Non-game Android Apps Recommendations Catch-All

That cool looking, basically F2P alarm clock where you paid to unlock features, themes, etc, Timely? The company got bought by Google, and now all the in app purchase stuff is free.

Dammit. I just paid! Ah well. It's quite good. The Smart Wake-up feature really works for me, and the timer/stopwatch features are good.

MannishBoy wrote:

That cool looking, basically F2P alarm clock where you paid to unlock features, themes, etc, Timely? The company got bought by Google, and now all the in app purchase stuff is free.

Thanks, looks nifty!

MannishBoy wrote:

That cool looking, basically F2P alarm clock where you paid to unlock features, themes, etc, Timely? The company got bought by Google, and now all the in app purchase stuff is free.

Now that doubly explains that they had put it on sale around New Years. Not too sure how I should feel about that. :S
I have been using it for one or two months and I like it, but what am I funding or have I bought now?

Plastefuchs wrote:
MannishBoy wrote:

That cool looking, basically F2P alarm clock where you paid to unlock features, themes, etc, Timely? The company got bought by Google, and now all the in app purchase stuff is free.

Now that doubly explains that they had put it on sale around New Years. Not too sure how I should feel about that. :S
I have been using it for one or two months and I like it, but what am I funding or have I bought now?

Early access.

To what? D:

To the features that are free now. Honestly I think if something was worth paying for and it becomes free, you've lost nothing. It's sort of like what I tell my children when they look at each others' plates and whine that someone got more. Why does it matter what someone else gets if you have yours? Life isn't fair.

LouZiffer wrote:

To the features that are free now. Honestly I think if something was worth paying for and it becomes free, you've lost nothing. It's sort of like what I tell my children when they look at each others' plates and whine that someone got more. Why does it matter what someone else gets if you have yours? Life isn't fair.

If I got irritated every time something went on a sale after I paid more for it, I'd be pretty stressed in life...

True that.

Well, if you got it on sale before it went free, at least you didn't pay full price just before it went free.

Can anyone recommend a texting app that handles MMS messages from a bevy of iPhone users gracefully? Currently using Google Hangouts (just experimenting with it) but I think Textra did a better job. Is there one I'm missing?

Textra is the best one I've yet used.

Veloxi wrote:

Textra is the best one I've yet used.

So I'm using Textra and I'm periodically getting anonymous "No Message Found" messages. These appear to be part of MMS text chains from iPhone users. Any thoughts?

I've not run into that issue, sorry. Android is weird in how it handles multiple texts from iPhone users.

Veloxi wrote:

I've not run into that issue, sorry. Android is weird in how it handles multiple texts from iPhone users.

I suspect it's the other way around in that somehow iMessage is doing something weird in the way it sends to non-iMessage people.

I don't understand how the whole token thing works but now my Chrome 2 twitter app is supposedly dead. It 2 update was very slick as well and really improved the app.

I guess I need another twitter app.

This is kinda bs that devs have to deal with this from twitter. Not sure what the deal is (ok I do its business but I don't have to like it)

MannishBoy wrote:
Veloxi wrote:

I've not run into that issue, sorry. Android is weird in how it handles multiple texts from iPhone users.

I suspect it's the other way around in that somehow iMessage is doing something weird in the way it sends to non-iMessage people.

Yep. Get weird issues from those people all the time.

Also considering the way apple iPhones butcher something like vcard, standard on every cell phone for at least a decade, if there is am MMS issue it's most likely their fault.

A cool mod for those with Galaxy Gear Watches:
IMAGE(http://i.imgur.com/gsc02w4.jpg)
File & Instructions to install.

*Note: I don't own a Galaxy phone, nor consequently a Gear, so I'm unsure of how these things work out... I sure wish I did now though ;).

That damn near sells the watch by itself! I have an s4,and have wondered if I should consider some kind of smart watch.

Wait for the new one. When they start selling the generation 2 watches, the first one should plummet in price. Geek chic for peanuts is worth waiting for.

BestBuy here already sells the Gear watch for $149.

I think the Pebble has a Pip Boy face, too.

MannishBoy wrote:

I think the Pebble has a Pip Boy face, too.

It does; can't get it to work, though. I might need to clear some space

ClockworkHouse wrote:
ClockworkHouse wrote:

Anyone have any experience with FolderSync?

I'm switching from a Windows Phone to an Android phone (Nexus 4), and the only feature I've really missed are the automatic backups of my pictures to SkyDrive. I can use the SkyDrive app to upload my pictures manually, but I'd rather have an automated option. (The built-in uploading to Google+ isn't really something I'm interested in doing.) FolderSync popped up in searches around the Play Store, but I thought I'd check here first.

I got FolderSync and it works quite well except that SkyDrive apparently doesn't allow automated synchronization. I'm not sure if this is a SkyDrive problem in general or an issue with the way FolderSync handles uploads, but I'll look into it more.

In case, you know, there's more than just me wanting to do this specific thing. :P

Digging up an old one for an update here. With the update of the SkyDrive Android app today to the new OneDrive, you can now backup your photos automatically. I think they even give you 3GB of free space if you enable it.

Pocket Casts has been updated to include Chromecast support, among a few other tweaks.

We can all agree that it's the best now. Right?

Right?

Still doesn't let me sort podcasts by oldest to newest and newest to oldest on an individual basis. Pass.

ilduce620 wrote:

We can all agree that it's the best now. Right?

Right?

Plant!

General Crespin wrote:

Still doesn't let me sort podcasts by oldest to newest and newest to oldest on an individual basis. Pass.

The devs have been very responsive to requests via twitter.

I talked to them about this back when the rewrite was released. Been on the drawing board forever.