comic reading since. I finally got a Galaxy Nexus though and the screen is large and sharp enough to start reading them again. I used to use Perfect Reader back in the day because it was one of 2 decent ones. It looks like it's still being updated but I wanted to know if there is anything better. It has to be able to open .cbz and .cbr files.
I'm also using Perfect Viewer on my tablet. Komik is good but has no landcape mode.
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I'm also using Perfect Viewer on my tablet. Komik is good but has no landcape mode.
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I don't see Komik. Might not be available for the gnex.
I use "Challenger comics viewer" in landscape mode (I developped it).
It's a great viewer, images are streamed and so, there are no wasting time to load pages.
It's available on market (there is a video) : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kill.geek.bdviewer
Hope it's help.
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I use "Challenger comics viewer" in landscape mode (I developped it).
It's a great viewer, images are streamed and so, there are no wasting time to load pages.
It's available on market (there is a video) : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.kill.geek.bdviewer
Hope it's help.
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Being able to read from mangafox and others would be a amazing thing
went back on forth between comicrack free and perfect viewer. currently using comicrack the scrolling is smoother than PV on my gnex.
I like flipbook on my Android phone, because in collects and mixes popular news coming from different sources like twitter, facebook, news feeds, ..
It's also very fast and has a decent layout.
But its not available for Android tablets ;-(
I tried Currents, Pulse and Tapto, but all lack the possibility to mix social feeds and news feeds.
Any alternatives?
feedly is a very nice app for on the tablet.
However I don't know if you can mix social and news feeds. I just use it for RSS.
It is called Flipboard not Flipbook.
That may explain why you can't find it.
Because as you can see in this video it works for the tablet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhmhgmFlH9I
All social networks and unfree Google proprietary software is a gigantic data mining botnet.
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It is called Flipboard not Flipbook.
That may explain why you can't find it.
Because as you can see in this video it works for the tablet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhmhgmFlH9I
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indeed, wrong naming, I'll update the post.
I had a look at the video: it's not available in the play store, but I found and installed the apk: it works but is not usefull as explained in the video: only optimized for phones, not tabets.
tnx anyway!
Yeah there is no landscape mode implemented.
But maybe you are lucky contacting them and asking for one.
I barely got my infinity yesterday and was too disappointed flip board wouldn't download from the play store... So I did a search on this fine Site... "flipboard for android" and found the apk... So now I'm using that just something to think about
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