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1. Any.DO: To Do List | Task List - This free app manages your to-do list and helps
you in getting things done orderly and in an elegant way. The app features easy
capture, organization and syncing of all the things you need to do. Specific
feature includes the 'speak your mind' capability, which allows you to quickly
capture tasks on the go using voice recognition.

Other reviews:

http://www.androidtapp.com/any-do-to-do-list-task-list/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJMEs6yIJrQ

What people are saying:

“No ads, neat look and widget, no lagging, easy to use, what else could you ask for? I
was a bit suspicious of it being spyware at first, but an antivirus scan proved me false.”

“I very much liked the user interface, and spent the first night experimenting the features
as if it's going to be my most utilized tool. Woke up the next morning, and all data was
wiped out. Luckily, it was still in Google. Synchronization was easy to get back on track.
Later on, it duplicated each task in Google!!! This is the second tasks tool that I try, and
ends with the same problem. I am assuming that the bug is in the software and not in my
Google account! Had to uninstal.”


“This is an essential productivity app for all android smartphones. Love the minimal
design. Helps keep me get through the day since I usually forget things.”

Souce: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.anydo&hl=en

2. Lightbox – Photos & Effects - Tagged as 'your photo journal,' this app is your tool
to capture, edit and share photos to your loved ones. The app features
automatic timeline organization of postcards on Lightbox.com. Also, you do not
need to worry when it comes to photo privacy as the app lets you choose from
these privacy level options: 1) keep your photos private 2) selective share or 3)
share them with the entire lightbox community.

Check out other review:

http://venturebeat.com/2011/12/12/lightbox-takes-mobile-pic-sharing-a-step-
further-with-tumblr-like-photo-journals/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=TEse7gYtJqI



“Good, but could be better feature wise. Needs more users to compete with something
like Instagram. That being said a good, social photo sharing app for Android” ~ Ben

“good app, but a little heavy on my galaxys…”~ Ario

“Love it. Use it daily to share pictures with my daughters dad on fb who lives in a different
state =D” ~ Jenna

Source:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.lightbox.android.photos&hl=en

3. Amazon MP3 - This puts in together the AMAzon MP3 store and Amazon Cloud
Player. It allows you to shop for music, play the music you have, and store them
on your device. With this app, you can shop for over 18 million songs and over a
million albums in the Amazon MP3 Store. You can play the music stored on your
device as well as the music you have stored to Cloud Drive.

Other review:

http://www.androidtapp.com/amazon-mp3-for-android/


“Stops playing after current song when screen off”


“I like this app, but for some reason it randomly stops playing after a song finishes when
the screen is off, as soon as you turn the screen on, it starts playing the next song. Very
frustrating when trying to stream some tunes for a long drive, or really anywhere. I assume
what is happening is when the song stops, the device goes into deep sleep mode before
the cloud player decides to wake up and start playing the next song. For reference I am
on a 8.9" Galaxy Tab LTE. Any fix?” ~ James

“This app is amazing for streaming music on 3g. Since it uploads music at the quality of
your choosing, then compress it to a lower quality (aka 64kbps with Media Monkey) it
Caches music, and downloads ahead, so its gapless... Idk why everyone hates this app...
ive yet to have a single problem with it... lol people on here be trippin.~ Derrick”

Source: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.mp3&hl=en

4. AirDroid - This free app allows you to "wirelessly manage and control your
Android device from a web browser Over-The-Air". The app comes with a
number of features, which include the following capabilities:

a. File transfer between Android devices and computers

b. Read, send, forward or delete messages with its SMS feature

c. Photos, contacts, ringtones, and music manipulations.


Checkout this AirDroid feature walktrough (video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BfXRhSIm-m0

Other review:

http://www.androidsim.net/2011/12/android-app-review-airdroid.html


"This works great! Now if I could only run the phone apps from here it would be even
better. Great app though!"

“I had difficulty trying to use my USB cable to download phone photos from my Samsung
phone to my PC. I was not successful. I discovered Airdroid, installed it, and it worked
right away and is very intuitive and easy to use, even for a geezer newbie! Thank you
Sand Studio for an awesome tool!”

“I love the concept of having a desktop like scheme that can control your phone from
your computer, but unfortunately slow file transfer speeds prevent this app from being
my top choice. WiFi Transfer Pro transfers files much faster than Air Droid. But AirDroid is
truly unique in your ability to review your phone book (with all photos), send and read all
your text messages, etc. Looking forward to future upgrades of this app!”

