Hi, i came to know about an app called siri in iPhone 4S. its a virtual assistant.
I used vlingo in android. but its not even comparable to Siri.
Anybody knows any good siri alternatives for android ? I googled and found out some.(reviewsnext.com/2012/02/02/siri-alternatives-for-android) But.. anything better than these ? pls share your personal views.
It looks like Evi is the front-runner as the Android alternative to Siri:
http://androidcommunity.com/the-latest-siri-clone-evi-is-actually-worth-checking-out-20120123/
I tried Evi but all the time I got server busy error..
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I read that evi can't do siri style things like open apps or diary entries in calendar etcetera.
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From what i've read, it's a work in progress. People seem to be happy with recent updates and improvements so it's a hurry up and wait deal for now.
How about Iris or SpeakToIt Assistant?
Iris. (alpha)
I've been using Iris for few months already and not long ago there was an update to it which makes it pretty much smoother and faster. I'd say go and try it, no regrets
Iris work pretty well, you should definitely give it a shot.
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These two are my fav on ipad2, flipboard for social news and planetary for visualuzing music collection.
Do screened some in android market, none I found good enough to ....
Any app you found good?
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These two are my fav on ipad2, flipboard for social news and planetary for visualuzing music collection.
Do screened some in android market, none I found good enough to ....
Any app you found good?
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Whats social news ?
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Whats social news ?
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ah... it displays customerized news feed including updates from one's Facebook twitter etc in a very user-friendly 'magzine' way.
Pulse is sorta like flipboard
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Pulse is sorta like flipboard
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You may want to check out Taptu for Honeycomb
See here: http://t.co/1tE0RmR
thanks for these suggestions.. will try ..my tab is still on the way.
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Feedly
Check out Feedly too.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devhd.feedly&feature=search_result
I would highly recommend pulse. I use that app more than anything else and on the tablet the split screen is really nice.
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Try the following:
Feedly
Newsr
News360 (still in Beta but quickly getting better)
Pulse
My favorites are Feedly and Newsr currently. Several more are in beta stages.
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thanks for these suggestions. i tried news 360. its user interface is nice .... and reminds me of flipboard somehow. before any updates from above apps mentioned , ifeel news 360 acts more reasonable for 10.1.
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I love pulse. A preinstalled app that doesn't suck is great.
Pulse is okay, I hope flipboard comes to android.
It would be nice but I recently took a survey with News360 and they're currently working on Twitter/Facebook integration. It could possibly help me forget about Flipboard.
Man...if only I could code, I would have started working on an app just like Flipboard called Scrapbook. LoL. I wouldn't be surprised to see Flipboard appear on Android sometime after Christmas. I still wonder if Apple doesn't pay some of these developers not to work on both.
It seems silly as anybody who can program, can just take your idea, change it a bit and put in on another marketplace.
with that being said , flipboard to me ,also is far more better in providing iformation than any apps i tried on android os.
just by searching word 'cancer' , in these apps vs flipboard , one can clearly see the difference ....
hope flipboard coming to android soon ...
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It would be nice but I recently took a survey with News360 and they're currently working on Twitter/Facebook integration. It could possibly help me forget about Flipboard.
Man...if only I could code, I would have started working on an app just like Flipboard called Scrapbook. LoL. I wouldn't be surprised to see Flipboard appear on Android sometime after Christmas. I still wonder if Apple doesn't pay some of these developers not to work on both.
It seems silly as anybody who can program, can just take your idea, change it a bit and put in on another marketplace.
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the same, hope it will be available for android soon.
Another thing is that they need to make the content more customizable and give more consideration to the individual preference.
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Another thing is that they need to make the content more customizable and give more consideration to the individual preference.
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That is true.
Apart from the tremendous claim for their attractive layout, this is a real problem.
There is not enough personal customization of content, and most often, the status updates chronologically.
Ive never had the chance to play with it but having seen reviews, I would really like to use planetary on android.
I would pay 4.99 on the market for that
What do you mean there is no Flipboard-like app? Theres Google Currents which is superior
I was currently searching for planetary. Only thing i found , was this thread.
Can someone port it for android? Or am i asking something incredible?
I have flipboard installed on my tab. In the play store says isn't compatible but you can instal it if you download the apk from other source. Once installed the app says in the first time open that is not made for this screen size but works perfectly!
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I honestly didn't think we'd get a tablet version this quick. finally a fb version that doesn't crash or have to fake our loaction.
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I honestly didn't think we'd get a tablet version this quick. finally a fb version that doesn't crash or have to fake our loaction.
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not really a tablet version, but it works. If it were a tablet version, the left pane would only expand to about a quarter of the page. I bet it works with honeycomb and ics though
Actually it doesn't even works with the honeycomb or ics tablets...Check out some pics here:
http://www.androidcentral.com/facebook-refresh-live-market
IPad and ios version is the same so I don't expect a fully compatible tablet version. A 3rd party fb app is "tablet" ready but lacks the features the current fb app has. Reckon its up to the user if they want aesthetic over features or vice versa.
Webos has tablet version right? But I like the current android version. I used it on mobile.website.
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It's not really a tablet version but it's a lot better than the old one.
