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I love the idea of mini-apps, IMO its a big step forward into true multi tasking
...Is there a place to download more mini-apps?
...Are there any roms out that have modified/added to the mini-apps?
It would be really nice to have a choice, I would personally like to see a mini-browser added.
mkhalil06 said:
I love the idea of mini-apps, IMO its a big step forward into true multi tasking
...Is there a place to download more mini-apps?
...Are there any roms out that have modified/added to the mini-apps?
It would be really nice to have a choice, I would personally like to see a mini-browser added.
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what exactly do you mean by "mini-apps"? widgets?
I think he talks about the addition in touchwiz for the galaxy tab 10.1. But AFAIK it is not possible to change them currently.
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I think he talks about the addition in touchwiz for the galaxy tab 10.1. But AFAIK it is not possible to change them currently.
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Ya I'm talking about the little apps you can pull up that were added in the touchwiz update
If only it was possible to change those - so far only calculator and calendar are any use (and task manager but quicker to hold the home icon). When I showed an ipad fan he was very impressed by them but right away wanted to know if you can change them. Mini browser would probably be asking too much but the notes could be useful if the implementation was more intuitive. Quick email program would be good too.
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sorry, but i cannot get the point (really)
what's the difference between a "mini-app" and an app?
Mini apps are supplied with the Touchwiz software and are accessible from the Taskbar.
i dont see why it would be hard for a developer to change these
...there has to be a way
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Mini apps are supplied with the Touchwiz software and are accessible from the Taskbar.
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thanks for the video
so the only difference between a "mini-app" and a "normal app" is, that the mini-app is in the taskbar.
(so every app could be transformed into a mini-app if you just could pin it to the taskbar???)
'If' .... that's the thing, I don't think it's possible yet.
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I planned on working on trying to develop new mini-apps, but then my Tab epic failed and I'm waiting for a new one from Samsung Not sure if it can be done, but we shall see.
Good luck with that, keep us informed!
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thanks for the video
so the only difference between a "mini-app" and a "normal app" is, that the mini-app is in the taskbar.
(so every app could be transformed into a mini-app if you just could pin it to the taskbar???)
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No, the "mini-apps" are just that... Mini apps that pop up on top of what ever app your running at the time. Their not really the full app and you can move them around the screen to place them where you want them. Their more like widgets, just widgets that can be moved around easily.
Say your checking your email and you need to check some figures. You can pull up the mini bar, tap the calculator icon to bring up a small version of it. Then you can move it to one side or the other so you can see the numbers you need to check. "See the screen shot"
And all of the mini apps but the calculator and task manager, if you tap the arrow in the top left had corner will take you to the full app.
It would be nice to have the option to change the apps in the quick launch bar... but they wouldn't really work like the mini apps. The program developers would have to include the mini app like they do with apps that have widgets to use along with the apps.
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SouthPhilly said:
No, the "mini-apps" are just that... Mini apps that pop up on top of what ever app your running at the time. Their not really the full app and you can move them around the screen to place them where you want them. Their more like widgets, just widgets that can be moved around easily.
Say your checking your email and you need to check some figures. You can pull up the mini bar, tap the calculator icon to bring up a small version of it. Then you can move it to one side or the other so you can see the numbers you need to check. "See the screen shot"
And all of the mini apps but the calculator and task manager, if you tap the arrow in the top left had corner will take you to the full app.
It would be nice to have the option to change the apps in the quick launch bar... but they wouldn't really work like the mini apps. The program developers would have to include the mini app like they do with apps that have widgets to use along with the apps.
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now i've got it! thanks.
sounds really cool. it's clear that not every app can be a mini-app, but it'll be great if you can develop own mini-apps.
Yes you can change the apps and please stop calling them "mini" as they are each full blown apps.
Samsung is releasing the API to add apps into the launch tray.
5thElement said:
Yes you can change the apps and please stop calling them "mini" as they are each full blown apps.
Samsung is releasing the API to add apps into the launch tray.
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Can change the apps? Please tell us how we can change then now, or do you actually mean that we'll be able to change them eventually, not now?
Edit: 'mini apps is fine by me.
Not sure when Samsung will update touchwiz to change the mini apps on the taskbar.
In the meantime you can try this new app if you like, but they are not mini apps to run in a multitasking way though.
Wizz Bar- free on the market
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.snowbee.wizzbar&feature=search_result
I have not tried it as I use adw ex and use the hidden dock. If someone does try it would love to see what you think of it.
