This is an update to my earlier post in December 2008: My Top G1 Apps. So a while back I wrote a list of great apps that I use and recommend to others. Well overtime, new apps have come out that are either much better then another one like it or just another new app has come out that is great.
I still use Scoreboard, Shazam, TuneWiki, PhoneFlix (NetFlix) ShopSavvy, The Weather Channel, Ringdroid, Bartender and more from my previous list. Given I have already set my settings for Ringdroid and Bartender is only necessary here and there. I have removed and replaced StreamFurious with Last.FM App. StreamFurious is still very nice, I am not putting it down but I use and enjoy Last.FM much more to my liking. Check them both out, they are very similar but also very different.
Twidroid has become much better then when I last talked about it. A LOT better but I still have some problems with it, I would love to see a new UI especially. It is constantly being updated and developer seems very nice when I have emailed. There still is no Facebook App, requiring you to still have to use the browser. Sadly, it is very doubtful we will ever see a Facebook app for the Android/G1 especially given the fact that some Facebook employees hate the Android/G1 and for heaven shake, Facebook will you add T-Mobile to Mobile?
Some new apps have come my way since my last post and those would be the following to check out.
– Xbox Friends List (1337pwn) – No need if you do not have Xbox Live or do not even plan to use.
– AK Notepad – This has been out a while but it is a great notepad so far that I have found.
– aTrackDog – Check all your apps for updates.
– Txtract – Backup all your text messages.
– MyBackUp – Backup almost everything on your phone from contacts to text messages to apps.
– Movie Finder – Probably the best movie application on the G1, I love it.
I use the following as well but only when needed: SnapTell, Finance, Voice Recorder, Cubik, OI Flashlight (the lack of a Flashlight having come from a Sony Ericsson W800i still sucks and miss it) and OI Shopping list.
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I was not expecting much when I popped this game in but wow, I was amazed at what I got. It is just a rental but wow, I would definitely of bought this game had I known how great it was.
This is the 007 game that, if you are a fan, you have missed since Goldeneye 007 on N64. Not only is the single player great but multiplayer as well. The single player campaign is not very long nor very difficult on 007 difficulty but it does provide a small challenge but not like say Call of Duty games on Veteran and such.
They have a cover system in the game which works very well though sometimes, more so online, there are hiccups. The game would not be as great without such a cover system especially for how difficult it would be on 007 difficulty or even just to stay stealthy and when or when not to move around a corner or whichever the case may be.
Multiplayer is a whole other different story. I was so surprised to see many, many people actually playing this game online. Not just during the day but at night as well. At night though most people playing are from other countries and not just the UK and connection is shit too but still it is nice to see a game that many people are playing online 3 months still after release.
The multiplayer graphics are not the best but this can easily be ignored to just play and have fun. There are many game modes to play for which you gain points from on each to be able to purchase weapons, gadgets and so forth for your player.
Overall, I would most definitely recommend picking up this game. I would rate it a 7.5/10. The movie itself may of sucked in my opinion but it is a nice FPS for the most part to play if you are looking for a game to play. The multiplayer is definitely worth checking out and will add more hours to the game as well. Especially since people are still playing it as I said with it being out now for 3 months.
Last night I saw Paul Blart: Mall Cop with my sister and younger brother. Go see this movie!
It is absolutely hilarious. Now given I already think Kevin James is awesome and hilarious and would watch him anyways, I still think it is absolutely funny to see and well worth the money spent.
Especially since now a days you could easily see all the funny parts in the trailer, they ruin it but not in this case at all. Also the fact that movies you see now a days are not as funny as you would hope, that does not apply here either.
These are not in any particular order either.
– TuneWiki
– Shazam
– ShopSavvy (Barcode Scanner and Compare Everywhere are great too)
– Scoreboard (Replaces all sports apps like Pro Football Live)
– StreamFurious
– The Weather Channel
– Bartender
– Ringdroid
I am still waiting for a good Twitter App to be made. I am not happy enough with Twidroid and the others are still not as good as Twidroid too. I do wish the Facebook App would get better, if possible. The MySpace App is pretty cool if I were actually use MySpace.
