The Apps I Rock On My Android...


It’s been a while since I took time to talk about mobile phone applications and when I say PPPLICATIONS IS WHAT WORKS FOR ME AND IS MORE ACCESSIBLE. If you are just about to get my drift then this is going to be one fecund article that you can easily recommend to your pals. Many a times you find yourself at an applications store looking on what to download and you are usually forced to rely on the rating or the fancy name that an application. Given the fact that we do not have the application size download in Kenya (like the will care about it), you might just download a 10MB application that turns to be data intensive due to continuous background activities such as updates as well  sending your location. I am writing this on a firsthand account and just before I get down to doing this, I would like to notify you that I all the apps I will talk about work with SEX NEO which runs on the Android Ginger Bread.
As I mentioned earlier this is all as result of the most accessible smart phone and OS as of now and not to forget Applications. I will not forget to mention to you that I have been able to use a few Kenyan apps that have not really impressed me because they are either duplicated do not have much of localization that is a plus. For example the NSE application is a well thought app that I downloaded the first time I heard of it but then again why do they have paid for services in an application without the integration of local payment solutions such as Mpesa , ZAP or even EFT? The other concern is all about lack of awareness with regard to local applications especially if they are targeted for the local market because I am aware of Kenyan applications that are doing well on the global scene. This is not really a critic of the current state in the country but just a pointer to what I fancy on my phone.
Please note that all the applications that I am going to talk about are for free but I would pay for them at any time if mobile service providers such as Safaricom, Orange and Airtel come up with payment solutions such as mobile money integration on customized Google Play apps or some plan for the postpaid customers.
Skype


GO SMS PRO brings you cool UI, fast and convenient SMS/MMS experience.
GO SMS is the most popular messaging app; Very powerful, Cool, Funny, Safe, Fully customizable; Well support SMS/MMS + GO Chat(free message) + Walkie Talkie(free voice). MUST HAVE.


Full featured file manager, fresh UI design and user friendly functions!
Full featured file manager on Android, fresh UI design and user friendly functions!
Includes:
* 3 sets of commercial icons for 80+ different file types, toolbar and menu items
* Multiple resolution support
* Cut, copy, paste and cancellable progress dialog
* List and grid view for file browsing
* Compress and decompress support
* Search and share files
* Multiple selection and sorting support
* Support both local and remote(LAN/SMB) file systems
* Play streaming media from LAN without download
* Thumbnail for photo, pictures and apk files
* Support file shortcut on Home screen for easily access
* Root Explorer for rooted devices
* Built-in text editor, image gallery and swf player

Get business news, market data and portfolio tracking tools from Bloomberg.
Get business/finance news, market data and stock tracking tools from the most trusted source financial professionals around the world rely upon. Get comprehensive news coverage along with easy-to-understand charts and graphs that illustrate the impact of important business trends and issues.

Track ID

What am I listening to? TrackID knows. And makes it look good. This gorgeous music recognition app identifies the music you are listening to. It is fast, it is easy and it looks great. Navigate with ease via the beautiful, intuitive user interface. With TrackID Music recognition becomes a truly magical experience!
And TrackID can do the sharing for you. Just press “Like” to make it instantly visible on your Facebook wall for all your friends to see – and, of course, hear. With TrackID you can access artist biographies, view music videos on YouTube
Timescape

Have all your recent phone activities such as SMS, Twitter updates, photos, missed calls, etc neatly arranged on a single application. Update your Facebook, twitter, linkedin and any other social network on the platform. I like this on my Sony Ericsson phone coz it makes it easy for me.

Dolphin Browser HD is the FASTEST, EASIEST and most FUN mobile Web browser
Dolphin Browser is the world's first Gesture, Sonar and Add-on enabled mobile web browser on Android.
★ #1 Mobile Web Browser on Android Market
★ Over 10,000,000 total downloads
★ #2 on CNET’s 100 Android Apps for 2011
★ #1 PC Mag’s "The 40 Best Free Apps for 2011"
★★★★★ Dolphin Browser's Gestures and sidebars make Web surfing fast, intuitive and fun while on the go. - USA Today
★★★★★ “…it’s a great, simple browser that feels more at home on a touchscreen device than pretty much anything else you’ll try. - Lifehacker

WhatsApp

Get WhatsApp Messenger and say goodbye to SMS! WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Phone and Nokia phones. WhatsApp uses your 3G or WiFi (when available) to message with friends and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages. First year FREE! ($0.99/year after)
Stay abreast of all the latest sports news with Eurosport.com's application!
Get the latest sports news anytime, anywhere with the Eurosport.com app! Find out all you need to know with news articles, results, fixtures and tables. Follow live match coverage and enjoy free video content. Football, Rugby, Tennis, F1, Basketball... all this and more with Eurosport.com.

