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Today’s "What’s on My Phone" List
Jul 3rd
In February of 2006, I listed the timers that were current on my satellite TV PVR. It is interesting to see the programs I watched, especially since most of them are no longer being broadcast.
This fits into my general concept that even the most mundane aspects of life become noteworthy if enough time passes.
Discovering the contents of a time capsule, whether intended or not, can have a significant historical value. For example, I’ve only been the owner of an Android phone for a few weeks. Yet, I’ll take a moment to list of the apps on my phone right at this moment. I know things will change and the items will take on added interest when time give greater perspective. I will only list the icons on the phone’s 5 home pages. For example, you won’t find the Solitaire card game on this list although it’s loaded and accessible.
FREE GOOGLE OR ANDROID APPLICATIONS
Calendar – Tracks appointments.
Contacts – Syncs Gmail, Facebook, and Twitter apps.
Earth – The same as the PC version including Street View.
Gmail – My main mail client.
Goggles – Identifies products by using the camera.
Listen – Podcast collector via Google Reader.
Maps – Same as the PC version.
Messaging – To handle text messages.
My Tracks – Uses GPS to show routes travelled.
Navigation – Traditional GPS w/ Voice Turn by Turn
Shopper – Identify barcodes or logo online.
Sky Map – Shows what is in the night sky.
Translate – Speak English and translate to other languages.
Voice Dial – Just part of Android
FREE APPLICATIONS FROM OTHER COMPANIES
Advanced Kill – Saves battery by stopping apps.
Android Market – The official place to find apps.
Antivirus – Just to stay safe, I guess.
AppAware – Shows what apps other people are downloading.
Bump – Transfers business card info, by touching phones.
Calculator – Doh!
Camera – Also a part of Android. Should be above?
CBC Radio – Stream many stations live. Read news.
Currency – Finds XE.com exchange rates. Nifty!
Facebook – The offical Andoid app.
File Manager – See what’s on the SD card.
Foursquare – Location aware app. Say where one is.
GPS Status – Shows satellite reception.
IMDb – Customized for the small screen.
Movies – Similar to the one above but from Flixter.
mSpot – Keep 1600 songs online for free streaming.
News and Weather – Nothing special. Forecasts seem accurate.
OverDrive – Works with my library’s audio books.
Public Radio – Streams lots of NPR stations.
Shazam – Indentifies a song by listening to a sample. Magic!
StopWatch – As it says. I use at work.
Sweet Dreams – Turns off the phones functions at night.
Translink – Allows look up of local bus, SkyTrain schedules.
Twitter – The official Android app.
Voice Recorder – Good for making audio notes.
Weatherbug – Slick but too big. Can set multiple locations.
WiFinder – Helps choose wifi connections.
World Time – Shows time in chosen cities.
YouTube – Link to the mobile site. Android 2.2 does Flash.
Location Based Android App WHERE Gets Updated
Jul 1st
from Android Tapp by Antonio Wells
Location Based Android App WHERE Gets Updated: ”
WHERE for Android has always functioned sweet; offering location based services to help you find businesses, restaurants and more within your vicinity, recent updates are marrying that functionality with sweet user interface design. Check out some of the updates…
Key Updates in WHERE for Android
- New Design – Places, Restaurants, Check-in and Coffee got a visual makeover
- Coffee Widget – Now in the coffee widget you can filter your search for the closest cup of coffee. Search for the nearest Starbucks, Dunkin Donuts, Tim Hortons and many more.
- Inter-widget linking – Jump to Traffic from within the Weather widget
- New Location-Chooser – Speeding up all location searches
- Events Enhancements – Now when you view an event, you can also see the venue name, end time, and a link to the event’s webpage.
- Facebook Login Fixed – Making it easier and smoother to post Check-ins to Facebook
Screenshots of WHERE for Android
Also check out our Android app review of WHERE for Android.
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Supercharge Your Phone
Jun 28th
Looking for an easy out from a lousy date? Feeling like a rat in a phone-tree maze? Wishing that someone could transcribe your voicemail messages and e-mail them to you? With this assortment of phone tips, tricks, and services, you’ll be able to navigate your phone with MacGyver-like ingenuity.
Collected here are the best Websites, services, and apps available to help you get more done with your phone. I’ve organized them by phone type.
13 Sites and Services to Supercharge Any Phone
Here’s how to bypass automated menus, transcribe voicemail, make free calls, and more.
