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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 #280 on: June 08, 2012, 02:33:51 AM »
How does the keyboard your discussing compare? I love Swype couldn't really imagine anything much better...
I didn't find Swipe to be as precise as this one.
In addition, try swiping the word "farbrengen".

I guess download it and compare.
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Re: Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #281 on: June 08, 2012, 01:06:08 PM »
I didn't find Swipe to be as precise as this one.
In addition, try swiping the word "farbrengen".

I guess download it and compare.
after using farbrengen a couple of times swype will pick it up
I an using swype and it recognized farbrengen with no issue

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #282 on: June 08, 2012, 01:20:35 PM »
after using farbrengen a couple of times swype will pick it up
I an using swype and it recognized farbrengen with no issue
And all the other words like it.
Swype also makes mistakes. I never got used to it for some reason.
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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #283 on: June 10, 2012, 09:40:03 AM »
I don't see much of a difference.
I like the old layout better because the question mark is readily available.
The only better thing I saw in the new version is that it has 2 more themes.
the main upgrade on swiftkey 3 is that you can type without the spacebar, and it can decipher what you wrote, it's pretty cool try it.

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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #284 on: June 10, 2012, 10:42:40 AM »
the main upgrade on swiftkey 3 is that you can type without the spacebar, and it can decipher what you wrote, it's pretty cool try it.
Definitely will.
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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #285 on: June 10, 2012, 11:45:18 AM »
Horrible word prediction and skipping spacebar not working for me...
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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #286 on: June 10, 2012, 11:47:16 AM »
I tried it out and Swype is far better in my opinion you can do it just as fast with one hand, its so convenient. I suppose its a bit addicting once you've used it for a while too...
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« Reply #287 on: June 10, 2012, 11:59:06 AM »
I tried it out and Swype is far better in my opinion you can do it just as fast with one hand, its so convenient. I suppose its a bit addicting once you've used it for a while too...
Will see about maybe giving it another chance.
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« Reply #288 on: June 10, 2012, 12:00:52 PM »
Will see about maybe giving it another chance.
You just have to keep adding Hebrew words into your dictionary after you use them...
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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #289 on: June 10, 2012, 12:04:55 PM »
You just have to keep adding Hebrew words into your dictionary after you use them...
Just switched to Swipe. Will bli neder test drive it this whole week.
It's all about the SPEED :)
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« Reply #290 on: June 10, 2012, 10:56:09 PM »
Just switched to Swipe. Will bli neder test drive it this whole week.
It's all about the SPEED :)
Definitely have to get used to swiping, I still "catch myself" inputting letters one at a time but one feature that I liked so far is that when you press and hold the backspace key it deletes words as opposed to letters. For letters you press it multiple times.
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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #291 on: June 10, 2012, 11:00:39 PM »
Definitely have to get used to swiping, I still "catch myself" inputting letters one at a time but one feature that I liked so far is that when you press and hold the backspace key it deletes words as opposed to letters. For letters you press it multiple times.
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Did you read their site how to info? http://www.swype.com/tips/swype-basics/ And you obviously know to drag between a symbol and the space bar to write that symbol...
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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #292 on: June 10, 2012, 11:04:56 PM »
Did you read their site how to info? http://www.swype.com/tips/swype-basics/ And you obviously know to drag between a symbol and the space bar to write that symbol...
I almost never read instructions when it comes to a new phone/new apps.
I do remember the "double letter trick" because when I got GingerBread on my old Evo it came with Swype and Swype had a tutorial upon the first use. In general I end up figuring it out pretty quickly.
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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #293 on: June 11, 2012, 06:01:34 AM »
Just that it be known for mileage fans in case you didn't know yet, United has an absolutely amazing app.

Not just cool to look for and book mileage (and cash) flights, but you can also do so many other things.  Cool app!

(It's still not as good as looking for mileage flights online, but it's still better that anything else avail.)

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« Reply #294 on: June 12, 2012, 01:38:14 PM »
Anybody uses "Go" Launcher?
Pros/cons?
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« Reply #295 on: June 13, 2012, 10:28:00 PM »
Looking for a free good calculator widget big enough to take up one full home screen page. Any suggestions?
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« Reply #296 on: June 18, 2012, 12:01:33 PM »
Looking for a free good calculator widget big enough to take up one full home screen page. Any suggestions?
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Re: Favorite Android Apps
« Reply #297 on: June 18, 2012, 12:03:33 PM »
I am having this issue specifically when I try to type "I", (I guess my phone is praving anava shelo bimkomah...)
Anyone familiar with this?
Any solutions?
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« Reply #298 on: June 18, 2012, 12:04:51 PM »
Someone is trying to download Whatsapp to their Samsung Moment (half-smartphone) but the app doesn't appear in market by them.
Is there any site that it can be downloaded from?
Will it work on the Moment?
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« Reply #299 on: June 18, 2012, 02:45:21 PM »
U can search for a torrent (.apk or a direct download from a third party or check slide me and the other shady app stores) if you know someone with adao fm he can back it up and Bluetooth it to them must apps will work even the devices specs don't officially let the main exception would be flash based apps although even if you get it to work it will probably be buggy and laggy
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