what is your droid "cool trick"?

[spower]

I used the GPS navigate the other day to find a branch of my bank in a different town, it navigated me there just fine and when I arrived at my destination a picture of the bank actually appeared on the screen!! I couldn't believe it.

 

[cuskit]

I used the GPS navigate the other day to find a branch of my bank in a different town, it navigated me there just fine and when I arrived at my destination a picture of the bank actually appeared on the screen!! I couldn't believe it.

Hmmm. So , a bank robber can use it to see if the cops are parked outside waiting for him to exit the building? LOL! :icon_eek: mikey

 

[christim]

I used the GPS navigate the other day to find a branch of my bank in a different town, it navigated me there just fine and when I arrived at my destination a picture of the bank actually appeared on the screen!! I couldn't believe it.

Hmmm. So , a bank robber can use it to see if the cops are parked outside waiting for him to exit the building? LOL! :icon_eek: mikey

Another reason to keep cell phones out of prisons...especially as smart phones start becoming the norm. "navigate to...escape tunnel"

 

[mju1030]

New Swype beta Swype for Android now officially in beta | Android Central

One trick to amaze folks is of course, Google Goggles. But the one that has consistently had the response "I am getting a Droid tomorrow" is Swype, now thank goodness in official release. AND the new version is smoother, smarter and has auto-capitalization!

 

[drjoek]

question
Do I need to have a rooted droid to install swype?
I get a message that it wont let me install things not from Market

 

[Boat]

question
Do I need to have a rooted droid to install swype?
I get a message that it wont let me install things not from Market

Go to Settings/Applications/Unknown Sources/Check box.

 

[Anarchist310000]

it takes pretty clear pictures of text so i got ma notes while im in that big exam. And it says "DROID" and ppl like that.

 

[FunN4Lo]

Good thread! I learned more stuff here than 10 threads

My favorites
When I put an address in the "location" line in Outlook on an appointment, it syncs to my Google calendar. I can finger tap to navigate to the appointment!

When it is a hotel for a conference you also get an automatic link to the hotel we site, and a couple of buttons for details on the hotel along with reviews.

 

[jaxjaggywires]

Now that I've modded, my cool trick is turning my droid into a web access point. That tends to get a "cool" from people...

 

[smiller136]

New Swype beta Swype for Android now officially in beta | Android Central

One trick to amaze folks is of course, Google Goggles. But the one that has consistently had the response "I am getting a Droid tomorrow" is Swype, now thank goodness in official release. AND the new version is smoother, smarter and has auto-capitalization!

Where can I download the official release of Swype?

 

[AnneDroid]

From their website and just follow the directions.

Swype | Text Input for Screens

 

[kodiak799]

Maybe not the coolest trick, but easily one of the most useful is being able to click on a phone number in an email or website and the phone dials it! Brilliant!

 

[christim]

Maybe not the coolest trick, but easily one of the most useful is being able to click on a phone number in an email or website and the phone dials it! Brilliant!

I use Colornote and it does that there too. Probably lots of text areas will let you dial...definitely a cool thing.

 

[hemi-droid]

Probably my coolest trick is among several listed here already, but I found a new app last night that definitely qualifies as a cool trick in my book. It's called AirPainter. It's essentially an app for painting graffiti messages in the air, visible only on other devices with the app, of course.

 

[christim]

Probably my coolest trick is among several listed here already, but I found a new app last night that definitely qualifies as a cool trick in my book. It's called AirPainter. It's essentially an app for painting graffiti messages in the air, visible only on other devices with the app, of course.

That would make for a cool scavenger hunt with clues.