Source: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.sand.airdroid&hl=en

5. SwiftKey X Keyboard - With this app, you can have a better way of typing text as
it replaces your ordinary touchscreen keyboard with this app that is powered by
"smarter natural language technology". This app has the capability to
understand how words work together and thus it is capable of giving more
accurate corrections and predictions. Also, this app support more than 35
languages.



Checkout the app’s features here (in video):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=mTiuxsY0TNU

Other review:

http://android.appstorm.net/reviews/utilities/swiftkey-x-easily-the-most-qualified-
android-keyboard/


“I wish there were more levels of autocorrect, including option to turn off. I like having
suggestions, but sometimes I want to type words that aren't in the database, and this
dang thing won't let me type them bc it keeps autocorrecting!! I appreciate being able
to activate both English and Spanish kbs at same. time, though!!”

“I must admit, ICS 4.0 has a really accurate keyboard but SwiftKey is just so much better
than it. Predictions are extremely powerful autocorrect is mostly right. Excellence in
everyway possible. Samsung Galaxy S 2 running CM9 experimental.”

“Takes some time for the app to learn you, if you will, but fantastic once it does. For those
with the keyboard stuck: swipe down to dismiss.”

Source: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.touchtype.swiftkey&hl=en


6. Skitch - an app that allows you to annotate, edit and save photos and scribble
with your android device. With this app, drawing attention to your images has
been a lot easier now. Other capabilities of this app include zoom and crop
images, create smooth, lines, and scribbles to explain what's with the image,
insert text using a special high-contrast coloring scheme for better readability.

Other reviews:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/43046/skitch-android-app-review-evernote

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1eM465UDvA

What other people are saying:

Great program. Need full-resolution share option, though! This isn't an iPhone, it can
handle it!

The best android drawing app by far. I use it every day and absolutely adore it! My
online suggestion is too add it to the apple app store!

It's one good idea terribly executed. There is no "normal" saving system. You are always
one "back key" away from losing all your work (what happened to me way more than I'm
willing to accept. It's quite frustrating losing a 5 minutes sketch because you receive a
phone call or checked a text message.

Source: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.evernote.skitch


7. BlueStacks Cloud Connect - is an Alpha version of BlueStacks Cloud Connect; this
sends your Android apps to the BlueStacks App Player on your PC or even your
Windows-based tablet. This app makes syncing your apps from your Android-
powered phone to your computer or tablet (and vice versa) a lot easier and
enables users to enjoy up to 35 applications seamlessly across preferred devices.

Other reviews:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nus9-Tu_J9k

http://www.droiddog.com/android-blog/2011/10/bluestacks-cloud-connect-
application-lets-you-use-android-apps-on-your-pc/



“Nice, would be great if you use apps like WhatsApp and Viber through it though. Select
device option maybe? And convince the apps the LAN is 3g?”

“Problem free installation on my Vista PC and Samsung Galaxy S. Seems to be well
made, looks good and obviously has a lot of potential, but I don't have a Facebook
account and have no intention of opening one, so I haven't gone any further.”

“Good idea, but bad start... Requires facebook account to enter the site. Requests
abusive access to facebook account data. When trying to sync the phone gives the
error "Server not responding".”

Source: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bluestacks.appsyncer&hl=en



8. Qello - This paid app brings the concert right to the fan; a streaming concert
rental service that lets you access all content for 30 days for only $4.99. With this
app you can experience the power of high definition live music in your hands.
You can watch your favorite artists anywhere, anytime - you will never miss a
show!

Other reviews:

http://www.besttechnology.org/tag/quello/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bjBfKoRR63w


“Quality product......Doesn't slow my phone down and has a ton of great shows! Its great
to just sit back and watch....and new stuff just about every other week. Five stars plus!”

“This app always running even when force closed will restart itself so 1 star till fixed
uninstall Nexus s 4g.”

“Most of the artists I'm looking for are not found. It needs more content.”

“This APP Rocks!!!! I have never seen such diverse concert content and the QUALITY is
amazing. Feels like you're literally in the front row!! Get it!”

