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[Review]:Cam Scanner - What I use it for !

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FREE:: Amazon App Store :: Paper Camera - 10-07-2011

Oct 7, 2011 - Paper Camera is free on the Amazon App Store for the rest of today.

Cheers !

Google+ Android App now supports MOBILE HANGOUTS !

Did you update your app yet ? Did you hear the news ?

Version 1.0.7 released Sept 20, 2011

What's in this version:

1. Join Hangouts from the mobile app
2. Set profile photo
3. Huddle is now Messenger
4. Send photos in Messenger
5. Reliability improvements in Messenger
6. Long press on posts in stream to +1, share and mute
7. Improved video playback support
8. Improved public search for people
9. Granular push notification settings
10. Move app to your SD card
11. Improved +mention support

Grab it from the market HERE

Cheers !

CamScanner - WalkThrough video

Here is one of my favorite / most used apps for the Android, CamScanner. If you do alot of scanning, this app is a must have for you. Check out the video below where I show you CamScanner in action:

CamScanner

You can find the app on the Amazon App store. Check it out !

Android App Walkthrough : Paper Camera

Hey guys !!

I know I haven't been around much. I've been having too much fun making other videos for Google+ and what not. You can check out my G+ profile at: gplus.BooeyOnline.com & the Youtube channel at: WhatMyFace.

Anyways, I found a pretty new camera app I wanna share with everyone. It's called Paper Camera. It has a bunch of filters you can apply to exisiting images, or take new photos with them. The ones I like are the Comic one and the Dark Noir one.

Anyways, I made a video, check it out:

Paper Camera

I just uploaded a bunch of sample photos here: http://minus.com/mprpRjXga

You can find the app at the Amazon App Store: Paper Camera

Look! HP TouchPad Sporting CyanogenMod 7! [VIDEO]

Look! HP TouchPad Sporting CyanogenMod 7! [VIDEO]

Cyanogenmod7 for the HP Touchpad

You have a HP Touchpad ?? You know.. the one going for $100 bucks that has WebOS.... ???

Well... Cyanogenmod7 is out for it... BIATCHES !!!!

UHH !!!

go download..

Android.. FTW

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Review: SwiftKey X - One Badass Keyboard

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Google Music Beta app for Android v3.0.1 - For those not in the States

I'm really liking Google Sites. I found out I can use it as a file storage where I can share files with the public.

Anyways, I have a tutorial on my Goog site (www.somekindagoog.com), where I explain how to sign up for Google Music Beta outside of the United States. After you've signed up, you're going to need the Android app, and it doesn't show up in the Market place.

So..... Here it is...... Enjoy !

Google Music Android App v3.0.1

Comment, share, +1, just say hi, or tell me what you think. I like getting comments =o)

Cheers !

Fail: Android Youtube app update fails. Messes up some phone. (Downgrade here)

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for what you do with your phone. I am simply giving you guys the file I used to downgrade back to the version I had before I updated. It was taken from an HTC Desire Z. It was a back up done on 2011-06-08. It worked then, and it worked for me now. I just wanted to share my experiences and what worked for me. If you aren't experiencing any problems, you don't need to read this. If it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Google released an update to the Android Youtube app on Aug 8th, 2011. The updated version, version 2.2.16, listed "bug fixes for some devices". What it also did was "mess up some devices" or "not work any more on some devices".

There were reports all over the comment section of the market from angry youtubers telling Google to fix the app and giving it a 1 star rating.

I was one of the few that was affected by the update. Sometimes when I started the app, it would tell me that the app is not installed. When I click on a Youtube link, it doesn't open in Youtube anymore, instead it gives me an option to open it with other apps. When it did work, it would keep asking me to sign in.

Lucky for me I had a back up of the last Youtube app I had on my phone, which was version 2.1.6.

I was looking for a hosting site to upload it to. I wanted to stick to using Google's services and so I found Google's Sites. I made a very crude page, and uploaded the APK file for the Youtube app. 

If you're having problems and want to downgrade, you can find the file HERE. It was a backup taken from an HTC Desire Z, if that's gonna make any difference.

I've downgraded and it works like a charm now.

Hope this was useful.

Let me know what you think, comment, share, +1, or just say hi.

Till next post, Cheers !

Link to Youtube version 2.1.6

Tip: Stop the Trojans, Stops the Malware !! How to:

Disclaimer: Before you read this. It is already assumed that you have the Geek Knowledge of a lvl64 Geek. If you don't know what you're doing, your phone is not rooted, you are thinking of rooting your phone, and you're asking yourself what rooting is.... Don't root your phone.

There's been a lot of talk all over the interweb about how there have been a lot of no no apps showing up on the Android Market. Google has taken them down, so we are safe there, but you know as well as I, that the Android Market Place is not the only place to download apps.

