Android apps: top picks so far

[ResLo]

There are none that I can find that have an EQ on them. Then again most audiophiles round the traps will tell you that you wont need one with a good set of headphones.

I know that I was looking for the same thing when I first got the Desire as any buds I used didn't sound too good. However once I tried it with some good headphones the EQ wasn't an issue for me anymore.

[Ratty]

yeh thanks mate i was just hoping to not have to go spend $90+ for a set of buds i rarely use.

[ResLo]

No need to go that high if you don't want to. The iphone headset doesn't sound too bad (I've tried it) and its $35.

Other reported good headphones are the Sennheiser CX300 or MM50i (headset).
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[rec]

EQ is rubbish, unless you're an audio engineer/producer. My not-so-humble opinion is that you should listen to the music as it was intended - both for artistic and technology reasons.

The are only 2 real prerequisites, if your device itself isn't poop, and those are a decent pair of headphones, and audio files of reasonable bit rate.

[grandinferno]

I use mixZing. It has an eq.

[ResLo]

Great new Australian BOM data app and widget now available. Its in beta but seems to work fine for me.

http://www.tomfusion.com/index.php/products/au-weather-for-android

[Wrathlon]

I like HTC's weather app personally.

[ResLo]

As do I but the data is not from the BOM.

Sent from my HTC Desire using Tapatalk

[OverDrive]

Any apps that have BOM radar?

Ala : http://www.ozpda.com/ow_demo.php

If not - they have a year before I'll need them...

[grandinferno]

Any apps that have BOM radar?

Yeah there is. It's pretty good. Called "Aussie Weather Radar" I think. I had it but I just rebuilt so I'll have to download it again.

Anyway...

Tasker is just fantastic. So handy. I drive into work, my phone automatically goes into silent/vibrate mode. Unanswered calls are SMS'd back with a message saying that I'm at work and to SMS what they're after. My GPS automatically switches off.

I get home my Wifi goes on and my ring tone is set to loud until it goes down to low automatically at 10pm. They are set loud again at 10am.

I even have it setup to turn my media volume down low and automatically open my music app when I plug headphones in.

Any function the phone has basically can be automated. I'm going to setup the speaker to come on when I'm on a call and I put the phone down on a flat surface. Just got to work out how.

It can get pretty complex, but it is so rewarding when you work it out. Once you've got it right, it's flawless. You can even map gestures to execute commands and because of the vast combinations, you can get quite creative.

It's about 3 pounds but well worth it. Even if you only set it up for one thing.

[Lothar]

Tasker is just fantastic.

Bloddy awesome indeed. Just got it 5 minutes ago. This will make my phone much easier indeed.

[OverDrive]

Indeed.

[Harbinger]

SwiFTP. - Free

Open source FTP server for android. I like it for dumping shit onto the phone.

Also I needed a reason to bump the thread :p

[Wrathlon]

+1 for swiftp. Very well implemented.

[ResLo]

Nice one... just loaded it up but it failed to upload a 13MB file