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[SouthernComfort]

GPS Essentials

The most complete GPS tool on market: Navigate, manage waypoints, tracks, build your own dashboard from 37 widgets.



Dashboard

Shows navigation values such as: Accuracy, Altitude, Speed, Battery, Bearing, Climb, Course, Date, Declination, Distance, ETA, Latitude, Longitude, Max Speed, Min Speed, Actual Speed, True Speed, Sunrise, Sunset, Moonset, Moonrise, Moon Phase, Target, Time, TTG, Turn.

Compass

Show the orientation of the earth's magnetic field, shows an arbitrary tracking angle and the current target. Also a marine orienteering compass.

Tracks

Record tracks and view them on map. Export KML files and import into Google Maps.

Camera

A camera HUD (heads-up display) view to show your waypoints.

Map

A map to show your waypoints. Convert mail addresses of your contacts to waypoint so that they can be used within the app.

Waypoints

A list of all your waypoints with export and import (KML-format).

Satellites

A sky view of the current positions that shows satellites in view.

[SouthernComfort]

Dropbox

Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your Android device, and even the Dropbox website.



With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go.

Read your docs or flip through your albums when you're out and about. Save photos or videos to your Dropbox and share them with friends in just a couple taps. Even if you accidentally leave your Android in a taxi, your stuff is always safe on Dropbox.

Features:
* Always have your stuff with you, no matter where you are.
* Save photos and videos to your Dropbox.
* Share your photos and docs with family and friends.
* Save email attachments straight to your Dropbox.
* Easily edit docs in your Dropbox.

Useful Tips

Store Your Files in an Encrypted TrueCrypt Volume

If data security is a big concern for you, create an encrypted TrueCrypt volume and store it in your Dropbox folder so you can sync it to anywhere. You can take it a step further by storing the portable version of TrueCrypt in your Dropbox folder as well, to save time if you need to get into your encrypted volume from a PC that isn't already hooked into Dropbox.

Use Shared Folders as a Cheap Network Drive for Remote Teams

Use Dropbox's shared folders feature to simulate the type of shared network drive you might find in a corporate environment.

Create Your Own Customized Browser Start Page

Since Dropbox makes it easy to create publicly shared files accessible through a URL, you can create your own customized start page for your browser, complete with bookmarks and anything else your HTML skills and imagination can come up with. This can be especially useful for your mobile device, where start pages aren't always tailored to what you might really want. Just create the HTML file, store it in your Public folder, and then grab the public URL from the Dropbox context menu to set as your start page.

Start Your Torrents from Any Computer

Rather than wait until you get back home to start a download, why not start them remotely from anywhere? All you have to do is set your torrent client to monitor a folder in your Dropbox, and then add the torrent files to the folder remotely***8212;you can even upload them through the web interface if you want. Most of the popular torrent clients, like uTorrent, support this feature, and while there are other ways to remotely start a download, this is certainly one of the easiest.

Sync Your Music, Access from Anywhere

Having access to your music collection from anywhere is always a favorite technique for any web-based sync system, and Dropbox is no slouch in that department. You can put your entire music collection in your Dropbox folder and keep it in sync between all of your PCs, as well as listen through the web interface.

Tips from LifeHacker.

[SouthernComfort]

Google Docs

Create, edit, upload and share your docs from your phone with the Google Docs app.



* Designed for Android to save you time finding your docs
* Edits to your documents appear to collaborators in seconds
* Make quick changes to spreadsheets
* View your documents, PDFs, images and more.
* Upload and convert files to the Google Docs format
* Take a photo of printed text and convert it to a Google document
* Share docs with your phone's contacts



Gets great reviews.

[SouthernComfort]

SketchBook Express

Autodesk SketchBook Express is a professional-grade paint and drawing application offering a set of sketching tools and a streamlined and intuitive user interface.



The digital sketchpad allows users to draw with pens, pencils, markers, and airbrushes create professional looking pictures and paintings. Other details include dynamic resizing, color wheel, layers, and drawing symmetry.

Requires a multi-touch device running Android 2.1 or above. Recommended devices include: 1GHz processor, 512mb RAM.