Skip the Menu
At best, automated menus are necessary evils of modern life; at worst, they’re a pain in the neck. Press 1 for English, 2 for billing, 3 if you hate phone-tree menus.
Fonolo.com offers a way to skip automated menus. This Web-based service has mapped out the automated directories for hundreds of large companies from Apple to Visa, and lets you browse their phone menus online. All you have to do is select where you want to go; Fonolo then calls your phone and connects you directly to the menu spot you wanted. You can also use Fonolo to set up shortcuts for entering frequently used numbers in automated services, such as your mobile account number or your frequent flyer miles card.
Fonolo is free to use, but you have to sign up as a member to get access to Fonolo’s complete directory map for each company. iPhone owners can also use Fonolo’s iPhone app.
Get a Personal Assistant
Jott Assistant is a voice-to-text service that lets you call one toll-free number and update everything on your calendar, social network page, blog, or to-do list. Jott works with more than 50 Web services and desktop productivity applications, including Blogger, Facebook, Google Calendar, Outlook, Remember the Milk, Twitter, and WordPress.
You can use Jott to have your RSS newsfeeds read to you; the service also lets you send out e-mail or text messages to distribution groups. Just call 866/JOTT123, and record your message, calendar appointment, or to-do list–Jott Assistant takes care of the rest.
Jott Assistant is free to try for a week, and has several paid-subscription and pay-as-you-go plans. However, to try Jott for free, you have to hand over your credit card information.
Go Directly to Voicemail
Too much of a coward to tell someone unpleasant news in person? Tell them via voicemail. That’s the idea behind Slydial. This free service connects directly to your contact’s mobile voicemail, freeing you from the worry of having to speak to the person.
Call 267/SLYDIAL (267/759-3425) from any landline or mobile device, and enter your contact’s mobile phone number (U.S. numbers only). Then, just leave a message. With any luck, maybe they won’t call you back.
Get Off the Phone
Ever wished you could end a boring phone conversation, but not sure how to do it gracefully? If you’re in front of a computer while you’re on the phone, just visit SorryGottaGo.com. This Website allows you to play a wide variety of sound files via your Web browser window.
It offers basic stuff like a doorbell, a crying baby, and a second phone line ringing. But it also has some wacky choices, such as the sound of a car accident, sneezing fits, and visits from outer space.
Spoof Your Caller ID
Is someone screening their calls via Caller ID and avoiding you? With a Caller ID spoofing service, you can broadcast another phone number in order to trick the person on the receiving end.
Online you can find a lot of Caller ID spoofing services, such as SpoofCard and Spooftel, that charge a small fee; most offer a free trial, which can be handy if you want to use Caller ID spoofing infrequently.
Turning things around, the company behind SpoofCard also has a service called TrapCall that claims to unmask blocked and restricted numbers.
A word of warning about Caller ID spoofing: The U.S. House of Representatives just approved a bill that makes it illegal “to cause any caller ID service to transmit misleading or inaccurate caller ID information, with the intent to defraud or deceive.” The bill is working its way through the Senate, but will likely be signed into law relatively soon. Though spoofing itself won’t be illegal, using it with ill intent and to harass will be.
Receive Voicemail Transcriptions
Why is it that whenever you desperately need to hear from someone, they call while you’re indisposed in a meeting? For those must-get phone calls, you have a couple of options aside from disrupting the meeting with your Michael Jackson “Beat It” ringtone and announcing “I have to take this.”
Option one: If the call is important but you don’t need to actually speak to the person, let Google Voice do the work for you. Google Voice offers a free service that uses computer-automated voice-to-text transcription to send your voicemail as either e-mail or text messages to your phone.
To have messages transcribed and sent, you’ll need a Google Voice account; if you don’t have one, you can request an invitation via the service’s Website. A quicker way to get an account is to have an existing Google Voice user invite you–so ask around.
Once you have an account, go to your Google Voice inbox, click Settings in the right corner, and select the Voicemail & SMS tab. Check the Voicemail Transcripts checkbox at the bottom of the page, and under Voicemail Notifications choose either the Google Voice-connected phone or the e-mail address on which you want to receive voicemail transcripts.
Afterward, be sure to give your Google Voice phone number to the person who will call you, or just forward your calls to your Google Voice account.
Option two: If you’re stuck in a conference call and looking for a polite way to be alerted to an important incoming call, consider creating a ringtone sound effect like a cough or a sneeze. Two sites, Entertonement and Sound-Effect.com, offer such sounds for a fee.
