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Apps that are a delight on the Tab

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.

Ebook reader as audio?

Is there any application that will read aloud files, whether they be text, pdf or ebook formats?
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None that I know of..
There are AudioBook apps though
http://answers.oreilly.com/topic/1095-can-i-listen-to-audiobooks-on-my-android/

The WordPlayer app has an add-on that will speak the books. It's listed in the Android Market as "Books WordPlayer" and "Speech for WordPlayer". It does a fairly good job on the books I've tested it with.

Apps that make you glad you bought a Transformer

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

Q.Entity said:
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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[Q] How to transfer videos from Android to iPod Touch OTA?

How to transfer videos from Android to iPod Touch OTA?
Hi Everyone, Next month I am heading overseas on a holiday to europe. I have an Android Phone (HTC Sensation - Telstra/Australia) and an Android Tablet (Acer Iconia A500). I would like to be able to send my girlfriend Photos and Videos of my experiences there. The problem is she only has an iPod Touch, and so I was thinking that WhatsApp would be a good solution...the problem is that that isn't supported on the iPod :/ So I am hopeful that you could provide me with another solution. sending photos isn't a drama, because I can do that over facebook messenger, so just something to send videos through would be awesome! Being able to do it for free would be another plus.
In advance, Thank you very much for your help!

You could try using dropbox, it's easy and free.
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Desire S • Fallout V2.0.0 • xda premium

dropbox, mediafire, skydrive... if its short you can try by mail but Im not sure u can extreact video from mail and save onto iPod...

And now you can use Google drive.

Hi everyone!!
Thank you very much for your advice, I actually found a great app called ebuddy xms which actually allows for video to be recorded then sent to a contact and viewed from within the app with the click of a button. Very impressed with its simplicity, and best of all, its totally free!!
Thanks once again,
Wilcey

Stream Music From Drop Box

Since HTC One X does not have external sd card and most of us got 25gb free drop box space, I thought this would be helpful for ppl who want to stream music from drop box.
Reason in writing in this topic: My HTC One X was my first android device and I did not knew that we could stream music from drop box, so I wanted to list all the apps which I came across in my search. I hope this helps noobs like me.
Note* - Mod's if you feel this topic is unnecessary plz delete it
1) AnTek Explorer + AnTek Drop box / Box.net client
Free App, Music player is good (with Equalizer)
Read this to known more about how to add your drop box or box account - http://anttek.com/playing-music-with-anttek-explorer/
2) Just Player
After you install Just Player you need to install Drop box music provider
Free and Good music player .
3) Dropsync
Full two-way sync. Just like Dropbox on desktop
Instant upload: new files (for example photos) are uploaded to Dropbox immediately, no need to wait for the next autosync cycle
You can buy the pro version to get more futures such as
Sync multiple folders
* Sync the whole Dropbox with a folder on your phone or tablet
* Upload files larger than 5 MB
* No ads, of course
Finally if someone did not get 25gb free drop box space they can get free 50gb box space - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18221721

I personally use subsonic to stream my whole library from home.
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sassafras_ said:
I personally use subsonic to stream my whole library from home.
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But you cannot play while ur away from home network . And not from cloud
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abhipati said:
But you cannot play while ur away from home network . And not from cloud
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It may not be from a "cloud" in your sense of the word, but you can definatly stream from home if you setup your network correctly.
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ECEXCURSION said:
Unless you work some magic with your home routing..
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Teach us few of ur magic tricks plz
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Tomorrow.
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Or you could just use the 20000 free song storage from Google just saying.
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Audiogalaxy is the best thing I've found to stream my entire library from home. It's free. 6 or 7 of my friends are logged on too. If you have good quality source music, audiogalaxy will sound as great, better than anything else I've tried. It caches the next song so its ready as soon as you hit next. You can also login fom any computer by going to audiogalaxy.com and stream your library.

kleeman7 said:
Or you could just use the 20000 free song storage from Google just saying.
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Yaa kleeman, defently wé can use google music which is Great. I just wrote to make use of dropbox space.
AD8 said:
Audiogalaxy is the best thing I've found to stream my entire library from home. It's free. 6 or 7 of my friends are logged on too. If you have good quality source music, audiogalaxy will sound as great, better than anything else I've tried. It caches the next song so its ready as soon as you hit next. You can also login fom any computer by going to audiogalaxy.com and stream your library.
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Thanks will try audiogalaxy
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While I have found streaming music from dropbox to be very convenient, a major downside for me is the fact that it consumes a lot of your allotted data. Especially if you have a bunch of 320 kbps songs like I do. Memory really is this phones only major drawback, however I just tend to keep my library updated and it hasn't bothered me too much. 16 GB is still a lot of music.
I prefer storing pictures and videos on cloud since I view them much less frequently than I listen to music, so when I do need to access the pictures or videos I use a lot less data. Just my 2 cents
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kleeman7 said:
Or you could just use the 20000 free song storage from Google just saying.
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But that's only if your music is .mp3 or .flac (and you're willing to just listen to mp3 on the go). If you have a whole bunch of music from iTunes, Google Music is a terrible idea since it transcodes .m4a to .mp3. Amazon is a good idea too right now, but it does cost $25/year but it will just match a whole bunch of music rather than doing uploads.

ECEXCURSION said:
It may not be from a "cloud" in your sense of the word, but you can definatly stream from home if you setup your network correctly.
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Exactly. Just have to have an always on computer (like my cheap server I built with second hand parts that cost me <100$) and an always on internet connection.
Setup is even easy with subsonic because you get a yourname.subsonic.org address so you don't have to remember your own IP address.
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Yeah, its definatly a neat little program. I'll play around with it later this week.
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elomire said:
But that's only if your music is .mp3 or .flac (and you're willing to just listen to mp3 on the go). If you have a whole bunch of music from iTunes, Google Music is a terrible idea since it transcodes .m4a to .mp3. Amazon is a good idea too right now, but it does cost $25/year but it will just match a whole bunch of music rather than doing uploads.
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Does Amazon really match files? It sure took a really really long time to upload my library if it was matching.
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Yes Amazon now matches files like iTunes, however they only announced the service very recently (ie yesterday or the day before).
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Oh awesome, thanks for the clarification!
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While we're on the subject, does anyone know of a good video player that can also list /stream videos from dropbox? For example, I use mx player and I can add folders to include. Now that storage is at a premium, im having to move most of my videos /movies up to dropbox. It's been real inconvenient trying to browse / play them now.
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As of about a month ago the dropbox app itself will do video streaming
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Spooky_7 said:
As of about a month ago the dropbox app itself will do video streaming
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Whoa haven't tried that yet thanks
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subsonic is incredible. If you aren't using it, you're missing out. I have nearly 8TB of lossless music I've collected over the years and I stream from all over the world. And myself and ~10 colleagues at the office stream all day. It's an easy setup and it just works....and the caching support on the android app is pure gravy.