[tshirtman]

Prefer not to be tied into a contract

This is the cheapest PAYG deal I've seen so far

Phone Product Detail - Samsung Galaxy S II

[SouthernComfort]

Have been checking the specs of some other phones, SGSII still looks the best though. Will keep you posted if i spot anything worthwhile. HTC, Motorola and ZTE have some nice offerings.

[SouthernComfort]

Google sued by Android phone users over location tracking.

Two Android phone users in the US have sued Google over claims their phones contained secret files that stored and transmitted data about their movements.
In a complaint filed 27 April in federal court in Detroit, the two residents of Oakland County in Michigan said that their HTC Inspire 4G phones, which use Google's Android OS, track their movements "just as if by a tracking device for which a court-ordered warrant would ordinarily be required."
The plaintiffs seek $50m in damages and a court order requiring Google to stop tracking its users.
They said in the complaint that they also seek to represent other Android phone users in a class-action lawsuit.
Earlier Google had admitted that it tracked the movement of its Android users, but with prior permission and anonymously.
The company had said that it did so to provide customised services such as maps and searches for shops or restaurants, and to study traffic on various roads.
Google spokesman Mike Nelson had said, "Phones know where you are, and they need to for many of the services we offer."
The company said, "All location sharing on Android is opt-in by the user. We provide users with notice and control over the collection, sharing and use of location in order to provide a better mobile experience on Android devices."
"Any location data that is sent back to Google location servers is anonymised and is not tied or traceable to a specific user."
Last week privacy concerns were raised after two British security researchers, Alisdair Allan and Pete Warden, identified that Apple iPhones had secret unencrypted files in them which tracked the movements of users without their knowledge.


Google sued by Android phone users over location tracking - Computer Business Review


Remember, If you don't want people to monitor your movements you must 'opt out' of this service, Google will enable it by default.
Custom ROM users may set "fake locations" to obscure geographical location.

[SouthernComfort]

Chemical Cuisine

Pool Master Pro

Welcome to the Pool Master Pro game! How about a nice little game of pool? This is the No.1 Pool game in Android market and it's totally FREE.



Game Features:
1. Realistic 3D ball animation
2. Touch control for moving the stick
3. 8 Ball Pool and 9 Ball Pool
4. Single Player Mode: Straight Pool Game (no rules)
- Challenge (2 minutes time limit with high score record)
- Practice (no time limit but no high score record)
5. Player vs. Computer Mode (with rules)

How to play:
1) Single Player Mode (no rules)
The object of the game is to pocket your set of assigned balls. The more balls sink the higher scores you get. Touch the screen to adjust the direction and drag down the power-up in the RIGHT to strike.
The initial time limit of Challenge Mode is 2 minutes but once you sink a ball you will get additional time. As all the balls have been cleared, the pool will create a new group of balls to keep the game going on. Also you can play the Practice Mode which has no time limit but no high score record.
2) Player vs. Computer Mode (with rules)
Play against the computer AI with standard 8 ball rules or 9 ball rules. Touch the screen to adjust the direction and drag down the power-up in the RIGHT to strike. Touch and hold at any point to move the cue-ball and tap to confirm for Free-ball.

Rack em!

[SouthernComfort]

History Eraser

Easy way to erase phone history.



This is a phone cleaner History Eraser! One touch cleaner! This app can erase history data on your Android device, cleanup your phone, delete your search history, del web history,remove your calllog, clear all apps' cache files, delete sms, clean your clipboard, clear frequently callded, and erase market search history. It is similar to ccleaner on the pc. It is a good sweeper and free up memory, free up space. 1 click to clear all cached files for getting more available space and free memory. versatile quick cache free, easy and simple!click one button and sweep all! no root permission required! Good privacy guard and privacy eraser.

Feature:
* Clear Browser History
* Clear Call Log
* Clear text messages
* Clear Market Search History
* Clear Google Map Search History
* Clear Gmail Search History
* Clear Clipboard Data
* Clear Youtube Search History
* Clear Google Search History(Android >= 1.6)
* Clear all app cache files
* Clear Frequently Called (Frequently Contacted)

[happy_highlander]

Just picked up galaxy s 2 for the missus ... ~~~~ me it's quick will be able to give a real time compare on wed when my S turns up

[happy_highlander]

S turned up a day early and I can't say there is a lot to choose between them speed wise at this stage.