A cheaper alternative to buying a ringtone of someone clearing their throat is to record your own ringtone. Most basic-phone users should be able to do this by creating a voice memo, saving it in the recordings folder, and then assigning that recording as the ringtone. Android users can download the Ringdroid application, and iPhone users can make their own as well (see “Don’t Pay for Ringtones” in “14 Ways to Supercharge Your Smartphone”).
Next: Unify Your Communication
Unify Your Communication
Google Voice can perform other nifty tricks, such as unifying your work, cell, and home phones. The free service gives you one phone number that automatically rings all your other phone numbers at once. As soon as one of your phone lines answers, the other lines stop ringing. (For more, see “Hands On With Google Voice.”)
You’ll find tons of other Google Voice features, too, including the ability to share voicemail with other users, to screen callers, and to start a conference call. The service also offers free SMS and custom voicemail greetings, and you can even record a call to play back later.
Most Android phones come with the Google Voice application preinstalled; other smartphone owners, including iPhone and Blackberry users, can go to the Google Voice Web app at m.google.com/voice to make phone calls, send an SMS, or read voicemail transcriptions.
Find Your Lost Phone
As more households ditch their landlines and come to rely 100 percent on mobile phones, an unforeseen problem has emerged: With no kitchen phone around, people no longer have a way to call their misplaced cell phone and wait for it to ring from between the couch cushions or under the bed.
That’s where the free Web service WheresMyCellPhone.com comes in. Visit this site and type in your cell phone number, and the Website will call your phone for you. Just follow the ring to find your handset. (For more advice on dealing with a missing cell phone, see “What to Do When You Lose Your Tech Gear.”)
Make Mass Phone Calls
Phonevite is a great service for softball teams, party hosts, and anyone who works with a group. The service allows you to broadcast a 1-minute voice message to 25 phones for free. This could come in handy if you are ever faced with something like a last-minute rain delay and you need to call the entire team to let them know.
With Phonevite you can also schedule your calls to go out later in the day, and recipients can use their dialpad to respond to your message by entering 1 for Yes, 2 for No, or 3 for Not Sure.
Before you use Phonevite, you need to set up your service online, where you can also define the distribution groups for your messages. Phonevite is free to use twice every 30 days; if you need to send messages more often, or if you need to add more recipients, check out Phonevite’s premium service, which allows you to send 2-minute messages to a maximum of 30,000 recipients at once.
A similar service, Call-Em-All, lets you send audio or text messages, but does not have a free version as Phonevite does.
Make Free Voice Calls via Google Voice
If you have a cell phone plan that allows you to call a limited number of preferred phone numbers for free on any carrier (such as AT&T’s A-List or T-Mobile’s MyFaves), try this trick to get free voice calls.
Add your Google Voice number as one of your faves in your carrier plan, and then authorize your cell phone as one of your Google Voice-connected devices (this is a one-time-only step). Now just call your Google Voice number, and press 2 when your voicemail picks up. The service then prompts you to dial the number you wish to call–and suddenly you’re making a free phone call to anyone you want.
This trick worked when a colleague of mine tried it, but I suspect that it’s a loophole too good not to be plugged up by the wireless carriers. But try it out, and see if it works for you.
Receive eBay Alerts
Bidding on a classic Amazing Spider-Man comic book on eBay, but unable to sit in front of your computer all day to make sure you don’t get outbid? Activate your SMS notification preferences to find out via text messages if you’ve been outbid. You can also rebid on an item or configure the alerts to notify you 10 minutes before the auction for a particular item closes. eBay notifications are free to use, but you must register your phone by going to your My eBay page, clicking Account, and then selecting Notification Preferences. Standard messaging rates apply.
Manage Your Finances Through SMS
If you use the Mint Website to track your finances, you can have your over-budget alerts, bill reminders, and weekly financial summaries sent to you via SMS. Just sign in to your account at Mint.com, select Your Profile in the upper-right corner, and choose Email & Alerts to adjust your mobile alert settings.
