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  Speedtest.net Mobile for Android Video Review

  December 4, 2011 / Utilities

  Speedtest.net Mobile for Android is a popular diagnostic tool from the team that brought us Speedtest.net. The application shows you a real time speedometer, displaying your current download speed, followed by your upload speed. It connects to a server based on your location, downloads data to the server, then uploads data back to the server, and times the whole process to determine your speeds. Speedtest.net Mobile also does a great job of organizing your recent tests, allowing you to compare [...]

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  Tiny Flashlight + LED for Android – Video Review

  November 27, 2011 / Utilities

  Tiny Flashlight + LED for Android is an awesome application. The application turns your Android device into a flashlight device. The application achieves the flashlight ability in several different ways. One way is by turning up your LED flash from your camera. Another, is by displaying a lightbulb on your display. There are several other methods as well. It doesn’t work exactly like a flashlight, nor does it have the range of one, but it can be helpful if you’re [...]

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  Hooked for Android – Video Review

  November 25, 2011 / Utilities

  Hooked for Android is an app that analyzes your games on your phone via the Android Market and then makes recommendations on other games based upon the games you have. You can share games with other people, rate them, recommend them and more. It uses its own interface. Pros – Good app that recommends games to you. Cons – Doesn’t really do anything that other apps, such as AppBrain, do for you as well. Overall – 4/5 – A good [...]

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  Alarm Clock Xtreme Free for Android – Video Review

  November 22, 2011 / Utilities

  Alarm Clock Xtreme Free is a great application to have for Android users who are heavy sleepers / who have trouble waking up in the morning. Alarm Clock Xtreme Free enables users to set their alarm to gradually get louder over time, so they are not startled in the morning. It makes waking up much easier. Additionally, in terms of snooze or off buttons, the app provides several options, including a large snooze button, a math problem snooze button, a car [...]

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  iSOS for Android – Video Review

  November 19, 2011 / Utilities

  iSOS for Android can use your phone to send out an alert to select people via emai, text messaging, facebook, twitter or phone call. It can also find the location of nearby public AED’s and find emergency services numbers. It is easy to use and has lots of built in features. Pros – Easy to use and works as advertised – sends alerts out. Lots of features. Cons – Some of the features may not be utilized as much, but [...]

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  Compass for Android – Video Review

  November 12, 2011 / Utilities

  This is our second compass app for Android this week. For all of you out there that hunt, get lost in the woods, or wander around aimlessly in a strange city, this app is for you. This app lacks the augmented reality that 3d Compass Lite has, but makes up for it in other ways. For example, Compass has great GPS integration, that can show you your altitude, speed, and other factors. This app is definitely worth checking out if [...]

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  3d Compass Lite for Android — Video Review

  November 12, 2011 / Utilities

  Recently, I’ve found myself needing a compass. I thought, “hey self, you have an Android phone with 50 million features, don’t you think you can find a compass app for it?” I searched the Google Market, and what do you know, there were a few great compass apps available. I’m particularly a fan of this app primarily because of its augmented reality feature. Aim the device in a direction, see your heading, and also see your location on a Google [...]

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  Iris for Android – Video Review

  October 20, 2011 / Utilities

  Iris for Android is an application that tries to mimic iOS’ Siri, which is an intelligent digital assistant. In fact, Siri backwards is Iris. Get it. Honestly, Iris does not bring too much to the table over Android’s standard Voice Recognition System (speech to text) other than some quirky responses. However, considering that a team of developers put this app together in only eight hours, it’s worth taking a look. Pro Was put together in only eight hours, and actually [...]

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  Espier Launcher for Android – Video Review

  October 19, 2011 / Utilities

  Espier Launcher for Android is an application that puts the visual aesthetics of Apple iOS 5 onto your Android device. Some Apple haters will think that this is the most retarded app of all time. On the other hand, people that only have an Android device because the iPhone is/was not offered on their wireless carrier, will absolutely love this launcher. Get the application while it lasts, because knowing Apple, they’ll probably sue the developer any day now… Pro Makes [...]

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  Default App Manager for Android – Video Review

  October 18, 2011 / Utilities

  Default App Manager for Android is a great utlity for your device. It shows all of the default apps assigned for certain topics – such ass the default “music player” or “video player.” This is a great way to streamline this process, which is usually tedious. Pros – Great interface, great functionality. Cons – None to date. Overall – 5/5 – A great utility that shows you your default app collections. Jay Booshay

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