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Old 10-05-2016, 08:54 PM   #4
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Software on the $50 Android tablet - bundled apps

I said I would provide a list of what all was installed. The device came with an assortment of bundled apps. The ones I might actually use and am keeping are bold faced. Stuff italicized is likely to go away. Stuff in plain text isn't used but won't get removed. All of these were installed as System apps, meaning that they can't be uninstalled, and root is needed to remove them. The device is rooted, some some of these will go away.

Box https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...om.box.android
A client for the Box cloud storage service. I haven't used this, but might.

Browser https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ndroid.browser
The stock AOSP tabbed browser. It's quick and does a decent job of rendering, but lacks add-ons or desktop synchronization

Calculator https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...id.calculator2
The stock AOSP four function calculator

Calendar https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...droid.calendar
The stock AOSP calendar app. This one updates from the Play Store as Google Calendar

Chrome https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...android.chrome
The stock Chrome browser for Android. It has addons and syncs to the desktop automatically if you run Chrome there, so you see the same things in both places.

Clock https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roid.deskclock
The stock AOSP clock app. This one updates as Google Clock from the Play Store

Downloads https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...s.downloads.ui
The stock AOSP Downloads manager

Drive https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roid.apps.docs
Google's client for accessing their Google Drive cloud storage service. I make extensive use of Drive.

Email https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....android.email
The stock AOSP Email app

Gallery https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roid.gallery3d
The stock AOSP image gallery app.

Gmail https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...gle.android.gm
Google's client for their web based email application. I use Gmail as my promary email account.

Google Account Manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roid.gsf.login

Google App https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...quicksearchbox
Google's Search app.

Google Keyboard https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...utmethod.latin
The stock AOSP virtual keyboard.

Google Play Books https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oid.apps.books
Google Play Movies & TV https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...android.videos
Google Play Music https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....android.music
Google Play Newsstand https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...apps.magazines
Google's apps for online access to various content. I use none of these. They are disabled, and likely to go away.

Google Play services https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...le.android.gms
Background infrastructure for Google services, required for other stuff to work

Google Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ndroid.vending
Google's online store for apps and content

Google Text-to-speech Engine https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...le.android.tts

Google+ https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roid.apps.plus
Google's client for its Google+ social media platform. I'm somewhat active on Google+

Hangouts https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...e.android.talk
Google's client for its online video conferencing service

HP Connected Photo https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...om.hp.moonrise
HP's app for photo sharing, since replaced by Snapchat

HP ePrint https://play.google.com/store/apps/d....android.print
HP's app for printing photos taken with the device camera

HP File Manager https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...r.HPF130219_01
HP's default file manager for the Slate

I don't expect to use any of the bundled HP offerings, and they are subject to removal.

HTML Viewer https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...oid.htmlviewer

Kingsoft Office https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...s.moffice_i18n
An office suite app for handling MS Office files on Android. I use Kingsoft's WPS Office + PDF elsewhere as the best of the free office suite products, and this is an earlier version of that.

Launcher https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...droid.launcher
The stock Google launcher that provides the default UI for the tablet

Maps https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...roid.apps.maps
Google's client for their online Maps service

Movie Studio https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...id.videoeditor
HP's bundled app for video creation using the onboard camera

News & Weather https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ie.geniewidget
Google's stock News and Weather client

Settings https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...droid.settings
The stock device Settings manager

Skype https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...m.skype.raider
Skype's Android client for their video calling service

Sound Recorder [url]https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.soundrecorder[/quote]
The stock AOSP client for sound recording on device

TalkBack https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...arvin.talkback

TegraZone https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...idia.tegrazone
nVidia's client for access to their gaming forums and services. I don't expect to use this either.

Update https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...hi.app.updated
HP's app for online access to device upgrades. (Th4ere aren't any.)

YouTube https://play.google.com/store/apps/d...ndroid.youtube
Google's client for access to their YouTube service

I'll detail what I've added in another post.
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