Now there are still other good apps to use that may not be on a regular basis or a game. These do not include the default apps that already come with the phone like Amazon MP3, Maps, etc). Those would be the following: Any Cut, aSettings, Backgrounds, Bonsai Blast, HotSpot Locator, Hold’em, MyBackup, PAC-MAN, ParkMark, Picasa, PhoneFlix (NetFlix), Pro Basketball, QSearch, Quickpedia, Tetroid, Solitaire, Tip Calculator, Txtract and Video Player.
I picked up the G1 phone from T-Mobile this past Saturday. Now having played with it for almost a week I must say this is such a great phone. I honestly had so many doubts about the phone to where I stuck with wanting to purchase the Sony Ericsson W902, well that finally came out and just as expected, price was $550. Honestly, such a great phone but did not want to pay that price especially when you do not get much out of it for what the G1 offers especially for $199.
I started with the RC29 update, battery life and things were great having just used it, few recharges from Saturday through Tuesday. Early Tuesday morning came finally with the RC30 update. Whoa, did that help the battery life so much more. I especially love the fact that if needed I could change the battery out unlike say the iPhone.
The applications so far are not so bad, I am loving ShopSavvy even though I do not use it as much but it is still nice. The iPhone has such an app too, so not like it has not been done before. I love the Google account integration, works flawlessly just as you would hope. Amazing. I am just anxiously waiting for more applications to come to the phone though.
Keyboard and touch screen work great. I honestly had doubts about the phones look when deciding about finally purchasing it. After going to the local T-Mobile store it did not look as bad as it did online pictures. The plastic is not so bad at all, I think it looks like in black and not so good in brown. The white and gray is very nice though and which I bought it in.
It has a great phone. If you are a T-Mobile customer or not, I would really recommend looking into purchasing this phone, go play with it and possibly even buy it. It can definitely compete with the iPhone and overs advantages over the iPhone but vice-versa disadvantages as well.
Watched this movie last night with my friend. Wow, such a great movie is all I have to say, sad though too but great ending. Honestly to me, this is one of those many movies out there that you should at least see once in your life. My friend said she liked it as well.
Luke Wilson just once again proves to me that he is an incredible actor. This movie should definitely get nominated for an oscar. Radha Mitchell also plays amazing in this movie, loved her in Man on Fire and many other movies she has been in. Their acting and moments together are incredible.
I would really recommend watching this movie whenever you get a chance too.
Trailer: Apple | Info: IMDB
Last night I watched this movie with a friend of mine. Her thoughts first on this movie was that it was just alright though she obviously did like Vin Diesel in the shower scene, heh.
I think this movie could of been so much better. So I would have to say it was just alright too. It was not an absolute terrible movie though. There are for sure so many better movies that have already come out this year or coming out before you should sit down and see this one unless you are interested. That does not mean do not ever see this movie though. It had a lot of awesome scenes and what not. Vin Diesel is awesome, I am a fan. The movie seemed long but it was really short (1 hour and 22 minutes).
It is hard to say if it was a little long if it would of been better. They would of had to have done more to the story which I think was needed. I would have to say I give the movie 3 out of 5 stars. At most, it would be 3 1/2 but no more than that.
Trailer: Babylon A.D. | Info: IMDB
I am not sure what I would do without this amazing application on OS X. I have found myself using this application so much this past month that it can only get worse. Now remember, I have been using this application since it came out, just not as this much as I have this past month. If I had stats on the usage, I would post it.
I do not just use Coda for my web coding though. I have found myself using it to write huge replies on forums that are using terrible scripts that are not like Invision Board or vBulletin or replying/writing new private messages on forums and what not too. So it comes in handy for that as well.
