im totally new here, and you guys seem to know all the best apps... am i looking for the impossible...?
heres what im looking for...
i travel alot, and ive become very reliant on Google Maps getting me around. sometimes its long distances.
im looking for an app, or an "add-on" (?) that can have Google Maps running, and then i say "Ok Google, find me the nearest gas station". and without me touching anything, it finds one, and reroutes me automatically, and gives me directions how to get there. no poking around the maps finding one i "like", then poking some more to get there... im driving, ive got my Maps going, and im about to run out of gas. i cant be bothered grabbing my phone, cancel my destination, typing in "gas stations", then poking one i want to go too, and poke a few more times to get it to route me there, all while going 80 down the highway, steering with my knees behind a semi truck with a full load of live pigs... i just need to get to a gas station asap. and if i miss the exit, it finds the next nearest... and so on...
"OK Google" gets the phones attention, but it doesnt seem to integrate with its own Map program, or know that im running it, and what im asking for is the CLOSEST gas station, and to be routed there, all the while, still keeping my original destination in-tact.
anybody ever run into anything that could do all this?
any help would be MOST welcome! and worth every penny if it worked!
thanx!
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im totally new here, and you guys seem to know all the best apps...
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In my opinion, the following is best one (that's my go to app) and may be what you're looking for.
GasBuddy: Find Cheap Gas by GasBuddy.com - Google Play Store
I hope it works out for you!
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I peasonnaly use waze it has all features that you are looking for
Waze app is the best variant. This app also allows you to learn gas prices. The phone will show you how to get faster to the place where you are going, will notify about traffic jams or accidents on the road.
Try this: https://gasstations-nearme.com/
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anyone seen this product?
called navizon, what it does, is update ur gps location with both gps and cell towers, but also with wifi AP's. it gives u a map view online of where uve been and what AP's and cell towers u discovered, and also pays u if you discover enough.
if u do download and use this please use this link:
http://my.navizon.com/Webapps/UserAdmin/register.aspx?referral_code=5B595F5F5958
so i can get something for telling u about it. i know a little selfish, but it is pretty cool, and if u do end up making money from it. why wouldnt u want to let me get in on that too.
one cool feature i liked is that you can create a group or join a group and see other users locations in either google maps, or google earth.
it'd be pretty cool if we got a running database that kept track of all the xv6800/mogul/titan users that were using this thing.
If nothing else, i think it might be useful to see if other people in our area are having similar problems, could be kinda helpful.
anyways, before i started talking about how great this thing is, i did origionally want to know if anyone had seen it before or had any comments about it.
thanks
Good morning all. I am taking the little one to Disney next week. Can anyone speak to whether or not Google Maps or Street View can help me navigate through the parks?
The market has one app that I see "Disney World Maps Box Set" that has very poor ratings.
Any and all helpful thoughts are welcome.
Thanx!
have you looked at this?
http://disneyparksmobile.com/mobilemagic/
EDIT, sorry apparently this isn't an option for android phones, after a little more research it seems that the app you mentioned is the only option for us
I doubt that Street View would work inside the parks, but satellite view should. Also, this mobile site is pretty useful:
http://m.disneyworld.go.com/
Honestly you don't need your phone to maneuver around the parks. Disney has everything laid out nicely and there are the old fashioned paper maps everywhere at every stand. The only thing I used my phone for was to track how many miles a day i was walking
Shakes The AssClown said:
Honestly you don't need your phone to maneuver around the parks. Disney has everything laid out nicely and there are the old fashioned paper maps everywhere at every stand. The only thing I used my phone for was to track how many miles a day i was walking
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i have been several times, my favorite place in the world and the above is true. also, one of the best parts is just roaming around looking at every thing, you will never get bored and there is always something to see.
but if you really want maps for the parks, you can try this:
xttp://disneyworld.disney.go.com/wdw/myVacation/customizedMaps/index?id=CustomizedMapsSampleMapsPage&bhcp=1
i know its not on the phone, but you can personalize them to what you want to do and everything. take a look, they are neat.
wasn't Disney World actually offering specially modified Eris' for this purpose? I think I read an article about it somewhere...
here it is... found the article!
http://www.engadget.com/2010/08/11/disney-converting-droid-eris-into-gps-tour-guide/
I guess this was just a test though... not sure if it is actually in use...