Weather Alerts
The Weather Channel will let you subscribe to daily 36-hour forecasts via SMS for free. Check out Weather.com’s SMS page for more information. You can also get weather on demand by texting your zip code or your city and two-letter state abbreviation to 42278 or 78676.
via: itworld.com
TechGeeze.com: Most Popular Apps On Android, iPhone And BlackBerry
Jun 12th
TechGeeze.com: Most Popular Apps On Android, iPhone And BlackBerry
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Nielsen has just posted the state of mobile apps focusing on the most popular apps on different smartphone platforms. The chart suggest a uniform usage of app across, depicting user’s love of Facebook, Maps, Pandora and the Weather Channel. However notable enough is Apple’s iPod and iTunes app that… |
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13 Tips to Supercharge Your ‘Dumb’ Phone
Jun 9th
Smartphones are expensive. Ordinary, “dumb” cell phones are cheap. The trade-off is that basic candy-bar phones are inferior and no fun, and they can’t perform highfalutin tasks such as play Super Monkey Ball. Well, that’s what you thought.
Your basic feature phone can do more than you think. You won’t be able to play games like the ones iPhone users enjoy, but a whole world of services out there can turn any phone into a powerful tool for staying productive and having fun. And if you’re limited to using landlines, I have a few handy tips for you, too.
A word of caution: Many of the services described below depend on SMS messaging and consume your cell phone plan’s minutes. You might discover that using any one of these services in excess will drive your monthly wireless bill up.
Receive Shopping Advice
You don’t need a fancy camera phone or smartphone to do comparison shopping on the fly–Frucall will check prices for you via SMS, or a regular phone call, for free. All you need to do is text FRU11 (3811) or call 888/DOFRUCALL (888/363-7822) with a product’s bar-code number or a book’s ISBN, or send the product name and model number (SMS only).
Frucall will then return pricing information for that product at a number of online retailers. Punch in your zip code, and Frucall will factor shipping into the price.
Frucall will work only with supported carriers, including Alltel, AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon Wireless.
Google offers a similar SMS-based service. With Google Mobile set up for your phone, you can SMS “price” followed by the product name, or the UPC or ISBN.
Access 411 Search
Google and Microsoft each offer free business directory assistance services. Google’s is called GOOG-411 (800/466-4411), while Microsoft’s is Bing411 (800/246-4411). Both will connect you to the number you look up, for free. Each represents an attractive alternative to paying the nearly $2 fee that most mobile carriers charge for the service.
In addition to the business directory assistance, Bing provides driving directions, traffic, movie times, horoscopes, weather, sports, stock quotes, cheap gas, news headlines, or travel information (which includes services such as finding a taxi).
For residential phone number lookups, you can try 1-800-Free411 (800/373-3411), which offers both business and white-pages listings. You’ll have to listen to an audio ad as part of the bargain.
Yet another alternative is Tellme (800/555-TELL, or 800/555-8355); on this service, you can do a business search or request stock quotes, sports news and scores, weather forecasts, movie times, horoscopes, airline listings, and more.
Reach Your Calendar via SMS
If you use an online calendar service from Google, Windows Live, or Yahoo, you can access some of your calendar tools and information via SMS. All of these services require you to set up access via the Web first.
Google: Users of Google Calendar can perform a variety of calendar tasks by texting GVENT (48368).
* Text “next” to see your next scheduled event
* Text “day” to see your daily schedule
* Text “nday” for tomorrow’s events
You can also set up Google Calendar to send you SMS alerts for new, changed, or canceled event invitations.
The downside of Google Calendar for SMS is that not all carriers support the GVENT shortcode; consult Google’s supported carrier list to see if your phone can use GVENT. For more information, see the Google Calendar SMS help page.
Microsoft Windows Live: If you use Windows Live Calendar, you can set up your account to send you calendar reminders via SMS. Windows Live alerts are customizable, too, so you can set quiet hours to make sure you don’t receive any calendar reminders in the middle of the night.
You can also use Windows Live alerts to receive Hotmail and Windows Live network updates, as well as news updates from Fox Sports, MSNBC, Nasdaq, Newsweek, and other sources. To get started, go to calendar.live.com on your computer, select More options in the upper-right corner, and then click Change how you get reminders. Just as with Google Calendar, not all U.S. carriers support the Windows Live service, and regular messaging rates apply.
Yahoo: To set up calendar reminders from Yahoo Calendar, go to calendar.yahoo.com, select Options in the upper-right corner, and click Reminders.
Get Social With SMS
You can use text messages to send and receive status updates on social networks such as Facebook and MySpace. If you’re a die-hard Twitter user, you can also use SMS to perform any number of functions. Here are just a few commands you can enter (see Twitter’s FAQ on SMS access for more information).
