So my first proper smart phone was the Palm Pre Plus with WebOs on Verizon. Have to say it is a good OS but i am glad i have uprated to Android. The only thing i miss is the integration of MMS - SMS - and Google Talk (or yahoo, msn, etc.) in the default Messaging app. I have looked in the Android app store to no avail and was wondering if there was anyone of the Droid experts round here working on something like this? I would think if the WebOs guys figured it out then Android couldn't be to far behind! THX!
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Hi, i am no dev, sorry if this is the wrong section, but i realized that inside of Android 2.2 sdk or something there is the new C2DM Service. Even Google says that it could work very well for instant messages like this:
C2DM makes no guarantees about delivery or the order of messages. So, for example, while you might use this feature to tell an instant messaging application that the user has new messages, you probably would not use it to pass the actual messages.
http://code.google.com/intl/de-DE/android/c2dm/index.html
i searched for an app, which uses C2DM for instant messaging for serveral IM networks like icq, msn etc, but didnt found anything... all the messengers like ebuddy, meebo etc don't use this new push notification which should save a lot of battery, if the device gets pushed about new messages and only than the devices download the message from the server
what do you think about it?
PS: sorry for my crap english
Hopefully this new service will solve all the issues we have with the current crop of instant messengers and their frequent disconnection. This is one feature I miss from my old iPhone
i guess most developers of messaging apps are already working hard to incorporate c2dm into their clients. since froyo is still verry young and there is only one device yet that is officially running it, the use for this would have been verry smale yet. but im sure in a few weeks we will have lots of messaging apps using this feature.
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new Google Talk in FroYo already uses C2DM, other messengers are likely to follow in several months as more phones get FroYo
How is life going? Froyo is about 6 months old, 36 % running Froyo, and the only C2DM-using apps I know are Whatsapp, Jumpnote and Chrome To Phone. I know Google is holding several C2DM presentations.
I'm still missing a IM-app, soccer scores app and so on. Are there any developers working on this? Or is it hard to obtain acces for Google C2DM?
Triilian im and beejive im are using c2dm
hi to all,
when you want to use googles cloud to device messaging ,you must still connected wifi or wakes wifi up when you recieve an message like Googlemail or Trillian Messenger?
thx
p.s.:sry for my bad english
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Hello,
I must say Android rocks in almost all it's features, but what it severely lacks is messaging features.
I need to add that I have passed to Android from Blackberry, and what BB means?!... superb messaging system. Now what I ask is.. there is some kind of app or setting to bring/make the messaging system on Android more like on the BB. I like the idea of having SMS, EMAIL (all accounts) in one place. I know GMail can add multiple accounts, but still is not the same and I don't like the idea of having all my mail in one place (server).. seems like a simple task but is more complicated than having multiple accounts, each one meant for a reason.
Honestly I miss the messaging system from my BBs, but still I'll stick with Android.. being open source may bring a lot of resources (some better than other OSs).
Kind regards,
Zeule
My wife has a Atrix, we have a Acer 500 tablet at home and I am getting my Galaxy Nexus Thursday... I want to be able to start doing video calls, what would be the best way to do this? Should I just use Skype?
fyi: we are in canada, if this makes a difference, as I know many google apps dont work the same in Canada as they do in the US.
ddemers said:
My wife has a Atrix, we have a Acer 500 tablet at home and I am getting my Galaxy Nexus Thursday... I want to be able to start doing video calls, what would be the best way to do this? Should I just use Skype?
fyi: we are in canada, if this makes a difference, as I know many google apps dont work the same in Canada as they do in the US.
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You could use Skype or Google Talk.
or Google Messenger (multi-party video calls), it comes bundled with Google Plus
Thanks.
I actually just tried this out this weekend... very nice! I thought the hangout feature is useful and nicely implemented.
Mobile hangout is the best option because it works on iphone as well. Also allows for group video chats.
Tango and Fring can both make video calls like Facetime.
My wife and I, use qik video chat. Its decent. But if you want the best nothing tops Google + hangouts.
I have used Fring between Android & iOS devices with no issues at all.
