Onlydarksets » Android http://onlydarksets.com Just another WordPress weblog Thu, 14 Oct 2010 01:04:28 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 No AmEx for Android Market http://onlydarksets.com/2009/11/11/no-amex-for-android-market/ http://onlydarksets.com/2009/11/11/no-amex-for-android-market/#comments Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:52:38 +0000 onlydarksets http://onlydarksets.com/?p=1242 I found out after numerous attempts that you can’t use American Express to purchase apps in the Android Market if they are sold with non-U.S. currency.  This is unfortunate, but it wouldn’t be a big deal if you got an error message that made any sense.  It simply says “invalid credit card”.  MasterCard works just fine.

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]]> http://onlydarksets.com/2009/11/11/no-amex-for-android-market/feed/ 0 Great apps for Droid http://onlydarksets.com/2009/11/07/great-apps-for-droid/ http://onlydarksets.com/2009/11/07/great-apps-for-droid/#comments Sun, 08 Nov 2009 04:27:36 +0000 onlydarksets http://onlydarksets.com/2009/11/07/great-apps-for-droid/ A few apps that I found that fill in gaps in the functionality:

  • gTasks – sync Google Tasks
  • Video Player – Droid can play videos, but there is no way to browse them by name.  This fixes that.  It doesn’t actually play videos, but it helps you find the video you want the built-in player to play.  Try Act1 if you need more functionality.
  • TasKiller – terminates background apps.
  • Pkt Auctions – eBay client.
  • Documents To Go – read (free) or edit (payware) MS Office documents.
  • Google Voice – free “visual voicemail”

I’m still playing with Toggle Settings and Locale for setting and changing profiles. Locale has lots of plugins for other apps, but profiles and triggers aren’t configured separately, and it doesn’t integrate into the OS as well.

Also, a couple of fun apps:

Here’s a good “top 50” list of apps.

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