The Zynga games destination will feature With Friends games, is preloaded on the Samsung Galaxy Note II and LG Optimus L9, and will be accessible via the Bonus
Apps widget on several other Android devices this month.
A Glance is just a status screen for an app on your phone, much like
the app widgets on the Today screen of an iPhone.
Not exact matches
Apple's
apps offer a pretty good variety of actions — I appreciated finally being able to see the amount of battery left in my Apple battery pack without putting it
on the charger, for example — but the third - party
apps that make even better use of the
widget were even more exciting.
And with the wealth of media add -
ons,
apps and content
widgets that are available
on most platforms, the options available to both amateur and professional web designers is nearly endless.
If Apple turned iBooks into an iBooksView, a general purpose
widget for rendering ebooks, every single ebook
app on the platform would improve as a result.
Other Honeycomb tweaks include a task bar at the bottom of the screen that pulls up the five most commonly run
apps (no word
on whether or not users can manually program the
apps featured), a settings popup
on the Home screen, and the ability to resize
widgets, though it's not clear if that feature extends to all
widgets or just Samsung
widgets.
One thing I miss: the active
widgets on Android 3.0 that keep you updated with bits of information without having to open an
app.
The first home screen
on the Springboard is populated with a T - Mobile Bonus
Apps widget as well as icons for the Android Market, Blockbuster, Music, TeleNav GPS, the web browser, and Zinio.
Widgets are like little
apps that go
on in your sidebar.
Samsung's Hub
widgets are plastered
on the main homescreen including S Suggest which is an
app recommendation service that has been revamped to and now break
apps into categories.
A MobileLife Organizer
widget sits
on the fourth screen with
apps for Contacts, Facebook, Google Talk, and Qik Video Chat.
We've not always been massive fans of Sony's UI for Android in the past, as we mentioned in the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact review it simply doesn't translate well for mobile - using up precious screen real estate that could be better spent
on apps and
widgets.
On the left hand side of the screen is the Android
apps that come bundled with it and a few other
widgets spread evenly around.
The only thing that makes it feel like a Nook is the logo
on the boot screen and some of the customized
widgets and
apps that are
on your home screen.
Bubble Cloud
Widgets + Wear — Place
apps, contacts and bookmarks in AppleWatch style «circle galaxy»
on the launcher homescreens or Android Wear watch.
Some of the
apps are particularly impressive, with the ports adding platform - specific tie - ins (like MSN Health and Fitness
on iOS working directly with Apple's HealthKit platform); unfortunately some obvious opportunities were missed, with many reviews already pointing out that there isn't a weather
widget to work with the Android version of the MSN Weather
app.
It has the Nook bookstore
widget installed, but has full access to Google Play, and isn't dependent
on, or locked into, the Nook
app store (which is closed now anyway).
Further, Jelly Bean also allows for automatic resizing of
app widgets based
on parameters such as the home screen where it has been dropped, the size to which the user expands them, and the amount of space that the home screen has
on offer.
They're not full
apps, but little
widgets à la those
on the Mac OS X Dashboard.
From from adding animation and video to immersing your readers in 3D panoramic spaces, from including live Web content and
widgets to employing advanced content - replacement techniques to put volumes of information
on a single page, literally at your readers» fingertips, we'll go hands -
on and step - by - step with including all the interactivity in Adobe DPS and then how to build a viewer
app for your publication and publish it to the App Store, Google Play App Market, and Amazon Android App Sto
app for your publication and publish it to the
App Store, Google Play App Market, and Amazon Android App Sto
App Store, Google Play
App Market, and Amazon Android App Sto
App Market, and Amazon Android
App Sto
App Store.
The first is the most traditional, with a few rows for
app icons and a weather
widget on top.
But it's ugly
on the inside, too — the
widgets and
apps that Moto adds look like they came off a feature phone from the early 2000's.
You can customize how quickly
apps and
widgets cycle through
on your screen.
The images below show the camera
app is accessible from the lock screen, which is coming to Ice Cream Sandwich; the various home screens and their
widgets; resizable
widgets and with scrollable content that will be found in Android 4.0; the multi-task application screen followed by all the applications
on the handset.
The extra one opens - up a tray of
widget apps that sit
on top of your home screen, rather than «in» it like most
widgets.
Yeah, you can put
widgets on your desktop, but there are hardly any
widgets you can download from the Nook's
app store.
You'll also miss out
on features like multiple homescreens, Google Now,
widgets,
app folders and crucially, Google Play access.
The only way I can play a movie is to load it to the Vox directly (not the microSD card) and find it in Astro, click
on it, and select it; I get a pop - up list with Meridian, Rockplayer and «Movie», which seems to be an
app (and works), but I can't find an icon or
widget for it anywhere.
