Games on Your Droid
You probably didn’t buy your Android for playing games, but you’ve probably downloaded a couple since you’ve gotten your device. Who doesn’t like a fun game when you’re waiting at the doctor’s office or while lying in bed?
Here is a round-up of some of our favorite Android games, along with the AppBrain.com links, for easy download.
Wordfeud FREE is a new game for Android that is similar to Words With Friends on the iOS platform. Unfortunately, you...
App Review: Handcent SMS
The default SMS client on Android can be kind of boring, but Handcent SMS spices things up all for free! With lots of features that can be personalized to your preferences, you can make your SMS client yours.
You can change display type – traditional Android style or iPhone-like style and also change the colors of incoming and outgoing messages and bubbles. I like how you can add a personalized background to the app, too.
Handcent has 5 font add-ons that you can download (and a keyboard)...
App Suggestions for College Students
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Aug 22nd, 2010 |
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College kids are moving back to school and starting classes here in Virginia, and I thought it would be fun to look up what Android apps are available that could help make the college transition a little simpler and more organized.
I am super-jealous of kids that have smartphones to help with school. I got a Palm IIIc my senior year of college, and it did help me keep track of assignments (and give me Bejeweled to play between classes), but it’s nothing compared to the power and...
App Review: CookIt
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Aug 17th, 2010 |
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Expanding your cooking repertoire is easy with an Android app like CookIt. Enter the ingredients you have and search through the list for a dish you’d like to prepare. Once you find a dish, click on its name to get a list of ingredients you’ll need. Use the tab at the top to click back and forth between Ingredients and Preparation.
Under the Ingredients tab, you’ll see how many servings you will be preparing, details of each ingredient so there’s no guessing about how...
WomenWithDroids Must-Have Apps
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Aug 13th, 2010 |
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I am often asked in real life and on twitter what Android apps everyone should have. So, we did a little experiment here at Women With Droids to see which apps were found most often on our contributors’ phones, and we wanted to share the results with you! Participating contributors were: Ellie, CraftLass, Liz, Deb, Taylor, and myself. You can read more about us on our About page (I will update it with our recently-added contributors soon!) and see recommendations from each of us...
Renee’s Homescreen Makeover: Apps Organizer
This is Part 3 of the “Renee’s Homescreen Makeover” Series. Click here for Part 2, “Wallpaper Sync”, if you missed it.
The next app that I used to improve my phone’s home interface is Apps Organizer. Apps Organizer allows you to add tags to your apps, then add icons to your homescreen that open a “folder” of apps with a tag.
I really disliked the built-in folder system on Android — how you had to drag apps into the folders, and how you couldn’t easily...
Android 2.2 “Froyo” Preview: Sweet and Subtle
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Aug 2nd, 2010 |
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Guest-contributor Taylor from Autostraddle got her hands on Froyo early and offered to give us a sneak peek of what’s in store! Enjoy.
With Android 2.2 rolling out to more devices any day now, let’s take a look at what to expect. Thanks to HTC’s Froyo leak (whoops!), I managed to manually install the update before it officially hit, so here are a handful of my favorite changes.
1. Speed:
Froyo is zippier across the board. This is probably the centerpiece of 2.2, but it’s...
Renee’s Homescreen Makeover: Wallpaper Sync
This is Part 2 of the “Renee’s Homescreen Makeover” Series. Click here for Part 1, “LauncherPro”, if you missed it.
So the 2nd thing I did to overhaul my Droid’s homescreen was to change the wallpaper. An app my friend developed helped me do more than simply change my wallpaper, though. Wallpaper Sync Beta allowed me to synchronize my phone’s homescreen wallpaper with my PC’s desktop background!
You can use the Wallpaper Sync Beta to...
Renee’s Homescreen Makeover: LauncherPro
I recently decided to overhaul my Droid’s main desktop interface, and briefly tried out various homescreen-replacement apps, such as Home++. Out of the apps I tried, the one that felt most natural for me to switch to was Launcher Pro Beta, which allows me to add additional homescreens, has a homescreen preview feature, and provides a convenient (and expandable) app launcher strip at the bottom of the screen. More about these features below.
In addition to replacing my homescreen, I added...
News on your Droid
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Jul 24th, 2010 |
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I’m a news junkie. I love staying informed about what’s going on in the world and discussing current events with my friends and family. Android has a lot of options for keeping up to date – including USA Today, The New York Times and NPR News – the three of the biggest news outlets in the US.
With its clean interface and easy to navigate controls, USA Today is a good option for getting up to date with local, national and international news. You can also view sports...
