Applications
Video Review: TSF Shell Launcher – Is it worth the Hype?
I’ve been getting a lot of requests lately for a video review of TSF Shell Launcher — the insanely overpriced $16.80 homescreen replacement application, launched recently by TSFUI. Many people just aren’t comfortable spending that much on an application without seeing it in action first.
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Private beta version of Instagram for Android flashed at SXSW?
Instagram’s Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger were on-hand at SXSW yesterday and teased the crowd with a quick look at the long-awaited Instagram app for Android. The two were very excited with the application, touting it as “one of the most amazing Android apps you’ll ever see,” and even went on to say, ”in some ways, it’s better than our iPhone app.”
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Readability, a Read It Later competitor coming to Android on Monday
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Readability will be releasing its official Android app on Monday and it will be available exclusively in Amazon Appstore for the first week. Google Play will be getting it next week.
Google Maps Android app updated with simpler Navigation menu
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Google has pushed a minor update for its Maps for Android app today. Bumped to version 6.4.0, app now includes simpler navigation menus for Google Maps Navigation. Company has replaced the vertical menu with a grid-based one.
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Paper Camera available for $0.25, today only on Google Play
As a part of Google’s “$0.25 Play of the Day” special, Paper Camera is today’s special offering. If you’ve never tried Paper Camera, it’s a pretty cool photo effects app, by JFDP LABS LTD. It lets you apply cartoon and painting effects to your photos in real-time, allowing you to see what your picture will look like before you even snap it. The app features a ton of special effects, like cartoon, sketch, comic book, half tone, noir, neon and many others. It also supports video recording on many high-end devices.
Slice for Android offers simple online order tracking and purchasing Organization
If you’ve never heard of Slice before, it is a service that boasts itself as “The simplest way to organize everything you buy online.” With Slice, you can link your Gmail or Yahoo! Mail inbox and the service will automatically work across your favorite merchants. You can track your orders, receive alerts when the price of your purchases drops, and organize and backup all your receipts and merchant information in case issues arise and you ever need to contact them. Read the rest of this entry »
AMA launches Photo 360°: Record 360 Degree images with Sound!
Application developer AMALtd has released an interesting new photography app, called Photo 360°. While, there are several different panoramic photograph capturing apps out there, Photo 360° brings to the table something we’ve yet to see in previous offerings from various developers. This application allows you to capture a high quality 360-degree images, with sound, all in one revolution. The technology utilized by this app creates a new (and previously unheard of) dimension for photography.
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ICS themed MIUI Music Player v3 available for anyone to Install
The MIUI ROM is known throughout the world. It ranks right up there with CyanogenMod as one of the most popular ROM’s to date. Those of you that know what I am talking about would have only changed from it for one simple reason, ICS. For the rest of you, you may have no idea what I am blabbering on about. It would be worth your time to check into it. A good place to start is HERE. If flashing custom ROM’s isn’t built into your DNA, you can at least appreciate a great music player application. Lets face it, the stock one on our devices lacks a certain amount of flair.
Google Play Store updates to 3.4.7 to fix Motorola support Issues
Google Play Store and the whole Google Play branding is not only a big change to the way we use our devices, but also a huge move for Google and Android as a whole. Many of you may have thought you deleted your market some how, absolutely hate the new name or icon, or can’t believe Google just dropped an update with out warning. Your situation could be worse. A whole slew of Motorola device owners were just as irritated as you were, with the exception that they couldn’t even use the new Play Store. Apparently there was an incompatibility issue between the update and certain versions of the MotoBlur UI. Most notably, users couldn’t install anything and kept getting broken links. What a drag.
Android Market replacement “Play Shop” rolling out now
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After officially announcing the unification of all content offerings under one roof Google Play yesterday, company has now started rolling out the tablet/phone based Play Shop client globally. The first devices getting the re-branded app are Galaxy Nexus, Xoom, Google TV and a few other smartphones.