Source: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.bluestacks.appsyncer&hl=en


9. AccuWeather for Honeycomb - the company behind this app describes it as "the
most trusted source for localized weather". This app is available for both Google
TV and Android Tablet. It showcases the following features:

 interactive weather application;

 easy-to-use and playful interface;

 GPS technology and interactive Google maps

Weather informations delivered:

 Accurate and local forecasts for locations worldwide;

 Current weather conditions - displayed with location and time,
temperature, humidity percentages, precipitation and amounts, wind and
wind gust speed, wind direction;

 WeatherAlarms for locations worldwide;

 Weather display options.

Other reviews:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdo6p3ypsJg



“Great app, and swapped from Weather Channel for this, but might have to go back as
widget has stopped working since upgrade. Motorola XOOM on 3.2”

“App was working just fine. Then after an update it would take forever to load. On a
second update they fixed that. Now after the last update, the widget is not working at
all. Can't even get it to be shown on the screen”

“The last updates made this app totally worthless. It doesn't respond, freuently doesn't
update the widget and you cannot quit it anymore by tapping the back button. If no
update fixing these issues comes rather quickly this app will be uninstalled! Great now it
doesnt even load the bloody widget!”

Source:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.qello.handheld&hl=en



10. HD Widgets - HD widgets is an app that showcases a dozen of widget current
time, current weather, weather forecast, and utility switches. Everything in this
app is swipeable - from menu to the pages to the options. Other widget features
include LED, flip clock, and Honeycomb clock designs. It also comes with a User
Guide to help you get started, fullscreen weather activity, high resolution
weather icons, quick and easy editing.


“On the big tablet widget for my Xoom the sun at the left keeps changing position and
moves to the center blocking the clock. It always does this after the tablet is on for a
couple of hours. Keep waiting for it to be fixed but it never is. I finally gave up on it.”

“Hi guys, really love the widgets as it real pretty. But one problem is that I recently
purchased a Galaxy Note and the clock does not work at all. Please fix! Could be my
phone but I doubt it.”


“Works great with tablets as well. Many options to select from. It's almost impossible to not
find the right combination/match for your phone theme and wallpaper you might be
using. Missing: - allow the user to select their own weather application.”

Source:

https://market.android.com/details?id=cloudtv.hdwidgets&hl=en

11. Google Currents - this free app developed by the search giant is designed to
deliver "beautiful magazine-like editions to your tablet and smartphone for high
speed offline reading". It is available in 3 editions: Publisher; Google Trending;
Your Favorite Blogs and Feeds. It features high speed offline reading, quick-touch
sharing, and the capability to adapt to differently sized phones and tablets.


“When I was reading an article, it started to sync, and took me to the newest article
automatically before I could finish what I was reading.” ~ Xiao Hui

“The app works fine, it's just you can't go back. You have to use the "home" key and start
over each time, when you want to check out a different news source. Flipboard is much
more intuitive.” ~ Geoege Erbele


Source:

http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/google-currents/id459182288?mt=8

12. Google+ - a social networking app from the search engine that allows you to do
social stuff. Some of the app's important elements include Circle that allows you
of targeted sharing within subsets of a social group. It also features a functionality
that is specifically for viewing, managing, and editing multimedia. With the
Hangout feature, users can easily 'start a hangout' in a video chat-room and a
notification is sent to their social circles telling that someone is initiating it. And,
‘Games’ feature is also integrated into system where you can enjoy game apps
as much as you want.

Other review:

http://www.wsinetvantage.com/_blog/Search,_Social_and_Lead_Marketing_for
_Business_Blog_-_WSI


http://android.appstorm.net/reviews/communication/google-for-android-app-
review/


“Every update keeps getting better (except when video uploads were removed, but
now back). I love instant upload and being able to share with my circles from my phone.
The only thing I really hope for is more fluid post updates and comments to show (like the
web version). I'm not sure how challenging this is from a mobile app perspective but if
anyone can do it, Google can!”

“I LOVE Android! I LOVE this Social Network! It's my choice over FB and all others. I really
want to love this app, but hangouts and other features are simply NOT working properly. I
was able to perform a hangouts with my sister on her LG MyTouch 4G but was not able
to connect at all with another family member who was using a pc. HTC EVO 3D.”

“Great app, especially the messenger and hangouts. But why would you force us to use
the app's photo selector when we have a gallery app. The google+ photo selector is
AWFUL! Please give us an option which for which app we use to select photos from.
Galaxy Nexus”

Source:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.plus



13. Google Maps - this app, considered by People as an 'ultimate map guide, this
app' features Navigation with free voice-guided GPS navigation system; Places
that allows you to find, rate, and get recommendations for places; and Latitude,
which allows you to checkout friends on the map and check in at places.