I have the Nook
app on my Moto phone and it works just as well with all the features except no big rectangle
on the home screen, which is a
widget, but can be moved there.
On the customization screen, accessible by tapping the + icon, you can simply drag and drop any elements (
Widgets,
Apps, Wallpapers...) from the sections displayed in the middle to the screen of your choice in the 3 - D carousel at the top (see picture below the subtitle «screen and virtual buttons).
Tapping the house icon in the corner of the
widget or tapping the program's shortcut
on the
apps menu launches Social Touch.
The Google OS update now provides the ability to record HD 720p video
on the Desire, where HTC bundles in their
App Share
widget that first appeared
on their recent Wildfire budget handset.
On a top bar, above the home screen, there's a Google search bar, a voice - commands button, and buttons to add
widgets and open the «
apps drawer.»
-- Overall features of AOKP, CM10 and PARANOID ---- Custom JellyBam Settings with preferences ---- Tons of customizations ---- GAPPS Included ---- Hacked youtube with 720p playback ---- Bravia Engine ---- Awesome audio Mods ---- XLoud sound mods ---- Themes and Mods in JellyBam style ---- Latest CM10 / AOKP Kernel compiled from sources ---- New Mali driver ---- Exynos HWComposer ---- Lockscreen with x8 Custom
app targets ---- New optimus 4x circle lockscreen ---- Ability to customize color and alpha of the optimus lockscreen ---- Bravia Engine libraries ---- Bravia XLoud audio libraries ---- Paranoid Android settings ---- Per - App - DPI Changer ---- Per - App - Color ---- Custom home action and hardware button in lockscreen ---- Quick / Long click on weather and clock actions ---- JellyBam Panel in settings app ---- AOKP and CyanogenMod Settings ---- Mass storage mode ---- Apollo Music Player (Themed)---- Quick SMS ---- Init.d scripts ---- JellyBOOM script ---- Media quality tweak ---- 3G and GPS Tweak ---- RAM Optimization + Multitasking ---- SmoothScrolling tweak ---- V6 Supercharger included ---- Trebuchet Launcher ---- Touchwiz Launcher with samsung weather widget ---- JellyBam custom Bootanimation by metallaxis ---- Center Clock / No clock / Right Clock ---- Volume Panel (Volume Rocker allows you to change ALL volume levels in one Menu)---- Lockscreen Weather ---- Lockscreen Vibration on / off toggle ---- Performance / Color Settings ---- Brightness Control Slider ---- Multilang ---- JellyBam Style
app targets ---- New optimus 4x circle lockscreen ---- Ability to customize color and alpha of the optimus lockscreen ---- Bravia Engine libraries ---- Bravia XLoud audio libraries ---- Paranoid Android settings ---- Per -
App - DPI Changer ---- Per - App - Color ---- Custom home action and hardware button in lockscreen ---- Quick / Long click on weather and clock actions ---- JellyBam Panel in settings app ---- AOKP and CyanogenMod Settings ---- Mass storage mode ---- Apollo Music Player (Themed)---- Quick SMS ---- Init.d scripts ---- JellyBOOM script ---- Media quality tweak ---- 3G and GPS Tweak ---- RAM Optimization + Multitasking ---- SmoothScrolling tweak ---- V6 Supercharger included ---- Trebuchet Launcher ---- Touchwiz Launcher with samsung weather widget ---- JellyBam custom Bootanimation by metallaxis ---- Center Clock / No clock / Right Clock ---- Volume Panel (Volume Rocker allows you to change ALL volume levels in one Menu)---- Lockscreen Weather ---- Lockscreen Vibration on / off toggle ---- Performance / Color Settings ---- Brightness Control Slider ---- Multilang ---- JellyBam Style
App - DPI Changer ---- Per -
App - Color ---- Custom home action and hardware button in lockscreen ---- Quick / Long click on weather and clock actions ---- JellyBam Panel in settings app ---- AOKP and CyanogenMod Settings ---- Mass storage mode ---- Apollo Music Player (Themed)---- Quick SMS ---- Init.d scripts ---- JellyBOOM script ---- Media quality tweak ---- 3G and GPS Tweak ---- RAM Optimization + Multitasking ---- SmoothScrolling tweak ---- V6 Supercharger included ---- Trebuchet Launcher ---- Touchwiz Launcher with samsung weather widget ---- JellyBam custom Bootanimation by metallaxis ---- Center Clock / No clock / Right Clock ---- Volume Panel (Volume Rocker allows you to change ALL volume levels in one Menu)---- Lockscreen Weather ---- Lockscreen Vibration on / off toggle ---- Performance / Color Settings ---- Brightness Control Slider ---- Multilang ---- JellyBam Style
App - Color ---- Custom home action and hardware button in lockscreen ---- Quick / Long click
