finaly a tablet version Facebook that doesn't crash - TouchPad General

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.

nomadman said:
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.

nomadman said:
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.

pside15 said:
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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nomadman said:
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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pside15 said:
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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[Q] So there is no comparable app like flipboard or planetary for android pad?

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?
rainby said:
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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schwiz said:
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 ...
goalweiser said:
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.
yangzii said:
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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[Q] Twitter apps - image previews

Is there no Twitter app other than the official one that gives you a preview of an image when you click within a tweet? Not a link to your browser but an actual image preview?
tinpanalley said:
Is there no Twitter app other than the official one that gives you a preview of an image when you click within a tweet? Not a link to your browser but an actual image preview?
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TweetDeck. you open the "tweet" from with in the app. and the image will appear.
Yeah one of the things I really like about Tweetdeck is the image preview. It does them all but lockerz.
Twicca is the way to go. Best twitter app I've used, I've tried plume, seesmic, tweetcaster pro and the official twitter app
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BelowTheHeavens said:
Twicca is the way to go. Best twitter app I've used, I've tried plume, seesmic, tweetcaster pro and the official twitter app
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I love Twicca as well and used it for a long time, but now I use Plume. It's just a little more "polished" and it's easier to switch between columns. Both support image previews.
Seesmic well give you previews as well.
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speoples20 said:
Yeah one of the things I really like about Tweetdeck is the image preview. It does them all but lockerz.
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or picplz,
i can has 10
tweet deck, free, image preview, fast, facebook
Tweetdeck is what I use.
Pretty much all, if not most, of the Twitter clients have image previews. But I"m with everyone else, TweetDeck is the way to go.
Lightweight, fast and is the least buggy.
mackster248 said:
Pretty much all, if not most, of the Twitter clients have image previews. But I"m with everyone else, TweetDeck is the way to go.
Lightweight, fast and is the least buggy.
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Not everyone else.
I'm with the Tweetdeck fellows. One downside is that it doesn't support image preview from Picplz or Lockerz. Not yet, at least. Anyweays, I haven't tried Twicca and I'm a bit skeptical to the whole concept of Seesmic so. Well, right now I'm just hoping for Tweetdeck developers to implement image preview for the two mentioned image sites. Would be thrilling. Any other suggestions?

Google Chrome Beta Android

Google chrome beta was just released. Apparently only for android 4.0 devices at this point. I hope this gets adapted for gingerbread asap. cheers.
http://www.androidcentral.com/google-chrome-beta-now-available-android-40-devices
Probably will see an ICS ROM before a port of this is out, if ever. If there isn't a launcher port by now, then...yeah. Tried it on my Tab 10.1, it's pretty snazzy. I do miss the quick controls, though.
tysj said:
Probably will see an ICS ROM before a port of this is out, if ever. If there isn't a launcher port by now, then...yeah. Tried it on my Tab 10.1, it's pretty snazzy. I do miss the quick controls, though.
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True. But who knows when ICS is dropping. March? I am using chrome on my PC so being able to sync chrome bookmarks across devices would be great. Right now, I am syncing my chrome bookmarks with xmarks on the pc, which I then sync with xmarks on firefox, which then I can see/sync with mobile firefox. A little cumbersome.
It eludes me why google has not made chrome for android ages ago. Wouldn't you think?
Running ICS on my TouchPad. There is no flash support or ability to request the desktop site, or set user agent. Chrome feels more like an alpha than beta. ICS Browser + still a much better browser for a ICS tablet.
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quarlow said:
Running ICS on my TouchPad. There is no flash support or ability to request the desktop site, or set user agent. Chrome feels more like an alpha than beta. ICS Browser + still a much better browser for a ICS tablet.
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Thanks! That made me feel better.
Ran it while running cm9 last night. It likes to close a lot on the sgs2. I haven't seen it close on the evo 3d however
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trell959 said:
Ran it while running cm9 last night. It likes to close a lot on the sgs2. I haven't seen it close on the evo 3d however
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yeah very unstable for me with cm9

ICS Apps

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
yousefak said:
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.
doldag said:
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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Best Browser For the S3