“Best tool for everything map, location, and exploration. There maybe an expensive
alternative for specialized tasks or small things you could add (see add-ons for some) but
come on totally free pretty accurate voice turn by turn and street level navigation in one
package without obtrusive ads and at least warns when any sensitive data may be used
is 5 star in my book.”

“There is NO other mobile navigation app better than this. Those permissions just so
happen to be beneficial to your experience with this. Stop bitching and be greatful you
indecisive a holes.”

“There may be other GPS services that are better, but Maps is a great free service. I use it
all the time and it hasn't failed me yet. Thank you Google!”

Source: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.maps


14. Google Docs – documents sharing has been made a lot easier on android
devices with this app. It allows users to create, edit, and share from your devices
anywhere, anytime. You can create and edit documents and updates appear
to your collaborators; you can also upload file and convert it into a Google
document.


“I love Google Docs, but this App is a shame. It adds minimal advantage over just editing
your Docs in a browser. I have some very complicated spreadsheets that I really want
good mobile editing ability on and this just doesn't cut it :( Please Google, take some
time and make this app actually do some of the interface grunt work, either that or
improve the heck out of your mobile docs site!”

“New document from photo isn't working, and when I try to take a picture after installing
it, the camera app won't load. I uninstalled and the camera worked fine. Reinstalled and
it broke again. Also, I'm hoping we get the ability to edit styles soon.”

“Sorry to say, but the current interface is just terrible for anything but viewing documents.
Copy one line at a time. No support fo arrow keys. Can't select-and-cut text. Keyboard
keeps hiding while I'm typing or navigating. We really need a tablet-optimized google doc
and spreadsheet program, but this is not (yet) it.”

Source:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.apps.docs


15. Google Music – this free app lets you shop music on Android Market and listen
instantly whenever, wherever you like. It is a cloud-powered music player and
storage device that lets you keep your music collection online and therefore can
save space in your Android device. The app features the following capabilities:

a. Can manage up to 20,000 songs

b. Instant access to your entire music library and save favorite for offline
playback

c. Share your favorite music to your loved ones and friends via Google+

Note: this app is available in the US only (as of this writing)

Checkout other review:

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2385570,00.asp

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4zQUGQcX4JE



“There are a lot of people providing bad feedback and only a small margin of them
actually provide appropriate bad feedback. Some of you have older phones that may
not be fast enough or up to date to handle it. Some expect features that are there but
they can't get them on their type of phone. (i have more than just list view). Which is a
problem for the type of manufacturer and not the app. My wife has the driod global 2
and I have HTC thunderbolt and there are differences. Grow up.”

“This would be the BEST music player if it had the ability to queue songs like spotify. I think
a lot more people would use this. Also, sometimes on shuffle, when the song ends it
doesn't go to the next song automatically, so I have to press next. Good built in equalizer.
Also, for the songs that don't have a known artist but you know what artist made them:
you should be able to place them in the artist's folder, similar to playlists. This would
ultimately fix the unknown artist issue!!! Regards. Galnexus”

“Google's done it again. Now out of beta! Runs perfect on my xperia play. Should be
androids default music player. Thanx Google :D”

Source: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.music



16. Price Check by Amazon - This free app is a great tool for you to know the current
prices of products on Amazon. By simply doing a barcode scan or snap a
product picture or type or say an item name, you can instantly get its price and
buy directly from the app. It also features price sharing capability, which helps
make in-store price comparison even better.

Checkout other review:

http://www.androidguys.com/2011/11/15/price-check-by-amazon-comes-to-
android/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0F485_TIkvo

“Used it extensively this Christmas when shopping with my Droid 2 and it worked lime a
charm every time. I love, love, love this app!”

“6 stars. Makes the Amazon search easier but having all the reviews set the way they are
saves me a lot of time catching pros and cons versus the site.”

“Everything it does, the original Amazon app does as well, including barcode & camera
search, and wishlist & account management. Completely redundant.”

Source:


https://market.android.com/details?id=com.amazon.pricecheck

17. Netflix - This app allows you to instantly watch TV shows and movies streaming
from Netflix. Netflix subscribers can watch any movie or television show from the
instant streaming catalogue anywhere over a WiFi signal as well as in 3G and 4G
connections.

