Posts Tagged ‘Android 2.1
A perspective of the history of Droid
Most of us already know the history of the mobile phone wars. Here is our perspective and timeline of it. To appreciate this lineup of phones, it is pertinent to understand the history and the stakes that different companies had in this phone. Apple : On June 29, 2007, Apple released the iPhone which changed [...]
Scanner Radio – Android App Review
Price : A Pro and a free version is available. What : Let’s you listen in on different radio Air, Marine, Police, Rail and Weather radio. It has feeds from LiveFireFeeds.com, RadioReference.com, RailroadRadio.net and Wunderground.com. How : A very simple app. In the 5 minutes that I spent listening to the Chicago police radio, I heard [...]
Turn Data off during International travel
I had to travel to Canada recently, and I was looking for a way to turn data off, but still be able to receive incoming calls. I was able to do it using the following setting. Settings -> Wireless & Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Data Roaming (Connect to data services when roaming). Turn this [...]
Digg Addict – Android app review
Price : Free What : If you follow Digg, this is an Android App for Digg. How : There is not much to explain. This is a way of keeping up with popular posts on the Internet. Between this, the Google News widget and the other social networking sites like twitter and FaceBook, it [...]
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 [...]