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XJSJohn
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13,351 posts
88 months
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So, with a mobile history that faithfully followed Nokia 'till the 6130, then Blackberry 'till the bold and then iPhone ever since i have moved across to Android with a Galaxy 2 (the 3 just had a daftly big screen) I have been playing with it for a few days now, upgraded it to Jellybean, have got my key apps - preferred news sites, skype, dropbox, online banking youtwitface etc. What else MUST i have on my android device? And also, i have installed Samsung Kies but is there a "best" software for a PC (or mac) that does the stuff that iTunes does without me getting the burning desire to throw stuff out the window? (i do like the Genius feature on Itunes for making playlists) Alternatively if this has been done to death, please post links instead  i did scroll back about 10 pages and did a futile attempt at the search function! Cheers!?
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XJSJohn
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13,351 posts
88 months
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Ignore me - just saw the wiki at the top  Question on iTunes replacement still stands though!
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sgrimshaw
3,074 posts
119 months
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I found Mediamonkey an excellent replacement for iTunes.
In fact I only moved back to using iTunes when I got an iPad and iPod Touch because I wanted to back up the Apps etc.
I still use Mediamonkey for an old iPod Classic which is soldiering on as a mp3 player plugged into my car head unit's aux in.
There is a free version which has a huge amount of features, even more available in the Gold version.
I have Gold, but to be honest rarely use any of the Gold features.
Most certainly worth a look.
Just checked the latest release and now it does so much more with Media that I might look at using it for managing my iPad/iPod Touch except for the Apps.
I am NOT an iTunes fan.
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XJSJohn
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88 months
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sgrimshaw
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119 months
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XJSJohn said: will give it a go! John you in Singapore?
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phumy
3,744 posts
106 months
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John, every budding sailor must have Google Sky Map, awesome.... XE to check out what the dollar is doing against everything else. Google Earth just to confirm exactly where the f  k you are after a heavy night out, (gets plenty of use) Singapore MTR Map to use in conjunction with above. Tunein Radio to listen to the radio stations all over the world , inc Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and just about anything everywhere. WhatsApp for messaging. Kies Air for when you dont have any cables with you.
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XJSJohn
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88 months
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sgrimshaw said: John you in Singapore? yup!
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XJSJohn
Original Poster
13,351 posts
88 months
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phumy said: John, every budding sailor must have Google Sky Map, awesome.... XE to check out what the dollar is doing against everything else. Google Earth just to confirm exactly where the f k you are after a heavy night out, (gets plenty of use) Singapore MTR Map to use in conjunction with above. Tunein Radio to listen to the radio stations all over the world , inc Radio 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and just about anything everywhere. WhatsApp for messaging. Kies Air for when you dont have any cables with you. Sky map and XE, good calls! (XE to figure out if you are getting screwed on the salary that month!) Google earth - check, for just that reason! MRT?!?!? havent used one of them in years!! Others sound good!
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sgrimshaw
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119 months
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XJSJohn said: yup! Wet today isn't it 
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XJSJohn
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sgrimshaw said: XJSJohn said: yup! Wet today isn't it everywhere!!! Just drove back from Jalan Bessar and it was slinging it down!!! Must be like home for a west country lad like yourself Where you staying?
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XJSJohn
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sgrimshaw said: XJSJohn said: yup! Wet today isn't it everywhere!!! Just drove back from Jalan Bessar and it was slinging it down!!! Must be like home for a west country lad like yourself Where you staying?
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sgrimshaw
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XJSJohn said: everywhere!!! Just drove back from Jalan Bessar and it was slinging it down!!! Must be like home for a west country lad like yourself Where you staying? Orchid Country Club. Tis wet in the South West but nothing like here!
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XJSJohn
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sgrimshaw said: XJSJohn said: everywhere!!! Just drove back from Jalan Bessar and it was slinging it down!!! Must be like home for a west country lad like yourself Where you staying? Orchid Country Club. Tis wet in the South West but nothing like here! very nice but what the heck you doing staying out there? at Seletar? I am a bit further east at Changi!
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sgrimshaw
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XJSJohn said: very nice but what the heck you doing staying out there? at Seletar?
I am a bit further east at Changi! It's cheap! Huge rooms only S$200 during the week, S$250 at weekends - company I am visiting wants to keep the costs down. It is a very nice hotel and location, only takes between 15 and 50 mins to get into their office - depends on the weather Has a very nice bar, serving some very cold beer .... not too badly priced, comparable to UK hotel. I can even get cider, although only just ... it's Bulmers 
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sgrimshaw
3,074 posts
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Back on topic ...
Evernote is fast becoming a well used application on my Android phone, iPad and PC.
Document Scanner combined with Evernote is really useful. Use the camera on the phone to scan a document and send it to Evernote.
Just been playing with the trial.
Will look for other similar apps before shelling out for the full version though.
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XJSJohn
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sgrimshaw said: I can even get cider, although only just ... it's Bulmers Fair enough, unusual choice. Bulmers is becoming quite common here recently, two of the better places for (bottled) cider is the Col Bar in Portsdown, or the Cider Pit in Joo Chiat .... Have been messing about with evernote on my desktop recently so will give that a shuftie too! The scan with camera feature sounds useful!
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TheHeretic
67,821 posts
124 months
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Any of the remote desktop apps are useful.
Teamviewer, logmein, and so on.
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smartypants
17,284 posts
38 months
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Same as me, took delivery of my S2 last week so starting to customize it and then customize it again!
One question, is Jelly Bean now officially available from Samsung? Or is your phone rooted?
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XJSJohn
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13,351 posts
88 months
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smartypants said: One question, is Jelly Bean now officially available from Samsung? Or is your phone rooted? Came from the built in update service so must be available for samsung, at least in Asia
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Gren
740 posts
121 months
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Jelly Bean is not officially available from anyone on any phone, not even Google has released it. Probably 2 weeks away for the Galaxy Nexus unless you're rooted and have flashed a rom based on the recently escaped builds.
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