Posts Tagged ‘apps’

Fastest Android Desktop (launcher)

January 12th, 2011

Make that Android fly!

Zeam Launcher for Android is by far the fastest Android Desktop that I have ever used. The CDMA Hero that I rock, was not this fast when it was brand new. Now I can flick through home screens, launch apps, call friends, send texts and whatever else I want, without the customary lag that comes with an underpowered smartphone.



Zeam Launcher is about being fast and lean.

When your launcher doesn’t consume resources like it used to, more power can be dedicated to doing what you want on your phone. Apps open faster, allowing you to access those emails without hesitation.

Features:
- elastic scrolling
- scrollable dock bar
- 1 to 7 screens with pinch screen previews
- configurable action bindings (swipe up, swipe down, double tap, home)
- long hold uninstall from trashcan
- hide home screen icon labels
- scrollable widget support
- auto rotate orientation
- widget size spanning
- live wallpaper support
- fullscreen mode

Favorite feature
My favorite feature has to be the ‘configurable action bindings’. This allows me to set a ‘double tap’ to launch the phone dialer. I love this!
Now, I realize that I could simply tap the phone icon or even hit the physical phone button, but I think it is way cool that I can double tap the screen and launch something.

Scared to try
What happens if I try out Zeam and I don’t like it or I want to get back to my default desktop?
Simple, just navigate to menu–>settings–>applications–>manage applications–>downloaded(tab)–>zeam. Scroll down to ‘Launch by default’ and click ‘Clear Defaults’.
The next time that you hit the ‘Home’ button, you will be asked to choose which desktop to use. Good to go!

Get Zeam Launcher
http://www.appbrain.com/app/zeam-launcher/org.zeam

http://zeam.org/

Android Alarm App Reads You the News

January 10th, 2011

Smarter Alarm wakes you by reading the weather, sports scores, stock prices, birthdays, and the morning’s headline news.

Smarter Alarm comes from developer Edward Kim. Edward has developed other popular android apps such as Screenshot It, Car Locator and Copy Paste It

These are all very high quality apps that perform important functions for mobile users. Screenshot It and Copy Paste It boost your ability to communicate faster and more effectively. Car Locator simply keeps you from looking like an idiot wandering around the mall parking lot, searching for your vehicle.

Smarter Alarm

Smarter Alarm is a talking Alarm for Android. Instead of waking to annoying beeping, blaring horns or incessant buzzing, you can wake to the sounds of a British woman reading information that you deem important. Have her deliver the sports scores, the latest headline news, stock prices and more. The choice is yours.

Feeds that Smarter Alarm can read to you:

- Current and forecast weather
- Stock prices of major indexes and your personal portfolio
- The day’s headline news. Customize using your favorite topics like business, tech, entertainment, and your own custom search terms
- Sports scores of your favorite teams (currently NBA only)
- Your Facebook friends who have birthdays today
- Your Facebook events in the next 24 hours

Additional feeds/information will be added to Smarter Alarm in future updates, including traffic, more sports scores, Google calendar integration, and much more!

These types of applications are the exact reason why I purchased an Android phone in the first place. I’ve had other phones, but none compare to the functionality and level customization that you find with Android. You could buy an iPhone and be perfectly happy with a single set of features. Or you could buy an Android based device from HTC, Samsung, LG, Dell, Motorola and many others, and get the set of features that you want.

Get Smarter Alarm now

http://www.appbrain.com/app/smarter-alarm/com.edwardkim.android.smarteralarm

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