Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 24 - 2011
Have you ever wished you could play songs from iTunes on your Android device? Me too.. Luckily, double Twist AirSync allows you to do just that!
Use in conjunction with the free doubleTwist desktop app to automatically import your iTunes music playlists, iTunes ratings & playcounts from your Mac or PC.
- Securely pair your Android device with your Mac or PC
- Automatic, wireless import of photos and videos from your Android to your PC.
- Automatically import MP3 purchases & downloads from your phone back to your Mac or PC.
- Wirelessly sync iTunes music, iTunes playlists, iTunes ratings and playcounts.
NOTE: doubleTwist AirSync is an upgrade to the free doubleTwist Player.
Requires MacOS X 10.5 or higher on your Mac, or WinXP SP2/Vista/Windows 7 on your PC.
Download double Twist AirSync ($4.99)
Available platforms as of January 24, 2011: Android only
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 23 - 2011
I’m a huge note-taker; have been since I was in grade school. I take about any and everything. When Evernote first sent out invite codes, I was lucky enough to get one. From the first week of using Evernote, I was hooked and have been using it ever since.
My Evernote Stats as of January 23, 2011:
Account information
Member since: May 04, 2008
Typed notes: 30,000
Web clips: 400
Camera phone: 610
Audio: 59
High res photos: 16
Evernote for Android allows you to create text notes, snap photos, and record audio. In addition, you can easily attached files to your notes. Free subscribers can add PDFs, text, audio, or image files. Premium subscribers can attach any file they like, as long as the total note size is under 25MB.
When creating your notes, Evernote for Android lets you specify titles, tags, and destination notebooks.
Evernote for Android comes equipped with native note browsing, which means that you can easily browse and search through all of your notes. Thanks to Evernote’s synchronization features, all the notes you make in the desktop or web versions of Evernote are instantly accessible from your Android phone—and vice versa.
There’s also Evernote’s image recognition, which automatically recognizes text contained within snapshots—this is great for everything from business cards to wine labels to whiteboards.
Watch this quick overview of Evernote for Android
Evernote continues to make improvements to the app and I can honestly say it gets better and better. If you’re a huge notetaker and are looking for a reliable service, I highly recommend you give Evernote a try.
Download Evernote (FREE)
Available platforms as of January 23, 2011: iPhone / iPod Touch, iPad, Android, BlackBerry, Palm Pre / Palm Pixi, Windows Mobile
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 22 - 2011
I’m all into collaboration and am constantly looking for better collaboration tools. Especially ones that are mobile. I found Socialwok (a FREE app) a few months ago and I was impressed with this app (it also has a web version). The developer also continues to make improvements, which I really appreciate. It’s definitely an app worth trying out.
Features
Your Company Google Apps Dashboard
With Socialwok for Android, you can share your Google Docs, Google Calendar and Google Mail (Gmail) emails into a feed that is easily accessible and searchable by all members of your project or department.
Private workgroup for your company on the move
Socialwok for Android allows you to post messages, photos and files to share with your co-workers. You can search and browse the company profiles of your co-workers.
Extranet in 3 mins with your customers and clients
With Socialwok, you can share messages, files and emails with customers and clients in a collaborative manner with your co-workers. You can also archive and make searchable all your communications with them.
Watch how Socialwok works
Download Socialwok
Available platforms as of January 22, 2011: Android and iPhone
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 21 - 2011
“QR Droid” is a complete QR code reader, generator and scanner for your Android. Easily scan QR codes from camera, decode them from images saved in your device or from URL of images stored in Internet. Create QR codes in less than one second from your contacts, bookmarks and installed applications; browse and search them, select an item and choose exactly what information to encode. Generate QR codes for calendar events, phone numbers or any text you want. Additionally, “QR Droid” saves a complete history of every QR code that has been created or decoded. Browse and search that history or delete items you no longer need.
