[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nerys71:
Most of these idea's are not mine but were posted by others in the $30 and $50 android threads. some where mine :-) hehe

IPWEBCAM

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...lt#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5wYXMud2ViY2FtIl0.

This program turns your droid into a streaming webcam. you can access it from anywhere on your network and with some port forwarding and convenience from say dyndns anywhere in the world.

Combine with "tinycam"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hbGV4dmFzLmR2ciJd

and you can watch up to 5 at a time live from your other android phone anywhere.

works VERY well. I plan to try to rig one up with a solar panel and external battery for wireless convenience.

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Lapse It

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS51aS5MYXBzZUl0UHJvIl0.

WONDERFUL WONDERFUL software. turns your droid camera into a "timelapse" camera. this takes a picture at "intervals" that you can later combined into a "video" (you can do it on the phone but it obviously takes along time at higher resolutions)

I have done 1080p timelapse films with it. this is the primary reason I got all these devices (I have 7 of them)

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Motion Detector Pro

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...HJvaWQubW90aW9uZGV0ZWN0b3Jwcm8uYWN0aXZpdHkiXQ..

This one has a running internal video stream and when enough pixels "change" at once (ie "motion" is detected) it snaps a picture and e-mails it to you and stores it on the sd card.

right now its stream resolution 480x320 I am hopeful of a higher resolution version can be found! its free too!

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Navigon (with permissions denied tweak)

$40 cheap full feature GPS without a network connection. GOod quality maps and good quality routing most of the time (like any other gps I am pleased)

You just have to permissions denied disable the license check since it checks EVERY single time you start even though it downloads the maps to the SD card. which means no data connection SPLAT it crashes out.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...vbS5uYXZpZ29uLm5hdmlnYXRvcl9jaGVja291dF9uYSJd

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Navionics

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=navionics&c=apps

Very nice just like navigon but for Nautical Charts for boating !! very very nice. I can't wait to try it out this summer when I get the boat going.

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Digital Dash for your car

I love Ulysse Speedometer its gorgeous and feature rich. there are LOTS of other options many free but I always come back to Ulysse

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wxLDEsImNvbS5iaW5hcnl0b3lzLnNwZWVkb21ldGVyIl0.

it (and many others) can also do HUD inverted to project the info on your windscreen at night.

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Slacker and Pandora when in WIFI for streaming music.

if you pay for slacker premium $4 a month you can also CACHE stations to your SD card and now you can use it anywhere. whenever your in wifi it will "sync" adding new songs etc.. Very very nice.

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MP3 Player. I Love poweramp. you can shove a 16 or in some of them 32gb card in them and have a Media Player that will make an ipod cringe in envy.

Also works fine for netflix youtube etc.. when in WIFI. Most will also play many other video formats but the small screens tend to make them less desirable for this.

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Do you 4wheel? LOTs of neat apps for this.

I plan to mount 3 or 4 of these on my visor shelf when I 4 wheel

one will run Ulysse one will run TOPO software once I find a good one

another will run Inclinometer software

https://play.google.com/store/search?q=inclinometer&c=apps

once I pick the one i like.

really love the brain laboratories one but it crashes when the tilt alarm goes off (which is why I like it so much) turn off the alarm and its fine hopefully they can fix that.

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Car DVR - record what happens as you drive think "dash cam"

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5kYWlseXJvYWRzLnYiXQ..

is just one example.

I use a dedicated dash cam but here is a droid option.

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Have a 96 or newer car with OBDII onboard ?

get one of these 260827956350 (ebay) for under $20 and now you can use software like for example Torque to read your codes from your car or live data.

PLENTY of other "car" things you can do.

This is my preferred program for recording my tank fills up and tracking my fuel economy and my car expenses

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...wOSwiY2guc2ltb25tb3JnZW50aGFsZXIuZnVlbGxvZyJd

Plenty of other software like this too.

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HeyTell

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.heytell&feature=search_result

PTT Push to Talk. Think Walkie Talkie for you droid. works great over wifi. I ALSO confirmed it works in conjunction with IPWEBCAM so now if you SEE someone on your webcam you can "talk" to them via heytell. (you hear them via ipwebcam just enable audio)

Very cool. if you have windows mobile and BB users use LOUDTALKS (zello) since that one has Winmo and BB clients.

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Unit Conversion

Convertr

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...S5tYXRocGFkLm1vYmlsZS5hbmRyb2lkLnd0LnVuaXQiXQ..

plenty of others. convert literally any unit to any unit. very neat

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Talking Timer

https://play.google.com/store/apps/...=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsInNwaW5uaW5naGVhZC50aW1lciJd

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Calculators. Just search the market their are OODLES of them

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