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A new application can't do everything right off the bat. The developer must make a hard choice: Should they spend time cramming in as many features as possible so that the app is as useful as can be, or should they go with a lean application that doesn't try to do too much, but is a joy to interact with? In other words, form, or function? Flib is a free unit converter for Android that sits firmly in the "form" camp: With a flat aesthetic, large controls, and (mostly) well-designed interactions, it's one of the prettiest apps I've seen of late.
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When you are on the go, one of the most important pieces of information to have is currency conversions. After all, you need to know how far your money will go where you are. Are you getting a positive conversion or a negative one? How much of a hit will you take and will you need to bring more money to compensate for the conversion? Thankfully, the aptly named iPhone app Currency has all the conversions you need in one place.
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Do you often have to deal with currency from other countries? It can be a real pain, because let us face it, we are just accustomed to type of money used in our own, native country. For most of us, it's all we've ever known. For Americans, we just think about the cost of things in terms of how dollars it will cost us to buy it. The same is true for many European countries where the Euro is the standard form of money.
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Phileas Fogg would have had a problem as he went traipsing around the world, but not you. Why? Because these days you can easily lay your hands on unit converters and currency converters to carry around on your smartphones. Just such a travel companion is GlobeConvert that goes perfectly with your iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad. GlobeConvert is a free application that easily converts common units of measurements to the ones you are used to.
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As an amateur “chef” who is just about warming up the frying pan, I really need to get the right amount into the recipes for lip-smacks and compliments. The difference could be a pinch of salt. Well, we can always fall back on kitchen tools that help us get it just right. Here I am in search of online kitchen converters.
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Calculations 4.0 Pro includes a calculator, a measurement converter, a currency converter, a mortgage calculator (what?), and a tipping calculator. In short, Calculations 4.0 has the potential of being your go-to app when it comes to numbers, especially when you’re abroad.
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After dealing with a project that required I regularly convert data to the metric system, I realized that having a browser open just for a single web-based conversion website wasn't the most efficient strategy from a perspective of preserving resources. ESBUnitConv, however, definitely is. ESBUnitConv is a little tool that can literally convert any sort of measurement that you'd imagine.
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