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#87997 - 08/05/10 12:55 PM
Re: SPAIN Android Phone Apps?
[Re: La Sorpresa]
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GREAT topic. I'm just now (finally!) getting into using SmartPhone applications - after owning a smartphone for like 3.5 years. I don't have/use Android Technology but rather Windows Mobile Operating System so I can't help for Android specifically. Where/How did you get the Madrid Metro application?? I'd love to get that one - but couldn't find anything at www.MetroMadrid.es . Surely I'm looking in the wrong place. For weather, at least, you'd likely need internet connection for this application but others might offer stored/archived restaurant information. And while Guía del Ocio advertises, "Guía del Ocio en tu Móvil", it's simply to connect to their website via your mobile at http://www.guiadelocio.com/en-tu-movil , but it's not an application. And while I imagine your SmartPhone has Wi-Fi built in, I doubt (or maybe you do) have a an internet-access phone plan here in Spain (I don't either - seems like a waste of money - made worse by slow mobile connection speeds). Anyone else have hints/recommendations/insights? If I get enough information compiled here I may just write a blog about it. It's my uneducated impression that these kinds of applications are not so popular here in Spain but I could be wrong. ViaMichelin has Madrid and Barcelona restaurants and tapas APPS for sale. But, they say they're "For Your iPhone". Does that mean they only work on iPhones???? What about the other 45+% of the population which does NOT have a %#$! iPhone?? Saludos, MadridMan
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#87998 - 08/05/10 01:39 PM
Re: SPAIN Android Phone Apps?
[Re: MadridMan]
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UPDATE: Just downloaded and installed a FREE Madrid Metro Application (& Barcelona and all major cities with metro) for my Windows Mobile SmartPhone at http://nanika.net/Metro/ . It's not pretty, is basic and textual (Madrid metro info from 2009 but latest update to program was a few months ago), but comes in a variety of languages and seems to be pretty easy to use. I downloaded, installed, and was using it successfully all in about 10 minutes from beginning to end.
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#87999 - 08/05/10 09:13 PM
Re: SPAIN Android Phone Apps?
[Re: MadridMan]
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As far as I know all android phones get their apps from the "Droid Market" which is already on ones phone. There is no website that I know of to browse for them like you can for an iPhone, which is why I am having so much trouble searching for Spain related things.
Most of what I am finding are Spanish/English translators (wich I desperately need if you have ever heard me speak spanish!) but I am looking for more 'fun' stuff. Locals guides, etc.
The Madrid Metro App from droid is really fast, easy to use and you can switch from the schematic (like the little card you can carry in your pocket,) and a map. It even gives info on how much the fare is, how to insert your card in the machine, and how to purchase a ticket!
The one I have is madrid only, and is produced by a private company, i think, and not 'official' from the Madrid Metro.
Edited by sparkalina (08/05/10 09:15 PM)
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#88000 - 08/06/10 05:48 AM
Re: SPAIN Android Phone Apps?
[Re: La Sorpresa]
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Okay. Well, I know MP3 walking guides exist for free for most cities. Have you found these yet? They're not "apps", that's true, but could make your experience a little nicer with a little at-hand information about what you're seeing at the moment (assuming you know what the building/park/plaza is called, that is).
Saludos, MadridMan
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#88006 - 08/06/10 07:43 PM
Re: SPAIN Android Phone Apps?
[Re: Rodolfo]
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That particular "app" only works on the i*-thingies - which excludes me.
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