Android App User Reviews

PrinterShare

  • App review for PrinterShare™ Premium Key
  • Posted by jimd41 September 14, 2010
  • Recommended for News Junkies, Book Readers, Workout Junkies, Students, Shopaholics, Tech/Social Networking Junkies, Career People or Budget Hawks

Whoa! I downloaded the free version of PrinterShare and printed (wirelessly) a test page and immediately bought the pro version. PrinterShare sees my HP wireless printer and works flawlessly. If you try the free version and it won't print a test page, follow the directions that appear with the free app and see if that works for you. If it does, buy it. You'll find all sorts of uses for it. Motorola Droid

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Tricky Trap Detector

  • App review for Trapster
  • Posted by binggeli September 10, 2010
  • Recommended for Road Warriors, Students or Outdoors Enthusiasts

First of all, this is not a radar detector. This is a small app that collects information from its users to update local maps with commonly known speed trap hideouts.

I found that the map was hard to read, especially while driving, although the GPS (showing you where you're driving) is pretty good.

There's a bit of a sign-up process involved, and you need to activate the app with a code that you get for free through e-mail.

I'm still trying to figure out how useful this app is, as it obviously doesn't relate to real-time and heavily depends on the user-base for accuracy and updates.

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Very Convenient - but no refresh button / indication

  • App review for CNET
  • Posted by coolsam September 08, 2010
  • Recommended for News Junkies

I enjoyed reading on cnet's application. Browsing through all the channels as well as the twitter feeds (combined as well as per editor) is very easy. Look and feel is great.

However some minor points are as follows:
(1) when I open the app I do not get any indication that it is being updated in the background. So I don't know whether to wait for new headlines to load or exit because there is nothing new to read.

(2) It does not change color for already read news items.

(3) There is no refresh button to force loading of new headlines.

Would look for similar app for CNET reviews.

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It's ok but.....

I liked the over all application, with a huge exception that once you open the app and start it, it then runs in th background automatically. I use task killer Pro and that does not shut it down. You have to go back into the application and manually exit from it. The weather channel application does not require all that work.

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Heart Rate Meter

  • App review for Instant Heart Rate
  • Posted by Rapier August 30, 2010
  • Recommended for Workout Junkies, Parents or Students

I must say that I really never use this app however it is a must for nurses. its amazing how accurate it is. phones with built in flash work the best. you put your thumb on the camera and the camera reads color changes everytime blood is pumped through your thumb. the software then calculates the heart rate per minute. its an excellent app and i say again, its amazing how accurate it is. My GP says he will dump his BB and get an Android phone, it has quite a few great medical apps and this is one of them.

If this review was helpful, pls rate it :)

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nothing but blue skys

  • App review for The Weather Channel
  • Posted by darrylb August 29, 2010
  • Recommended for News Junkies, Outdoors Enthusiasts or Career People

weather channel, affectonately aka WC, is my vote for the best weather app. it has a small selection of very good widgets. it gives you radar, live, moving radar. it gives you present weather, hourly forecast, one and a half day forecast and ten day forecast. i live in the chilly, snowy center of wisconsin. i have used wc on the desktop for at least 2 years and everyday since i got my evo. wc has been absolutely accurate. that applies down to the hourly forecast. i am always able to dress appropriate, grag an umbrella, drive cautiosly, you know what i mean. from time to time there is this tiny, red, rotating icon. click on that and get a special bulletin that highlights severe weather that may not or may have been in the regular forecast. Super !!

i trialed most of the known weather apps on my evo.
WC was just superior

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Worthless

Whats the use of this app if you can't watch any netflix movies?
Don't even waste your time with this app. Netflix will just have to come up with their "official" app that will allow us to watch movies on our android device.

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a slow Hack-N-Slash with a poor community

I loved the idea of a good android RPG and Parallel kingdom sounded amazing. Unfortunately my time on there has been mired by clicking on random monsters, automatically killing them and listening to hordes of myspace tweens make infantile dirty jokes and hate each other with a passion normally reserved for Justin Bieber fans. The tutorial wasn't helpful in key points, and the community was more interested in trash talk over the help channel.

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Top Shelf News

  • App review for NPR News
  • Posted by brendan_o August 23, 2010
  • Recommended for News Junkies or Students

Great application for getting your daily news. Killer feature is the ability to create custom playlists of news on the go.

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Google Tasks

This app fills in the gap left by Android's baseline apps. We already get GMail and Calendar, but Google Tasks are missing. This app files that voice. It's syncing is instant. Couldn't live without it.

