Although there is a legitimate reason for sharing this information (sales taxes), it is not clearly explained to users or developers and goes against reasonable expectations.
Hey, I just replied to your email. Paid apps are not currently available in China, it seems. You should be able to purchase the app from the web through a VPN or proxy and have it pushed to your phone. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.tapchatapp...
Scrolling and switching between windows is quite slow and unpleasant with Irssi+Screen+ConnectBot on a phone. TapChat has a native UI and is much more responsive regardless of your connection quality. It also sends push notifications to your phone when someone mentions or messages you.
There are very few things about the protocol that are IRC-specific, so this could likely be added in the future. In the meantime, I've had success using Jabber in TapChat via Bitlbee.
There's a mobile-ready web interface that's not quite finished, but if you'd like to try it just visit https://your.tapchat:8067/chat in your phone's browser.
You can switch a rooted phone into "tablet mode", but as far as I know nobody has come up with a way to do this automatically when you connect the MHL cable.
The usual google stuff (Talk, Voice, Gmail, Maps, Translate)
Twitter, Facebook, G+
Foursquare
GroupMe (Can now be used for one-on-one messages too instead of SMS.)
OneBusAway
FareBot (My app. Check the balace of your Clipper/ORCA card. Requires NFC.)
TripIt
Shazam
Chrome to Phone
ROM Manager
Catch Notes
HotelTonight (awful awful app, but I got a good last-minute hotel deal with it)
Uber
Supported cards include:
- ORCA - Seattle, WA, USA 🇺🇸
- Clipper - San Francisco, CA, USA 🇺🇸
- Suica, ICOCA, PASMO, Edy - Japan 🇯🇵
- Matkakortti, HSL - Finland 🇫🇮
- Octopus - Hong Kong 🇭🇰
- Opal - Sydney, NSW, Australia 🇦🇺
- Myki - Melbourne, VIC, Australia 🇦🇺
- NETS FlashPay - Singapore 🇸🇬
- EZ-Link - Singapore 🇸🇬
Download: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.codebutler...
Source code: https://github.com/codebutler/farebot
Happy to answer any questions!