Checkout other reviews:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-HW0OKC4AY

http://www.androidtapp.com/netflix/


“HTC - Flyer Tab: Installed and opened just fine, but I cannot get it to accept my Netflix ID
and password from the app. I go online and test it and it works fine. I thought it would
work without a hitch, but NO! Time to test Hulu. Thanks but no thanks Netflix.”


“HTC Hero - I just installed this app and the picture is fantastic and the sound is great but
they don't sync up. It is impossible to watch this way. I love Netflix and this is such a cool
app. Please resolve the sync problem and you will definitely get 5 stars!”

“I was thrilled to find this on the market. However, I am a country girl and sadly the signal
sucks... thus so does this app! Would be nice if they would give the option to reduce the
graphics for slower connections!!”

Source:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.netflix.mediaclient

18. SoundTracking - a free app developed by Schematic Labs that allows you to
easily share the soundtrack to your life. With just few taps of your phone, you can
share a playable song snippet, photo and location all in a single post. This app is
compatible with any iphone, ipod touch, ipad running iOS 4.0 or higher.

Some of its features:

- Find and follow your friends who are using the app

- Share your posts to friends on Facebook and Twitter followers

- See what songs and locations are trending and becoming popular


http://allthingsd.com/20111206/soundtracking-for-android-adds-spotify-rdio-streaming/

http://www.androidzoom.com/android_applications/social/soundtracking_bstkj.html




“Nice app. A few force closes...some images don't match w/song and/or artist...needs
Google+ integration...with Facebook forcing the stupid timeline on people, I know a ton
of people who are defecting to G+ who won't be able to use this app anymore.”

“They claim they have fixed the issues causing constant crashing on Galaxy Nexus, but
this is a lie. Still crashes on Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.0 (ICS). Don't waste your time.
The developers obviously are not interested in fixing it.”

“I like very much that the app can link to my Foursquare (and Facebook) accounts, as
you can tag songs from where you are..trés cool...Would like to see what else can be
done with it.. Update 4 January: Ok for whatever reason, I can't post anymore with the
app...I hit the 'post' icon, and it just does nothing...can't post to Foursquare nor can I post
to Facebook...what the hell.. I am using it on my Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000.”

Source:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.schematiclabs.soundtracking


19. Hipmunk Flight Search - This app allows you to find the best flight and hotel for
your trip. The app provides relevant flights on a timeline, which showcases
options for you to visualize the right choice. It also gives you other useful
idea/details about the flight including factors like 'how long you will be travelling'
and 'how many stops you will make'. The app also shows a map where you can
see the exact location of a hotel where you will be staying. You can also do
booking transactions on the app.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=XQWsjmI0OBg

http://www.appbrain.com/app/hipmunk-hotel-flight-
search/com.hipmunk.android


“I love the look and function of the app. However, I have been using it the last week to
find flights to Los Angeles and Hipmunk has constantly shown me flights that were over
$100 more than the Kayak or Tripadvisor apps. While those apps showed $210, Hipmunk
consistently showed $347 for the same exact flight. I don't know where the app accesses
the prices from but I was disappointed that the difference in price was so drastic. I might
try it out a little longer but if this keeps happening, I will have to uninstall Hipmunk”

“After only 1 use hipmunk will quickly become an app of choice. very straightforward
interface that makes it easy to compare costs”

“Not only is the online site the most ingenius solution to multiple searches the mobile
version does the same and helps you save searches to complete at your desk if needed.
So cute and clean.”


Source:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hipmunk.android

20. Fooducate - this app educates you about the food you buy - you will know the
product nutrition facts (both good and bad). With this app, you can
automatically scan product barcode, see product highlights, and select better
alternatives.


“It's important to know what Ingredients? are in the foods you eat. They responded within
the day adding a product they didn't know, it was kind of cool because I was the 1 that
gave the information with my cellphone camera. Love the fact that they suggest
healthier alternatives to whatever food you scan.”

“This is one of my favorite apps.....IF it would work right. It locks up and crashes alot. It
works great for the first scan afterwards, it's all down hill from there until I have to remove
battery from phone. I still use it, but would love it to work correctly. Fix problems and
you've got youselves 5 stars! Samsung Android.”


“I install this app and started scanning my pantry only to find out that many of my food
items were unhealthy. I like how the app gave the user an alternative food choice.
RECOMMEND.”

Source:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.fooducate.nutritionapp

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