by Ian Lim on April 4, 2013 · 0 comments
As a followup to Janet’s article about restricting in-app purchases on an iPad, here’s the guide to doing it on Android. Like Janet, I’ve heard so many of my less technology-bent friends complain that they handed their Android device to say their nieces and nephews to play games and keep them busy, and lo and [...]
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Tagged as: Android, Android app
Julie mentioned this app in her article on using NFC tags and promised a followup review. Well at the moment it’s on sale on the Google Play Store for $1.99. That’s 69% off it’s normal price of $6.49. I’ve played with Tasker and it’s a fantastic and powerful program allowing you to automate and manipulate all sorts [...]
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Tagged as: Android, Android app
by Ian Lim on March 19, 2013 · 4 comments
in Android related, News
Got the latest Gmail client for your Android 4.1.x (Jellybean) device yet? The new version allows you to choose if you want to archive or reply to a new email directly from your notification bar without having to open the client. Handy for short emails but not quite so good for longer ones I’ve been [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, Gmail
by Ian Lim on March 3, 2013 · 1 comment
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Whether it’s put there by your Telco or your device manufacturer, bloatware is a pain. Utilities that you’ll never use are taking up valuable storage space and system resources. If your device is rooted, you can manually remove a lot of this app-by-app. But every time you get an update for the ROM, you’ll have [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, App spotlight
by Ian Lim on February 28, 2013 · 0 comments
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If you’re like me, your Android devices don’t stay stock for very long. Sometimes my devices are rooted and have alternate ROMs on them before I’ve even fired it up for the first time. Siyah Kernel is an alternative kernel for the Samsung Galaxy S3 (and S2) that allows you to adjust things like CPU speed, under- [...]
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by Ian Lim on February 21, 2013 · 5 comments
in Android related, News
I’m not a big Facebook user, but these days it’s a bit of a necessary evil. In my opinion, the official Facebook app for Android is nothing short of atrocious. It appears just to be a different interface to the mobile web site. Friendcaster is an alternative client that makes using Facebook just that little [...]
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by Ian Lim on February 13, 2013 · 1 comment
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I often use my phone one-handed; however, with larger screens like like the 4.8″ screen on my Samsung Galaxy S3, my thumbs are just not long enough to be able to reach some Jelly Bean navigation keys on the other side of screen. . LMT Launcher is an alternative navigator which solves this issue, amongst [...]
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by Ian Lim on February 11, 2013 · 0 comments
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There are so many video players for Android out there, but my favorite player is Dice Player. Besides playing every format I’ve thrown at it, Dice Player has a number of handy features, including the ability to adjust the audio sync speed, boost your audio up to 400%, and the ability to adjust the video [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, Android media player, App spotlight
by Ian Lim on February 8, 2013 · 5 comments
in Android related, News
Got a Nexus 7 or a Samsung Galaxy S3? Read about all the advantages of rooting your device, but feel overwhelmed with all the information out there, and you’re scared you might brick your device? XDA Developers member Mark Skippen has you covered with his toolkits for both the Nexus 7 and Samsung Galaxy S3 [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, App spotlight
by Ian Lim on February 6, 2013 · 2 comments
in Android related, News
I’ll admit I’m an advertiser’s nightmare. In all the years I’ve been on the Internet, I’ve probably clicked through on a handful of ads displayed. I can watch the coolest ads on TV and at the end still not know what product brand they’re actually advertising, even after multiple viewings. So why would I want [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, App spotlight
by Ian Lim on February 4, 2013 · 11 comments
While most stock Android ROMs include features that can only be considered bloatware, once and a while a manufacturer comes up with an innovative and useful feature that they include into their OEM products. Samsung released their Multi Window on the Note 2, and the Multi Window utility is included with the release of their [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, Samsung Galaxy S3
by Ian Lim on November 24, 2012 · 5 comments
in Android related, News
Lets face it, your Android phone’s fine for texting once in a while, but the small screen and even the best virtual keyboards aren’t the ideal for long and frequent message exchanges. MightyText is an app that installs on your phone, and as long as your phone is connected to the internet and you’ve got [...]
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by Ian Lim on November 12, 2012 · 0 comments
GoPro might have been a bit premature in announcing that they would be releasing iOS and Android clients for their Wifi Bacpac back at the end of last year. After many months they finally released the iOS version recently but the Android app was still MIA. Well good news for those Android fanbois out there it’s finally available [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, gopro
by Ian Lim on October 27, 2012 · 0 comments
in Android related, Articles, Do-It-Yourself, How-To, Miscellaneous
While the Google Play Store is evolving slowly, one of the biggest pains is the way that it displays all the apps installed on a device in a set of pages. If you have a look above, I’ve got eleven pages of apps installed on my Thinkpad Tablet. Reviewing my apps means clicking on the [...]
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Tagged as: Android, Android app, How-To
by Ian Lim on September 27, 2012 · 0 comments
To celebrate 25 billion downloads, the Google Play Store is having a sale for the next 5 days: “Every day you’ll be able to choose from a collection of apps from some of the world’s top developers including Gameloft, Electronic Arts, Rovio, runtastic, Full Fat and more. And all for just 25 cents. “We’ll also be offering [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, Games
by Janet Cloninger on September 14, 2012 · 1 comment
Are you a leaf peeper? Do you plan vacations and weekend trips with the sole purpose of gawking at the colorful fall foliage? If you do, the Leaf Peeper app from Yankee Magazine can help you find the best fall displays. The app lets you make foliage reports, called Peeps, about the conditions in your [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, Apple iOS app, Travel gear
by Ian Lim on August 6, 2012 · 5 comments
One of the most painful things about owning a smartphone or a tablet is administering the device. Even though Android doesn’t require any restrictive, proprietary iSoftware to do these functions, it can still be a long and convoluted process to download files or side-load apps to your device. Normally this involves cables, SD cards, cloud [...]
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Tagged as: Android, Android app
by Ian Lim on July 4, 2012 · 0 comments
in Android related, News
New to the Google Play Store, My Android Apps makes app management on your Android devices so much easier. As you can see above, you can now manage each device’s apps separately including the ability to update and uninstall apps all via your web browser. Not only that, if you lose your device and have to replace it, [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, Android smartphone, Android tablet
by Ian Lim on June 3, 2012 · 10 comments
At the moment I’m not a big blogger, well truthfully if you don’t include my Gadgeteer posts I’m not a blogger at all. I’d never used WordPress before until I joined the writers on the Gadgeteer and hadn’t even looked at any other blogging sites. To me blogs are kind of moot unless you’ve actually [...]
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Tagged as: Android app, Android tablet, Blogs
by Ian Lim on May 17, 2012 · 16 comments
One of the best file managers on Android is ES File Explorer. Most people probably only use it to handle local files and maybe LAN shares, but if used properly, ES File Explorer handles so much more than that. With the proliferation of cloud-based storage such as Sugarsync, Dropbox, your 50GB Box account, and sync-enabled [...]
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