Now we all know that social networking has become a big thing in the past few years. Even more so now that there are apps all over the place that all do the same exact thing. Which is connect you with other people around the world, but what if you want to talk with someone a bit closer?
Everywhere you look there are people on their cell phones, whether it be android based or not. However what if your little people shy and want to strike up a conversation with someone? Especially if their tied up on their phone it makes it tough to bring up a random conversation. What if there was a way to kind of interrupt them and impress them at the same time?
For instance what if your friends dragged you to a bar, bars aren't your thing and you'd rather be at home playing games on your computer or just tearing apart the latest gizmo that you got. Well you happen to notice a girl on the other side of the bar that seems rather nerdy herself that got dragged by her friends and would rather pay more attention to her phone than the drunk guys trying to hit on her.. Obviously going over and saying hi isn't really an option as she'd likely just ignore you like she's done to the rest of the guys, cause your just another drunken idiot that wants to get in her pants (at least thats whats she'd think)..
Wouldn't it be a bit more interesting to say send a message to her phone even tho you don't know her, don't know her number, and know nothing about her.. However it'd get her attention if she got a popup that said "Hi, I can't help but notice your bored.. Me too."
Now this may or may not be possible, as I don't know a damn thing about the android nor hacking it. However I remember back in the day of high school me and a few friends during certain times of the day would go to the same computers in school, and since we knew the IP's of those computers we could send messages back and forth between each other cause they either A didn't disable windows messaging, or we had to turn it on.. We'd screw around with others in the library by sending a mass net send to all computers saying "Your computer has been infected!" then shutting them all down remotely..
Would there be a way to do such a proposal? If so anyone up to the challenge? Cause really how amazing would it be to just open up a new way to talk to those around you.
iOS had something I saw that almost kinda does this (at least I think) called sonar.me yet I don't know if android does..
Anyone?
I was thinking that if there was a way to utilize the push notifications.. Tho the question would be how to detect said device.. If they were on the same wifi as you that'd be easier.. Even through bluetooth, tho does bluetooth still transmit even when your not allowing it to be seen?
What about the possibility of just through the phone airways.. I mean they could be sitting there online with their phone anyway to intercept that..
Anyone at all?
Hey man, already thing this is a great idea. Although your scenario doesn't quite mesh with me as I am just as "geeky" in the world of pick-up as what I am in Android nerdi-ology haha (what I mean is I would have no issues going over there and sparking up conversation if shes geeky or not...although geeky would make it easier - bar easy!). Anyway I think that is a great idea. It would be ok if it was an app. Not just you sending a notification to their phone.
I was using message in a bottle for a while. Random and cool. But did not narrow to close proximity nor anything like your proposing.
I think there maybe privacy issues for push notifications being intrusive, but if someone elected for use via an app then they agree to accept notifications I think this would be ok.
I have wanted to have this sort of thing when I was on the train travelling home. I have even caught the eye of some random hottie down the isle and wanted to see if I could somehow contact her. I have scanned bluetooth and even tried to push a picture to someone thinking it could be her *thinks to self "hmm she kinda looks like a Jessica and she has a Nokia N95...bugger it send image to Jessica's N95" caching haha. So yeah I get what you mean .....walking up to someone on a train the environment (although sometimes is expected there is a level of acceptable human behavior there in) is not the place to be attempting to pick-up in dead silence with ears in close proximity eves dropping like all hell in comparison to say a night club/bar/outside area where people are sparse and/or conversation is not easily over heard. *NB: I have attempted (and passing the fear if she is confident and there has been an acceptable level of "eye-sex" or "eye-flirting" with smiles before hand) I won't get flagged off easy. If she is not confident....your pick-up interjection and sudden realisation of overh-hearing ears (eves droppers) can land even the best pick-up artist in a pickle and the shut-down is an even bigger tumble to say the least.
It's ok to get shut down in a bar where people can't hear very well, try getting shut down on a deadly silent train haha being snappy fast whitty and able to promptly deliver a negate to her clear cutting shut down is another subject all together. Being able to do it in a funny way may win you more laughs than her shut down too (geeeze I am going waaaaay off track from Android Nerd to Pick-nerd aren't I? wow I diversed big time! haha ) Aside from that I have been successful in picking up chicks on the train without this technology....but this sort of technology would only leverage a man's capability even more so.
Damn it! If this is made....I need to get a job out of town and get back on the god damned train again. I entered the world of Android to wear my geek hat so I wouldn't become obsessed pick-up dude again and here you are a forum member causing two worlds to collide! Thanks....NOT!
