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[G1 Apps and Games] Draxter:
[review] Documents to Go

Documents to go

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Details

Name: Documents to go

Developer: DataViz

Version: 1.0.0.1

Price: $19.99, €14.40

Cyrket URL: http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.dataviz.docstogoapp

Date: 15 June 2009

Review

This app is one of the few working document readers. It reads Microsoft Word 97-2008 and Microsoft Excel 97-2008. With €14.40 it is one of the most expensive apps available in the Market. Due to its price my expectations were high.

Startup

The app boots pretty fast. After starting you will get to see this starting screen.

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I find the 3 buttons on the bottom quite frustrating, I never use them and they take up a LOT of space and nearly serve the same purpose: promoting the developer. If this was a free app I’d have peace with it but since I paid €14.40 for this I’d rather have those 3 buttons removed or reduced in size.

Word

Once you chose the Word button the app will show you 2 options, opening a word file or create a new one. On the bottom it will show your recently used documents, which is quite handy.

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Opening word files is done pretty quick, depending on the size of course.

Features

There are loads of options in the editor. You can even set your name to appear in the “Author” information, choose the output format (2004 or 2008), set all text to capslock, insert page breaks, hyperlinks, comments, tables, zoom in and out and even add foot and header notes. This list isn’t even coming close to all features this app contains.

Typing isn’t very convenient because the on-screen keyboard takes up 40% of the screen. This of course only applies on the Magic.

Excel

The excel part of the software has the same heap of options that the word module has.

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It supports function input and even has about 100 pre-defined functions! Wonderful!

The excel module can display rows 1-18 and collums A, B and C on one screen when your zoom is set to 100%. Zooming in and out is possible.

5 languages supported

English

French

German

Italian

Spanish

Conclusion

Being one of the most expensive apps in the market my expectations were high. Sadly the app didn’t satisfy at all points. One of the biggest lacks is PDF and PPT support. I know PDF is not an Office product, but the app is not called Microsoft Office To Go, but documents to go! I can imagine that opening PPT’s on an Android device requires a lot of processor and memory.

I find the price a bit too high for an app with quite some advertising and no PDF support.

The things that it does support are done exceptionally good with a lot of options available.

Positive

+ Word and Excel 2008 support

+ Loads of options

+ Fast

+ Easy to use UI

Negative

- Somewhat expensive

- No PDF support

- Annoying 3 buttons on the start

My rating

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2009 - Draxter
[G1 Apps and Games] Draxter:
[review] Useful Switchers

Useful Switchers

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Details

Name: Useful Switchers

Developer: Maxim Yudin

Version: 1.2.2

Price: free!

Cyrket URL: http://www.cyrket.com/package/maximyudin.usefulswitchers

Date: 15 June 2009

Review

This app caught my eye for its almost 5 star rating, 4.70 to be accurate. This lightweight app comes with a truckload of indeed very useful switches. The interface looks in fact is a popup with 10 on/off switches or shortcuts to settings. The app also displays The memory state of the SD card and the internal memory, as well as the battery percentage.

All these features are presented to you in a nice fresh interface with glossy icons.

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The full set of switches includes:

Ringer mode

Silent mode

Wi-Fi

GPS

Wireless Location

Bluetooth

Brightness

Screen Timeout

Airplane Mode

Auto Sync

On the bottom there are 5 additional buttons, from left to right; 2G/3G switch, flashlight, settings, about and exit. The flashlight is represented by a white screen on 100% brightness.

I don’t use all switches because I don’t travel by plane every day nor do I change the screen timeout every day, but they’re still handy.

There are 15 languages supported:

Chinese (Simplified)

Czech

Dutch

English

French

German

Italian

Lithuanian

Portuguese

Polish

Russian

Serbian

Spanish

Swedish

Ukrainian

Conclusion

This app is one of the most useful apps I have on my phone, I use it all the time to enable Wi-Fi and change the brightness or 2G/3G. The only additional feature I would like is a customizable order for the shortcuts.

My rating

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2009 - Draxter
[G1 Apps and Games] dkb218:
PDF and PowerPoint support will be in the next update - which will be free to current users. I believe the price is set to jump to $29.99 on update for new users. According to the developers, the update should be out in a matter of weeks.
[G1 Apps and Games] lbcoder:
Only supports MS-proprietary crap formats = worthless.

I'll never give them one thin cent until they support open formats.
[G1 Apps and Games] dkb218:
Good for you!
[G1 Apps and Games] androidmonkey:
They do support open formats.

