Utility Apps
Got to do – Android App Review
Price: A Pro and a free version is available. What: The best ‘Getting Things Done’ productivity app that is out there. A paid version is available, but a free version would be good enough for a majority of us. How:
3G Watchdog – Android App review
Price : Free What : If you have a data plan that is not unlimited, then this app helps you monitor your data usage. When you reach a limit, you can choose to cut off your data connection through 3G. How : In the settings, you enter your plan and the start date. There is [...]
Android App Review – SMS Backup
Backs up your SMS messages to a gmail account. If you are heavy texter, you might have the need to back up your messages and get all those message threads out of your phone. This is a good app to do exactly that.
Android App Review – Knocking Live
Price : Free What : Simply put, this is a private video stream between two phones running Knocking live. Currently, it is supported both on Android platform and iPhone. How : Install Knocking Live on your phone and search for your friends. You can search using their username or email address. You could also invite [...]
Google News and Weather – Android App review
Price : Free If I had to name a single app that I spent a lot of time on everyday, it would be the Google News and Weather widget. When a friend of mine who is quite tech-savvy and has had an Android device for the past year didn’t know about this, I knew I [...]
Shake Uninstall Android App Review
Price : Free What : If your idea of having fun is browsing the market for new apps, downloading them, trying them out and then uninstalling the less tasteful ones, then this is a very useful app. If you share my agony of going to Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Manage Applications and then [...]
Walkie Talkie Push to Talk – Android App Review
Price : Free Lite Version Paid Version : $4.99 What : Walkie Talkie lets you have walkie-talkie style voice communication. We have found this app to be very useful. Messages can be sent to a group of people. Received messages are automatically played. If program is running, incoming messages arrive as soon as 15 seconds. [...]
Newspapers – Android app review
Version : 3.0.11 Price : Free What : Ever miss those times when you would get up early in the morning and sift through the newspaper, looking for something that suits your taste and catches your eye? With the advent of the bits and bytes age, that has changed over to scouring over changing pixels [...]
Android App Review – City Caller ID
Version : 1.0.13: FC fix Price : Free What : Ever gotten a call from an unknown area code that made you go - ‘Huh, wonder where this number is from’. I have had these moments many times and thanks to this app, I don’t anymore. How : This app displays the City and the [...]
NPR News Android app review
Price : Free Version : 1.1 RC1 Battery Great news – NPR news is now available for Android too and it is a little better than the iPhone version because it can run in the background. What According to NPR NPR was introduced to Android, an open source platform from the Open Handset AllianceTM, when [...]