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What kind of app do you find yourself wishing for? The apps I use the most are the default apps, i.e. Calendar, Mail, Chrome, Reader (google version) and Google

What kind of app do you find yourself wishing for? The apps I use the most are the default apps, i.e. Calendar, Mail, Chrome, Reader (google version) and Google+/Facebook/Twitter.

codeulike 14y ago
Official scrabble app. Scrabble on iPad is awesome. Also, please dont mention Words With Friends.
- moultano 14y ago
  I agree. High quality board-game apps seem to be the biggest gap on android tablets. I love Elder Sign: Omens https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fantasyflightgames.ESAndroid&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5mYW50YXN5ZmxpZ2h0Z2FtZXMuRVNBbmRyb2lkIl0 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fantasyfli... but that's the only one I've found to be really high quality. Carcasonne and Catan aren't as good as their ios equivalents. While I'm plugging tablet board game apps, this implementation of backgammon is Awesome. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.njsoftware.backgammonnj&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.njsoftware... It regularly wipes the floor with me on higher difficulty levels, and has a lot of really nice features.
  - gurkendoktor 14y ago
    > High quality board-game apps seem to be the biggest gap on android tablets. Probably because Android has traditionally focused on 7" tablets. Board games are the one area where I wish my iPad 3 was bigger. :(
adhipg 14y ago
A high quality simple sketching app like Paper by 53 on the iPad.
- moultano 14y ago
  I've done a lot of research into this category on android, and there are a couple of good ones. For real drawing, Adobe Photoshop Touch https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.adobe.pstouch https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.adobe.... Autodesk Sketchbook Pro https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbookhd https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketc... For simple and very responsive line drawing, Quill https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.write.Quill&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS53cml0ZS5RdWlsbCJd https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.write.Quil... If your use case is more diagrammatic, try Skitch https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote.skitch https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote.s...
  - adhipg 14y ago
    Thanks, I've been trying to use Sketchbook Pro for a while and somehow it gets overwhelming. I'll give Quill a go. There's still definitely space for a proper drawing app on Android.
adhipg 14y ago
A high quality simple sketching app like Paper by 53 on the iPad.
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- nuclear_eclipse 14y ago
  Couldn't you just use Google Maps? You can mark certain areas of the map to be cached for offline usage.
- baconner 14y ago
  Have you tried Google maps offline mode map downloading? Might not allow downloading such a large area but worth a shot.
dubya 14y ago
I'd be interested to know if there's something like Papers or BibDesk for Android. Something where you can browse ArXiv, save PDFs for later, and then read and optionally mark up what you've saved. Integration with bibtex would be nice as well.
- MikeKusold 14y ago
  If you are looking for a PDF annotator, I really like EZPDF ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=udk.android.reader&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=udk.android.re... )
  - dubya 14y ago
    A good PDF reader is the minimal requirement, but the organization is more important than the annotation for me. Possibly something like Zotero online would work, but I'd definitely want to see a review or find a store where I could play with one for a while.
codeulike 14y ago
Decent music production apps. My understanding is that Apple is ahead there due to better sound SDK and hardware standards, lower latency.
- tadfisher 14y ago
  Google now has a standard for low-latency devices: > 5.4. Audio Latency > Audio latency is broadly defined as the interval between when an application requests an audio playback or record operation, and when the device implementation actually begins the operation. Many classes of applications rely on short latencies, to achieve real-time effects such sound effects or VOIP communication. Device implementations that include microphone hardware and declare android.hardware.microphone SHOULD meet all audio latency requirements outlined in this section. See Section 7 for details on the conditions under which microphone hardware may be omitted by device implementations. > For the purposes of this section: > - "cold output latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application requests audio playback and when sound begins playing, when the audio system has been idle and powered down prior to the request > - "warm output latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application requests audio playback and when sound begins playing, when the audio system has been recently used but is currently idle (that is, silent) > - "continuous output latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application issues a sample to be played and when the speaker physically plays the corresponding sound, while the device is currently playing back audio > - "cold input latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application requests audio recording and when the first sample is delivered to the application via its callback, when the audio system and microphone has been idle and powered down prior to the request > - "continuous input latency" is defined to be when an ambient sound occurs and when the sample corresponding to that sound is delivered to a recording application via its callback, while the device is in recording mode > Using the above definitions, device implementations SHOULD exhibit each of these properties: > - cold output latency of 100 milliseconds or less > - warm output latency of 10 milliseconds or less > - continuous output latency of 45 milliseconds or less > - cold input latency of 100 milliseconds or less > - continuous input latency of 50 milliseconds or less > Note: while the requirements outlined above are stated as "SHOULD" for Android 4.1, the Compatibility Definition for a future version is planned to change these to "MUST". That is, these requirements are optional in Android 4.1 but will be required by a future version. Existing and new devices that run Android 4.1 are very strongly encouraged to meet these requirements in Android 4.1, or they will not be able to attain Android compatibility when upgraded to the future version. > If a device implementation meets the requirements of this section, it MAY report support for low-latency audio, by reporting the feature "android.hardware.audio.low-latency" via the android.content.pm.PackageManager class. [Resources, 37] Conversely, if the device implementation does not meet these requirements it MUST NOT report support for low-latency audio.
actf 14y ago
Apple is still miles ahead when it comes to real time audio processing apps. The obvious example here being garage band, but on the less obscure side there are a ton of guitar amp/effects apps on iOS (which are awesome if you play guitar) for which there is absolutely nothing even remotely equivalent on android. My understanding is that the android api has improved recently with respect to the ability to support these types of apps, but for whatever reason there's still a noticeable lack of these apps.
- actf 14y ago
  I'd also add that outside of the US there's still a huge lack of content (i.e. movies, music), compared to what's available on iTunes. I'm not sure what the difference is like inside the US
27182818284 14y ago
For me it is that an Android app comes, but it always comes much later. PG has mentioned that iOS almost always comes first with Y Combinator startups, for example. When bored I'll browse to see if there is a new app, but it is always the same. Sales are bad too as I generally have purchased more than 85% of what Google decides to put on sale.

