April 22, 2011
One of the most effective ways to combat weight gain is to count the calories and keep track of your intake, as well as your exercise, in a diet diary. The only problem is that you can’t take a diary everywhere – and so you might forget a meal here, or a snack there. MyFitnessPal solves the problem by having a presence everywhere – on your phone, your tablet or your PC.
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April 21, 2011
Anyone who has learned a foreign language knows just how useful flashcards can be. So it's easy to see that having flashcards on your smartphone is a fantastic idea. Today we'll take a look at some of the better Android flashcard applications which teachers could recommend to students for studying flashcards in their classes.
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April 19, 2011
Apple and Google both supply an app store for their respective mobile operating systems. But while Apple happily takes the walled garden approach, Android is more open. There are more places to find apps, and that’s great. But that also makes using the Android Market more confusing. While you can get by with what Android offers by default, you should take extra steps if you want to get the most out of your smartphone.
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April 15, 2011
Android users often bemoan the fact that they have to wait longer than iPhone users to get some of the cool apps - or that these applications never make it to the Android. A current complaint is that Hipstamatic and Instagram, both excellent iPhone retro photo manipulators, still aren't available on Android. So, what is a good Hipstamatic alternative for Android? Well, a number of apps fit the bill.
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April 15, 2011
Performance is important when browsing the web on a computer, but your average PC has plenty of power to work with. Smartphones, however, are a different story. The hottest Android phones on the market right now are packing the nVidia Tegra 2 processor, which is substantially slower than any modern PC. That begs the question - which Android web browser is the quickest?
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April 14, 2011
For a long time I was using the official app provided by Twitter but I decided to take another look in the Android Market to see what new and improved Twitter apps were available. Now that I have more than one Twitter account to manage, I really needed a Twitter client that could deal with multiple accounts. After sifting through the many Twitter apps available, I finally settled on one called Tweetcaster.
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April 11, 2011
When WhatsApp first launched, the possibility of a cross platform mobile messenger app was still a relatively new concept. Now, we have several choices on which messenger app to use to stay in touch with our friends when we’re on the go.
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April 8, 2011
Have you ever glanced at your Android phone, only to notice that the battery charge is already half gone and you didn't even touch the phone once? Many people constantly download and install new apps to their phone without realizing which of those apps may actually be continuing to run in the background and drawing down the battery even while the phone is resting idle.
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April 7, 2011
Are you ready to try something a little new? How about a social network designed with smartphones in mind, rather than one based on desktop computer principles? Well, that's what Color have put together. It's a nifty little app for Android or iPhone which lets you take photos and share them with your friends.
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April 1, 2011
Smartphones are really great for those idle moments when you're stuck waiting for short periods without the aid of a book. While many of us would turn directly to phone games for entertainment, others are more keen to read popular news stories and see the latest strange pictures the Internet has cooked up. If you ever find yourself in the latter category, you'll love the free Android applications in the following list.
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March 30, 2011
By now you will know that there are a bunch of us here at MakeUseOf that love Android phones. Paul's article on writing an Android app is a good example of how thoroughly we dig into these little gadgets. However, for a long time none of us were really brave enough to root our phone - it's a bit nerve-racking to consider that you could turn your expensive new gadget into a brick.
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March 25, 2011
Have you noticed there’s a few things lacking in the native Android OS which really should be there? Or are you plagued by those little Android annoyances that just shouldn’t be this much of a pain to fix? You’re not alone! Luckily there’s not too many of these little annoyances and most of them have [...]
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March 25, 2011
Whether you’ve had your Android phone for a long time, or you’ve just bought a new one, there is no moment quite as sweet as when you finally get around to “rooting” that phone. It’s like a “coming of age” for Android users. Not only can you install a whole family of apps that you [...]
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March 25, 2011
Google’s Android operating system has grown rapidly in popularity. Although its app store still lacks the sheer volume of apps that you’ll find available on iOS, there is still a wide variety available. Improvements to the user interface have made Android more popular with users, as well. But the hardware may well be Android’s biggest [...]
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March 23, 2011
In my constant quest for the best note-taking environment, I’ve used Evernote, SpringPad, SimpleNote, reQall, and finally, Toodledo‘s Notebook, which unfortunately only takes formatted text at best, which still remains a text-only note application and thus doesn’t allow me to take more advanced notes with graphs, and what not. Between web apps, I’ve found Catch [...]
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