PM for more discussion or clarification of my ramblings haha
Well see thats the thing, sometimes girls just don't to be bothered, so how would you get their attention even for a small chat? If the girl was tech suave it could lead to an interesting topic of discussion on "How did you do that?". They have tons of chat apps that allow you to talk to complete strangers, but these people often are all over the world..
I like the things like the Nintendo DS, or even a Cybiko (if you even know what that is.. =D ) were it has a wireless chat feature where the room is just there and anyone in the area with the same device can just join in. The problem with the Nintendo DS is how often are you in a bar with one? Even the Cybiko (which is super old and was like a young tech kid's playtoy from like 2000) is that no one had it so its not like you could go out to a public area and have people join in on those chat channels.
I've seen apps that claim to do this, but they really don't, as its still over the internet instead of your local area..
Hell the closest thing that would almost be like this scenario would be hosting a open wireless connection that anyone could connect to, hosting an irc server on that network and having people connect to that server, which is quite a hastle for any one person to do just for an interesting way to chat..
Tho I agree with the whole privacy issue thing, I knew that'd probably be the case.. What if there was an app that your an that whenever someone came within your vicinity it would pop up saying "So and So has entered your area" and allowed you to click on their name and start saying hi..
Like I said in my first post there was sonar.me for ios, that kinda synced all the social networking sites to see who was in the same place you are. Supposedly it also allowed you to chat with the people that were also in your area. That would be kinda interesting..
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ok our daughter is going to middle school and we got her an evo 3d (during the amazon .01 sale). I am looking for some app suggestions to lock the phone down to help with porn, etc. similar to norton family protect online.
I am also looking to track via GPS, and playing with Life 360's app which seems pretty cool, but the app tends to close (even though it's set to run in the background).
So as I start this stressful journey, I figured there were some parents out here already doing this (or trying) and could suggest.
Thanks.
invasion of privacy much.
**** if i had a gps tracker on me when i was a kid i woulda lived a very sheltered life. kids need to be able to lie about where there going occasionally don't take all the3 fun out of being a teenager
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ok our daughter is going to middle school and we got her an evo 3d (during the amazon .01 sale). I am looking for some app suggestions to lock the phone down to help with porn, etc. similar to norton family protect online.
I am also looking to track via GPS, and playing with Life 360's app which seems pretty cool, but the app tends to close (even though it's set to run in the background).
So as I start this stressful journey, I figured there were some parents out here already doing this (or trying) and could suggest.
Thanks.
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Lookout is similar to Norton, as far as blocking sites, I'm unsure whether it does that or not. Sprint offers family tracker for a monthly fee, I don't know of any other ones available.
Mobile Security offers parental controls for android. Check it out, free on the market.
twiztidninja - when its your kid, we can talk. If you have already and simply don't care of "never my kid" then that's another issue.
When I was a kid, well if we were lucky enough to get a playboy or something, it was the world. Now a simple mistype on a URL can bring hardcore porn as well as other sick things the internet has to offer and that's something I don't want to expose my 11 year old daughter (not a teenager as you assumed) to. The fact is it's a different and sick world now, and I don't have a problem with her going places, just want to know she is safe as best as I can. As for "kids need to lie", well maybe in your life that's acceptable, but were raising our kids differently. Then again, from your grammer and profanity on a public forum, I can see we already differ on other issues.
Twolazyg - thanks, http://www.mobiflock.com/ seems to be in beta and really looks like a great app and I will check the others as well.
Like it says in the title. Not sure if there's a formal way to go about this... sorry if wrong area or whatever.
I am a professional concept artist wondering where all the decent art apps are - and got annoyed enough that I'm here. I've tried loads and all have major flaws, including sketchbook pro and PS Touch. I can bring to the table marketing and UI experience as well as a very strong knowledge of what the market wants. You could make your own art app and sell it, but with me a lot more would sell because they'd be exactly what we pro artists are after, and I know where to go and who to talk to to get the word out. It's a small market but get the app right and it'll sell for a premium and establish a long term brand.
I need to discuss what can and can't realistically be done, timeframes, and how exactly to go about it. Once I find someone who can commit I'll start throwing a little cash your way and we can negotiate longer term options.
So post here, PM me, fly to NZ and meet with me if you really want. Let's talk