Sunday:
The Unit – Just another reason why this show is great as hell. This season opener was bad ass. It is what I love about The Unit, the action and everything else about it. This is a great show, so if it interests you and you are missing it, get caught up!
Family Guy – Hilarious! But what else do you expect from Family Guy? Finally get to see it again and hopefully more of each week and no breaks?
Monday:
Prison Break – Ahhhh! It is Prison Break! One of the best shows around without doubt. This weeks episode started off fucking amazing and left at that too. Mahone proves to be the coolest man to watch this season still, I cannot! wait till he gets his hands on Wyatt. It is going to be one badass scene or at least, it better be.
Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – They really need to stop with the whole good or bad Cameron thing each episode. Either she is good or bad. Stop it and move on with the show! Sigh..
Raising the Bar – “Zack Morris” proves he is an awesome actor in each episode I continue to watch. If you are missing this show, start watching it, it is a great show.
CSI Miami – Boring episode but then again what do you expect, season opener was awesome but not so much this one. New York still proves to be the best CSI the last 2 seasons. This and Vegas have fallen behind and doubt a return.
Life – 1… 2… *shoot* “You didn’t count to 3!” “I rounded up” Haha. Love Life. Awesome show. I thought it was canceled but it is back! Glad to see it back.
Chuck – Call of Duty 4! Enough said? LOL. Loved the COD4 constant mentions in this episode. Other than that, great premiere. You cannot go wrong with Chuck or Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski), oh yea!
Two and a Half Men – Charlie Sheen just proves he is more hilarious. Awesome actor. Hilarious show, especially with the small Angus T. Jones scenes.
Tuesday:
The Shield – Decent episode, not too much went on this week so slow episode. It is getting better though, like last weeks and next weeks looks good too.
The Cleaner – It was not one of the best episodes but it was one of the saddest ones so far because of the fact they were unable to help the girl this time, almost did! but not enough.
NCIS – Last weeks opener was obviously awesome. This week not so bad but finally Tony is back on the team! Back at home!
Fringe – I wish I could say I am LOST in Fringe. But I am going to start a new saying that I am “Fringed in Fringe” sort of like “LOST in LOST”. Because at the time, I have no clue what is going on necessary or where the show is even headed. Which would be why I keep watching it, to see what is going to happen!
The Mentalist – Yet another great episode. This show is amazing. Has some pretty good laughs here and there too that are usually always caused by Patrick (Simon Baker).
Law and Order: SVU – I wonder what is going to happen to Stabler, you cannot really have SVU without him, so I expect him to be back some how. Other than that, boring episode really. It seems Fin (Ice-T) likes Stabler at little more, at least that is what I got from it.
Wednesday:
Sons of Anarchy – Yet another bad ass episode. If you are not watching this show, you are missing out big time.
CSI: New York – Good episode. New York just proves even more each week to be the best CSI to be watching right now.
Criminal Minds – Slow episode compared to last weeks, not the worst episode but also not the best. Just heh.
Knight Rider – It is Knight Rider, what much else do you want to know? Lol. I liked this episode much more than last weeks though, more of the car is always cool. But the show still kind of sucks. Not much interested in this show what so ever. They should of never brought back this show.
Gary Unmarried – There are few comedies I get to watch, some that I wish I got into. Here is another show the already that the past two weeks has me laughing during entire episode. Check it out.
Yesterday I saw the movie Traitor with my date Jordan. Which on a side note, went absolutely great. :)
The movie stars Don Cheadle, Guy Pearce, Saïd Taghmaoui, Neal McDonough and a few other actors you may of seen in other movies as well such as Jeff Daniels. You can watch the trailer here.
I thought it was a good movie. I would not say it was absolutely great because there are many other movies I have seen this year that I would say were better. But I will go ahead and recommend seeing this movie. I did not think it was terrible what so ever, either.
I do not want to spoil any parts of the movie, so really watch the trailer and decide to go see it or not. Not my typical “review” but can not think of anything really to say at the moment then what I have said above plus I am in too good a mood to think.