.txt

.docx

.docm

.csv

etc
[G1 Apps and Games] jacsonmoore3:
damn you pay 19.99 for this i got it for free..lol
[G1 Apps and Games] Mikey:
Because we review programs/apps/games on here doesnt mean anything about money.

If thats what you wanna think, that's up to you.

I'm killing this topic before it goes any further.
[G1 Apps and Games] kharnen:
MOD EDIT: Deleted Warez Apps.

Please don't post warez on xda-developers.
[G1 Apps and Games] alritewhadeva:
Warez much?!! Mod please delete post...
[G1 Apps and Games] Paging Dr B:
edit**

i was finally able to download the game after finally hearing back from gameloft. Anyways they basically sent me the link grab the apk which is cool. The game itself is pretty cool. Cars, girls, etc.. What was really cool is an option to enable the accelerometer and control the game by tilting to the left and right.

A little pricey but good
[G1 Apps and Games] Ryanmo5:
Root Explorer

Cost 1.69

The ultimate file manager for root users. Now you can access the whole of android's file system (including the elusive data folder!). Well worth it, now you can delete pretty much anything with a few clicks. No more running scripts to delete amazon, sounds and many others! No need for any other file manager again either this one does it all. Ui is a little lackluster but its worth it.
[G1 Apps and Games] speoples20:
Does this allow you to back up your data?
[G1 Apps and Games] Ryanmo5:
Spiderman Toxic City

Cost 4.99 - gameloft.com

Not in market yet

Comments - A bit slow to load, I have a lot of fun playing this game. Graphics are really good and touch screen controls much like assassins creed are hard to get used to but once you do its easy. Its 5 bucks, a little high for a game but its fun and actually has a exit option, most gameloft games don't.
[G1 Apps and Games] Ryanmo5:
Not that i have found. It also has copy and paste! ;)
[G1 Apps and Games] Ryanmo5:
Uno

Cost .99

Comments - Can't beat it guys and gals, a buck for a very fun game!
[G1 Apps and Games] Gimpeh:
SU File Manager & Terminal - There are many File Browsers in the market such as Astro and Linda. What sets this one apart from the rest is the ability to not only browse the contents of your SDcard but to access, and browse the root directory of your internal memory. There are many other great features as well such as a built in Terminal Client, The ability to run SH Scripts, and the ability to mount and unmount. The last but not least that has impressed me is the exceptional customer support. The Developer is very prompt with responses and fixes and I believe makes a wonderful contribution to our development community.
[G1 Apps and Games] androidmonkey:
Does UNO have online play?
[G1 Apps and Games] Ryanmo5:
Key Ring barcode scanner

Price 1.99

Application - must have barcode scanner installed from market

Comments - This thing is bad as hell, very useful and highly accurate. Picks up stuff i never thought it would haha. I highly recommend this to anyone. Used it tonight at fry's and it worked to perfection!!! Follow cyrket link for more info - Cyrket
[G1 Apps and Games] bigslanki:
i have uno but no option for online idon think
[G1 Apps and Games] ThR1LL:
Don't mean to go offtopic but does this app have all the functionality of Astro like install apk and unzip files?
[G1 Apps and Games] pentace:
No

Try SU File Manager
[G1 Apps and Games] Duckman33:
This is my first post here so first, I want to say a big thanks to all the devs and active forum posters for all the help with rooting and flashing my G1. I never had to post a single question to get it all up and working, all the info was found either by searching, or by following links in existing threads. I have to say this is the best community I have ever seen. :D

I didn't see this one in the list: Contacts Blast. Awesome contact management software for andriod.

Here's some features:

*Seamlessly integrate with Gmail.

*Search or browse by photos/names using list or icon view.

*Easily manage groups, mass SMS/Email all contacts in a group

*Quick access via Green call button, Speed Dial.

*Multiple numbers for each contact.

Cyrket link: http://www.cyrket.com/package/droidmatic.android.contactsblast

Price is $2.99 and worth every penny.

Here's some screens:
[G1 Apps and Games] anheuer:
What is uno called in the market?
[G1 Apps and Games] fleebailey33:
Note Everything pro

Name: Note Everything Pro

Type: Note Taking App

Cost: €2.99 about 4.75 USA

Rating: 9

I can't rate any app a 10, it would have to have the pro version for free, :P

Below i listed the features added to the pro version. I was holding out on getting it, but i love it! The encryption does not work on checklists i noticed. The developers seem quick to respond to questions. Really it is the best note taking app by far. Try the free version, if you think it is already great cough up the money and skip starbucks for lunch, and you will realize what you were missing.

