Filed under: Android

Twidroid upgrade problems?

I know I were struggling a bit, force closed on me every time I tried open the app last night. It started happening after I downloaded the 5.0 upgrade. Luckily I was able to resolve the issue. First I had to uinstall the application from my phone, download it again and finally install it one more time. Of course since this was a fresh install I had to set everything up like photo, shortner and video services again. So if your are not able to open Twidroid after upgrading, reinstall it from scratch and hopefully that will cure the problem - Worked for me anyway. Have a Nexus One running Android OS 2.2.2 

Why I uninstalled the Weather Channel App

The Weather Channel used to have a really great Android App for forecasting weather, used it often. Then last night the App got upgraded to version 3, and I saw no other option then to uninstall it. Why?  After installing the new version I got a message asking if Weather Channel could track me in order to give more accurate weather forecast, I selected no thanks. The no thanks option closed the App down. So unless I agreed to the them track me all the time, they refuse to tell me what the weather is going to be like…Not nice! I then went to the Android Market and read what other users where saying about the upgrade. Those that had agreed to the tracking where saying that the App had taken over their phone, slowed it down, caused crashes and one even said that the ringtone had changed. So there were only one thing for it….

 

Android App - A world of photos

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After reading a few good reviews about an Android application called “A world of photos”, I went to the Android Market and downloaded it. The basic idea is that you spin your phone, like spin the bottle, and then you ask someone in that direction who also has the app installed to take a photo. I installed the app and started getting requests from all over the globe to take photos. I was fun for about 5 minutes, but then I started getting requests from people with usernames like ShowMeYours and NakedPhotosOK – and I thought to myself, maybe not the sort of service I want get involved with. The biggest problem for me regarding this app were that even though I had turned background data off I would still get requests to take photos, not much fun in the middle of the night. On top of that it is not possible to turn off the warning sound within the application. I could of course turn the sound of my phone, but then what is going to wake me up the morning? So last night at 3 am I uninstalled A world of photos

Camera Zoom Fx

I must have downloaded and installed about 100 apps for controlling the camera on my G1. The installations always ended in disappointment and uninstallation. Then I read about an app called Camera Zoom Fx, several sites gave it great reviews. I decided to take the plunge and pay the £1.25 that the makers wanted for it. Have to say I did the right thing. In the beginning it is a little overwhelming with all the options and add on’s. When I got the hang of it I discovered just what I could get out of the G1 camera. There is also a growing community  of users sharing their photos taken using the App. I am a happy customer

The photo under is taken using Camera Zoom Fx

FxCamera

I love downloading and trying out new applications on my Android phone. One I have been playing around with lately is FxCamera. In FxCamera you can shoot photos in 5 different modes, Toycam, Polandroid, Fisheye, Symmetri, Warhol and normal. The controls are easy enough to use and the different modes have settings you can configure. I think it is a fun application to play around with plus it is free to download.

Here are some examples of photos I have taken using FxCamera, using the default settings in the mode

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WorldTour, background App for Android phones

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Recently I installed this App on my G1. What it does is that it changes the background image on the home screen with images from webcams around the world. You can choose from many different locations, everything from the Eiffel Tower, Ground Zero,  giraffes in a Zoo, to a laundry room in Japan. It updates every 20 minutes, you can chose what camera you want to watch or let the application randomly pick on. The image quality from a lot of the webcams are surprising good, especially the once from NASA of the sun and earth from space impresses me. I have set the application up to randomly pick webcams. I have to admit that I find myself checking my phone more than usual to see what my home screen looks like. Last time I checked it was showing St Peter in Vatican City. This application is more interesting than I thought it was going to be, highly recommended

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