Android Apps

NY Times

2011-03-01T04:42:00.000-08:00

New York Times News App for Android phones. A simple look with 9 headlines on the front page but if you use the drop down menu you can choose from different subjects like: World, US, Technology and whatever else you like.
The font size is customizable and articles are propperly formatted so that you don't need to scroll left and right all the time.
Alltogether a nice app, the only downside is, that it crashes sometimes but I guess thats ok as it otherwise runs very smoothly and which app doesn't crash every now and then?

Open Sudoku

2011-03-01T04:32:00.001-08:00

I think there is not much write about Sudoku, as we all know how it works. The big plus with open Sudoku is just that players can submit their own sudoku so that the games are continuesly updated and so there won't be any repeated games. Otherwise just a plain but yet very enjoyable game and good to spend some time if you have to wait somewhere.

Genial writing

2011-03-01T04:29:00.000-08:00

Do you have enough from your android smartphone touchscreen keypad? then Genial writing could be the right thing for you. You can simply write with your fingers on the touchscreen of your phone. The pensize and colour are customizable and so are the notebook patterns so you can make different notebooks with each one a different look.

Very easy to handle and sometimes it is just convinient if you don't have to type all the time but can just make quickly some handwritten notes. You don't need to extra save as the app saves automatically everything you write down.

There is also a paid version available which include some aditional options like attaching pictures, twitter, facebook and some more but if you just want to make some notes the free version is more then enough.

Frozen Bubble

2011-03-01T03:47:00.000-08:00

Frozen Bubble is one of the classical mobile phone games which of course looks so much better on a smartphone. Like in other bubble shooting games you simply have to shoot at the bubbles and destroy as many of them as possible before you loose the game.

The red stone

2011-03-01T03:39:00.000-08:00

The red stone is a classical square shuffeling game, I know there are many of them in the market available but the Red stone is one of the best. Puzzle games are hard to describe but basically you have to move the blue stones in a way that the red stone can pass through an exit. Just try it out. I'm sure you'll love it if you like puzzle games.

Chomp SMS

2011-03-01T02:50:00.000-08:00

If your build in messenger is not good enough for you then chomp sms is might be the perfect alternative for you if you are an sms addict. you can simply use chomp as an replacement for your built in system. Chomp got a lot of features like chat-style bubbles, contact pictures, quick reply, signatures, templates, blacklisting, lots of customization, themes and much more.
As extra feature you can buy chomp credits and send so cheaper text messages then from your provider. It won't be useful for you if you have lots of messages included in your contract but if you want to send messages abroad it can be very handy

Phonebook 2.0

2011-03-01T02:31:00.000-08:00

If you love social networks then this app is made for you. It combines instant messaging, social network and streaming apps all in one. It got a nice interface which is highly customizable to the individual users need.
It is the perfect app if you want to centralize all your contacts and the informations about them. It informs you about new text messages, upcoming birthdays, recently made phone calls and also which of your contacts are currently online.

Jewels

2011-03-01T02:10:00.000-08:00

Jewels is a very simple game but it looks very stylish. You simply have to find three same jewels in one row and remove them. The game has different levels and in every level the backround changes. There are four game mods availaible: Normal, Timed, Quick and Infinite.
You are also able to upload your stats and compare with players all over the world.
A very simple but elegant looking game which is very smooth to play and extremely addictive so highly recommendable.

Laputa Ebook Reader

2011-03-01T00:58:00.000-08:00

There are many ebook readers available, best known is probably Amazons Kindle but I prefer the Laputa reader. It is easy to handle and you don't have to set up any account or give your credit card details as you have to with the Kindle app.
You can download plenty of books for free from different sources like Gutenberg and Avayewn. The books are stored in your library and you can also sort them into different collections. The collection of books is really amazing and I couldn't find any better free book reader on the market at all.

When you read you can choose if you want to have settings for day or night, you can stop your phone from going into standby, change the font size and even choose how you want the pages to turn to the next one

BBC News App

2011-02-19T02:04:00.000-08:00

A nice app for news when you live in the UK. Shows you all the headlines on the first page and also have the option to notify you if any breaking news are coming up.
In the feed section there are more news available who are categorised in different sections like world news, UK, Sport and even one for the London 2012 olympic games. Updates are very fast and usually automatic but if you can't wait or don't want automatic updates you can also simply press the handy refresh button.
If you prefer to have your news directly on your homescreen you can use the widget which will show you what is going on in the world of news and politics.

Aldiko

2011-02-14T01:18:00.000-08:00

Aldiko is also a good ebook reader for android phones. It has access to different book shops where you can download books, beside the paid books you can also find a nice selection of free books. The Aldiko reader has not as many features as the Laputa reader but it got one big advantage: It can import your pdf files which means also ebooks or any other files in pdf are readable and it also remembers where you stopped reading and let you jump straight to that point when you return.
As I have many ebooks in pdf format I usually use Aldiko to read them as I prefer it instead of the normal pdf reader which was pre installed on my phone.

Angry Birds

2011-02-01T00:42:00.000-08:00

Who don't know the Angry Birds, probably one of the most succesfull apps on smartphones. Not only available on the android market but also for IPhone and Nokia. Basically it is a simple shooter game but very addictiv.
The green pigs (with a pig king as leader) have stolen the eggs from the birds who try desperate to get them back. There are different type of birds with different skills. In some levels you will have only one kind of bird available and in others two or more kind of birds. You shoot the birds on the pigs who are arranged in different settings and try to kill them. There are currently four themes which each at least 30 levels available but most have more then that.

Additional to the normal angry birds game, there is also angry birds season available. With Halloween, Christmas and Valentines Day theme. Of course as addictive as the original game.

App mate

2011-01-17T01:39:00.000-08:00

If you have many apps then app mate is a very useful helper for you to organise them. You can file your apps into different categories which you can choose and put them into folders which you can then display on your homescreen. You also can customize the look of your folders so they match the look of your homescreen.
Sometimes it takes a while until it lists apps which are newly downloaded but still alltogether a very usefull app and I can recommend without any hesitation.