Did i mentioned i loved it?

This add-on adds this & more features to NE:

- Photo notes

- Checklists

- Durable checklists

- Reminder

- Encryption (password protection)

- Stick notes to status bar

- Full backup to sd-card
[G1 Apps and Games] Ryanmo5:
Album Art Grabber

Cyrket link

Cost - 1.70 us

Comments - Thank god someone finally made it real easy to get album artwork. This little app does the job! Sometimes it gets the wrong artwork but its an easy fix. Well worth the money, works with every music app I have tested so far including htc music.
[G1 Apps and Games] shaolinx:
I just posted my top 5 on the blog.

check it out! everyone

NEED

these apps for their android
[G1 Apps and Games] Ryanmo5:
My Collection Pro

Price - .99

Application

Cyrket

Comments - Lets you catalog your collection of games, music, movies and books. It works really well and let's you break them down by category, rating, condition and more. This app works with Barcode Scanner.
[G1 Apps and Games] BlackF09:
Useful Switches Version 1.2.3 isn't free any more

Version 1.2.3 opens now a nag screen and force to donate $0.99. The installation via market is still free...

Does someone has the apk of version 1.2.2? I updated blindly. :(

BlackFog
[G1 Apps and Games] tutech:
Dammit! Me too! Did anybody use ASTRO to backup the apk of 1.2.2 that they could share with us?
[G1 Apps and Games] tutech:
Nevermind. A little googling, and there you have it.

Removed apk

Uploading paid apps is against forum rules.

First and final warning
[G1 Apps and Games] :
thanks:D:D
[G1 Apps and Games] BlackF09:
Useful Switches

I didn't succeed therefor I was asking. Thank you!
[G1 Apps and Games] Talderon:
NitroDesk TouchDown

Definite +1 on this application!!

My Review:

Name: TouchDown

Type: Productivity: PIM

Cost: $24.99

Rating: 10/10

I use my mobile phones for work. This means that I have to have my mail, contacts and calendar on my phone. I also own a Windows Mobile phone (HTC Fuze running Energy ROM) that I WAS using for this purpose, however, I got a new G1 and wanted to get it working as my main work phone (since I do work for T-Mobile and all).

I got my hands on TouchDown and here are several things I love about this application for Exchange Users:

1. Works flawlessly with Exchange 2003 and 2007.

2. PUSH or Polling, you can set it up either way.

3. Seems (as poster stated above) that you get many mails on the device before it shows up in Outlook.

4. Sync Schedule - Just like MS ActiveSync, you can set Peak/Off-Peak days/times for message retrieval.

5. Access to company GAL for emails/contact.

6. Works over 3G/2G/Wi-Fi without missing a beat.

7. First Class Support from NitroDesk. They answer emails very quickly, they are professional and to top it off, they actually seem to know their application!!!

7. Includes Widgets for Calendar, Mail and Tasks so you can have them on your home screen.

Right now, my only gripe is that I wish I could resize the widget for the calendar to make it larger. I am running a custom ROM and have 5 desktops, so would not mind dedicating and entire one to the calendar as it dictates my day. :)

Full Feature List: http://www.nitrodesk.com/dk_touchdownFeatures.aspx

Enjoy!
[G1 Apps and Games] Mikey:
Removed apk

Uploading paid apps is against forum rules.

First and final warning

As for the Senior members, warning goes out to all of you as well.
[G1 Apps and Games] stacknickel:
I am using aContacts happily and it is free. It has Fav, ABC search, Groups search and Dial (Grid or List) and Call Log.
[G1 Apps and Games] Ryanmo5:
Yahtzee Adventures