* “FOLLOW” plus a username to start following someone
* “UNFOLLOW” plus a username to unfollow someone
* “ON”/”OFF” to start or stop getting your entire Twitter stream delivered via SMS
* “ON”/”OFF” plus a username to start or stop receiving all tweets from a specific user
Before using SMS with Twitter, it’s a good idea to sign up for an SMS plan that allows for an unlimited number of messages per month. You’ll also have to go through a relatively lengthy verification process with Twitter to start using its SMS service (usually involving about four to six SMS messages from each side). To get started with Twitter via SMS, visit twitter.com/devices or text “START” to 40404 (United States only; Twitter users outside the U.S. can check Twitter’s help page to see if the SMS service is offered in a particular country).
Set Up Facebook Text Messages
Facebook has some limited services that you can use with almost any phone. Visit your Facebook Account Settings page and select Register for Facebook Text Messages under the Mobile tab. Once you’ve gone through the registration process, you can receive texts for friend requests, messages, wall posts, and your friends’ status updates. You can also update your own status via text message, and search for phone numbers for friends who have added their number to their profile. If your phone supports multimedia messaging (MMS), you can also upload photos and videos.
Conduct Mobile Searches With Google
Just because you don’t have a smartphone, that doesn’t mean you can’t search the Web to find what you’re looking for on the go. Text GOOGLE (466453) from within the United States with your search query, and the search giant will text you back with the results.
You can also use Google’s SMS search to find everything from the nearest FedEx store to the closest pizza joint. Google can serve up 22 different types of data, including driving directions, flight information, and the latest weather report. Just start your SMS request with the subject you’re looking for, such as “weather,” “movies,” or “local” (for local business search).
If you’re looking for the weather forecast in Bloomington, Indiana, for instance, you text “weather: Bloomington, IN” to 466453. To see more examples of typical SMS queries, visit Google’s Mobile SMS page. Google’s SMS search is a handy way to find information in a pinch, but remember that regular message rates apply.
Next: Retrieve Sports Scores on Demand
Retrieve Sports Scores on Demand
The Yankees are taking on the Red Sox, it’s the bottom of the ninth, the game is tied…and you’re stuck in a meeting. What’s a baseball fan to do? The MLB has you covered with the free MLBGO (65246) SMS service. Just text “YANKEES” (or the name of any other team) to 65246, and you’ll get an on-demand scoring update. Before you can use the MLBGO service, you’ll need to set it up on the MLB.com Website.
MLBGO is free to use on demand, but you can sign up for automated team alerts for $4 per team.
You can get sports scores, news, Craigslist postings, and more by using another SMS service called 4INFO. Just send a text to 44636 with keywords like “news headlines,” “white house,” or “china” to keep up with the latest news in a bite-size format. You can also have text alerts sent to your phone for each category for free.
Get Directions Without GPS
Your phone may not have a GPS navigation app, but that doesn’t mean you have to go without driving directions. Text GOOGLE (466453) your starting address, followed by “to” and then your destination address. Google will send you the directions. To make it even easier, you can get directions by zip code.
For example, say you live on the Upper West Side in Manhattan, and you want directions to New Haven, Connecticut. Text “10025 to 06501″ to Google, and it will transmit the directions directly to your phone. Keep in mind that Google will send your directions in several batches, since SMS messages can have only about 150 characters (the directions for my example took about six messages).
Send a Text to a Landline
Ever needed to send a text to a friend or relative who refuses to get even a basic cell phone? You’re not alone. Most carriers (including Alltel, Sprint, and Verizon) offer a text-to-landline service that will convert your text message into a computerized voice recording and deliver it to almost any landline in the United States.
To use this trick, first enter the 10-digit landline phone number into the ‘To’ field of your phone’s SMS interface. Then enter your text message as you normally would, and send. The message will go to your friend’s landline through a computerized transcription service that can even leave the message on voicemail if your friend doesn’t pick up.
This service works with phones from most major U.S. wireless carriers except AT&T. Be sure to check with your wireless carrier about fees for text-to-landline, too: Sprint offers this service for free, but Verizon charges 25 cents for each successful text-to-landline delivery.
Perform Other Landline Tricks
You may have heard that pressing *69 when you’ve missed a call will tell you who the last caller was. Did you know that about 50 more “star codes” exist? How many your carrier offers varies, however; Verizon, for instance, offers only 12.
Here are a few.
* Dialing *67 blocks your landline number from being displayed through Caller ID
* Dialing *60 lets you block unwanted callers from calling you again (not all providers offer this service)
* Dialing *66 (*69 on AT&T) if you get a busy signal will set up automatic callback–that is, when the other party is off the line, your phone will ring and your call will be put through
Some of these codes differ depending on your provider, and charges for many of the services apply.