What kind of app do you find yourself wishing for? The apps I use the most are the default apps, i.e. Calendar, Mail, Chrome, Reader (google version) and Google+/Facebook/Twitter.

codeulike 14y ago

Official scrabble app. Scrabble on iPad is awesome. Also, please dont mention Words With Friends.

moultano 14y ago
I agree. High quality board-game apps seem to be the biggest gap on android tablets. I love Elder Sign: Omens https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fantasyflightgames.ESAndroid&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5mYW50YXN5ZmxpZ2h0Z2FtZXMuRVNBbmRyb2lkIl0 https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.fantasyfli... but that's the only one I've found to be really high quality. Carcasonne and Catan aren't as good as their ios equivalents. While I'm plugging tablet board game apps, this implementation of backgammon is Awesome. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.njsoftware.backgammonnj&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDNd https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.njsoftware... It regularly wipes the floor with me on higher difficulty levels, and has a lot of really nice features.
- gurkendoktor 14y ago
  > High quality board-game apps seem to be the biggest gap on android tablets. Probably because Android has traditionally focused on 7" tablets. Board games are the one area where I wish my iPad 3 was bigger. :(

adhipg 14y ago

A high quality simple sketching app like Paper by 53 on the iPad.

moultano 14y ago
I've done a lot of research into this category on android, and there are a couple of good ones. For real drawing, Adobe Photoshop Touch https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.adobe.pstouch https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=air.com.adobe.... Autodesk Sketchbook Pro https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketchbookhd https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.adsk.sketc... For simple and very responsive line drawing, Quill https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.write.Quill&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS53cml0ZS5RdWlsbCJd https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.write.Quil... If your use case is more diagrammatic, try Skitch https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote.skitch https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.evernote.s...
- adhipg 14y ago
  Thanks, I've been trying to use Sketchbook Pro for a while and somehow it gets overwhelming. I'll give Quill a go. There's still definitely space for a proper drawing app on Android.

adhipg 14y ago

A high quality simple sketching app like Paper by 53 on the iPad.