Cost 9.99 - Link

Yes it is expensive but it is really fun and one of my favorites from my HTC Excalibur days. Travel the globe, meet new characters, challenge them to a game, roll the colorful dice and be the first to score a Yahtzee! Enjoy classic, duplicate, rainbow and battle modes. Pass n Play with friends, or try the ultimate Yahtzee single-player adventure. Fun for all!
[G1 Apps and Games] oneofone1:
Agreed

aContacts would be my choice even if it wasn't free. I'd been looking for a while for an all-in-one contacts db, dialer, call log with an easy and clean interface.
[G1 Apps and Games] PsychoPomp:
Open gesture is pretty sweet, my wife just got it. you can assign gestures to pretty much any phone function. So your homescreen is not cluttered.
[G1 Apps and Games] tuto0503:
anybody buy scrabble off the eamobile website yet?
[G1 Apps and Games] Ryanmo5:
Yeah I did, its pretty cool overall. I'm using nexus however cant really say how it runs on G1 but runs great on my N1
[G1 Apps and Games] Steven__:
Spectrum Puzzles is jigsaw puzzle game that's getting good reviews, both for its free demo version and the paid version. It's got about 45 images in the full version and the free lets you play the first 6. (I really like it, but I'm biased - I'm the dev! :))
[G1 Apps and Games] lalinde89:
hey guys!i wanna buy an htc g1..!but i wanna ask you if this phone can run hd games with cyanogenmod or maybe other rom..??my other option is an optimus one..maybe you could give me an advice!

thx!
[G1 Apps and Games] androidmonkey:
Dude, the G1 is the first android phone, very outdated. It will not run any graphic intensive games reliably.
[G1 Apps and Games] adolfo778:
nice this thread will help me choose some apps and games :)
[XPERIA X1 General] thedeva:
Hi All,

As requested, find attached weather sources for SPB weather.

There are two scripts below, one basic and one detailed. Instruction on how to use are in the the templates, so just open in notepad to view the 'how to'. I use the basic one, but have a play as you can go down to each states weather centres.

Weather is then sourced from www.weatherzone.com.au.

I take no credit for this script and a big thanks to recrem (from the now closed Mtekk forum) for updating a while back.

Enjoy,

Dev
[XPERIA X1 General] dak22:
Thanks for the good work. Good to see an Aussie Weather Source
[XPERIA X1 General] buzz83:
Thanks again Dev,

Just downloading your weather files now (after trawling through whirlpool all morning looking for your post). I was happy using the one in SPB mobile shell until today... it forecasts 30 for today and it is much closer to 34... all the news channels were saying 34, so obviously they got their data from a more reliable source.

:cool:
[XPERIA X1 General] bedlam_au:
Works great with SPB Traveler, but has anyone made it work with the SPB panel's weather? It seems to take its data from Traveler when Traveler is installed, but if you select a custom city, the panel's weather screen just tells you that "No weather data has been downloaded".
[XPERIA X1 General] buzz83:
There is no need to create a custom city (unless it's not in the list).

There are full instructions in the template file (open with notepad).

It is working fine for me... apart from a few issues with weather icons not showing up from time to time.
[XPERIA X1 General] bedlam_au:
As I said, it works fine in SPB Traveler. Where it doesn't work is with SPB's custom X1 panel. The weather icon on its "Today" screen is just a sun with N/A where the temp should be. Tapping on that icon, which normally shows the next 4 days, has a message along the lines of "The weather data hasn't been downloaded.

I'm assuming it's because those scripts produce temperatures and icons in a slightly different format. Traveler can handle it but the Panel can't. It'd need someone with a bit more script nerdery than me to reformat those scripts to something the Panel's weather routine can read.
[XPERIA X1 General] thedeva:
Yes, only SPB weather can read the scripts to display the correct icons. So if you don't have SPB weather loaded, its no good as Shell Panel doesn't work with it.

Dev
[XPERIA X1 General] thedeva:
Revised Detailed Script to fix missing codes

Hi all,

It would seems weatherzone.com.au have now stopped displaying the city code number in the URL address as per the instruction in the template.

So I have modified the template so you can now get it to work if you don't know your suburbs code.

Instructions are at the top of the file, so just open with notepad and you'll be off and running.

Enjoy.

Dev
[XPERIA X1 General] buzz83:
You have proved yourself yet again dev.

SPB Weather was giving me the #$%s on the weekend, but I was house hunting and didn't have time to play around with it.

Looks like you've done the job very nicely.

Thanks again:D
[XPERIA X1 General] bedlam_au:
For reasons I can't begin to understand, it would seem the issues with SPB Traveler messing with the SPB Panel's weather are resolved by installing SPB Weather.

If I was being scientific about it, I'd see if it works in isolation without Traveler or if this new version of the script has anything to do with it. But I'm not.

So for now, the combination of Traveler + Weather + current script by TheDeva = correct weather now being displayed in the SPB Mobile Shell Panel. Some weather icons are N/A, but at least the temperature is correct and not 10 degrees out like it used to be. (What are these other websites using as the source of their information??)

