Apps, get 'em while they're hot just over the jump!
While you can use this as a 'list' app, I find the widgets to be the most useful part of the application for me, since I can post these on my home screen and read them easily, no matter what I may be doing. This constantly reminds me of what I have to do, so it gets done.
Some other notable features are that you can organize your schedule into a calendar format, which should be helpful most people that have several commitments at once. In order to tell notes apart, you can organize them by color, as I do with my school-related and errand-related notes.
For those of you that need time-based reminders, ColorNote has you covered as well - you can set the time, date(s) and even include repetition. Even though the app has a lot of features going for it, I keep to the post it notes on my home screen. They may be simple, but they are essential for me.
As I'm accustomed to saying, try this one out - it's free and it's helpful. What more could you ask for?!
Anita - SanDisk Memory Zone (Free)
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| This is a nice tidy view of how I'm using the memory of my phone, and how I'm using shared services with other Synchronisation applications (Cloud services). |
I'm not going to spout off too much about this because there's a short little video on YouTube that will give the a pretty good overview of the value of this app. But to whet your appetite this is what you'll get.
You can select from the pre-defined Online services which include:
Dropbox
Box
Google Docs
Picasa
SugarSync
You log into these services in the usual manner and then the information about your data usage is included in the list. If you're not registered with one of the Cloud Services listed, you're able to create an account from within the app.
There's an option to "Upgrade memory card" which quickly takes you direct to Amazon where I was faced with a 32gb MicroSDHC Card. I'm not sure what you'll be offered (if anything) if you're currently using a 32gb MicroSDHC card. Anyway, as cheesy as it is, it makes it incredibly easy to add the card to your basket and purchase.
What I really like about this app is how much I better understand my memory management by being able to visually see it. I'm not going to lie, sometime I get confused by what is displayed as USB storage (which is your Internal memory) and what is SD Card.
I mean come on, why is USB Storage your internal memory? I guess because that's the way in which you can copy/delete/move files from the internal SD. But you can use the USB as a method of doing the same with the External SD. Enough of that anyway.
when selecting the Internal memory a graph appears displaying the % of space free and how much space is used by:
Music
Phones
Videos
Documents
Apps
Other files
Clicking on any of these categories takes you to the full list of what those items are. So I click on Apps and then I receive a list naming all of the (162) apps stored on my Internal Memory.
Each time you open the application it goes though the process of indexing the content. Right now I'm still synchronising my Dropbox so it's madly trying to keep up with the changes. From the screen shown above you can press any of the services and then you're taken to another screen divided into sections of what is classified as Music, Pictures, Video and other files. The other files include Adobe and Office files.
Right now it's scanning Dropbox and "calculating" which has removed my ability to do anything with the app. Not so great since I wanted to carry on and do things to complete this review. Now the calculating has completed I get a view of the number of files and how many files have been updated. There's a nice progress bar. At least now I have some idea how long it's going to take until I get access back of the application. I only wish I didn't have close to 2,000 files though.
You can change from viewing the files in ascending and descending order. You're able to search, select all, multi select or select none. There's no tick box, you simple press the file or files and the line will darken to indicate the file has been successfully selected. Long press on a selected file allows you to download to Memory Card or to Delete the selected file(s).
Anyway, I could go on, but there's that YouTube video I mentioned, and a fairly nice looking Help icon that gives an overview of the UI. Enjoy.
Murray Winiata - Wallbase (Free ad supported version or $2.39NZD Pro version)
This is probably going to sound odd coming from a self-confessed phone nut, but I've never been that into wallpapers. Sure, I've found the occasional live wallpaper like the one bundled with Uber Music that's stuck around for while, but it's never been something I've felt at all invested in. As often as not I've just tended to have a completely black background as my wallpaper. It came as quite a surprise to me then when I decided to give Wallbase a try and loved it.
It's a pretty simple app, at it's heart. It scrapes a website for images and you can look at random selections, popular wallpapers, wallpapers by tag, or simply search for whatever. What's so great about it is that the images are uniformly of an extremely high quality, which really makes a difference if you're looking for wallpapers for your tablet or HD smartphone, and the UI is just really nice. It doesn't hurt that it's theme is quite dark, which is something I always look for as someone who mostly owns AMOLED screened devices.
I now find myself regularly browsing it for new wallpapers and switching them up quite often, which I suppose means I've finally fallen into the obsessional wallpaper trap that I've seen so many others consumed by. Oh well, as long as you've having fun right?
A final note: While I now 'get' wallpapers, I still don't get why people want to have images of scantily clad women (or men) adorning their homescreens. If you on the other hand like a bit of soft porn on your phone to titilate bystanders/public transport commuters/your teacher, you'll be pleased to know that Wallbase has an option to make 'sketchy' images available too. Go nuts.
...and here is my current Wallbase'd wallpaper, this time an uber-tasteful and theme-fitting grey-wood panelling image:
So, another week of app recommendations done and dusted - let us know how you liked (or didn't like) these ones, or better yet tip us off about your current favourites.
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