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Old 29-12-2012, 20:19
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I've now had my phone for 4 months and said on here a few times that although I like the concept of widgets I struggle to find any that are really useful.

So, what widgets do people have on their home screen/screens?

Any stand out ones that you would recommend?
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Old 29-12-2012, 20:21
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For my main one i use HD Widgets. Looks kinda like the clock/weather widget on HTC Sense phones.

I also use The BBC news widget. And when im bored, the facebook one
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Old 29-12-2012, 20:28
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For my main one i use HD Widgets. Looks kinda like the clock/weather widget on HTC Sense phones.

I also use The BBC news widget. And when im bored, the facebook one
BBC News widget looks good, I'll try that.
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Old 29-12-2012, 20:42
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I use: Weather, flipboard, sky news, bbc news, music app widget, personal pics, transport widgets, YouTube, google docs,video player.

Across my tablets and phone.
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Old 29-12-2012, 20:51
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I use: Weather, flipboard, sky news, bbc news, music app widget, personal pics, transport widgets, YouTube, google docs,video player.

Across my tablets and phone.
Is something like YouTube a widget or just an app?

Not really that fussed about a whether widget, my weather app currently says it is cloudy, and we are currently in the middle of a rain storm they always look good on a home screen but not really my cup of tea.
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Old 29-12-2012, 20:56
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Is something like YouTube a widget or just an app?

Not really that fussed about a whether widget, my weather app currently says it is cloudy, and we are currently in the middle of a rain storm they always look good on a home screen but not really my cup of tea.
It's a widget. It is like 3D tiles stacked on top of each other. They show new uploads from channels I'm subscribed to. I agree about the weather widget. I mainly use it because it looks nice
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Old 29-12-2012, 21:03
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I have a really good London Underground widget, it shows status for all the lines and is always up-to-date right on your home screen. Very useful if you live in London
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Old 29-12-2012, 21:11
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I like the following:

Notes of things to do
Calendar
EMAILS
Weather
Direct call/text (just a icon of the person on the front screen instead of having to go into contacts so you just tap it to call or text them).
Tourch
Media player
List of next few days upcoming appointments
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Old 29-12-2012, 21:20
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Thanks for the suggestions, there are some that are very interesting and I'll try and have a look through them. Direct call and London Underground sound useful.
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Old 29-12-2012, 22:23
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"one more clock free"
"AIX Weather"
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