:)
[XPERIA X1 General] redwood2:
Thankyou to 'thedeva' for the modified spb weather script... the programs now works and it gives the same forcasts that we get on ABC weather.. so that accuracy helps alot.

One thing I have noticed is that there is never an icon for the next days weather. e.g. today is tuesday, and there is no icon for wedneday's forcast. Tomorrow after I update, there will be no icon for the next day. I have Ballarat and Melbourne as the cities I watch, but neither will display the next day's icon using this template... when i go back to the default spb scripts all is good, just lousy weather forcasts...

I have looked at the script, but I can't see where the fault lies... any ideas please ?

David
[XPERIA X1 General] danalive:
Hi All,

I have read all the templates and comments and cannot get the weather to display correctly. I have mobile shell installed as well as SPB weather. The custom city of melbourne has been added with directions supplied by 'thedeva'. I get the dreaded N/A on the professional Now screen. Any ideas?

Thanks!

Dan.
[XPERIA X1 General] glimjoon:
SPB v1.7 with Melbourne?

Hi guys,

I have SPB 1.7 (which is more lightweight than the current) and am trying to get it to work with the script.

It doesn't say in the script which "City Code Type" to use but I've tried all 3 (user defined, ICAO and GisMeteo.ru) with no luck.

I've set Custom City with "vic/melbourne/melbourne".

I get a "Error downloading data from site". I'm pretty sure I have connectivity as I see the HSPDA connection go and if it's in the crade the sync marks go (and other apps update).

Can anyone assist?

Cheers,

Gavan
[XPERIA X1 General] orelsi:
I believe SPB Wather older than version 2 are obsolete and don't have any support/sources for them.
[XPERIA X1 General] glimjoon:
Thanks Orlesi - can anyone else also confirm it won't work with v1.7? I've been deliberately running the older version for a smaller simpler lightweight forecaster.
[XPERIA X1 General] buzz83:
Yep.

The custom template is for 2.0 on only. It's still a little buggy though.
[XPERIA X1 General] ginloin:
I've come late to this, so hopefully someone is still monitoring it. I installed the script and my forecast now comes from the BOM. The only part I didn't understand when reading through the script is how to get the Mobile Shell widget to display the weather. I simply get N/A. Is this by design and unavoidable, or is it possible to fix it?

More importantly, my current temperature seems to be wrong. It seems to still be getting that part from the 'Default Source', even though I've disabled that. It's 37 degrees here today right now, and Weatherzone agrees. But SPB Weather is showing only 31, which is the temperature the 'Default Source' thinks it is. Also, when I tap the current temperature, it says the 'location' is 'Adelaide Intl', which again is the location of the 'Default Source', not the Weatherzone source. So even though I've set Weatherzone as default, and all the long range forecasts seem to be using it and are correct per the BOM site, the current temperature seems to be sourcing from the standard SPB Weather 'Default Source' still, even though I've said 'Don't use this source' (and under sources, it shows as 'This source is not used'). Is there something I need to change in the script to get it to display the current weather from the weatherzone source?

Sorry if I've missed something obvious.

EDIT: Please forgive me, I realised that I had used the default city in SPB weather, which I think is why I was getting the Default Source data for the current temperature. I set up a custom city and it seems to not be be drawing from the default source now. Except now, there seems to be no current temperature. Well, the field is there, but it's actually only showing the forecasted maximum there, not the actual temperature. When I tap it, all I see are the forecasted maximums, no data for when the reading was taken. I'll keep looking but if anyone has any idea why this is happening, I'd appreciate your input. I see there is something written about exactly this behaviour in the script, but I can't work out if that's just saying 'that's how it is' or whether there is a way to fix it? Sorry for being such a noob!
[XPERIA X1 General] _Robert_:
Over the last few days or so, this weather template seems to have stopped working. I suspect that there have been modifications on the weatherzone.com.au website. If anybody has managed to fix the template, I would much appreciate it :D
[XPERIA X1 General] philzgr8:
Yep. I have found the same thing. Today is the last date for which data was downloaded and I guess that it was downloaded about 7 days ago. Without a fix I guess I will be forced to use a US source which will in fact render SPB Weather useless.
[XPERIA X1 General] philzgr8:
For the record I found that this one (http://www.pdagold.com/themes/detail.asp?t=16497) still works at least for Melbourne but it doesn't provide detailed weather the way the weatherzone one used to.
[XPERIA X1 General] _Robert_:
A working updated template is available here.