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nuclear_eclipse 14y ago
Couldn't you just use Google Maps? You can mark certain areas of the map to be cached for offline usage.
baconner 14y ago
Have you tried Google maps offline mode map downloading? Might not allow downloading such a large area but worth a shot.

dubya 14y ago

I'd be interested to know if there's something like Papers or BibDesk for Android. Something where you can browse ArXiv, save PDFs for later, and then read and optionally mark up what you've saved. Integration with bibtex would be nice as well.

MikeKusold 14y ago
If you are looking for a PDF annotator, I really like EZPDF ( https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=udk.android.reader&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=udk.android.re... )
- dubya 14y ago
  A good PDF reader is the minimal requirement, but the organization is more important than the annotation for me. Possibly something like Zotero online would work, but I'd definitely want to see a review or find a store where I could play with one for a while.

codeulike 14y ago

Decent music production apps. My understanding is that Apple is ahead there due to better sound SDK and hardware standards, lower latency.

tadfisher 14y ago
Google now has a standard for low-latency devices: > 5.4. Audio Latency > Audio latency is broadly defined as the interval between when an application requests an audio playback or record operation, and when the device implementation actually begins the operation. Many classes of applications rely on short latencies, to achieve real-time effects such sound effects or VOIP communication. Device implementations that include microphone hardware and declare android.hardware.microphone SHOULD meet all audio latency requirements outlined in this section. See Section 7 for details on the conditions under which microphone hardware may be omitted by device implementations. > For the purposes of this section: > - "cold output latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application requests audio playback and when sound begins playing, when the audio system has been idle and powered down prior to the request > - "warm output latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application requests audio playback and when sound begins playing, when the audio system has been recently used but is currently idle (that is, silent) > - "continuous output latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application issues a sample to be played and when the speaker physically plays the corresponding sound, while the device is currently playing back audio > - "cold input latency" is defined to be the interval between when an application requests audio recording and when the first sample is delivered to the application via its callback, when the audio system and microphone has been idle and powered down prior to the request > - "continuous input latency" is defined to be when an ambient sound occurs and when the sample corresponding to that sound is delivered to a recording application via its callback, while the device is in recording mode > Using the above definitions, device implementations SHOULD exhibit each of these properties: > - cold output latency of 100 milliseconds or less > - warm output latency of 10 milliseconds or less > - continuous output latency of 45 milliseconds or less > - cold input latency of 100 milliseconds or less > - continuous input latency of 50 milliseconds or less > Note: while the requirements outlined above are stated as "SHOULD" for Android 4.1, the Compatibility Definition for a future version is planned to change these to "MUST". That is, these requirements are optional in Android 4.1 but will be required by a future version. Existing and new devices that run Android 4.1 are very strongly encouraged to meet these requirements in Android 4.1, or they will not be able to attain Android compatibility when upgraded to the future version. > If a device implementation meets the requirements of this section, it MAY report support for low-latency audio, by reporting the feature "android.hardware.audio.low-latency" via the android.content.pm.PackageManager class. [Resources, 37] Conversely, if the device implementation does not meet these requirements it MUST NOT report support for low-latency audio.

actf 14y ago

Apple is still miles ahead when it comes to real time audio processing apps. The obvious example here being garage band, but on the less obscure side there are a ton of guitar amp/effects apps on iOS (which are awesome if you play guitar) for which there is absolutely nothing even remotely equivalent on android. My understanding is that the android api has improved recently with respect to the ability to support these types of apps, but for whatever reason there's still a noticeable lack of these apps.

actf 14y ago
I'd also add that outside of the US there's still a huge lack of content (i.e. movies, music), compared to what's available on iTunes. I'm not sure what the difference is like inside the US

27182818284 14y ago

For me it is that an Android app comes, but it always comes much later. PG has mentioned that iOS almost always comes first with Y Combinator startups, for example. When bored I'll browse to see if there is a new app, but it is always the same. Sales are bad too as I generally have purchased more than 85% of what Google decides to put on sale.