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Great reading tool

  • App review for NOOK
  • Posted by daveluck1190 August 19, 2010
  • Recommended for Book Readers

Now I can read on the go!

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You can't NOT have this

  • App review for Barcode Scanner
  • Posted by GirlGoneGeek August 10, 2010
  • Recommended for Road Warriors, Foodies, Gamers, Students, Shopaholics or Tech/Social Networking Junkies

Barcode scanner is a wonderful, wonderful thing. Not only does it make app downloads quick and easy (scan QR codes instead of searching the Market), it's a great tool to use with Google Shopper when you're trying to find the best price on an item. It also works with some nutrition apps to give you information about the food you're eating.

Get this now.

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How did I get along without this?

  • App review for App Categories
  • Posted by GirlGoneGeek August 10, 2010
  • Recommended for Social Butterflies or Tech/Social Networking Junkies

If you have more apps than you can count on one hand, App Categories can make you a happy camper. It allows you to make folders to sort those millions of apps, categorized however you want. Just load the folders onto one of your screens and when you open it, you get all the apps in that category. I made one for social, one for shopping, one for sports... it's SO much nicer than having to dig through that massive list or fill every screen with shortcuts. I'm a fan.

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I can't help it. Not a fan.

This app SEEMS like a good idea. And I haven't deleted it yet because it's fun to try it out once inawhile and see if it recognizes ANYTHING. But this app, which uses the barcode scanner to capture an image of an item and look up its information, doesn't seem to know much.

If it can't scan and recognize a red Swingline stapler - with the logo showing - I think it needs a little more work.

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Sideloading FTW!

Aldiko is the much-loved e-reader app that preceded iBooks, Kindle, Nook and Kobo in the mobile device world, and many Palm users still swear by its superiority. It starts you off with a friendly library look, and comes pre-loaded with many familiar free titles, organized into “shelves” by themes.
There’s no shop connected to Aldiko, and the app DOES allow sideloading of epub files from the SD card in your phone. In this way, it’s a perfect complement to a reader app that doesn’t support that function. Another bonus is the night/day option for reading, which allows you to choose if you’d like black on white or white on black texts. The page turns aren’t as flashy, but they’re quick and competent. As with other mobile reader apps, Aldiko also provides options for font face and size.
Without a huge retail store behind it, Aldiko isn’t entirely in the same class as other e-reader apps, but it looks like a great supplemental app for bringing in your other content.

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Convenient

I love this app because I don't have to use the on/off button on my phone that can get stuck sometime.

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Drag Racing

  • App review for Drag Racing
  • Posted by diamondmind50 January 30, 2013
  • Recommended for Road Warriors, News Junkies, Foodies, Gamers, Workout Junkies, Parents, Students, Shopaholics, Career People, Social Butterflies, Budget Hawks, Sports Fans, Film/TV Fans or Tech/Social Networking Junkies

Addictive and fun

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Beautiful Notebooks with m> notes notepad on Android

  • App review for m> notes notepad
  • Posted by serjiosub January 25, 2013
  • Recommended for Book Readers, Workout Junkies, Parents, Students, Shopaholics or Tech/Social Networking Junkies

m> notes is basically a note program for your Android device on steroids. The developers have taken a load of great ideas about how a note organization app should perform and combined it all into one sweet app. Notes are quick and easy to title and create. Plus, each note need not be just text, as it’s easy to add photos or sticker reminders to the notes. Need to add a little subset to a particular note? Just add a subnote under the original note! Finally, scroll between your notes quickly with a slide of your finger. This and other clever shortcuts really makes m> notes feel like a solid, enjoyable app. Want to share your note? No worries! Just tap the icon in the top right-hand corner and select either from Gmail, Dropbox, Skype, and more! It’s compatible with many online cloud storage services, which is quite nice. Furthermore, if you purchase the premium version, you can access helpful widgets, have unlimited number of notebooks, get more stickers and more customization options as well. Overall, m> notes is a very solid and impressive note taking app for the Android system! It helps focus your note content on your device and organizes it with ease!

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Simple to use

  • App review for Event Planner Free
  • Posted by apps2ppl January 21, 2013
  • Recommended for Shopaholics, Career People or Budget Hawks

Simple to use budget planner for your events, it is only a budget planner, but fast to input incomes and expenses to keep track of your budget.

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Total Collage

  • App review for Total Collage
  • Posted by tzloba January 18, 2013
  • Recommended for Social Butterflies, Gamers, Parents, Students, Animal Lovers, Outdoors Enthusiasts or Film/TV Fans

Best collage maker out there! Superb for Instagram! You can build your own layout without any templates.

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