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great suggestions btw ty - what weather widget are you using w the scrn shot of space.com news?
not sure about the widgets - but the app that gets me the most *oohs and ahhs* is Google's Sky Map.
not sure about the widgets - but the app that gets me the most *oohs and ahhs* is Google's Sky Map.
Noooooooooooo! Don't mention Task Killers!
This is something that gets lots of droidheads (rightly or wrongly) quite hot under the collar.
It does seem the droid OS monitors itself very well and that (apart from badly written apps or widgets), inteference by the user in killing unused apps doesn't help the phone work better, or increase its battery life.
Anyway, for my list of must have widgets:
(#) MixZing (with music player) - Controls music from homescreen
(#) Gemini Calendar - nice calendar app
(#) GTasks - Good google task integration
(#) Photo album - choose on your pix, and put it in 2x2 picture on the homescreen. 'Click' it, and it takes you to your photo album. Handy!
(#) Just adding a +1 for Extended Controls - easy switch on and off WiFi, 3G, GPS etc which are easy ways to extend batt life. It Even has a numeric batt life icon, a shortcut to use the phone as a torch, and a shortcut to switch off the autokeylock (useful when the phone is safely sat on your desk)
The final thing I like about it is that you can choose much space to squeeze the icons into - there's lots of flexibility...
This is something that gets lots of droidheads (rightly or wrongly) quite hot under the collar.
It does seem the droid OS monitors itself very well and that (apart from badly written apps or widgets), inteference by the user in killing unused apps doesn't help the phone work better, or increase its battery life.
Anyway, for my list of must have widgets:
(#) MixZing (with music player) - Controls music from homescreen
(#) Gemini Calendar - nice calendar app
(#) GTasks - Good google task integration
(#) Photo album - choose on your pix, and put it in 2x2 picture on the homescreen. 'Click' it, and it takes you to your photo album. Handy!
(#) Just adding a +1 for Extended Controls - easy switch on and off WiFi, 3G, GPS etc which are easy ways to extend batt life. It Even has a numeric batt life icon, a shortcut to use the phone as a torch, and a shortcut to switch off the autokeylock (useful when the phone is safely sat on your desk)
The final thing I like about it is that you can choose much space to squeeze the icons into - there's lots of flexibility...
When I check for Widgets on my Droid, I show none of those listed here. I only have basics show up. I an using a Droid, with system o.s. of 2.1-update 1 with Verizon. What am I missing on how to get these? Thank you.
Sorry, I did not see the thread below asking the same question. Thank you.
On what version of the OS you have as well as what provider you have. I have the HTC Sensation (TMobile) and the "Extended Controls" widget is called "Power Control" for me.
"Power Control" and "Extended Controls" are two different things. The first is included with the stock phone - it's simple and it works, while the second is available on the market and is a whole lot more configurable.
you have to download the necessary apps in order to use the widgets. Go to the android market and it will tell you under the app if it has widgets available. some of the apps are just widgets, i.e beautiful widgets. im sure you can figure out the rest. afterall, you are a technician.
I'm not sure why any of these would make an iPhone user jealous. I currently use both an iPhone 4 and a Droid, and the Droid has MANY more things that could make an iPhone user jealous than any of these particular widgets.
1. Widgets in general.
2. Ease of development.
3. "open-ness"
4. level of control
1. Widgets in general.
2. Ease of development.
3. "open-ness"
4. level of control
Well Litehouse, when you write an article for TR, I'm sure we'll all have a chance to criticise what you say...
Why would 'widgets in general' make an iPhone user jealous? It's how good they are and what they do that's important, not the fact they exist 'in general'....
Also, 3 and 4 are the same thing, and they both relate pretty closely to 2...
PS - Don't get me wrong, I really dislike Apple's philosophy, and I love my 'droid (HTC Desire), but I just didn't know why you chose to criticise and then say so very, very little.
Why would 'widgets in general' make an iPhone user jealous? It's how good they are and what they do that's important, not the fact they exist 'in general'....
Also, 3 and 4 are the same thing, and they both relate pretty closely to 2...
PS - Don't get me wrong, I really dislike Apple's philosophy, and I love my 'droid (HTC Desire), but I just didn't know why you chose to criticise and then say so very, very little.
Is there an widget or app that will allow me to sync my iTunes library to an Android phone?
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...one that would help you wean yourself off of iAnything.
If not, there should be.
If not, there should be.
That's really great to see the these widget allow to sync to iTunes library to an Android phone. Lorenz High School | Lorenz University
Smartphone unlimited data plans ARE unlimited, it is the tethering options that are limited.
I have an Incredible, new to Android, and I don't see many of these as available widgets. How do we get them? Like "Extended Controls." You say you recently discovered them, but where?
Just go to the green and white Market icon and search for them.
I have an HTC Hero with 1.5 and the market doesn't have the Extended Control app. Does it only work with newer ones? If so, it would be nice to know which versions it works with so we don't waste time looking for something that doesn't exist!
Until it actually gets songs by artists I WANT to listen to, it's still useless. Considering how most android phones come with a decent chunk of memory, and often a 'freebie' micro-SD chip for another 2-4gb. WHY bother with a streaming online radio when you can load up 1gb+ of the stuff you KNOW you like, to just listen to? There's at least one great stereo-sound bluetooth headset out there (Motorokr SD-9), and I'm sure more which can give great sound. I wouldn't call pandora (or itunes for the iphone) anything to rave about, never have, doubt I ever will.
I use it all the time to find great stuff. I still listen to stuff from my own library a lot, but Pandora is a great way to mix it up, AND to discover new stuff (or stuff you like that you may have forgotten about).
In the past week, I've bookmarked about 10 songs from Pandora that I intend to purchase, just by listening to Pandora-created playlists based on two of my favorite artists.
In the past week, I've bookmarked about 10 songs from Pandora that I intend to purchase, just by listening to Pandora-created playlists based on two of my favorite artists.
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