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got my new scribe today, and i love it..besides the built in stuff, what other apps utilize the pen?
If you're on Honeycomb try Quill. Also there is the Sketchbook app (from AutoCad, I think) but you can use pro with Honeycomb.
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great! thanks! gonna check them out now.. and yup I'm on honeycomb
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Quill is definitely the way to go if you wanna take hand-written notes. Much better then the stock app. The writing is really natural =)
I just got my Scribe a few days ago and am looking for some good apps too. Sketchbook Pro is really good. I haven't tried Quill though. I wonder what else is out there
just used sketchbook and it rocks. is quill worth the dollar? lol. i like the built in pen menu on htc notes app... does quill allow you to use that too?
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Once you're on Honeycomb, all apps support the Scribe. That's aprt of the reason Honeycomb rocks on the Flyer.
That said, here are a couple that benefit from the scribe:
Fresco - a painting program with pressure sensitivity
Drawing Pad - a simple drawing program for children
Citrix Receiver - a front-end for Citrix based virtual machines and applications. When connecting to a Windows 7 VM it's nice to have the stylus' fine selection point.
Quill is worth the dollar. I have been jumping back and forth between the stock app and quill to take notes and it's night and day for me. Quill seems more accurate and has more options.
I also heard there was a game "what the doodle" that worked well with the flyer/pen but I haven't tried that.
I do a lot of note-taking and idea-sketching for work. Quill is definitely worth $1. I have tried it and its pretty nice. But, found one that I actually like better, WritePad Stylus. (You can search for it in the Market.)
Quill, Writepad Stylus, Lecture Notes are all very good for note-taking. To quickly jot stuff down, I like Whiteboard Pro (was free on Amazon the other day). Foxit is my favorite for pdf annotations. I wish someone could port MyScript Stylus (universal stylus input) from the Lenovo app store. That would be a killer app!
howcome nobody liked the stock htc app for quick note taking? i think it's cool that it's evernote. for example, when I was in sketchpad and i hit the pen green button, it didn't bring up pen settings.. only, take a screen shot, notes, etc. that's what I mean. In quill or something, when I hit that, will my diff choices of pens, colors, sizes etc come up?
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getting writepad now..some people say it's better than quill on the reviews
ugh, here's why i don't like it though. you can't hit the green pen button to bring up different choices of pens.
and it just crashed my flyer lol
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trying quil.. btw, apparnetly quill is on sale, only 49 cents.
I'm pretty sure the only app that will use the green button to select pen styles is the built in HTC app.
All the 3rd party apps use their own pen selection methods
gothca.
i'm liking quill a lot, and for 49 cents, that's a deal
Check out trace too. It lets you load an image then trace it then remove the image
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jayochs said:
howcome nobody liked the stock htc app for quick note taking? i think it's cool that it's evernote. for example, when I was in sketchpad and i hit the pen green button, it didn't bring up pen settings.. only, take a screen shot, notes, etc. that's what I mean. In quill or something, when I hit that, will my diff choices of pens, colors, sizes etc come up?
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If you could suppress the keyboard I'd have no issues with the stock app. I like it better than Quill in terms of its support of the erase button on our pens and the fact that, since it's not vector based, you can erase in a more natural way (Quill forces you to erase entire lines).
However, every time I use the built-in notes app, the keyboard pops up almost as soon as I start writing. It only seems to enable palm rejection after you've started writing with the pen.
MyScript
Flaco05 said:
Quill, Writepad Stylus, Lecture Notes are all very good for note-taking. To quickly jot stuff down, I like Whiteboard Pro (was free on Amazon the other day). Foxit is my favorite for pdf annotations. I wish someone could port MyScript Stylus (universal stylus input) from the Lenovo app store. That would be a killer app!
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MyScript has already been ported. Check it out here. It's my favourite note taking app at the moment, but not for drawing (didn't even try it in that way). The only think I dislike is that it only let's you export one page of your notes at a time (at least in handwritten notes). Enjoy!
DD47
same problem here. my kb always pops up. so annoying.
dsf3g said:
If you could suppress the keyboard I'd have no issues with the stock app. I like it better than Quill in terms of its support of the erase button on our pens and the fact that, since it's not vector based, you can erase in a more natural way (Quill forces you to erase entire lines).
However, every time I use the built-in notes app, the keyboard pops up almost as soon as I start writing. It only seems to enable palm rejection after you've started writing with the pen.