Done a search but nothing of relevance came up in these forums.
Just got my phone today and so far just using the stock browser which seems ok but undoubtedly there are better browsers out there, i always used X-Scope on my SGSII but im a bit tired of that now and looking for something else,i hear Chrome for ICS is supposed to be very good, so what browser is everyone using then?
Chrome is not that great on s3 yet, it lags and has touch delays..stock browser is undoubtedly the best browser I have tried . It gets the work done. Only thing I don't like is how you manage tabs . Try dolphin browser, should run as stock but with some enchanced features
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Well the built in browser works really nice, but i personally like
firefox and that you can use addons like adblock and so that i value
a lot personally.
Though I don't currently have the S3 yet, I'll probably use Boat Browser. Easy to use and has been the best I have used for my tastes. It'll be the fist I install when I get my S3.
Dunno where you heard that Chrome 'lags', that's definately not the case. Alright, you don't have Flash. I always thought of it as a huge drawback but I haven't missed it a single time and I've been using Chrome for Android since the very beginning.
It has great tab management, staggering performance and a brilliant look. One of the best things about it is the integration with your desktop Chrome (and all other versions of Chrome you might be using.) Open tabs are synced in real time so let's just say you want to open a link from your phone on your desktop. no more mailing it around, now you can just click on it on your desktop. The bookmark sync is great too. And it's Chrome.
Thijs96 said:
Dunno where you heard that Chrome 'lags', that's definately not the case. Alright, you don't have Flash. I always thought of it as a huge drawback but I haven't missed it a single time and I've been using Chrome for Android since the very beginning.
It has great tab management, staggering performance and a brilliant look. One of the best things about it is the integration with your desktop Chrome (and all other versions of Chrome you might be using.) Open tabs are synced in real time so let's just say you want to open a link from your phone on your desktop. no more mailing it around, now you can just click on it on your desktop. The bookmark sync is great too. And it's Chrome.
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+10!! Really impressed with chrome browser on both my S1 with CM9 and now my new S3!
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ICS Browser Plus is great
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Use Chrome. Also install Flashify. In the rare instance you launch a site that needs flash, just click share, flashify, then select an alternative browser. The page you were browsing is then opened for you.
Thijs96 said:
Dunno where you heard that Chrome 'lags', that's definately not the case. Alright, you don't have Flash. I always thought of it as a huge drawback but I haven't missed it a single time and I've been using Chrome for Android since the very beginning.
It has great tab management, staggering performance and a brilliant look. One of the best things about it is the integration with your desktop Chrome (and all other versions of Chrome you might be using.) Open tabs are synced in real time so let's just say you want to open a link from your phone on your desktop. no more mailing it around, now you can just click on it on your desktop. The bookmark sync is great too. And it's Chrome.
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I didn't hear it, I experienced it. Visit www.aftonbladet.se with both stock browser and chrome. While stock handles the website like any other..chrome gets real messy. The touch response like 1-2 seconds after you started to pan. It's just me?
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Just you
That site works a treat for me. Or at least, I think it does, I can't read that language, so I can't tell if it's somehow horribly broken something or not
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I just froze the s3 stock browser using titanium backup and copied the browser from my s2 cm9 rom into /system/apps. It works brilliantly! Need root though
So far, the stock browser is doing it for me
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I use dolphin hd but only because of the adons - I use last pass for my passwords you see.
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Well mozzila firefox has no data compression so it is a data hog. I perso.ally like opera mini , opera mobile.:beer:
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norpan111 said:
I didn't hear it, I experienced it. Visit www.aftonbladet.se with both stock browser and chrome. While stock handles the website like any other..chrome gets real messy. The touch response like 1-2 seconds after you started to pan. It's just me?
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Does a bit at first, but once you pan through the entire Page and it loads up all the content its fine.
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ICS Browser+ for me. Persistent user agent switch, customisable quick controls, negative colour mode, everything I could possibly need in a mobile browser.
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Just you
That site works a treat for me. Or at least, I think it does, I can't read that language, so I can't tell if it's somehow horribly broken something or not
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Will have to install and try again then. Or else something is clearly wrong
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Does a bit at first, but once you pan through the entire Page and it loads up all the content its fine.
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Chrome still sucks for me even after you let it fully load pages . Zoom in and out pinching and panning it just freeze-lags on me all the time . You guys force gpu acceleration?
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Stock browser works well here.
Before I used Dolphin, but there's a bug or something. When double tapping to zoom in on an area on the page it always zooms in to the left of the page (instead of the area you double tap)
Do more people experience this bug?
Dolphin Mini - best interface, not a ton of features
Dolphin HD - alright interface, just works
Opera Mobile - most like a PC, best comparability with websites that give trouble, has hardware acceleration, super smooth
Stock - smoothest, least features, and has problems downloading certain types of files, or downloading at all from hosting websites

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