[tshirtman]

I don't know whether to go for the SG2 now, vodafone are taking pre-orders on the HTC sensation for a 19 may delivery,
it has similar spec to the SG2, but I've previously owned HTC and I know there build quality is good, where I've never had a samsung before

[SouthernComfort]

I don't know whether to go for the SG2 now, vodafone are taking pre-orders on the HTC sensation for a 19 may delivery,
it has similar spec to the SG2, but I've previously owned HTC and I know there build quality is good, where I've never had a samsung before

HTC Sensation

*1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8660 chipset
*126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
*Latest fully customized HTC Sense UI
*4.3-inch S-LCD Touchscreen with 540 x 960 pixels resolution
*3G, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Hotspot, DLNA, GPS with A-GPS support
*Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP and EDR
*8 Megapixel camera with autofocus and LED Flash
*1.3 Megapixel secondary camera
*Memory expandable up to 32 GB
*1GB internal storage,768MB Ram,8GB card included
*1080p video playback & capture
*DivX/XviD/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
*MicroUSB (MHL) doubles as an hdmi port
*1520 mAh Battery
*Gyroscope

SGS 2

*125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm
*4.3-inch Super Amoled Plus touchscreen with 800 x 480 pixels resolution
*Dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, Mali-400MP GPU, Orion chipset
*3G, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Hotspot, DLNA, GPS with A-GPS support
*WiFi N 2.4 Ghz & 5.0 Ghz support
*Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP and EDR
*8 Megapixel camera with autofocus and LED Flash
*2 Megapixel secondary camera
*Memory expandable up to 32 GB
*16GB or 32GB internal storage,1GB Ram
*1080p video playback & capture
*DivX/XviD/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
*MicroUSB (MHL) doubles as an hdmi port
*1650 mAh Battery
*Gyroscope
HTC Sensation vs. Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II - GSMArena.com

Personally i would have the SGSII, specs speak for themselves and reviews from owners of the SGSII say it's all it's cracked up to be.
The screen looks stunning and for me has to be a clear winner.

[happy_highlander]

HTC Sensation

*1.2 GHz dual-core processor, Adreno 220 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8660 chipset
*126.1 x 65.4 x 11.3 mm
*Latest fully customized HTC Sense UI
*4.3-inch S-LCD Touchscreen with 540 x 960 pixels resolution
*3G, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Hotspot, DLNA, GPS with A-GPS support
*Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP and EDR
*8 Megapixel camera with autofocus and LED Flash
*1.3 Megapixel secondary camera
*Memory expandable up to 32 GB
*1GB internal storage,768MB Ram,8GB card included
*1080p video playback & capture
*DivX/XviD/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
*MicroUSB (MHL) doubles as an hdmi port
*1520 mAh Battery
*Gyroscope

SGS 2

*125.3 x 66.1 x 8.5 mm
*4.3-inch Super Amoled Plus touchscreen with 800 x 480 pixels resolution
*Dual-core 1.2GHz ARM Cortex-A9 proccessor, Mali-400MP GPU, Orion chipset
*3G, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Hotspot, DLNA, GPS with A-GPS support
*WiFi N 2.4 Ghz & 5.0 Ghz support
*Bluetooth 3.0 with A2DP and EDR
*8 Megapixel camera with autofocus and LED Flash
*2 Megapixel secondary camera
*Memory expandable up to 32 GB
*16GB or 32GB internal storage,1GB Ram
*1080p video playback & capture
*DivX/XviD/MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
*MicroUSB (MHL) doubles as an hdmi port
*1650 mAh Battery
*Gyroscope
HTC Sensation vs. Samsung I9100 Galaxy S II - GSMArena.com

Personally i would have the SGSII, specs speak for themselves and reviews from owners of the SGSII say it's all it's cracked up to be.
The screen looks stunning and for me has to be a clear winner.

I will second that even running on stock roms the sgs2 is very quick and the screen is the best I have seen and that includes the hd lappy that is less than 6 months old

[tshirtman]

well in the end I decided to go for the samsung galaxy S2, I got it today, and I have definitely made the right choice, wow, what a phone, the speed, the screen, truthfully I haven't found any fault with it yet, I had read a couple of reviews saying the plastic case made it look a bit cheap, well it doesn't, and having a plastic case you wont need to worry about the signal dropping out like the iPhone does,
Overall I couldn't recommend this phone enough, well happy.