Posted by Androidster on Friday, February 27, 2009,
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Apps
I just tried out the demo version of CoursePro and I think its truly a must have for students! CoursePro is an easy to use application for students to keep track
of courses, assignments, and grades. You can get
CoursePro by opening the Market from your phone. If you are not viewing this page from your phone, you can see the Market here.
With CoursePro, you can keep track of your school assignments using
a simple to-do style list that has been specifically designed for
students. Y...
Posted by Androidster on Thursday, February 26, 2009,
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Apps
If you’ve ever tried out online streaming music, chances are you've heard of SHOUTcast. For those of you who haven't, it’s an online media streaming service developed by Nullsoft with over 20,000 radio stations. With numerous genres and sub-genres to choose from, users are able to listen to pretty much any kind of music they want using their favorite media application.
As people slowly transition away from the desktop and start going mobile, services like SHOUTcast start to lose their ... Continue reading ...
It's
worth the money just to be able to save .doc, .xls, and .txt files
from GMail to the SD card, which it does. I have a few e-mails in my
inbox with attachments, which I kept in hopes of saving to the SD card
someday. Now I can do just that!
Pros:
Can save .doc, .xls, and .txt to SD card, which could not be done before.
I dont' have a navigation system in my car, however I don't think I will ever need one, TeleNav GPS Navigator gives me everything I was expecting it to be, plus more. There’s a lot of hype around a coming Garmin/Asus phone and rightfully so. If it ends up anything like this experience, there will be plenty of happy folks out there.
When you first open TeleNav GPS Navigator, you’re
given four options: Drive T...
Posted by Androidster on Monday, February 23, 2009,
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Accessories
The holder is designed very well from top to bottom. It was a
pleasant surprise when we went to pick up the box and it was heavier
than we had hoped it would be. The bottom is very dense and the
“beans” used were heavy enough to keep the holder in place. We haven’t
even had to use the optional loop hook, which can be adhered to the
dash for a more secure grip.
The G1 fits in the holder like it was designed specifically for it.
There’s a nice foam padding that surround...
Posted by Androidster on Monday, February 23, 2009,
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Apps
Air Hockey is a timeless American pastime, right up there with
stickball and freeze tag. JJC Games has managed to port that classic
table hockey experience to Android in its new game Air Hockey.
Like its non-virtual counterpart, Air Hockey is all about angles and
reflexes. In order to succeed, gamers have to develop an eagle eye for
spotting when their opponent has opened himself up for a goal. A split
second recognition of a favorable angle can lead to a flick of the
thumb and a...
Posted by Androidster on Wednesday, February 18, 2009,
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Apps
When you first launch My Tracks, you will be greeted with a world
map as your phone acquires a GPS fix. One press of the menu brings
up the available options and with a tap of the thumb you can begin
recording information. As you begin to move, an orange arrow will show
your direction while a red tail shows the path. The display seems to
keep the entire path visible on the screen while you are recording, but
you have the option to move around the map by dragging it.
Posted by Androidster on Wednesday, February 18, 2009,
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Apps
The best feature of the app is the notification service. Once a
location is set (either by the user’s current position or manually
choosing), the current temperature is displayed in the notification
bar. If you drag down the notification bar the current temperature and
forecast are both displayed. There is no need to open the app; the data
refreshes periodically. Best of all, there was no noticeable hit on
battery life from this service. This feature sets a new standard for
weather apps bec...
Posted by Androidster on Sunday, February 15, 2009,
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Apps
TuneWiki is a music app for the Android platform. This app is the
perfect replacement for the default music player that comes with the
Android interface. This app not only allows you to handle all of your
music, it also enhances the entire experience.
There are a few big parts to TuneWiki. First off, you can listen to all
the music you store on your Android phone. You can view that music
based on Artists, Album, Song, or Playlists you've created. When you
start playing a song, yo...
Posted by Androidster on Friday, February 13, 2009,
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Apps
This app has a lot of nice features. Once Movie Finder
locates you, it suggests the various theaters in your area to you and
shows distance to each, in kilometers. When you are in your home area, it’s no
big deal. You probably know how far it is to get to your theaters. If
you are traveling and want to take in a movie, just use the ballpark
estimate of 1mi to .6 km and you’ll be alright. Would it be nice to
have distance in miles? Yes. Is it a deal breaker? Nope.
Posted by Androidster on Thursday, February 12, 2009,
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Apps
Want to track your favorite team? This is the app for you! Upon opening the app for the first time, you’re greeted with tiles for the major sports of NFL, MLB, NBA, NHL, NCAAF, NCAAB, WNBA, and CFL. In addition to all of these, you also have a Favs icon.