I was wondering if there was something similar to BB hub for android. Ideally a widget that displays all messages, email, IMs, ect and lets you respond without opening the corresponding app (so not quite like BB hub).
I haven't been able to find anything and would try to implement this idea myself, but I have no idea how to. Would Tasker be enough or would I have to write a completely new app?
I've had some programming experience, but Tetris was the most advanced programm I've written (Python) and I've never tried developing something for android. Any help would be greatly appreciated. :cyclops:
PS: I can add a picture of what I'm aiming at if it isn't clear.
I´d like this too.
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I´d like this too.
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me too
this is the one thing I always missed on Android after I tried a BB Bold a few years ago.
blackberry hub like apps
after long search, have found 3 apps that cud do something like that - the bb hub though is quite unique and can only hope
they develop a launcher like at some stage
pure messenger, it includes emai, sms, calls, facebook and twitter - includes widget
executive assistant (has a free version as well) with text, email, sms, calls, fb and twitter as well as rss feeds - includes widget
and the last one, still in beta, but could work out nicely is simply called HUB (from e-MSI Sp. z o.o.)
have sent them a few suggestions as the developer there asking for same order improve it. this one u can include any app that u wish to have a notification from so added all my social apps along with email/calls/im/sms/bbm/whatsapp.
hope any of the above can be of any use to u
klimatsias said:
after long search, have found 3 apps that cud do something like that - the bb hub though is quite unique and can only hope
they develop a launcher like at some stage
pure messenger, it includes emai, sms, calls, facebook and twitter - includes widget
executive assistant (has a free version as well) with text, email, sms, calls, fb and twitter as well as rss feeds - includes widget
and the last one, still in beta, but could work out nicely is simply called HUB (from e-MSI Sp. z o.o.)
have sent them a few suggestions as the developer there asking for same order improve it. this one u can include any app that u wish to have a notification from so added all my social apps along with email/calls/im/sms/bbm/whatsapp.
hope any of the above can be of any use to u
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Have there been any more developments on this topic. Would prefer to have BB style notifications rather than swipe notifications of Android Lollipop as they are so many that come in.. I would like notification like an * (asterick) sign on whatsapp, email app etc to show there is new item waiting
Guys..... recently switched from BB z10 to Oneplus one .... so used to the blackberry
Guys..... recently switched from BB z10 to Oneplus one .... so used to the blackberry hub which is not there on android.. Is there a alternate in android if not.,.. is it coming for sure on android..please reply ... eagerly waiting for something like hub on android.. orelse will have to switch back to BB..
The app is available but not for any android device other than Blackberry Priv at the moment.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blackberry.hub
Jitesh Pahuja said:
Guys..... recently switched from BB z10 to Oneplus one .... so used to the blackberry hub which is not there on android.. Is there a alternate in android if not.,.. is it coming for sure on android..please reply ... eagerly waiting for something like hub on android.. orelse will have to switch back to BB..
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Let me preface this by saying that my first phone was an Android, 1.6 Droid Eris, then an iPhone 4s, and now an HTC One m7.
Android has changed significantly from 1.6 to KitKat, but the feature that made it most difficult, for me, (and I'm sure a lot of others as well) to switch from iOS back to Android was iMessage. With all the news surfacing that Apple was aware that iMessage does not deliver messages to Android phones properly, I believe this highlights something larger in the Android ecosystem: Android needs its a better messaging experience.
The messaging space is crowded as all get out in 2014, but there is something common among all of them: they don't default back to SMS if the other user does not have their specific messaging app, example Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, etc.
There is no messaging experience on Android currently that is seamless to the user, sending via data when both users have the same app, yet defaulting back to SMS when it is not available. The closest alternative I can think of is Hangouts. The only downsides to this I can think of is the Google Plus integration some people dislike, lack of customizability, and the possible security risks giving Google access to your texts for targeted ads.
What has been your experience with Android messaging? What features do you wish were built into the messaging experience on Android, e.g. chat heads, delivery/read reports, encrypted texts, instant feedback, or maybe another feature I forgot?