June 28, 2011
Some Android devices don’t have dedicated notification LEDs. So if you leave the device for a few moments and want to see if anyone tried to contact you while you were away, you need to unlock it and check Android’s notifications. If you do that several times every day, it can become a bit of a hassle. But if you use NoLED, you may not have to.
June 23, 2011
When it comes to device automation, there’s just one 900-lb gorilla in the Android space, and that’s Tasker. True, Llama is an awesome free automation app, but it doesn’t aim for Tasker’s full power. Tasker is a paid app (it costs UK £3.99), so we’ve never really covered it in detail. Now the time has come to share with you one of the absolute best Android apps on the Market.
June 23, 2011
If you love your podcasts and love your smartphone, you may have noticed that this should be a perfect meeting of technology and that there’s just not a lot of great applications out there that can do the trick. Well, there wasn’t. Not until recently, anyway. Pocket Casts by Shifty Jelly has now jumped on to the scene with an incredibly feature-filled application.
June 23, 2011
Wallpaper is one of those little extras that let users add their own personalization to a device that thousands, perhaps millions of other users also own. One way to keep things interesting is to switch your phone’s wallpaper constantly – but that can be tiring if you do it manually each time. The three wallpaper switchers here will solve that problem for you.
June 22, 2011
Last week we ran an article about How to Create an iPhone or Android App Without Any Coding Skills, which is an introduction to a program called Buzztouch. In this follow-up article, I will share five model iPhone applications developed using Buzztouch. Imagine not only handing your clients your business card but also a portfolio mobile app of your work. It’s really simple with Buzztouch.
June 21, 2011
Smartphones keep getting faster, better and slicker. One part of the device that’s having trouble keeping up is the battery. Many state-of-the-art smartphones have trouble making it through a single day on a charge, much less two or three days like the simple Nokia phones of yore. But can anything be done about this, short of buying an extra battery? JuiceDefender for Android says the answer is yes.
June 21, 2011
Smartphones are great. They offer access to the Internet, to your email, and thousands upon thousands of apps. They’re basically pocket PCs, and for geeks, that’s only a step away from heaven. There’s just one problem though, and that’s contracts. The phones are great. The two year contracts with outrageous pricing? Not so much. There are however a handful of choices that are available without a contract.
June 20, 2011
Have an Android device? Don’t have enough t-shirts? Sounds like a winning combination! We’re putting together a Best of Android page, much like our Best of Windows and Best of Linux pages. The page will list the 100 absolute best Android applications, neatly divided into categories.
June 17, 2011
You’re lying in bed, and with Android device in hand, you decide to check some emails. But since you’re lying on your side, it decides to switch over to landscape mode. Now you can’t read anything, so you need to hold the device at an angle to make it switch back to portrait. Maybe you shouldn’t be messing with your Android device while in bed, or maybe you should try Shake ‘n Rotate or Smart Rotator.
June 16, 2011
While basic 3D has been easily accomplished on computers for over a decade, it’s still rather novel on smartphones. The hardware inside these devices is just starting to become sufficient for displaying truly impressive graphics. Games are an easy way to show of the graphical chops of a smartphone. But what if you want a more practical way to display the power of your Android phone?
