16-12-2012, 15:59
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#106
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Re: Recommended Android apps
I am a little bit slow to this i am sure, but i have just started using the Android version of Adblock plus which with my little testing seems to remove the advertising is Angry Birds and other free apps.
http://adblockplus.org/en/android-about
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16-12-2012, 16:04
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#107
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Re: Recommended Android apps
it doesnt work in Opera
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16-12-2012, 16:06
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#108
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Re: Recommended Android apps
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Originally Posted by SnoopZ
I am a little bit slow to this i am sure, but i have just started using the Android version of Adblock plus which with my little testing seems to remove the advertising is Angry Birds and other free apps.
http://adblockplus.org/en/android-about
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Personally I don't agree with this. If you don't want ads in apps then pay for the ad-free version. It's not like they're expensive.
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16-12-2012, 16:24
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#109
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Re: Recommended Android apps
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Originally Posted by thenry
it doesnt work in Opera
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I don't use Opera anymore, i find Google Chrome, Dolphin Browser or Boat Browser to be far better.
I haven't tested it much though, so not sure if it will work or not.
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Originally Posted by Lew
Personally I don't agree with this. If you don't want ads in apps then pay for the ad-free version. It's not like they're expensive.
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True i guess....
I am not sure what Adblock does to data usage yet, whether it will increase it or not or slow things down so i may turn it off eventually.
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16-12-2012, 16:56
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Re: Recommended Android apps
SoundHound is great for finding out what that tune is that's playing in the bar or mall.
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16-12-2012, 17:23
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Re: Recommended Android apps
Mayan Doomsday Widget.
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16-12-2012, 18:25
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Re: Recommended Android apps
A free app I find particularly useful on a small screen Android phone is MessagEase. Surprisingly easy to use and much better than my chunky fingers on a tiny QWERTY keypad!
Another handy free app I use as a singer is Chromatic Pitch Pipe (free)
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16-12-2012, 22:59
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Re: Recommended Android apps
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler
SoundHound is great for finding out what that tune is that's playing in the bar or mall.
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Yup, Soundhound is great
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16-12-2012, 23:27
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Re: Recommended Android apps
Was looking at soundhound and shazam but reading the recent reviews I got the impression they were not as good as they used to be. Installed Google's widget which is included in the new jellybean instead. Works great on 4.1.1
Was going to install swiftkey today but tried out Thumb Keyboard first. Its so good and configurable I'm sticking with it. Would fully recommend it. Lets you resize and move parts of the keyboard and also has the arrow keys I wanted. Can type so fast on it too. This post was typed on my Galaxy S3 with it.
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17-12-2012, 23:02
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Re: Recommended Android apps
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Originally Posted by Cobbydaler
SoundHound is great for finding out what that tune is that's playing in the bar or mall.
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Thanks for that, great for pop, rock, etc, but doesn't seem to work on classical music.
Anyone know of a similar app for classical music?
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17-12-2012, 23:14
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Re: Recommended Android apps
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Originally Posted by dave6x
Thanks for that, great for pop, rock, etc, but doesn't seem to work on classical music.
Anyone know of a similar app for classical music?
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I don't think there is. I think it's got to do with the fact there are so many recordings by different people of the same pieces of work.
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17-12-2012, 23:19
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Re: Recommended Android apps
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Originally Posted by dave6x
Thanks for that, great for pop, rock, etc, but doesn't seem to work on classical music.
Anyone know of a similar app for classical music?
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Some people say Shazam is better for classical...
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17-12-2012, 23:29
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Re: Recommended Android apps
If you want to try the Google Ears one and are happy with sideloading apk's, then you can grab it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1742652
Its free and part of newer android versions, just that these guys have extracted it so it can be used without upgrading your android version to 4.2.2
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22-01-2013, 21:17
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Re: Recommended Android apps
I've been looking for some time now at TV programs via internet, and frankly until now I've been disappointed.
Closest contender so far was an App called 'TV Catchup' which despite the name wasn't a catch up service, but did in fact play freeview channels, sort of, kind off, well actually for me. Not.At.All.
Perhaps it was my phone, who knows...
I have however now found this little beauty
TV Portal
It's not catch up telly, it's not freeview, it is in fact a streaming of pretty much every tv series ever, oh yes and every film too.
I tried it, and actually liked it so much I paid the hefty (sic) £1.29 one off cost for the pro version.
I view it in conjunction with MZ Player (pro) and in most cases the quality is very good, the picture doesn't pixel, and hey the sound even keeps up with the video. (On wi-fi obviously)
I picked 7-8 different films and the same for tv programs at random just to see how it fared, and had no problems, there's usually multiple sources to choose from, so if one is congested or missing, another generally works
I was in the bath (yes I have a waterproof phone...) watching Spartacus: Gods Of The Arena, and in my bath I only just get a wi-fi signal so it was a good test of how thnigs play 'out on the edge'
Again it was fine, good quality, and voice synced, so...
If you're in the market for watching the odd TV program or Movie, you could do a lot worse than give this a shot.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...=order_history
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TV Portal gives you easy access to 1000’s of free TV Shows and free Movies on your Android device. Within seconds of downloading, you will be able to watch free TV streams and free Movies. It’s that simple.
TV Portal allows you to watch TV Show streams for free, unlimited for 2 days. After that, you will only be able to watch 2 free TV streams every 6 hours. There will never be a limit on watching free movies. Upgrading TV Portal will remove both the limit on TV streams as well as those pesky ads.
TV Portal aggregates free TV streams and free Movies from the following free streaming sites: putlocker, sockshare, gorillavid, YouTube, vidxden, divxstage, novamov, movshare, filebox, muchshare, vidbull, nowvideo, videoweed, vidbux, nosvideo, vreer, 180upload, allmyvideos, videobam, modovideo, zalaa, and xvidstage.
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22-01-2013, 21:42
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#120
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Re: Recommended Android apps
Downloaded this a couple of days ago. Works well with turbo downloader you can download the programme and watch later.
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