I haven't blogged for ages, but my new phone has begged me to do so(smart
phone eh?). This blog will be entirely dedicated to my Android (I don't call it Spice because, well u know, android sounds so much cooler!). Some Pics of my Android screens:
The dock is scrollable up to 5 docks.I use only 3 which sufficient for me.
These are sliding screens on my phone. Most of the Applications used are paid. However you may find apk files for these paid apps on file sharing sites like 4shared. Applications I have used to achieve this are:
1. Launcher Pro Plus - This is the Home screen Launcher. Provides widgets for Facebook, People, Twitter, Calender.Sliding dock is also feature provided by this.One of the best home launchers.
2. Beautiful widget- The home screen Clock and weather. Excellent Animations of weather which change according to current weather.
3.Beautiful Live Weather - The Live wallpaper which reflects current weather.
4.Genius Widget for News and weather
5.Winamp for music controls widget on Home screen.
6. Ebo Birthday widget
7.Todo List Widget
8.SwitchPro widget for toggle of WiFi, GPS,Bluetooth etc
Apart from these I would recommend following apps:
1. Shazam- Many times I hear a song and want to know its name. Shazam is the answer.
2.Rigdroid- Easily cut your favourite parts of a song and set it as ringtone or notification.
3.MP3 Music box and Music Wizard - Search and download MP3 easily
4. RockPlayer - Video player- Pays most formats efficiently
5. Tuner - Excellent App to tune your guitar
6. Camera 360 Pro - Amazing camera App with lot of effects. Personal favourite is "commercial" effect.
7.ShootMe - Capture screenshots of you phone screen.
8. Advance Task Killer - Task Manger
9.Titanium Backup - Backup your applications
10.Cache Cleaner NG- Clear cache data.
Voila, your awesome android is ready for you!
When I bought it, it was on Android 1.6(cupcake) , within few days Spice released the update for 2.1(eclair). I updated it to spice official upgrade, but didn't like it much.I have experimented with a lot of ROMS - Spice official 1.6,Spice official 2.1,Firetrap, Optimus official 2.1 , and even Cyanogen 6.1 stable(froyo). Personal experience with froyo not so great as my phone froze a lot and i was not able to use headset button for answering calls.Firetrap was great for sometime but I have settled down on Optimus official 2.1 for now.I may switch to Cyanogen again sometime in future.
Googling led me to http://boston-mania.blogspot.com/ where I got to know that this phone is actually Commitva Z71 and its sold under a lot of names in many countries. This blog actually gets a lot of informaton from www.androidpt.com, which is the best forum for this phone(Optimus Boston).
Though it is in Portuguese , you can use chrome browser to auto translate this page in English.
You can find all details to switch between Roms on this forum.
If you also have a Spice MI 300(or its clone) I would like to know about various mods you have done to your device or if you have any interesting apps to share.
Cheers!
phone eh?). This blog will be entirely dedicated to my Android (I don't call it Spice because, well u know, android sounds so much cooler!). Some Pics of my Android screens:
The dock is scrollable up to 5 docks.I use only 3 which sufficient for me.
These are sliding screens on my phone. Most of the Applications used are paid. However you may find apk files for these paid apps on file sharing sites like 4shared. Applications I have used to achieve this are:
1. Launcher Pro Plus - This is the Home screen Launcher. Provides widgets for Facebook, People, Twitter, Calender.Sliding dock is also feature provided by this.One of the best home launchers.
2. Beautiful widget- The home screen Clock and weather. Excellent Animations of weather which change according to current weather.
3.Beautiful Live Weather - The Live wallpaper which reflects current weather.
4.Genius Widget for News and weather
5.Winamp for music controls widget on Home screen.
6. Ebo Birthday widget
7.Todo List Widget
8.SwitchPro widget for toggle of WiFi, GPS,Bluetooth etc
Apart from these I would recommend following apps:
1. Shazam- Many times I hear a song and want to know its name. Shazam is the answer.
2.Rigdroid- Easily cut your favourite parts of a song and set it as ringtone or notification.
3.MP3 Music box and Music Wizard - Search and download MP3 easily
4. RockPlayer - Video player- Pays most formats efficiently
5. Tuner - Excellent App to tune your guitar
6. Camera 360 Pro - Amazing camera App with lot of effects. Personal favourite is "commercial" effect.
7.ShootMe - Capture screenshots of you phone screen.
8. Advance Task Killer - Task Manger
9.Titanium Backup - Backup your applications
10.Cache Cleaner NG- Clear cache data.
Voila, your awesome android is ready for you!
When I bought it, it was on Android 1.6(cupcake) , within few days Spice released the update for 2.1(eclair). I updated it to spice official upgrade, but didn't like it much.I have experimented with a lot of ROMS - Spice official 1.6,Spice official 2.1,Firetrap, Optimus official 2.1 , and even Cyanogen 6.1 stable(froyo). Personal experience with froyo not so great as my phone froze a lot and i was not able to use headset button for answering calls.Firetrap was great for sometime but I have settled down on Optimus official 2.1 for now.I may switch to Cyanogen again sometime in future.
Though it is in Portuguese , you can use chrome browser to auto translate this page in English.
You can find all details to switch between Roms on this forum.
If you also have a Spice MI 300(or its clone) I would like to know about various mods you have done to your device or if you have any interesting apps to share.
Cheers!
4 comments:
And I found you! :) Please keep this updated for And(uh)roids like me
kuch ideas de if you want specific informations :)
Next blog will be on some lock screens I use!
I still can't fathom Android running on any other device than the HTC! Have checked out a few Samsungs and Motorolas running Android, and none have done justice to its potential.
Take the HTC sense for example
@Ashsih - HTC Sense is just a "Home Replacement Screen". I agree the stock Android is not as fluid as HTC Sens UI. That is why there are many home replacement screens like LauncherPro,ADW,Open Home etc.There is no dearth of options!
It ultimately boils down to the Manufacturers ability to cook up a good wrapper on the stock Android.
HTC is no doubt the best one at that right now, but LG and samsung are catching up pretty fast!
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