So what can't we do ? How can we stop these horses of Troy from reporting back to the mother land which porn site I've been surfing ?... Easy! The same way you do it on your computer..... with a firewall.

Take my hand and journey with me as I open your mind and let the flow of knowledge in.

To do this, you will need to root your phone. If you haven't done that yet, you should! Root is linux talk for admin, and you own that phone you're holding, so you should be the admin! There are tons of tutorials on the interweb, you just need to use Google. If you need help using Google, I'm going to ask you to leave now.

Update: And it's a GOOD one ! Google+ app v1.0.5

v1.0.5
August 2, 2011

Improved notifications reliability
"___ added you to Google+" notifications shown in bulk
Share stream posts to individual people (search people & contacts)
Clicking a +mention takes you to the person’s profile
Stream no longer resets to top when screen is rotated
Nearby accuracy & refresh improvements
Start a one-on-one huddle from a person’s profile or a group huddle from a circle profile
Hide one-on-one huddles
Clickable links in huddles
Confirmation text when leaving a huddle ("Are you sure you want to leave?")
Improved autocomplete (people/contacts) when adding a person to a huddle
Reshared posts show correct profile photo


Go download it from the market here: http://goo.gl/hKr64 or scan:

Chrome to Phone: one of my most used Android app

I'm just quickly making this post because I realize some people do not know about this app for the Android. If you already know about it, you can skip this post, you guys already know how great this is. For those of you Android owners who don't know, keep reading. First, a video from Google:

Google+: How to mute a post on Google+ mobile app

This is a continueation of THIS blog post explaining how to stop notifications. This is how to do it on the mobile Google+ app for Android.

I keep seeing people complaining about getting notifications from a post. I sometimes even see people leave a comment telling everyone to stop replying to the post because they are tired of getting the notifications.

There is a MUTE function on Google+ that you can  use to stop the notifications from coming in.

To mute a post using the Google+ mobile app, post up the post you want to mute. On the top right corner, there is a option icon (dots). Hit that, and you will get a pull down menu with the option to mute.

If you want to know how to mute a post on the Google+ website, go HERE.

Muting a post will stop all notifications for that one post from coming in. You can also choose to unmute the post later on to continue receiving notifications later onl.

Cheers

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Review: MyAppSharer - A Must Have !

I love this app. Its uses go far beyond what it was originally meant for, which is of course, sharing your applications.

When you shared an app with your friend in the past using older apps, it would simply direct your friends to the market where they would download the app. With MyAppSharer, you still had that option. In addition to sending your friends a link to the market place, you can now send them the APK file directly.

Launching MyAppSharer will open up a screen with a list off all your installed apps. From this screen, you can scroll through your apps and check one, or multiple apps you want to share with your friends.
On the top of the screen, it gives you a choice to search through all your apps by simplying typing in your search string. There's also an option for you to choose if you want to send them a link, or send them the actual APK file so they can install it directly from you.

$100 off any Android tablets from Staples

For everyone living down south, all you lucky Americans get to use this coupon to get $100 off any Android tablets available at Staples ! I got super excited and was about to print this baby out and run down the street to the local Staples here in Vancouver.... but then I saw the valid through 7/30/2011 in Staples U.S. stores only.

So I share with everyone else out there and will live vicariously through all you people. Go print this baby out, and head to a Staples near you before the 30th and pick up an Android tablet !

Click on the couple below to go to the actual Staples website. It's not a picture of a coupon when you go to the site. It looks like the site generates a coupon depending on where you are from or something. Sometimes the barcode in the middle didn't load and I had to reload, so print out the coupon from the Staples website instead of printing out this image:

I'm having some problems making the image link to the site, so if it ends up not working, click HERE !!!!

Here's a list of Android Tablets available at Staples:

Staples Android Tablet Search Results:

If I were you use this coupon, I would definately check out the Asus Transformer tablet.... it is SEXY !

Happy shopping lucky @#$%^ !!!

Cheers !

Google+ Android app gets an update

It looks like the Google+ app for the Android OS has gotten an update. The current version now is v1.0.2, and it's packed full of new features, most of which have to do with the huddle feature.

Here's the list of recent changes in this new version from the market place:

* Customize the main stream view to show streams from individual circles

* Fixed some issues encoutered by users with the Swype keyboard

* Set permissions for who can start a huddle with you (Anyone, Your Circles, Extended Circles)

* If someone you've never huddled with before invites you to a group huddle, you can now dismiss the invitation

* New UI allows adding multiple people or entire circles to a huddle

* Set photo as wallpaper

* Performance improvements and bug fixes throughout the app

I love being able to choose which circle gets streamed on my stream window !!.. LOVE IT !!!