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DonalDuck47 said:
MyScript has already been ported. Check it out here. It's my favourite note taking app at the moment, but not for drawing (didn't even try it in that way). The only think I dislike is that it only let's you export one page of your notes at a time (at least in handwritten notes). Enjoy!
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Hmm, that is Notesmobile and FlexT9, not MyScript Stylus.
Thank you anyway.
I always believed that one of the biggest benefits of going to 1280x720 is that we should finally be rid of app compatibility problems.
Anyone still having problems with any apps? Since we are S3 resolution identical now, I assume this list should be close to nil.
Anyone trying apps that didn't work before? Horn, for example, just totally crashes on the Note 1.
ChodTheWacko said:
I always believed that one of the biggest benefits of going to 1280x720 is that we should finally be rid of app compatibility problems.
Anyone still having problems with any apps? Since we are S3 resolution identical now, I assume this list should be close to nil.
Anyone trying apps that didn't work before? Horn, for example, just totally crashes on the Note 1.
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Just bought horn, it crashes whenever I try to launch it.
CreepyDroid said:
Just bought horn, it crashes whenever I try to launch it.
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Gasp, i must try it.
CreepyDroid said:
Just bought horn, it crashes whenever I try to launch it.
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Same on my note. I bought it yesterday when it was on sale for 25cents, but looks like I got taken! Does nothing but immediately crash on my note 1, fully stock, unrooted running the latest ICS firmware (LRT). Sad times.
I can't even download Horn on my n7100. It says incompatible.
I think Horn is Tegra 2/3 only. It says optimised for, but isn't compatible with any of my devices.
Hey guys,
anyone tried to use apex on the note2? (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher)
It seems to stutter a little bit. Can anyone proof that, or is it just my device? Using 4x5 lines on 4 screens, so nothing special.
Also the search bar from google is white, when I swipe from screen to screen, but when it stops, it gets gray.
Good news is swiftkey doesn't know if it's a tablet or a phone. I can use phone or tablet version (bought both).
Unfortunately swype beta seems a bit laggy for me. What text input do you use?
Anyway, best device I've hold in my hand!
Didn't have a crazy experience with apex either.
I actually uninstalled it and went back to twlauncher =/
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osu!droid stutters very badly if you disable the internal music player (which you'd need to do to play songs with .ogg files)
tap sonic freezes for the first 10 seconds in a song, and then jumps ahead and plays without sound.
touchmix graphics don't line up with the touch detection so you have to tap above the buttons, it's worst in the lower half of the screen.
touchmix fx freezes when you start it, you need to press home and launch it again to unfreeze.
It seems that SketchBook Pro cannot be installed on this device. that makes me a sad puppy.
/ Magnus
Magnus3D said:
It seems that SketchBook Pro cannot be installed on this device. that makes me a sad puppy.
/ Magnus
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Can confirm this, but Sketchbook mobile works.
DesireFreak said:
Hey guys,
anyone tried to use apex on the note2? (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher)
It seems to stutter a little bit. Can anyone proof that, or is it just my device? Using 4x5 lines on 4 screens, so nothing special.
Also the search bar from google is white, when I swipe from screen to screen, but when it stops, it gets gray.
Good news is swiftkey doesn't know if it's a tablet or a phone. I can use phone or tablet version (bought both).
Unfortunately swype beta seems a bit laggy for me. What text input do you use?
Anyway, best device I've hold in my hand!
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Yep top device, but Apex lags a lot in the app drawer for me. Shame it's my favourite launcher.
Triangleaway
HC-Ktool
Both notworking yet
wonderwout said:
Yep top device, but Apex lags a lot in the app drawer for me. Shame it's my favourite launcher.
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Have you tried Holo Launcher HD already?
henklbr said:
Have you tried Holo Launcher HD already?
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Nice, just tried and bought it. It's just like apex but totally smooth!
Nova Launcher works great but
You lose S Pen pop up (no big deal because you can just click on the app.)
Sebring5 said:
You lose S Pen pop up (no big deal because you can just click on the app.)
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er.. no I use nova and I have spen pop up.
You only lost the auto-go to special homescreen of twlauncher but you still get the auto smemo popup
Tried again. Get notification in status bar but no pop up. S pen setting to open pop up window was not checked. Works now.
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Yep top device, but Apex lags a lot in the app drawer for me. Shame it's my favourite launcher.