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IPad and ios version is the same so I don't expect a fully compatible tablet version. A 3rd party fb app is "tablet" ready but lacks the features the current fb app has. Reckon its up to the user if they want aesthetic over features or vice versa.
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Friendcaster has all of the features of the regular FB app, at least all of the ones I use. It works great on the TP.
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Friendcaster has all of the features of the regular FB app, at least all of the ones I use. It works great on the TP.
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I've tried It and I'll pass it doesn't have the same features as original app. And I don't like ads.
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I really like the touchpad version, especially the magazine style news feed. The sliding of the panes, and links is just like the rest of webOS, intuitive and smooth. It pulls your pictures into the picture application, WP7 style, another nice treat.
The phone app version on Android seems such a waste of the screen. When on the android side I use dolphin browser to get the full site.
The superior Facebook app is just another reason I use Android less and less on my touchpad.
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I've tried It and I'll pass it doesn't have the same features as original app. And I don't like ads.
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What exactly is it missing from the regular app? I really have no idea.
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What exactly is it missing from the regular app? I really have no idea.
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Tagging friends using @, integratedvchat and messaging inbox, also some posts don't show up if users set certain privacy settings.
Also some features have to be opened on the site since friendcaster doesn't support them natively
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That's one thing I miss from WebOS it had a really good FB app, and I liked how it linked your facebook albums into thep hoto app.
Fb v1.8 works fine on my tp with no crashes.
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Anyone tried skyvi yet? Its found stuff siri wouldn't find on my friends 4s. Its free for a limited time too. And u can get custom voices for it from ivona text to speech. Update Facebook stuff too.
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Anyone tried skyvi yet? Its found stuff siri wouldn't find on my friends 4s. Its free for a limited time too. And u can get custom voices for it from ivona text to speech. Update Facebook stuff too.
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Is it in the market, private beta. I wanna test it.
If I helped, give thanks, if you please.
........Death before dishonor........
Thanks for the heads up, i'll give it a try...........
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Dont like it bro, but thanks anyway
Good find. Works well but personally I prefer Speaktoit Assistant
I'm using it now. Love how its linked to Facebook. Ivona makes it for sure.
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Would be sweet if you could link to gmail also
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Its in the market free for a limited time is what it says.
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Iris is also free and and better then siri as well
skyvi, andy, iris, speaktoit, vlingo, there are many better than siri. I like how skyvi has a personality like siri that isn't in another app. I forgot if andy and iris can do it but you can text and call from speaktoit and vlingo as well as google voice. idk, all great apps. Just waiting for that one that combines them all. I don't even use voice commands.. so idk why I'm commenting
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Ask it if it is better than Siri on the iPhone. You get a great response.
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its a fun little app, and somewhat useful if you use a lot of voice commands. Ive been using it a few days now and still get a kick when it responds to my outrageous questions lol. it would be nice if it was linked to more accounts tho
I've downloaded the app but i can't really try it, since I use accessibility on my phone the TTS engine won't shut up so it won't allow me to say anything, the app is getting 2 voices so it just doesn't work for me.
Now that there are a a ton of stable roms running ICS for our 3D I was hoping we could share some of the apps we have found that are only available for devices running Android 4.0.
The only app I was really able to find is Boid. It is a pretty neat twitter client that is designed specifically for Android 4.0. I have been using it for a few days and I really like the snappiness of the application.
Has anyone else found any cool applications that are only available on the new version of android?
The official gmail app has such a nice ICS theme IMO...
Also Chrome Beta for android is 4.0 exclusive and is a really nice browser
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The official gmail app has such a nice ICS theme IMO...
Also Chrome Beta for android is 4.0 exclusive and is a really nice browser
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I competely forgot about chrome beta, it is awesome because it syncs everything from my desktop and laptop. Definitely a must have for anyone running ICS
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Boid looks great but still lacks some necessary features for me.
It's not exactly an "ICS App" because you can install it on 2.2 and up, but Solid Explorer Beta is the best file manager app I have ever used, and it really fits in with the ICS feel. If you're the type of person who wants some sort of visual continuity between apps, then this is the file explorer to use on ICS.
Chrome Beta is not really working to well with my phone. I get rendering problems when using on screen keyboard. Am I the only one?
same here. i WANT to use chrome beta, but the rendering issues make it a non-starter for me.
i've tried the ics keyboard and swiftkey 3 beta. but even ignoring the keyboard rendering issues, it just acts flakey regardless.
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same here. i WANT to use chrome beta, but the rendering issues make it a non-starter for me.
i've tried the ics keyboard and swiftkey 3 beta. but even ignoring the keyboard rendering issues, it just acts flakey regardless.
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I haven't had any issues with chrome beta at all, seems to be working fine for me
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When i use chrome..i have isues with keyboard to..
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Does android have a keyboard like this available? It is also like the new bb10 keyboard that RIM featured awhile back.
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I never seen something like that... but anyways search "keyboard" in the Play Store, and start to try
I have but did not find anything. The closes is the new swift key keyboard that's under beta, but it does not offer the gesture feature which I liked the most about the bb10 keyboard.
I'm surprise no one has done this?!
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Octopus Keyboard now available on iPhone with Cydia, I hope it will be ready in android too. It's amazing !!!