Appy Geek

All Tech Breaking News in 1 App. Follow only the topics that matter to you!
APPY Geek is a specially designed app for technology enthusiasts that lets you track the latest and most relevant topics across technology and innovation ...With hundreds of news articles every day (including TechRadar, New Media Age, Pocket-Lint, Technology Blogged, Tech Watch and more..) APPY Geek offers:
  • A unique dynamic TagNav system to browse the latest breaking news keeping you up to date on the most important stories and key events. This system highlights major keywords (e.g. “Android,” “Facebook,” or even “Mountain view”) across all news stories worldwide. Whether you want to keep up on the next game release on PS3, the top wordpress addons, or the latest smartphones buzz, APPY Geek has got you covered. Simply click on the keyword to create your very own dedicated news channel on that particular topic. You choose the subjects, and APPY Geek brings you the news instantly!
  • Create and personalize your own news feeds and prioritize those topics that are of specific interest to you
  • Set up tailored alerts and get the latest breaking news on your favorite topics and the latest industry trends.Share on Twitter and Facebook with all your friends.
APPY Geek is based on the highly rated and one of this years’ most popular News Apps, News Republic, published by Mobiles Republic.
Enable 2-step verification to protect your account from hijacking.
Google Authenticator generates 2-step verification codes on your phone.
With 2-step verification, you can choose to add an additional layer of security for your Google Account by signing in with both a code generated by this application in addition to your password.
Features:
* Automatic setup via QR code
* Support for multiple accounts
* Support for multiple languages
To use this app, you need to first enable 2-step verification on your Google Account by visiting your Account Settings page.

App2sd
App 2 SD helps you to get more free internal phone storage space . Are you running out of application storage? Do you hate having to check each and every app if it supports moving to the SD card?
Do you want an app that automatically does this for you and can notify you when an app can be moved?
App 2 SD streamlines the movement of applications to on your device's external or internal storage through your device's Settings. With this handy app, you'll have more control over your ever expanding collection of apps. This app is crucial to anyone who has memory management issues.
★ View all SD card capable apps and move them seamlessly
★ notify if movable apps installed
★ 1-tap to clear all app cache
★ export the app list to SD card
★ install apps from the exported app list (PRO-only)
★ home screen widget shows cache and available size
★ show app cache/data/code/total size
★ keep track of total and available storage space
★ sort through apps stored on phone and SD card
★ add movable apps to the ignore list
★ move apps back to the internal storage
★ view app on Market
★ uninstall app
★ open app
★ show app details page
★ support "Move2SD Enabler"
★ customizable notification sound, vibrate and light
Video Tutorial
Double Twist
Color Flashlight
LinkedIn

SportyPal Pro
The app that will keep you in shape. Approved by Sony Ericsson testing team, SportyPal PRO is a complete training tool for keeping track of your running, cycling, skiing or workouts from any type.
Helps you improve your health & fitness condition. And maintain your form & figure by using your phone.
PRO Features:
- Create and save TRACKS from any of your existing workouts or draw tracks on your own. Create–>download on the phone–>use them.
- Set a GOAL on distance, duration or calories burned on your workouts…
- ANT+, Zephyr HxM, Polar WearLink®+ transmitter with Bluetooth® support. Connect your Heart rate device to SportyPal PRO and check your heart activity information on your phone in real-time.
- Synchronize your phone with the web account, upload/download workouts on the web/phone.
- Automatic synchronization of your Plan from your web account and updating if there is any new workout completed…
- Sony Ericsson LiveView™ support.
- Configurable Voice notifications. Real time voice feedback for your distance & time.

BASIC Features:
- Basic/advanced data such as elapsed distance, time, current speed and average speed; pace and average pace; monitor your heart rate; calories burned; altitude change; climbing…
- “Auto-start option”, automatically starts a count-down timer for the workout as soon as the GPS lock is established.
- “Auto-pause option”, SportyPal will automatically pause your workout when you stop moving for a while, and will automatically resume when you start moving again.
- Facebook & Twitter sharing tools.
- Map view and tracking during the whole workout.
- Draws elegant graphics charts of your performance.
- Listen music or perform calls without disturbing your workout.
The completed workouts can be uploaded to http://www.sportypal.com The web application provides additional functionalities and more in-deep analyzed data from the collected performances. User’s can connect with other Sporty Pals, create new challenges, find desired tracks from the SP community, comment on their performance or organize virtual competitions...
Extends:com.sonyericsson.extras.liveview.
Extends:com.sonyericsson.extras.livekey.
Extends:com.sonyericsson.extras.ATTACHED.
Find movie showtimes, get TV listings, watch trailers and search all of IMDb.
Search the world's largest collection:
· Over 1.5 million movie and TV titles
· Over 3.2 million celebrities, actors, actresses, directors and other crew members

