Must Have DroidX Applications

[jmorton10]

Originally Posted by microdot

I have notice people rave about this slingplayer. i went to check it out and it seems like you have to pay like a $170 for the hardware ("dvr box type thing") for the app even to work. Is that really worth it. Is this app all that?

Yes, you have to buy & setup the hardware' but after that using it is totally free.

I refused to buy an Android phone until Sling Mobile for Android became available. Sling is one of my most used apps & IMHO is worth every penny.

~John

[iamrobk]

Originally Posted by Sapo2112

Anyone try Launcher Pro yet? If so, please let us know what you think. So far, this looks like the first app I will try once my X arrives.

Using it and loving it, works great on the X. The Moto widgets don't really work with it, but that's minor imo.

[Lyman1]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

#1 Sling Mobile

#2 Sirius Radio (even though my TP2 app was way better)

#3 Digital clock/weather widget that looks like sense 2.5

& a bunch now I don't remember.

~John

jmorton10,

What Digital Clock and Weather widget(s) did you
come across to resemble Sense 2.5?

Much Thanks in advance.

All the Best!

[themuffinman]

Originally Posted by jmorton10

Yes, you have to buy & setup the hardware' but after that using it is totally free.

I refused to buy an Android phone until Sling Mobile for Android became available. Sling is one of my most used apps & IMHO is worth every penny.

~John

To add, yes slingbox rocks and its definitely worth every single penny.

[Zaphod-Beeblebrox]

Originally Posted by Lyman1

jmorton10,

What Digital Clock and Weather widget(s) did you
come across to resemble Sense 2.5?

Much Thanks in advance.

All the Best!

Beautiful Widgets & 'Weather & Toggle' Widgets are both paid apps (less than $2.00) that do a great job of looking like sense and also have a ton of free skins to look like almost anything.
'Fancy Widget' is a free one that looks just like sense paddle clock & gps based weather. It's been forced off the market by HTC, but is still floating around via torrent I hear.

[Lyman1]

Originally Posted by Zaphod-Beeblebrox

Beautiful Widgets & 'Weather & Toggle' Widgets are both paid apps (less than $2.00) that do a great job of looking like sense and also have a ton of free skins to look like almost anything.
'Fancy Widget' is a free one that looks just like sense paddle clock & gps based weather. It's been forced off the market by HTC, but is still floating around via torrent I hear.

Thank you and Thanks given.

Looking forward to getting my Droid X.

All the Best!

[sensatti]

Beautiful widgets
snesoid
pandora
solo
ustream beta
espn scorescenter

[mikenerd]

Regarding the cost of a slingplayer setup, I got a Solo of Craigslist for fifty bucks. That makes it 80 bucks to get up and running. Don't forget you can use it from any computer too. Anyone with a cummute should look into it.

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[Zaphod-Beeblebrox]

One thing I don't like about the home screens is the rigid 4x4 grid. I was primarily a MobileShell user under WinMo, and the layouts were very free-form. Allowed a lot of creativity in design. I've found a few things that get me close to this:

More Icons:
http://www.ree-yees.com/node/40
Puts 4 Icons into a 1x1 grid. Has several widgets that will allow you to put up to 16 icons/toggles into a 4x1 (complete row) space.

Launch-X
http://android.yuvalsharon.net/launchx.php
I like the look of this one better than More Icons, but I had already purchased More Icons. I might still buy this one. More Icons has system toggles (bluetooth, Wifi, etc) that Launch-X doesn't appear to support. Launch-X does support some really cool multiple page options and layouts.

Both can be found in the market.

When I get real fancy, I will figure out how to post QR codes to these things

[Zaphod-Beeblebrox]

Fancy Widget:
As I indicated earlier, this is a Sense Clock clone. I like it a lot. HTC has asked for it to be taken down, but I think it's still available for a limited time. I found a QR code for it:



Scan this with your barcode app and it should take you to the marketplace entry for it.