on weather and clock actions ---- JellyBam Panel in settings
app ---- AOKP and CyanogenMod Settings ---- Mass storage mode ---- Apollo Music Player (Themed)---- Quick SMS ---- Init.d scripts ---- JellyBOOM script ---- Media quality tweak ---- 3G and GPS Tweak ---- RAM Optimization + Multitasking ---- SmoothScrolling tweak ---- V6 Supercharger included ---- Trebuchet Launcher ---- Touchwiz Launcher with samsung weather widget ---- JellyBam custom Bootanimation by metallaxis ---- Center Clock / No clock / Right Clock ---- Volume Panel (Volume Rocker allows you to change ALL volume levels in one Menu)---- Lockscreen Weather ---- Lockscreen Vibration on / off toggle ---- Performance / Color Settings ---- Brightness Control Slider ---- Multilang ---- JellyBam Style
app ---- AOKP and CyanogenMod Settings ---- Mass storage mode ---- Apollo Music Player (Themed)---- Quick SMS ---- Init.d scripts ---- JellyBOOM script ---- Media quality tweak ---- 3G and GPS Tweak ---- RAM Optimization + Multitasking ---- SmoothScrolling tweak ---- V6 Supercharger included ---- Trebuchet Launcher ---- Touchwiz Launcher with samsung weather
widget ---- JellyBam custom Bootanimation by metallaxis ---- Center Clock / No clock / Right Clock ---- Volume Panel (Volume Rocker allows you to change ALL volume levels in one Menu)---- Lockscreen Weather ---- Lockscreen Vibration
on / off toggle ---- Performance / Color Settings ---- Brightness Control Slider ---- Multilang ---- JellyBam Style --
Tapping the settings wheel
on the left of the
widget allows you to customize which
apps each of the zones launches and replace the globe button with a single image or slideshow.
They have different built - in
apps depending
on their wireless carrier and manufacturer, though, and they may also have different optional
widgets that consumers can choose to add or remove
on home screens.
Nokia intends to have at least a dozen add -
on apps available at launch, including a game called «Bounce», a Jaiku / Twitter
app called «Mauku», and a few
widgets.
You can also add
widgets, which are smaller versions of
apps that run
on your desktop.
TweetDeck 1.01 won't install and the official Facebook
app is optimised for Portrait mode, and I'd prefer a desktop
widget with the screen real estate that is available
on the AC100.
The Galaxy Note 10.1 has the ability to run
apps on top of one another (via
widgets), or next to each other (via split - screen).
You can instantly access
widgets by swiping up
on the
app's icon and sliding in from the first homescreen gives you quick access to all your
apps.
Additionally, we've noticed that the Kindle
app wastes far less screen estate
on the «
widgets» and controls than iBooks does, so we find it to be a superior reader for nighttime reading.Click here to read more at ZDNet Tech Broiler
Home screens behave as they currently do
on Android (swipe left or right to navigate, open an
app drawer, retrieve
widgets, and so
on), except you now get a customizable «favorites tray» that resembles the dock in iOS.
Instead of going the route of wholly replacing the Android 3.0 interface, Acer instead provides its own
widgets that appear
on the home screen as
apps.
Several UI changes have been made as well, but nothing big (settings menu in color, fifth button
on the notification bar that controls auto - rotation, and one folder for both samsung
widgets and
widgets relating to
apps, and the color scheme is dark blue now instead of light blue).
The square
widgets on the desktop screen allow you to see the local weather, time in any world city, your calendar, a sticky note and a folder full of shortcuts to your favorite
apps, all without leaving the desktop.
To start searching, just touch the microphone within the Google
app or press the mic icon
on the Google home screen
widget.
This includes (but is certainly not limited to) the ability to ascribe live news feeds, weather forecasts and other similarly helpful «
widgets» to your five home screens, which means you can see at a glance what iPad users have to open a specific
app for — and here
on a large screen
widgets really do come into their own.
Nexus S also includes popular Android features such as portable Wi - Fi hotspot, true multitasking, access to Google mobile services such as Google Search ™, Gmail ™, Google Maps ™ with Navigation, Voice Actions, Google Voice ™ and YouTube ™, and access to over 100,000
apps and
widgets on Android Market ™.
Two categories for «root
apps» and «
widgets» showcase special Android features that aren't available
on other platforms.