Thursday, February 17, 2011

Samsung Epic First Impression

I got a new phone today, a Samsung Epic.  First thing I did was root it and install custom firmware and so far it's working out great.



I downloaded a bunch of cool free apps already.  This phone can do so much more than any device I've ever used and I'm loving it.  So for today's post I'm just going to tell you about some of the cool apps I've found, and I'd like to ask any of my readers who have an android phone what their favorite apps are. 

Here's what I've got so far:
 Barcode Scanner
Adobe Reader
Where(a location based directory app)
Google Goggles, take a pic of any item and do a google search for info on it
Wardive, for recording wifi data
Meebo IM client
Angry Birds, game
Labyrinth Lite, game
Google Skymap, point your phone at the sky and get info about constellations and stars you can see
Instant Heart Rate, uses the camera to clock your pulse
Instant Rimshot widget for the funny sound effect noise
Power control widget
Lookout, antivirus/security suite
ringdroid, for cropping mp3s into ringtones
and the firmware i'm using is called epic experience

Is the anything you recommend that I don't have?  Any tips tricks or tweaks you know about?  I'll take any advice I can get.

Thanks :)

Squeaked by Anonymouse at 12:34 AM
Labels: , , , , ,

27 comments:

  1. DmitryFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:02 AM

    Samsung Epic?..
    Good super hero name

    ReplyDelete
  2. AnonymousFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:22 AM

    Wow those are pretty cool. Making your own ringtones on the fly sounds like a feature I wish I had on my phone.

    ReplyDelete
  3. AnonymouseFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:46 AM

    @Dmitri, yeah it does sound like a superhero name, but this phone lives up to it.

    ReplyDelete
  4. D.B.February 17, 2011 at 4:46 AM

    my cousin has one, he says its great. i dont have one tho, YET!

    haha =)

    ReplyDelete
  5. AnonymouseFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:00 AM

    @D.B. you should get one. it'd be good for your phone pranks blog. theres an app that lets you disguise caller id, change your voice, all sorts of crazy stuff. i havent tried that yet b/c it's not free though.

    ReplyDelete
  6. murz90February 17, 2011 at 5:23 AM

    I've heard about this Google Goggles, it's nice.

    ReplyDelete
  7. LesFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:26 AM

    I've been thinking about getting a new phone recently. Might look into this.

    ReplyDelete
  8. TastyFebruary 17, 2011 at 7:11 AM

    holy shit google goggles? that sounds so ridiculous. I want a new-gen phone now :|

    ReplyDelete
  9. philFebruary 17, 2011 at 9:36 AM

    That's a cool phone bro!

    ReplyDelete
  10. Meghan MoranFebruary 17, 2011 at 10:00 AM

    it ain't a phone until you have angry birds on it.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Obi-wan MikenobiFebruary 17, 2011 at 10:09 AM

    I still don't understand all the hype about Angry Birds.

    ReplyDelete
  12. Mike YangFebruary 17, 2011 at 10:46 AM

    Unrelated to post -- someone looking over my shoulder just did a double take over something I totally hadn't noticed: they mistook xanonymousex.blogspot.com for anonymous-sex.blogspot.com! My mate's mind is in the gutter, but regardless you might want to consider changing subdomains at some point...

    ReplyDelete
  13. AnonymouseFebruary 17, 2011 at 12:46 PM

    @meghan & obi-wan,
    yeah everybody keeps recommending that, so i got it now. it's not bad but i agree that it gets too much hype.

    @mike yang,
    yeah when i created this site that popped into my head too, but now i think it'd screw up too many people's bookmarks if i change it.

    ReplyDelete
  14. shadiFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:12 PM

    i see now most of people have Samsung.nice mobile

    ReplyDelete
  15. EvanFebruary 17, 2011 at 1:39 PM

    its a great phone man. I have it and i love it

    ReplyDelete
  16. Paranormal ExplorerFebruary 17, 2011 at 2:40 PM

    My brother has one and it really is epic :) Good buy!

    ReplyDelete
  17. RoseFebruary 17, 2011 at 3:11 PM

    whats the purpose of barcode scanner?

    ReplyDelete
  18. AnonymouseFebruary 17, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    @Rose,
    barcode scanner lets me take pictures of QR codes to download apps and things like that.

    ReplyDelete
  19. Stuff that matters, stuff that don'tFebruary 17, 2011 at 5:11 PM

    Alpine Quest is a good app if you like the outdoors, lets you download maps to use with the GPS.

    ReplyDelete
  20. Yes!February 17, 2011 at 7:25 PM

    My bro got the same phone. He's very satisfied with it. Enjoy it!
    Following and supporting!

    _____________________
    http://the-yes-archive.blogspot.com/

    ReplyDelete
  21. SamFebruary 17, 2011 at 7:55 PM

    Great, enjoy your new Android!

    ReplyDelete
  22. Con QuesoFebruary 17, 2011 at 8:22 PM

    LOL, I totally want that rim-shot app. Sounds so useful with corny jokes around. Also...how does the pulse taking work with a camera?

    ReplyDelete
  23. AnonymouseFebruary 17, 2011 at 8:47 PM

    @con queso,
    you press your finger against the camera lens and the flash lights up your finger so the camera can see your blood flow, which the app analyzes and uses to detect pulse rate.

    ReplyDelete
  24. GarthFebruary 17, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    this is so cool, beats the crap outta my phone

    ReplyDelete
  25. Eric PFebruary 17, 2011 at 11:49 PM

    looks a pretty nice phone, i'm still fixed on my iPhone, though.

    ReplyDelete
  26. FLWLSFebruary 17, 2011 at 11:50 PM

    Blog looking goud anonymouse!
    Been a long time since i checked out.

    ReplyDelete
  27. SteveFebruary 18, 2011 at 3:24 PM

    Pretty cool but not sure it could pry me away from my iPhone :P

    ReplyDelete

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)