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Using apex now and app drawer is very smooth.. using omega ROM now
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DesireFreak said:
Hey guys,
anyone tried to use apex on the note2? (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.anddoes.launcher)
It seems to stutter a little bit. Can anyone proof that, or is it just my device? Using 4x5 lines on 4 screens, so nothing special.
Also the search bar from google is white, when I swipe from screen to screen, but when it stops, it gets gray.
Good news is swiftkey doesn't know if it's a tablet or a phone. I can use phone or tablet version (bought both).
Unfortunately swype beta seems a bit laggy for me. What text input do you use?
Anyway, best device I've hold in my hand!
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I get the exact same thing with both Apex and Nova Launcher(s)
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Does anyone have a list of all the apps that you can only find in the Samsung Apps store? It would be good to maintain a list of exclusive apps that aren't available on Google Play.
So far I only know of one...
Pen Pilot
I gladiator
Beeline (another great spen game)
Extra Samsung apps etc
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S Baro - Official Samsung Barometer for your phone.
Screen Rotation Control - Allows you to rotate apps as you see fit. Allows you to rotate apps that do not normally support Landscape mode.
Application Monitor - Just adds a widget to give you your currently running apps on the home screen.
When you first open the Samsung Apps, slide to the Left, then click either "Apps for Galaxy" or "Best S Pen Apps" to see a unique collection of apps.
They are all ****.
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Well. .I got virtua tennis for free on samsung apps. ..5 months back
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Pen Pilot APK
Does anyone happen to have Pen Pilot that they would be willing to send me?
I would be appreciate it very much.
Thank you.
I know this is going to sound like a dumb question. I *did* search around and read a bit before asking, but really didn't get any answers...
Themer intrigues me. But..... what is it?
On the Themer web site if you go to "About", you don't get an explanation of what Themer is, but you get the bios of the team.
Is Themer a launcher? I have a Note 4 that I just got a month or so ago and was wondering what I might LOSE by installing Themer. Does all my TouchWiz stuff still work? (s-pen stuff, air gestures, things like that). Really basic question I know, but I expected to find this info prominently explained on the web site and.... if it's there, I apologize if I missed it. (I'll play the AGE card at that point )
cjparker said:
I know this is going to sound like a dumb question. I *did* search around and read a bit before asking, but really didn't get any answers...
Themer intrigues me. But..... what is it?
On the Themer web site if you go to "About", you don't get an explanation of what Themer is, but you get the bios of the team.
Is Themer a launcher? I have a Note 4 that I just got a month or so ago and was wondering what I might LOSE by installing Themer. Does all my TouchWiz stuff still work? (s-pen stuff, air gestures, things like that). Really basic question I know, but I expected to find this info prominently explained on the web site and.... if it's there, I apologize if I missed it. (I'll play the AGE card at that point )
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Hi CJ, don't worry it's not a dumb question...
Themer is a launcher, in the same way TouchWiz is a launcher. Therefore, using Themer restricts access to S-Pen, Air Gestures etc.
However, Touchwiz isn't nearly as powerful for customization when compared to Themer. Every launcher comes with its pros and cons. So if you're looking for a launcher to easily customize your phone, use Themer, especially if you're not a heavy user of Samsung's features.
- Marco
ThemerSupport said:
Hi CJ, don't worry it's not a dumb question...
Themer is a launcher, in the same way TouchWiz is a launcher. Therefore, using Themer restricts access to S-Pen, Air Gestures etc.
However, Touchwiz isn't nearly as powerful for customization when compared to Themer. Every launcher comes with its pros and cons. So if you're looking for a launcher to easily customize your phone, use Themer, especially if you're not a heavy user of Samsung's features.
- Marco
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Hi Marco, I don't have a Note 4 but Themer does not restrict any of the proprietary Touchwiz functionality such as the S pen on my Note 3 and Note 2. It only restricts you from using TW homescreen widgets.
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joshm.1219 said:
Hi Marco, I don't have a Note 4 but Themer does not restrict any of the proprietary Touchwiz functionality such as the S pen on my Note 3 and Note 2. It only restricts you from using TW homescreen widgets.
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Do features like Air Gestures still work?
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Do features like Air Gestures still work?
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Yes those gestures are mostly for functions in TW apps like their Internet browser or gallery. They only do a few editing tricks within the TW launcher itself.
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joshm.1219 said:
Yes those gestures are mostly for functions in TW apps like their Internet browser or gallery. They only do a few editing tricks within the TW launcher itself.
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I was also thiking of using Themer but knew nothing about it. Thanks OP for asking this question