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...
App Review: ColorNote
In the poll we took a long time ago, you all voted that you wanted us to write an article about something that helps you get organized, and a widget for your homescreen. ColorNote is both!
There are more sophisticated task list apps out there, but if all you want is a simple widget that can remind you of something the way a Post-It note can, try ColorNote. First, you can use the intuitive interface to add a note, which can be in either simple text or checklist form. If you choose checklist, it...
Pandora Radio on the Droid
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Mar 16th, 2010 |
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Pandora Radio is an online streaming music service that uses the “Music Genome Project” (like DNA for songs) to find new music you’ll like based on songs & artists you already know you like. You enter a song or artist, it finds music for you, then as it plays you can give each song a “thumbs up” or “thumbs down” so the station gets more tuned to your preferences the more you listen. If you haven’t used it before, here’s an example of a...
Renée’s Home Screen Widgets
For my first “real” post, I’d like to introduce you to a few widgets I find useful. When you install an app on the DROID, it often comes with a widget that can be displayed on your home screen by doing a long press on the background, then selecting it from the menu that pops up.
To the left is a screenshot of my home screen, and to the right is my “right home screen” (accessible by swiping right to left on the home screen), where I chose to put my widgets.
The...