Tweak Your Basic Phone via the Web
Looking to stop annoying text-message spam? Want to know how to send text messages for free from your wireless phone number? Wireless carriers each offer a Web page for accessing and managing your cell phone account.
At the My Verizon Homepage, for example, you can use the privacy controls to block up to 15 phone numbers from calling or texting you. Most carriers also allow you to keep tabs on usage and to send advanced multimedia messages embedded with animation or sound via SMS.
Sprint users can access parental controls to restrict calls to numbers entered in the phone book (you can block incoming text messages this way, as well).
These tasks may be available through your handset, but I’ll take being able to navigate my account via a browser on a 20-inch LCD monitor versus struggling with a 2-inch phone screen any day. Check with your carrier to see what Web-based features it offers.
Maintain Your Blogging Habit
Want to keep your blog readers updated while you’re on the go? Google’s free blog-hosting service, Blogger, lets you send updates via SMS by texting to BLOGGR (256447). If your phone has MMS capabilities, you can also post photographs. The one drawback is that using this service sets up a separate Blogger Mobile blog, and you will have to sign in later through your computer to associate your new mobile blog with one of your established Blogger blogs. After that, any mobile posts you make will show up on the blog you specify. Blogger Mobile is free, but your carrier’s messaging rates apply.
If you use the blogging service Tumblr, you can call a toll-free number and post an audio update to your blog. Before you can send audio posts, you have to sign up online by clicking Goodies from your Tumblr dashboard and then scrolling down to Call In Audio. After you’re signed up, just call 866/584-6757 and start audio blogging.
Enjoy Blogs on the Go via Google Reader
If you want to stay current with your blog reading while traveling, point your browser to google.com/reader/m. There you’ll get a simplified version of Google’s Web-based RSS feed catcher, Google Reader, that almost any mobile browser can handle.
via: itworld.com
My Android Apps
May 28th
Needing a break from a busy Friday, I decided to throw out a quick list of my favorite Android apps that I use frequently on my Nexus One. I think just about all of these are free or at least have free versions (some of the games, especially, have limited free versions):
Communication & Productivity:
- AppBrain: find & sync your apps on the web (also great backup of all your apps)
- Gmail – functional e-mail app
- gTasks: simple offline tasks app that syncs with Google Tasks
- SMS Unread Count: visual display to check unread text messages
- Google Voice: listen or read your voice mails
- Google Maps: excellent GPS nav tool. Used extensively at recent trip to DC
- Foursquare: my fave location-based app! Earn badges & mayorships!
- Twidroid – better Twitter app than Seesmic in my opinion
- Voice Recorder – simple but effective way to record audio (i.e., thoughts, discussions)
Information & Social:
- NPR News – listen or read latest NPR stories
- The Weather Channel – I can quickly access weather for 3 locations I frequent.
- NewsRob: a bare bones Google Reader app.
- RunKeeper: track your exercise! Works with my phone’s GPS & GMaps to log my walks, runs and cycling treks and outputs calories burned & other data.
- Diigo Bookmarks: instant access to all my bookmarks!
- Yelp: get user reviews of restaurants, pubs, what have you on the fly
Utilities:
- Aldiko Book Reader: A must-have! Good selection of books, too.
- Dolphin Browser HD : until Chrome or Firefox versions launch for Android, this is the best one available. It’s fast and reliable with minimal bells and whistles.
- CallFilter – block unwanted calls
- Lookout Mobile Security – anti-virus & data backup
- Dock Simulator: home or car dock for time, alarm clock, etc.
- Dropbox: file storage – can sync files with other computers
- Adobe Reader: read PDF files
- BarCode Scanner: scan any barcode with your camera to get info on it
- Tricorder: for your inner Trekkie! A working Tricorder app, including the classic beeps! This one has fascinated my friends the most!
Games (note: I have a preference for tower defense games on this platform – if that isn’t your thing, you can probably skip this section):
- Robo Defense – great defense game with achievements & leveling up. Best one.
- Retro Defense
- Chess for Android
- Tower Raiders
- Quest! Swords and Spells: RPG
- SpiraDefense
Other apps of note I haven’t used as much yet: Google Goggles (augmented reality app),
The Weather Channel
May 12th
Whether you’re planning your week, your day, or the next hour, The Weather Channel delivers the tools you need to be prepared. From customizable weather maps to video forecasts and severe weather alerts, The Weather Channel has you covered.