Favourite App

[forrrge]

Thought I'd start a thread so you can tell us about your favourite app, little gems we might not have come across, etc.

I downloaded one yesterday and I really think it works off of magic

Google Sky Map https://market.android.com/details?id=c ... HJvaWQiXQ..

Point your tablet at the sky and it tells you the constellations, planets etc. move your tablet and the screen moves too. I can't figure out how it works without a GPS, pure genius.

[Charlie]

That is a cool app, it's most likely getting the co-ordinates via wifi - or if you were not connected to wifi at the time, it is magic!

[forrrge]

Yup wifi was off, so I think it was magic

[Astro]

Google Sky Map (GSM) is one of my favouite apps. I didn't think it would work on the (non GPS) Excel, but it seems to... of sorts.

I ran a back to back (actually it was side by side!) test with GSM on my phone and the Excel... they both showed different things! I wonder if the Excel is caching location info as at the last time it was connected to wi-fi. I think Google maps does something similar...if I'm offline and clear the application data, it doesn't know where it is.

If not, it truly is electrickery!

Excel

[Mitre]

try it again with the phone off and see if they both show the same i wondered maybe the accellerometer has a magnet s it knows orientation?? if you hold it up to the moon the moon should be on the screen etc

[Astro]

Can't get a visual on anything celestial... too much cloud.

I've switched off everything on the phone, but it an the Excel are still out of whack a bit... they now seem to being showing the same area of sky, but differently orientated.

I'll wait until I can get a visual reference, then see which device is the more accurate.

Excel

[forrrge]

Another one to add the list is an app I saw recommended on another thread. Swype, it's absolutely brilliant, once you get used to it. It's even got a built in dictaphone which is fun if not totally accurate all the time.

For info you need to get Swype from their website.

[Mitre]

i could not get on with swype it just kept typing every letter my fingers ran across
so i binned it was i doing something wrong or does id take a while to get used to it i only had it for an hour or so

[forrrge]

Using it now works super fast for me. Remember to only take your finger of between words. It will even put the spaces in for you.

[Charlie]

I do like the Gingerbread keyboard been using a hacked version of it since OS 2.1 - Also Hackers keyboard is a fav of mine too. I could never get the hang of Swype