Archive for Application Reviews

Wave Launcher for Android App Review

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Wave launcher is something we have overlooked slightly, their Android Market listing explains it better than we ever could: “Wave Launcher is the ultimate add-on launcher available for Android! With a single swipe you can launch up to 120(!) of your favorite apps, shortcuts and recently-used apps regardless of which app is currently running. Wave [...]

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Beejive IM – Instant Messaging for Android App Review

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We have reviewed many instant messaging clients since launching last year. Our favourite to date has been eBuddy but we’ve been carefully watching Beejive for some time now, so is it better than eBuddy? maybe… Beejive has been around for quite a while now offering premium instant messaging clients on mobile platforms. It is a [...]

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Pulse News Reader for Android App Review

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For anyone that is not aware, a news reader is an application that uses RSS feeds to pick news from sites you choose and put it all in to one manageable place. With Google recently releasing an official Google Reader client, I thought that I would never look at another news reader again so for [...]

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Chrome to Phone App Review

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Chrome to phone is an app for Android with an accompanying extension for Google’s browser – Chrome. So what does it do? Firstly, you need a phone running Android 2.2 or greater and you need to install the Chrome to phone app from the market and the extension for the Chrome browser. Once these are configured to [...]

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my6sense for Android App Review

My6sense is a really multifunctional social networking application which aims to make your experience more relevant. It allows you to add your news feeds, Twitter, Facebook and Buzz accounts. so what does it do with all of these accounts? Well first of all you can view all of your news streams, it’s  a basic Twitter [...]

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AppBrain App Market and Fast Web Installer for Android App Reviews

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With the Market on my Galaxy S seemingly getting slower every day and then when I do finally get to see the new apps seeing hundreds of spam applications I’ve been looking for an alternative for a while. AppBrain allows you to browse the market from your Android device and use filters to find newer [...]

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Caffeine for Android App Review

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This is probably less of a review and more of an eye opener really as this is such a simple yet useful application. Caffeine quite simply is a tiny application that stops your phone going in to sleep, lock or dimming the screen. The application has a notification bar icon (it needs this to work [...]

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Navigon for Android App Review

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Navigon for Android is a fully featured satellite navigation system. Rather than with other navigators such as Google Maps Navigation, Navigon stores maps on your SD card which means it doesn’t use any data but it also offers a wealth of other features that can not be matched by its free counterparts. Navigon has an [...]

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PingChat! for Android App Review

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PingChat! is a multiplatform instant messaging client which is similar to Blackberry messenger. The app is free and available on Android, Blackberry and iPhone. It uses your data connection rather than SMS to send messages to your friends. Your friends would also need PingChat! installed in order to receive these messages but with its availability being good and the [...]

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Dropbox for Android App Review

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Dropbox is an online file storage service which allows you to have a Dropbox folder on your computer (after installing its application) which files can be put in to and then accessed from anywhere via the internet or another computer with Dropbox installed – you would just simply need to login. The service gives you [...]

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eBay for Android App Review

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Ever found yourself out when an item is ending on eBay? then eBay for Android is for you! eBay have released an official application for Android and are adding more support for other countries. The first thing you’ll notice about the app is that it is a little on the ugly side. The user interface [...]

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PayPal for Android App Review

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PayPal recently did a massive overhall on their Android app after the previous version received a lot of negative reviews on the Android market. For those that don;t know, PayPal is a popular online payment method which allows you to send and receive money without having to give the recipient your card details – it is often used to pay for [...]

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ESPN Score Center for Android App Review

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ESPN is one of the greatest sports channels in the USA and is gaining huge popularity in the UK. When Score Center popped up in the market I immediately downloaded it. The app allows you to see live scores on a huge number of sports – any sport you can imagine is there. When first setting up [...]

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Home Switcher App Review

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Today’s review is going to be a short one but t could also prove to be very handy. For those that don’t know home replacements offer features above and beyond your standard home – there are a variety such as ADW or LauncherPro – they all have their pros and cons and people prefer different [...]

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Advanced Task Manager App Review

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Advanced Task Manager was one of the first apps I ever paid for on Android, I was very surprised that something like this was not included in the operating system itself. In a nutshell,  Advanced Task Manager allows you to see running tasks or processes and force them to close. There has been some controversy over [...]

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