Go give it a download on the market and check it out !

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.plus&feature=search_result

Cheers !

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Another Android Market Facelift

It looks like the Android Marketplace is about to get another facelift. There isn't much to say about this other than you will be able to rent movies and books now. 

That said, I don't expect people outside the United States to get this facelift. When ever there is anything to do with video and what not, there's a bunch of red tape, and people outside the United States don't usually get to watch and enjoy (like Hulu.com).

Ehhh.. Anyways, keep your eyes peeled for the new update. It looks to be a good one !

Swiftkey X is out of Beta !

SwiftKey X beta was great. I loved it. I loved everything about it. I loved never making a typing mistake ever again when I typed.

It was a smart keyboard that kept learned as you typed. When you enter a word that was not in the dictionary, it would automatically add it to the dictionary. If you typed a word, and the prediction it had was wrong, all you had to do was remove that predicted word from the database, teach it the right prediction, and you were good to go.

From that point on, you will never make a mistake typing anything ever again. I say after about three days of teaching it, as long as you hit the general location of the letters for the word you are trying to type, SwiftKey will correct it for you.

I just downloaded the newest version of SwiftKey X out of beta, and am loving it so much I decided to type this all from SwiftKey. The keyboard actually makes you want to type to test how good it is.

During the beta, there were some problems though. I had a problem with it where if I typed too fast, the keyboard would spell my words wrong. It would literally delete the last letter of the word I typed if I hit space too fast.

I posted the problem on their support site and supplemented the post with a video. On youtube demonstrating the problem.

You can find my post here, and my video below.

The problem demonstrated in the video is now FIXED !

With in a few days I had a comment on my youtube video telling me they would work on it. That same day I got an email telling me the post on the site changed its status to planned.  Two days later I got another email telling me the problem was fixed and would be in the next release. I've been waiting for the update ever since.

The very day it came out of beta, I bought it and am now typing this to you guys.

Happy Birthday Swiftkey ! Go download the keyboard today on the market !. its only 1.99 for the next 48 hrs.

Old video from Google I/O 2010 - Jab at Apple

I'm watching an old video from Google I/O 2010 where Vic Gundotra demos Android 2.2.

It's an old video, but it was a good speech. Some of the some he demo'd is still very "wow" this day. However, the reason I'm making this post is because I particularly love the jabs he makes at Apple... Partticularly this video where he demo's Android's hotspot feature and takes a jab at the iPad:

He makes a bunch of jabs at Apple through out the demo. Here's a link to the full demo, Enjoy:

"Boom"

"BOOM!"

Game Review : Alchemy

*UPDATE* Cheat sheet added


Alchemy could very well be, hands down, the most addictive game there is on the Android market. You start off with four elements in the game, "fire", "water", "earth", and "air". You combine any of those two together, for example, water and earth, and you get a new element, "Swamp". Combine the remaining fire and air together will get you "Energy". Combine swamp and energy together and you get "life". You can try and combine these three new elements with the four original ones to see what else you can get. The game is SO simple that it's FUN !.

Android News : Firefox 4.0 beta5 is out for Android

Maybe it's old news, maybe it's new, but Firefox browser for android is available on the market. It's my main browser on the computer, I love the add ons, so I'm very excited to take this baby fur a test drive.

It's a whopping 13megs, so heads up !

Get it here at :
http://market.android.com/details?id=org.mozilla.firefox

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App Review : Official Android Blogger app from Google

Jumping right into the first Blogger app review, the official Blogger app from Google does the job if you want to quickly post something, but that's it. You can look at it like a twitter app where you can upload pictures, and post a big long tweet. There isn't much you can do in term of editing the text. You can't change the color of the text, can't type in bold, can't do any type of rich text editing. Because there isn't any option for text formatting, there isn't a way for me to add that "READ MORE" page break thing. So unless you don't mind having a big long post show up on your main page, you'd have to log on with a computer sometime later to edit your post to add that READ MORE break.

Posting pictures is very easy with the app. Clicking on the camera icon will activate your camera. Clicking the image icon button will bring up an option to choose what image you want to add to your post. You can only select one image at a time, but you can add as many images you want to the post.

Can't a Android Blogger Get Some Love ?

Can a blogger get some love please ?. Since my laptop went in the shop to get worked on, I'm forced to use my lovely HTC Desire Z phone to update. Only problem is, trying to use the online editor with the default browser (or any of the downloaded browser like Dolphin, Opera, etc) is useless. Its impossible to click on any of the icons, like add link, or add image.

Trying to use them mobile apps that you can download from the marketplace is ok. It works, but very limit. It's good for short updates here and there, but frustrating if you want to do more.

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