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Favorite Apps
Any.do -- Great task reminder
Chase
Dropbox
Evolve Money
Feedly -- great rss reader
Greader- alternate rss reader
Glide
Google Drive
Google Keep
Google Maps (incorporating Waze functions)
Google Photos
Mint Bills (Check (Pageonce))
Parcels
Power Toggles
Pushbullet
Tapatalk
Timely -- great alarm app
TripIt
Vonage - free WiFi calling using your normal number
Waze
Whatsapp
Pdanet

Jewish Apps
AndDaaven
Betamidrash (crazy amount of sefarim wt trans.)
Brochos
CRC Kosher Guide
Find a Minyan
Jewish Music - 1. JewishMusic Stream 2. Jstream 3. Jewishmusic.fm
OK Vegetable Checking Guide
Mezuzah Guide
Shabbos Alarm
Smart Siddur by Karri Apps free version has ads :(
ZmanMinder widget
Hebrewbooks.org
Chavruta (Talmud with Hebrew translation and footnotes)
HebDate (Great Jewish calendar with deep Google Calendar integration)
Orayta
Zmanim
(search in hebrew) שולחן ערוך אור החיים עם משנה ברורה searchable, clickable, split screen with שער הציון
(search in hebrew) הלוח העברי great calendar for searching hebrew dates in the past and future, including yom tov

Keyboards
Swype (for one handed typing)
Swiftkey (for key by key inputting & "swyping" )

Games
Lollipop "flappy bird" (Easter Egg)

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #420 on: September 14, 2012, 11:36:29 AM »
Cool! With an 83 cent USB OTG cable you can connect flashdrives, SD cards, keyboards, mice, and gaming controllers to your android phone!


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Re: Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #421 on: September 14, 2012, 12:21:09 PM »
Cool! With an 83 cent USB OTG cable you can connect flashdrives, SD cards, keyboards, mice, and gaming controllers to your android phone!


I have it, never used it yet...

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #422 on: October 21, 2012, 05:36:19 AM »
My latest favorite: Israeli Taxi
I can't say anything about accuracy yet, I'm still in the process of testing it.(if it's accurate I did save 25 shekels going to the kosel yesterday)  :D

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #423 on: October 21, 2012, 06:29:18 PM »
My latest favorite: Israeli Taxi
I can't say anything about accuracy yet, I'm still in the process of testing it.(if it's accurate I did save 25 shekels going to the kosel yesterday)  :D

There is so many  , get taxi , בדרך למונית , etc..

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #424 on: October 21, 2012, 09:06:53 PM »
« Last Edit: October 21, 2012, 09:16:13 PM by elikay »

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #425 on: October 21, 2012, 09:15:49 PM »
The one thing i miss about BlackBerry is the ability to just start typing and it would automatically search the entire phone, email text msg contacts, everything.any such app for android?
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Re: Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #426 on: October 21, 2012, 10:25:10 PM »
The one thing i miss about BlackBerry is the ability to just start typing and it would automatically search the entire phone, email text msg contacts, everything.any such app for android?
Google global search

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Re: Re: Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #427 on: October 21, 2012, 10:36:47 PM »

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #428 on: October 21, 2012, 10:46:48 PM »
link?
built in, what phone are you using

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #429 on: October 21, 2012, 11:48:45 PM »
built in, what phone are you using
GS3
Im assuming it's a JB feature?

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #430 on: October 22, 2012, 12:16:50 AM »
http://beta.swype.com/
Try out this keyboard, gr8 UI, Multi language (hebrew), spell checker,

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Re: Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #431 on: October 22, 2012, 12:24:28 AM »
http://beta.swype.com/
Try out this keyboard, gr8 UI, Multi language (hebrew), spell checker,
is been mentioned here before, thanks for the link
And thanks for pointing out that i can add
עברית
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #432 on: October 22, 2012, 12:57:26 AM »
GS3
Im assuming it's a JB feature?
Not at all a JB feature is actually been around I believe since GB (at least). I think they removed it from the s3 due to litigation with Apple. You may want to Google for more info.

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #433 on: October 22, 2012, 01:03:25 AM »

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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #434 on: October 22, 2012, 01:04:36 AM »
Not at all a JB feature is actually been around I believe since GB (at least). I think they removed it from the s3 due to litigation with Apple. You may want to Google for more info.
i was wondering why when i checked for Google search on the play store.it said not available for your drive.
Just curious, who had this feature first bb or Apple?

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #435 on: October 22, 2012, 01:13:03 AM »
I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.withouthat.acalendar as my primary calendar, in which I linked my G acct, to which I have made an hebcal ical

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« Reply #436 on: October 22, 2012, 01:21:26 AM »
i was wondering why when i checked for Google search on the play store.it said not available for your drive.
Just curious, who had this feature first bb or Apple?
Don't know but here's the direct link https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #438 on: October 22, 2012, 01:24:25 AM »
I use https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.withouthat.acalendar as my primary calendar, in which I linked my G acct, to which I have made an hebcal ical
BTW Hebdate has come to Android it will become a paid app at some point as stated in the app.

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