I’m happy to announce that we have not just one, but two Android accessories to give away: a Motorola portable charger and an Arkon Mega Grip Smartphone Mount. First up, the Motorola Portable Charger P790. This small charger is compatible with Motorola phones and other mini-USB-compatible phones, including Nokia and Blackberry. When you’re at home, you plug your phone into the charger and plug the charger into an outlet, and they’ll both get charged up at the same time. Later, if your...

I’ve had my Motorola Droid 3 for three days now and I’m finally getting the chance to use it and set it up! Here are some of my first impressions of the phone. Photo of my new Droid 3 taken with my Original Droid Here’s why I picked the Droid 3 I really liked the Original Droid I’ve had for the past 2 years and wanted the latest in the Motorola Droid line I wanted a phone with top-of-the-line hardware specs (speed, memory, screen) and a front-facing camera, and the...

DietPoint has approached us to offer WomenWithDroids readers a special giveaway! According to the publishers, DietPoint app (formerly Diet2Go) has the largest number of diet plans to choose from: 140 plans in 15 categories, complete with meal reminders and grocery lists. There is also a social aspect of the app via forum discussions. Downloaded by over 1 million users on multiple mobile operating systems, DietPoint is designed to help users live a more healthy lifestyle and lose weight. The...

DropBox is a file-syncing service that automatically uploads files from specified folders on a computer or device to the Dropbox servers, making your synced files available to any computer via the web or installed DropBox folder. If you don’t already use DropBox on your computer, I highly recommend checking it out: referral link. There is also an official DropBox app for Android. I already have and use DropBox and was excited to hear about the relatively new Android app called DropSnap....

This post is part of our series called “Female Faves”, where we pick a category of apps and feature the ones that are highest-rated and most-downloaded by women according to AppBrain’s “Popular Among: Women” filter. Since it would be difficult to fully test all of the apps, we won’t review all of them, but if you have or try any of them, please chime in in the comments! phone finder for Android on AppBrain Unavailable for Android on AppBrain Mashmobile – web access for...

I recently saw some screenshots of Android phone homescreens online that had hidden status bars, and I really liked the cleaner look. I already had a date and time widget on my homescreen (which I will tell you more about in a future post), and I use LauncherPro which has an option to hide the notifications bar, so all I needed was a nice battery indicator widget and I wouldn’t need the notification bar displayed all the time anymore. I already had the geekyouup “Battery...

Dinner is one of my favorite parts of the day. Figuring out what to make for dinner, on the other hand, can be a pain. There’s something about having to make this decision day after day after day…. I want it to be easier, and also more fun. The Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner offers a little of both. Not just for dinner: Despite its name, the Allrecipes.com Dinner Spinner is a comprehensive recipe app that includes breakfast, desserts, appetizers, beverages, salads, side dishes, soups, and...

For years now, whenever I lose track of my car in a big parking lot or forget which street I parked on, I’ve been asking: “If we can put a man on the moon, why can’t we get a team of pirates to remind me where I left the car?” At last my entreaties have been answered, in the form of Carrr Matey. The Android Market offers a few apps for finding your car, all with similar functionality; but according to my investigations, this is the only one with a pirate theme. Dropping anchor: When...

Oh, look, I have some updates. Let’s just hit the “update all” button…wait a sec, where’d my Starbucks Card app go? And what the heck is this Coffee Card? I didn’t install this! In the most recent round of updates from the developer, the Starbucks card app for your Android phone has been renamed to “Coffee Card.” The app itself has a new icon which no longer resembles anything related to Starbucks. Peeking at the “What’s New”...

Those of us that are wary about malware and viruses in software always say, “Read the permissions!”, meaning that you should really understand what you are giving the app permission to do when you install it. Google makes you click through an app’s security permission list when installing for a reason – so it’s not their fault if you allow an app to steal your information! However, even though I’m a programmer myself, I still find myself installing apps with...