Cocktail Flow

Browse, find and discover cocktails in a way you never experienced before!
The application features beautifully presented drink recipes with step by step guides and is packed with features you’ll love whether you’re a novice bartender or a professional mixologist. Cocktail recipes are continuously being added both as expanding existing cocktail packages and introducing new ones.
★ YOUR BAR, YOUR CABINET
Mark the cocktail ingredients you have at home in the cabinet page and see what drinks you can make from them. The cabinet contains a large number of spirits, liquors and mixers. More ingredients are added when new packages are installed.
★ SMART SHOPPING ASSISTANT
Get ideas on what ingredients to buy to prepare new drink recipes. The shopping assistant includes a cost estimate calculator which is a great way to plan the drinks for your next party. Set the currency in the Settings menu to have prices appear in your local currency.
★ FIND THE DRINK YOU’RE LOOKING FOR
Browse cocktail recipes by categories, packages or using the advanced search function. Drink recipes are categorized by base drink (gin, rum, tequila, vodka, brandy, champagne), type (classical, long drink, tropical, creamy, shooter, non-alcoholic), event (New Years, Christmas, St Patrick’s Day, Valentine's Day) and color (red, blue, green, pink, yellow).
★ BARTENDER GUIDES
If you’re new to bartending you’ll find the bartender guides section useful to learn more about mixology. The guides go through cocktail making basics from using bar tools, types of glassware all the way to garnishing tricks like creating a salt rim or a lemon spiral.
★ FAVORITES & SIMILAR COCKTAILS
Mark drink recipes you like as favorites to find them easily next time. All cocktails also have a list of drinks that are of similar taste or style listed so you can explore other drinks you might like.
★ COCKTAIL PACKAGES FOR ALL OCCASIONS
The application comes with lots of cocktail recipes at install and even more cocktails can be downloaded from packages which can be free or premium. The current packages include Alcohol Free (non-alcoholic cocktails), Shooters (a variation of shots), Basic Cocktails (a collection of well known cocktails), Christmas cocktails (wintery and holiday drinks), New Years cocktails (champagne and bubbly cocktails), Valentine’s Day (red, creamy and sweet drinks) and St Partrick’s Day (Irish themed and green cocktails), The Big Game (Super Bowl cocktails with themed American football drinks and special ones created for Super Bowl XLVI)
★ AND FINALLY: SIT BACK, SIP AND ENJOY
Now that you’ve created a Chocolate Martini, Pina Colada, Bloody Mary, Zombie, White Russian, B52, Amaretto Sour, Eggnog Martini, Fourth of July, Sex on the Beach, Jager Bomb, Manhattan, Lemon Drop, Mai Tai, Orgasm, Sea Breeze, Long Island Ice Tea, Cosmopolitan, Gin and Tonic, Tequila Sunrise or any other cocktail – sip and enjoy. And always remember to drink responsibly.
Engadget brings you obsessive daily coverage on gadgets & consumer electronics.
Engadget is the definitive source and final word for news on gadgets and technology. Engadget's team of expert editors and columnists cover the world of consumer electronics with unmatched passion and an obsessive attention to detail. From the latest smartphone news, to reviews and hands-on looks at laptops, HDTVs, gaming, and more, Engadget brings you all the tech news you need. The Engadget for Android app delivers that experience straight to your Android phone, instantly.

Use Speedtest.net for easy, one-tap connection testing in under 30 seconds—accurate anywhere thanks to our global network.Millions of users have made Speedtest.net the #1 app for testing internet speeds, and it’s trusted by the professionals like Anandtech, Engadget, and even the BBC and New York Times!
- Discover your Download, Upload, and Ping
- Real-time graphs show connection consistency
- Troubleshoot or Verify the speeds you were promised
- Track past tests with detailed reporting
- Easily share results
Read books on your phone, including thousands of free Kindle books.
The Kindle app puts over a million books at your fingertips. It’s the app for every reader, whether you’re a book reader, magazine reader, or newspaper reader—and you don’t need to own a Kindle to use it. Choose from over a million Kindle books from the Kindle Store or enjoy popular magazines like The Economist and Reader’s Digest with high-resolution color images.*

Box
Box for Android and Android Tablet lets you view and share files from anywhere! Box provides simple, secure sharing from anywhere – letting you easily store files online, send big files quickly, access content from your Android phone or tablet, and collaborate with others. If you are a Sony Ericsson owner on Android you get 50GB worth of storage for free...

Do you want to know everything about your device? Try Elixir and its widgets!
Download Elixir 2 instead.
Elixir is a system information application with highly configurable widgets. Displays information about battery, cpu usage, memory usage, internal and external storage (sd-card), display, wifi, mobile network, location services (gps), bluetooth, sync, airplane mode, sensors, etc.


Test the capabilities of your phone. This app allows you to test the correct operation of many parts of your device (phone or tablet). You can test the following:
*Device's sensors: accelerometer, gyroscope, compass...
*Wifi: internal & external IP, gateway, DHCP server...
*GPS: satellites, latitude, longitude, speed...
*Battery: health, level of charge...
*Multitouch screen: how many fingers recognize your device?(not available in Android 1.6)

Keep in mind that the above apps are just but a few of the apps that I have found to be handy in my day to day use of the Android platform. Feel free to share your favorite applications on your preferred mobile Operating system.

Comments

Popular Posts