# Android app for The Straight Dope? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [October 18, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035 "2011-10-18T14:21:23Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/1 "2011-10-18T14:21:23Z")
Those of you who read the Dope on your phones, is there an app that you use? If so, what is it? (I have a dumb phone – it barely makes calls – so I dunno.) Thanks, I appreciate being educated here. ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Bailey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/justin_bailey/32/8792_2.png) [@Justin\_Bailey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Bailey)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/2 "2011-10-18T14:24:05Z")
Smartphones have web browsers just like any other portable computing device. Any “Straight Dope App” would have to be created by the owners of the Straight Dope. ---
**Author:** ![cardinal\_fang](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cardinal_fang/32/15316_2.png) [@cardinal\_fang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cardinal_fang)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/3 "2011-10-18T14:27:15Z")
[Tapatalk](http://www.tapatalk.com/) runs on most smartphone platforms, including Android. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/4 "2011-10-18T14:34:27Z")
I just use my browser- Dolphin Browser HD Joe ---
**Author:** ![stpauler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9d8465/32.png) [@stpauler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stpauler)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/5 "2011-10-18T14:38:05Z")
> [@cardinal\_fang](#): > > [Tapatalk](http://www.tapatalk.com/) runs on most smartphone platforms, including Android. That’s what I use. It’s for the most part pretty good. ---
**Author:** ![Mangetout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mangetout/32/19_2.png) [@Mangetout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mangetout)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/6 "2011-10-18T15:01:18Z")
> [@cardinal\_fang](#): > > [Tapatalk](http://www.tapatalk.com/) runs on most smartphone platforms, including Android. I get offered the chance to buy this when I visit the board on my adroid phone. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2011, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/7 "2011-10-18T15:26:53Z")
> [@stpauler](#): > > That’s what I use. It’s for the most part pretty good. Best part of this app is that it hosts pictures. So if I take a photo with my phone and want to post on the dope, I don’t have to post it to photobucket (etc), but upload it through Tapatalk and it will host it in one step. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 11:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/8 "2011-10-20T11:20:00Z")
Like **wheresgeorge** I just use my phone’s browser (Opera in my case). Other than hosting pictures (which I am very unlikely to use) what’s the advantage of using Tapatalk? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![Scathach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/aeb1de/32.png) [@Scathach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scathach)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/9 "2011-10-20T22:21:48Z")
+1 for Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Cazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cazzle/32/75_2.png) [@Cazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cazzle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/10 "2011-10-20T22:34:58Z")
I find Tapatalk adequate. I first tried a free version of it - anyone know if that’s still available? ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2011, 11:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/11 "2011-10-20T23:13:05Z")
Tapatalk works pretty well, gets rid of some fiddly bits. I asked about it previously here, and after discussion decided to try it, and was convinced it is an improvement. Regular browser windows require more zooming and such to read. Each page load needs to be zoomed. Also, I found the edit window on my phone really a pain to use. In order for me to comfortably see what I was typing, I had to size the edit window larger than my phone screen. My phone kept autocentering the window, so typing the text would scroll off the screen where I couldn’t see. YMMV. ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [October 22, 2011, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/android-app-for-the-straight-dope/600035/12 "2011-10-22T18:27:23Z")
App. BWAHAHAHAHAHA! Didn’t anyone else LOL about a Straight Dope App? We are lucky the hamsters are still alive. 🙂