Features
• Encode QR images from your Contacts, Bookmarks, Apps and More.
• Freely edit exactly what to encode.
• Decode from saved images.
• Decode from camera (no other app is required)
• Full featured history
• Off-line encode and decode in less than 1 second
• Integrates with Browser, Gallery, Youtube, most 3rd party file-explorers and more to share, encode and decode
See how QR Droid works
Download QR Droid
Available platforms as of January 21, 2011: Android only
Note: QR Droid requires minimum technical knowledge to use. If you can’t make it work or don’t know what QR is, or just have any question, please don’t rate/comment before asking for help to info@droid.la
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 20 - 2011
If you’re looking for a FREE web-based time tracking app that also has an android app, take a look at Toggl. I sometimes use Toggl at work and it’s a great app. It’s really easy to use and I love the fact that the web and android app are always synced up.
Toggl Android application enables you to track your time on the go. It supports offline tracking and is free to use.
Download Toggl
Available platforms as of January 20, 2011: Android and iPhone
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 19 - 2011
Accept credit cards on your Android device with no contract, monthly fees, or merchant account required. Every user receives a free Square credit card reader in the mail. Within minutes of downloading the app, you’re ready to take payments.
* For everyone. Now individuals and businesses can accept credit card payments anywhere, from garage sales to coffee shops.
* Easy to use. Plug in your free card reader and start swiping. Track sales, tips, tax and payment location.
* Safe and secure. Square meets all industry-standard security practices to ensure safety for you and your customers.
Square is an innovative point of sale solution that replaces your cash register and credit card terminal. Square accepts all major debit and credit cards: Visa, MasterCard, American Express, and Discover.
Watch how easy it is to use Square
Download Square
Available platforms as of January 19, 2011: Android, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 17 - 2011
If you’re looking to put a little music in your pocket, try Rdio (pronounced ar-dee-o).
Rdio for Android (beta) lets you browse and listen to your collection and playlists. You can also search for (and play) any song on Rdio. Even better, you can sync music (songs, albums and playlists) and listen when you’re offline. So if your commute is an Internet-less subterranean subway ride, or you’re on a mile-high cross-country flight, Rdio will happily play the music you’ve synced.
You can try Rdio for free using their 7 day free trial or choose a subscription plan starting at $4.99/month.
Features include:
Download Rdio
Available platforms as of January 17, 2011: Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows 7 devices and Mac & PC Desktop
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 16 - 2011
This is one of my favorite camera apps for Android. Zoom has not been a built-in function on any of the android devices I’ve owned (G1, MyTouh 3G Slide, Droid2), so I find love this app because it does exactly what it says and the zoom works so well.
What you get
* 40 fx! vignette,lomo,retro,polaroid(>fxcamera)
* Win $100 in contest
* 30 FREE skinpacks – fun props, borders and famous ‘buddies’ in your pictures
* stable camera (incl onscreen meter)
* clap to snap
* pro timer
* zoom
* geotag
* autosave
* silent photo
* hipstamatic fx
* customization of ALL hardware buttons – e.g. volume buttons to control zoom
* customizable grid overlays
* flash (if avail)
* burst mode up to 16 shots
* quad camera
* auto focus
* whitebalance
* nightshot
* digi composites
* full camera resolution (up to 8mp if avail)
* 1-click upload to Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, etc.
Download Camera Zoom FX ($4.00)
Available platforms as of January 16, 2011: Android
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 15 - 2011
Tungle has become my choice service for scheduling meetings. I find it incredibly frustrating when trying to coordinate and schedule a meeting. It always takes forever, everyone involved isn’t guaranteed to check their emails immediately and things regarding the meeting time, date and location, usually get lost in translation. When Tungle came out, I received an invite code and was able to fool around with it with a couple of friends. I admit it blew my mind because 1) it was super easy to set up, 2) it was easy to start using, 3) it allowed me to take care of all aspects of planning a meeting from within the Tungle service, 4) it’s great to be able to look and see what dates your invited meeting guests are available directly in Tungle, 5) their notifications to guests are really convenient and 6) the fact that Tungle syncs with my Google Calendar is a HUGE plus.