It’s possible to handpick your favorite teams from each sport and
group them together in one convenient location. It’s now possible for
me to check the FLORIDA GATORS (NATIONAL CHAMPS!) and Miami Heat
in one spot. You ca...
Posted by Androidster on Wednesday, February 11, 2009,
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Apps
This little game of color matching can take you by surprise. What
seems like a very basic, dull looking game at first starts to draw you
in within minutes. I couldn’t start another app on my G1 until I
cleared it. Although it only took me a handful of times to finish the
game, I imagined myself coming back to this one down the road, if
only to beat my own record.
One of the things I was disappointed by when I first downloaded the game was the limited number of
levels to play. Fortunate...
Posted by Androidster on Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
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Accessories
The holder is designed very well from top to bottom. It was a
pleasant surprise when we went to pick up the box and it was heavier
than we had hoped it would be. The bottom is very dense and the
“beans” used were heavy enough to keep the holder in place. We haven’t
even had to use the optional loop hook, which can be adhered to the
dash for a more secure grip.
The G1 fits in the holder like it was designed specifically for it.
There’s a nice foam padding that surround...
Posted by Androidster on Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
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Apps
I downloaded Bonfire Media’s
“Pocket Auctions for eBay” night and instantly fell in love with it.
Upon opening it up, I’m greeted with options like Deals, My eBay, and
Scan. Each of these features would make a half decent eBay application
on its own, but when combined in one program, it adds up to one of the
best Android titles yet. It’s no surprise when you read the “About” information, you’d see that they are a member of the eBay developers program and have won awards for...
Posted by Androidster on Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
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Apps
You can finally learn the name of the song playing every 40 minutes on the loop at work, or playing in the car every 10 minutes! When we first opened Shazam we had two options, “Tag Now” and “My Tags”. It is a very simple but effective design.
The first option, “Tag Now” takes you to the listening part, it immediately starts listening for about 20 seconds then it analyzes the clip of music
and tries to find a match. We found that it is very important to have a
clear sound to analy...
Posted by Androidster on Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
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Apps
Finding new music and old favorites is a breeze with imeem. The design and layout of this application were very easy to
navigate. Everything felt intuitive and we were able to get around
with no problems. I started out by creating a new user account and
found that a short and sweet process with no hiccups. Once logged in,
I was greeted with options to listen to Spotlight (new and notable
artists) or Top 100 (hottest songs on imeem). I tried both out and found a few artists I knew as well ... Continue reading ...
Posted by Androidster on Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
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Apps
Clean, easy to navigate interface makes it stand out from all the other bill splitting and tip calculator applications out there.
Everybody has played with tip
calculators at one time or another, regardless of platform. Going out
to dinner with a handful of friends used to be a headache when it came
time to splitting up the bill, with or without factoring in tips. Exitloop’s Ti...
Posted by Androidster on Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
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Apps
Packed with shortcuts to many useful features, this is a must have for your desktop. The latest version of the app we played with has an immense amount of features. Users have the ability to manage GPS, brightness, wifi, airplane mode and more at the touch of their finger. There’s also a shortcut to ringer modes, Bluetooth, and screen timeout. If you travel in and out of 3G markets with T-Mobile, you’ll be pleased to know that you can mana... Continue reading ...
Posted by Androidster on Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
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Apps
Google may have recently killed off a few projects these last couple of
weeks, but they’re still unveiling innovative, new ones all the time. They've done it again
the announcement of Latitude, the location broadcasting service that combines Google Maps with GPS and cell phone triangulation.
Want to know where your wife is so you can start dinner?
This is the service that will help. Computer-based iGoogle shows a map
with the whereabouts of people who have opted in to location
broadcastin...
Posted by Androidster on Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
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Books
Everyone knows the Dummies books. They’ve been around for years now and
chances are good you’ve paged through one at least once. I received a copy of T-Mobile G1 for Dummies
last week for review. I have to admit that I was a little skeptical as
to what I might find in the book, assuming I would know pretty much
everything in it. I was wrong. The books has a lot of good info. I found in the book very well written with an easy-to-digest style.
Chris Ziegler (author, from Engad... Continue reading ...
Posted by Androidster on Tuesday, February 10, 2009,
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Apps
SMS Popup is a great app that doesn’t get
the recognition it deserves. Its not on any of those “must
have” lists that other sites and magazines put together and we can’t
figure out why. It’s loaded with features that enhance your messaging
options and looks better than the Google stuff that comes
loaded with Android.
It can be frustrating to have to keep checking your phone...
