Best Apps?

[rosstheboss]

Thanks RB and others, my appreciated

Is there a recommended satnav app?

Google maps all the way, it's all I've used for the past three years. And it's free

 

[drcarlos]

Endomundo for ride and route tracking (plus motivation)
Grand Theft Auto 3 (a great port from the PS2 for £3)
Xmarks bookmark sync (all your desktop bookmarks on your phone)
Solitaire Free pack (for the bog)
Ebay (doh!)
FPSE PS1 emulator (I have an Xperia Play)
Sky+ (remote record for your Sky TV)
Accuweather
Paypal
Poweramp (a good MP3 player, but paid for)
NeoReader Barcode reader (for proce comparisons and general barcode reading)

Carl.

 

[Whatleymeister]

I have a Galaxy S2 as well and, to be honest, the standard Navigation app that comes with it has never let me down. It will, however, eat into your data allowance if you use it on a reglar basis as it dowloads map data on the fly. On that note, I would be interested to hear if any others out there exist with the maps installed on the phone (like a regular satnav). I dont use it all that often though, so I wouldnt pay a great deal for it.

Poweramp is excellent, far better than the standard music player. makes the phone speaker much louder and has a much better user interface. Also has much better equalizer etc built into it. Full version costs about £3.

ebay app and paypal app (although dangerous to have access to those while in the pub!)

Mybidder auction sniper - done me very proud on a couple of occasions.

MP3 ringtone - makes ringtones from your favourite songs/sound files.

Vouchercloud - loads of special offers available for things. Some good, others terrible! well worth having though, some good deals in restaurants to be had.

Just randon tat other than that really :roll:

 

[drcarlos]

I have a Galaxy S2 as well and, to be honest, the standard Navigation app that comes with it has never let me down. It will, however, eat into your data allowance if you use it on a reglar basis as it dowloads map data on the fly. On that note, I would be interested to hear if any others out there exist with the maps installed on the phone (like a regular satnav). I dont use it all that often though, so I wouldnt pay a great deal for it.

I have Navdroyd for times like this. I am seriously considering spending the £30 on co-pilot live as you get maps for the whole of europe and a great interface and access to traffic re-routing features if you want.

Carl.

 

[Whatleymeister]

So, with Co-Pilot, are the complete maps then installed locally to the device, meaning that the maps dont blank out as the app downloads the map data for the current location?

Does Navdroyd also install the maps on the device and not on the fly like Google maps?

 

[drcarlos]

So, with Co-Pilot, are the complete maps then installed locally to the device, meaning that the maps dont blank out as the app downloads the map data for the current location?

Does Navdroyd also install the maps on the device and not on the fly like Google maps?

Yes and yes. Only Naydroyd is a cheap alternative (and it show's really) I bought it last year and used it in Tenerife and France. It was OK but no better than Google Nav in operation, it just had all the maps locally. Co-pilot is in a different league and is much like having a Tomtom on your phone.

Carl.

 

[Whatleymeister]

Nice one drcarlos, thanks for that! Sorry harry, back to the original thread purpose... :roll:

 

[matthew71]

s2

the standard satnav on the galaxy seems to work ok.but you will have to watch the battery life.it can die real quick

 

[isitafox]

Ttorrent, downloading films, music, etc (though only use on your wifi!!)
QQPlayer, finest vid player I've found which plays just about every format I've tried
Shazam, identifying tunes you don't know
Gnarbike trials, the best trials game available full stop
4shared, download apps for free
File Manager, title says it all really
Photobucket, add them bike pics straight to PB ready for uploading on here and other forums
Shifty, top app for checking your shift pattern months in advance (ideal if you work weird shifts and need to check when your available for holidays/dentist/doctors)
And then as mentioned Endomondo, dolphin browser (HD is good as you can set it to work in desktop mode so you don't get the crappy mobile version of webpages), ebay, paypal, sky+.

Try and get it rooted as well and get setcpu for adjusting battery profiles to aid battery life and root app remover to get rid of all the crap that comes installed as standard that you don't/won't use!

 

[Whatleymeister]

Ttorrent, downloading films, music, etc (though only use on your wifi!!)
QQPlayer, finest vid player I've found which plays just about every format I've tried
Shazam, identifying tunes you don't know
Gnarbike trials, the best trials game available full stop
4shared, download apps for free
File Manager, title says it all really
Photobucket, add them bike pics straight to PB ready for uploading on here and other forums
Shifty, top app for checking your shift pattern months in advance (ideal if you work weird shifts and need to check when your available for holidays/dentist/doctors)
And then as mentioned Endomondo, dolphin browser (HD is good as you can set it to work in desktop mode so you don't get the crappy mobile version of webpages), ebay, paypal, sky+.

Try and get it rooted as well and get setcpu for adjusting battery profiles to aid battery life and root app remover to get rid of all the crap that comes installed as standard that you don't/won't use!

Some good apps in that list. liking the torrent and 4shared one. I would like to root my phone, but I dont fully understand it and worry that I will burn out the processor. The GS2 already gets pretty warm in its current factory released state!