Check out what Tungle has to offer
However, there is something very very important missing——-Yes, you’ve probably guessed correct – THERE IS NO NATIVE ANDROID APP and that really annoys me. For services I use on a regular basis, I desire a native android app. In fact, I get a tad angry when the android community is overlooked when it comes to developing native apps. I feel as pissed about Tungle not having an android app as I did when Evernote (another service I use daily and absolutely love) took forever and a day to develop an android app (they also opted to develop an app for the Palm Pre first before developing one for android – CRAZY!).
So, what do we all do when we are not pleased with a product or service we use? We take it to Get Satisfaction. To my surprise I wasn’t the only android user wanting this app. Well, long story short, 4 months ago they posted an image of the app in the works with a message that said “GETTING THERE”.
If you want to see this app come to reality – share your thoughts with the Get Satisfaction development team – http://gsfn.us/t/11syc.
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 15 - 2011
I love taking photos and taken plenty of them using my android phone. I use picplz to take photos and share via Facebook and Flickr. It’s a great app, works really well and is very simple to use.
Key Features:
- Lets you snap, upload and share pics with ease
- Clean and simple UI
- Background photo uploading
- Integration with Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Posterous & Foursquare
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 14 - 2011
mooLa lite edition is a lot more than just a checkbook ledger. For a FREE app, it packs a lot of power. (Note: There is a platinum edition for $7.99).
Don’t use an app that downloads the data from your bank! The problem with apps that do that is that the bank doesn’t have accurate real-time information about your transactions. Credit/Debit card purchases could take DAYS to post to your account, and if you live on a tight budget you run great risk of overdrafting if you go by what the bank says your balance is (that’s always their plan though, isn’t it?)
Features:
- Multiple accounts tracking
- A Bill tracker
- Customizable categories
- Recurring transactions
- Data import/export/backup
Download mooLa lite edition
Available platforms as of January 14, 2011: Android only
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 13 - 2011
So many of us use Eventbrite, why not use an app that supports its event check-ins and event management?
Eventdroid is the first FREE Android Eventbrite check-in application. You can anage your event check-in process with multiple devices which will all sync to the Eventbrite servers every few minutes.
Top Features:
Check-in Multiple Events at Once
Have two events happening at the same time? You can check in multiple events at the same time. Each device that is checking in attendees needs to have Eventdroid installed. Your representatives can check in attendee’s as they arrive at each event.
Barcode Scanning
No more manual entry after the event. Simply scan the attendee’s barcode on ticket and Eventdroid will automatically sync the check-in with Eventbrite’s servers.
Manual Check-in
Are you in low-light and having trouble scanning tickets? Not a problem, you can still check in your attendee’s with the manual check-in tool. For each ticket the attendee has, click the “+” button. If you messed up and checked the wrong person in, you can undo it by clicking the “-” button.
Sync To Eventbrite’s Servers
Eventdroid will connect to Eventbrite’s servers every few minutes and attempt to sync the registrations with the server. As each device checks in attendee’s the devices will update themselves every few minutes, therefore sync’ing devices as the event attendees show up.
Download Eventdroid
Available platforms as of January 13, 2011: Android only
Posted by Naomi "DigitalFanGirl" On January - 12 - 2011
I recently got into food & wine pairing and I find Hello Vino so helpful when I’m grocery shopping for the week and want to buy the appropriate wines to compliment my meals.
Hello Vino is a FREE mobile wine app that assists the beginner wine consumer with recommendations for wine to pair with food, wine for occasions or gifts, and also suggestions based on personal taste preference.
Watch how Hello Vino works:
Download Hello Vino
Available platforms as of January 12, 2011: Android and iPhone
