third installment of the flan gallery series! i seriously hope this is the last one…
reader ted who has been all over this new app, pointed out the new sync feature this gallery enables once installed. you can now sync the gallery with your picasa web account and pull in all of your pictures. the best part might be that once sync’d, the photos aren’t actually stored on your phone but are still available to do with as you please.
after posting our instructions on how to install the new flan gallery onto your android 2.0.1 device, we had a request as to do another video which shows you exactly how to actually do it. we took a different approach this time and showed you how to install 3rd party apps without using your usb cable and mounting to your computer. all phone baby!
and make sure to check out the video we made for droiddog.com which highlights all of the features of this fantastic gallery app.
yes google, we would gladly take one of those fabulous nexus one phones off your hands for “testing,” “reviewing,” and “promoting!” as much as we love our motorola droid, the idea of a slimmer/lighter version of our phone, with a trackball, and android 2.1 has us drooling. obviously part of the reason we purchased the droid was for the keyboard and while your nexus one lacks that, i think we would probably live without it.
so if you have an extra phone lying around, feel free to send one over for our oh-so-professional video reviews!
love,
kellex
side notes!
and to those of you wondering what the hell i’m blabbing about, check out the latest photos and reviews from engadget and nexusoneblog who both received nexus one phones over the last couple of days.
i’m sure you’ve seen the fancy flan gallery app on all the nexus one videos right? well someone ported it to android 2.0.1 so that we can all enjoy its magic. what a fantastic gallery application this is my friends. this is exactly the way the gallery should have been on android 2.0. download instructions are below with a video coming shortly…
installation instructions:
1. Download gallery_flan.apk to your computer. (alt link)
2. Copy gallery.apk file to your sdcard.
3. On your phone go to Settings, then Applications and enable Unknown Sources.
4. On your phone, use a file manager such as Astro to browse to the gallery.apk file. Tap the file and install it.
5. You will now have two Gallery applications listed in your launcher — the second one is the flan port. Tap it to launch the application.
video posted over at droiddog.com!
the rest of the android 2.1 apps you need:
1. nexus one / sense ui launcher
2. new eclair gallery with multi-touch
3. genie news and weather 2.1
4. launcher 2.1
5. music app 2.1
6. clock app 2.1
7. flan gallery 2.1
heard about the new swype keyboard for your motorola droid? here is how you can install it before it’s actually released! and trust me, it’s worth it…
the directions:
1. download and install the astro file manager from the android marketplace
2. download this zip file.
3. unzip that file, which will give you a file called “[mfhs]Swype-SwypeReference-WVGA854-trial-release.0.35.3959.apk”
4. copy the apk file to your handset’s sd card
5. on your android handset, go to settings > applications > and check the box next to “unknown sources”
6. use astro to browse for the apk file on your sd card, install it.
7. go to settings > language and keyboard. enable the swype keyboard.
8. you should now be able to switch between the standard keyboard and the swype keyboard by tapping-and-holding on any text input field.
9. and your done.
we are getting dumped on with snow as i type this in portland and i wanted to share the pics that the droid took today. these are soooooooooo much better now with the camera fix from android update 2.0.1 aren’t they?
the snow storm provided a nice progression from light to dark and the droid seemed to handle it fine this time. enjoy!
happy holidays everyone! today’s video is a simple tutorial on how to set up your bluetooth headset to your new motorola droid phone. seriously, nothing could be easier than setting up bluetooth to your droid. how can you not love this phone?
our newest video tutorial is a brief on how to multi-task while on a call with your motorola droid. iphone and at and t are all over verizon right now with their supposed limitations on sending data while on a call, and we’re here to show you all the stuff you can still do.
so maybe you can’t send an actual email while on the phone, but you can do so many other things. your twitter refreshes, weather updates, movie times update and the list just goes on and on…
check it out!