Saturday, November 6, 2010

Loving it more and more...

The more I use my Droid the more I love it. I wish the touch screen was as responsive and smooth as others, but I can deal.

We all have our favorite features and apps so here is a quick run-down of mine:

Features:
- Folders : Nice for a clean screen but quick access
- Photo Frame widget : I *love* having pics of my family right there for quick easy viewing.
It helps put a smile on my face throughout the day.
- Touch Hold Home : Quick access to last 8 apps used...very handy!
- WiFi : My cell service is awful where I live. The WiFi is the only thing saving my sanity.
If only it would connect faster.

My favorite apps:
- MobileOrg : Requires Emacs+OrgMode on the desktop, but very handy for read-only. Syncing with
the SD card saves my butt since SSL with untrusted CAs is an issue for Droid.
- Battery Level Widget : I love numbers and not just "levels"
- Voice Memos : Quick, easy, efficient, handy, simple.
- Meebo : IM
- Seesmic : Twitter, can handle multiple accounts.
- Pandora : Streaming music
- Barcode Scanner : Love it can read QR codes as well.
- c:geo : Geocaching on the go
- PowerVocab : Better than I thought and useful if you're also into...
- Wordfeud : Addictive. Start a game with me!
- ConnectBot : SSH for Droide. AWESOME!!!!
- Power Widget : Quick and handy for turning Wifi/GPS/Brightness on/off
- Frodo C64 : C'mon, with a name like C64Whiz, how could I not?
- C64 ASM Live Wallpaper : See previous comment.
- JobTracker : Fun when walking and I love it computes calories burned. Unfortunately it
makes quite clear I'm not exercising enough!
- Thinking Space : Mind Map software compatible with Freeplane and Freemind. I use email to
transfer them from desktop to Droid.
- PhillyD App : Entertaining. Now if only Shane Dawson's would be ported to Android.

These aren't all the apps I have, but these are my default installs. And BTW, they're all FREE! Do you have any favorite, not well know apps? I'm always looking for little gems. Take care...

--C64Whiz

Friday, November 5, 2010

Quick Desktop View

Did you know on Android v2.2 if you touch and hold the bottom of the
screen where your quick icons (phone, apps, browser) are located you'll
get 5 pop up screens. Tap on which one you want instead of sliding
screens left or right or even multiple taps on the corner dots. Enjoy!

--C64Whiz