I have been looking for a today dock app that will pop-up when I place my phone in it's dock at daytime. I want something that displays upcoming appointments, tasks/todos (all from exchange/google calendar), aggregated news (custom rss) and aggregated social (facebook, tweeter etc).
I've created a mockup to show you what I want. Anyone know of such a software or perhaps wants to create one?
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Does anyone know if HTC Sense's contact management app, 'People', is a 'Content Provider' in the Android system? Does it expose either of these fields, sourced from Facebook, to other apps on the device?
Profile image (public information on facebook - perhaps yes?)
Birthday (private information on Facebook - hence probably no?)
Or, if 'People' is not a 'Content Provider' is it somehow still putting profile image from Facebook into the basic Android contact table, from where other apps can grab it? Any other ideas on where I can access profile image without connecting to Facebook Graph API?
What about other manufacturers' contact management apps? i.e. for users of the Galaxy, Xperia etc? Same deal?
thanks.
Guys,
I'm after something I'm not sure exists. I use LauncherPro and use the "Friends" widget to show the Facebook and Twitter feed (scrollable) on one of my screens.
The downside however is that you can't post a pic/video from here. You must use a different application which means having all your tweets/status downloaded again. just isn't tidy!
So my question is, is there an application out there that houses a wdiget that shows Twitter/Facebook timeline (scrollable) and allows you to post natively from the application, pictures/videos/links?
Tweetdeck does this however the widget to view the feeds is shocking and shows next to nothing!
Any help greatly appreciated
I've always been a confused, badly organized guy, and my head is one big chaotic mess. Since I wont carry a paper agenda all the time, I've recently bought a smartphone (SGS2), mainly to keep things organized and structured.
The problem is, for each task there's a different app. Now I've got a zillion apps, and I wonder if that's the best way to structure/organize things.
I currently use on my android phone:
- Jorte Calender synched with Google Calender.
- Dropbox to sync files between different platforms
- Evernote for my journal/notes/to-do list.
- QuickPic to view my pictures (normal pictures and pictures of paper documents) and video's.
- Opera is my main browser and I use the build-in bookmarker. The bookmarks are synched between my phone and my pc.
- Build in sms/contact Touchwiz app for my contacts
- Gmail app for my mail and mail addresses.
- etc
I want to reduce the number of apps to get things done easier and faster. You guys know any all-in-one apps that are capable of many of the listed tasks? Or could you explain how you structure things?
EDIT: Sometimes I don't even know what app I should use for certain things.
For example: I'd like to make a list with my favorite movies. Should I do this with evernote?
Or: I've got something scheduled and used my calender app for that, but I also need to make a few notes about that appointment. Do I use my calendar, or a notebook app like evernote?
Thanks in advance.
Jochem
What do you guys suggest?
I would just use evernote for everything! Why do you make such a mess with apps? Just get used to ONE app, and you should be fine
There is as of now, no "multi-app" that can do ALL of your tasks. Unfortunatly, I think you'll have to use the apps the way you already are. Unless you want to root your phone, and install a custom ROM that has some sort of "multi-app"
Hi guys, there are four Android apps that I would like to recommend to you!
Spotify: Spotify maybe the most popular music streaming services in the past several years. With enormous number of songs, this app enable users not only listen to the songs they like, but also create their own playlist of their favorite songs. In addition, users could also get updated album reviews from large music publications, such as Rolling Stone. As a result, this could improve the customer satisfaction about this app, which makes this app so popular in the market.
Flipboard: Flipboard is my favorite news reading app in Google Play market. With millions of users around the world, Flipboard is probably one of the most popular apps in recent years. I love this app, because it provides a personalized miniature magazine out of everything that I am interested. In addition, I can also create magazines and add more content from websites to my Flipboard, which is quite interesting. Moreover, adding and deleting items on Filpboard are quite easy and I can also share my magazine with my friends on Twitter or Facebook .All these functions make this app stand out from ordinary news reading apps.
MoWeather: MoWeather is the app of the year in my Galaxy S3. MoWeather is both pretty and functional. The app background is not only beautiful but also animated, which I believe is much better than Yahoo Weather. The 15-day-forecast could help people plan their holidays or business traveling a lot easier. In addition, the real-time photos shared by people around the world could also provide timely weather condition in those places. As a result, this has changed the way that people using a weather app, which makes this app more popular.
Evernote: I use Evernote to synchronize notes of all kinds, such as voice memos, pictures and PDF files. The app is amazing, all the notes are not only accessible from Evernote applications and website, but also highly searchable and tagable. The new version of Evernote improved the navigation function of this app, which enables app users to access recent notes, tags, and shortcuts quickly. I will refer to Evernote, every time when I want to take a note or search for documents that I need. I put Evernote in my dock and it has become one of the most popular apps in my Galaxy S3.
How do you guys think those apps, looking forward to your comments!
What's the point in suggesting 3 very popular apps and a non popular weather app?
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Please use the existing thread to discuss, review and share apps. Thanks!
Did a few searches and didn't find any recent threads discussing Calendar apps in general, so let's get one going.
Discussion starters:
What calendar app do you use, and why?
Are there other Calendar apps you've tried? What ones did / didn't you like?
What features do you absolutely demand from your calendar app?
What features do you want from a calendar app, but can't find?
If you ditched a calendar app in the past, when did you ditch it, what app did you go to, and why?
In the past, I've tried a bunch of the top calendars like Business Calendar, aCalendar, Google Calendar, Touch Calendar, Pure Calendar, etc. Every single time, I end up coming back to CalenGoo.
CalenGoo isn't all that pretty, especially the menus and settings (which are quite overwhelming at first.) The setup is difficult, and time consuming, especially if you want to play with the colors, text, etc. Even if you don't try to visually customize the app, it still is far from intuitive, and really does take some time to figure out.
Having said all of that, the primary thing that keeps me coming back is the ability to set default reminders. I have not found this in any other calendar app that I've tried. I want to be send reminders of almost everything I put on my calendar. For me, the most effective reminders are text messages, so I set the default reminders to 4 or 5 separate texts (24 hours prior, 2 hours prior, 30 minutes prior, 10 minutes prior). This saves me a substantial amount of clicking when I'm setting up a new task. At most, maybe I'll need to add or subtract a reminder or play with the times, but not having to add 4 or 5 reminders, set the reminder times, and set the method of reminder is fantastic.
Other more standard features that I demand from my calendar are a month view and a month view widget. I also like the calendar to have a more complex recurring event thing like '3rd monday of each month', 'every other tuesday,' 'quarterly on the 6th of february, may, august, november', etc (you get the picture.) Finally, it must be able to sync with any subset of the google calendars I have added to the phone, and the ability to sync the other optional google generated calendars I've attached, like US holidays, christian holidays, etc.
I used to use business calendar, now I use sunrise calendar. No particular reason for switching - I did a factory reset, and I wanted to see what's the big deal about sunrise.