Description:

Its no secret that the accelerometer in the android phones is impressive, and we love talking about apps that really show it off.  Well there is a new game that uses this great tool in a really fun way.  The game is called Sky Siege for the android platform.  This game is centered all around the sky and the vehicles that we get up into the air.  This game combines gunships in a great 3d experience with virtual reality and augmented reality components. The point of the game is to fight off helicopters and fighter jets which come from all different directions to keep it challenging.  This game will keep you on the edge of your seat as the action is insane and fast and furious.  Whats really cool is that you hold the phone up into the world to see whats around you, like google sky maps.  So when we say don’t play this game sitting down, we mean it as you need to be able to spin around and use the phone as a window into the virtual reality that you can’t see around you.

This game is really fun and quite addictive to play.  The only issue we have with this app is the repetitive nature that surrounds it.  The idea is great, and the gameplay is definitely something different, but ultimately you will not find a ton of re playability factor except for the wanting to show it off to your friends stage you will go through.

Features:

• The game uses augmented reality with 3d so that you literally have to hold the phone up and see what is going on around you.
• The point of the game is to shoot down enemy planes, helicopters, blimps, and more while putting yourself into action
• use the on screen controls to toggle ammunition type and zoom in the bottom left corner, toggle augmented reality and virtual reality with the firing button in the bottom right of the screen
• It is recommended that this app be installed on a device running Android 2.1 or 2.2 with a fast processor to be able to handle the strenuous load of the app

This is a really cool idea and the app is a must look app as it is something different than we have seen in the past.  If you like to shoot things out of the sky, use this app, its quite fun and will keep you entertained for a while.

Conclusion:

This app cost $1.59 in euros and has been given a 4 out o f 5 star rating.

Description:

The android platform is continuing to impress phone users everywhere with the speed and power that it harnesses.  Now and again there is an app that comes out that impresses, and the new Vlingo: words to action app for the android platform is one of those apps.  This app brings accuracy and intelligence to turn your audible words into action.  All you have to do is tap the home screen widget and speak to send texts and e-mails.  You can even update twitter or facebook, or even call someone just by the commands and use of you voice.  The app even reads text messages and e-mails to you while you are driving.  This type of app is perfect for people who travel alot, so that they don’t have to get distracted texting as they can text with their voice.  This app is also greater for older people that hate the touch screen and want to just use their voice to command the phone to do things

The app is pretty amazing as it allows you to do all of these things with you voice.  The accuracy of the speech recognition is really amazing and you won’t find yourself repeating all of your phrases and other sentences over and over like other speech recognition software.

Features:

• Voice control for the android smartphone, and we mean you can control everything on the platform with your voice using this app
• great accurate voice to text app which lets you speak out text messages, dial people, tweet, and do even more
• the app will speak incoming text messages and emails so that you can drive safely
• there is a super dialer searches business aggregating address, maps, nav, and phone number information included with the app
• this app can be integrated with any text input that you may use on your phone

The only thing we didn’t like about this app is that it does not support blue-tooth voice dialing and you have to tap that you are done when you finish speaking.  Aside from these two setbacks the app really is a feat to behold and will definitely make life easier and safer for many many people.  With many states making it illegal to text while driving, this is a great way to solve that problem.

Conclusion:

This app costs $9.99 and has been given a 3 out of 5 star rating by other android users.

Description:

There have been many complaints with the Android phone that when you go to download something, it wont let you do it, or it just freezes and doesn’t ever seem to get the files you want.  Well now those days are over with the new Download Crutch Android app.  This app is a utility that allows you to accept other formats when downloading vie the web browser.  If you want to download an exe or zip file from a website, you usually get an error message on the phone with the default settings.  This app allows you to download non compliant file types in a web browser.

This app essentially makes your phone a computer as it can download files via a web browser just like a computer does.  With the app you can also run files from your phone directly on your computer as the app allows the phone to send files to the computer and even run them on the phone as a seperate device from the computer.  This is perfect as it allows you to boot your computer directly from your Android phone, genius!  For those that know what they are doing and want more functionality from their phones with files, this is the app for you.

Features:

• this app allows you to download non compliant files from a web browser
• literally any file can be downloaded from the browser to be used
• you can also have the phone work with a computer to boot a selected file using the app.  This brings greater functionality to the SD card that the Android Phone uses to store information and files
• The versatility of this app allows for file download that can be opened later when you can hook the phone up to a computer via a USB cable

For the computer nerds out there, this app is for you.  People that love computers and know what they are doing know that they want more functionality out of their items.  This app allows your Android phone to be more than just a phone, it is a boot-able drive disk and that bring a lot of functionality to your work. Imagine never needing a jump drive again as you can just use your cell phone to do all the things your thumb drive used to do. This is essentially what it makes your phone, a giant jump drive!

Conclusion:

This app is FREE and has been given a 3 1/2 out of 5 star rating.

Description:

If you are ever in need to covertly record something, your Android Phone can absolutely be a tool you can use to record those important conversations that need recording.  The app is called informant and it is a nifty little app for anyone that has a little bit of spy in them.  The app allows you covertly record meetings, conversations, etc without anyone knowing.  There is also an option to schedule recordings in advance so you can really be discreet.  The feature is that you can record from pockets, on the table, with no visible indication, meaning no blinking lights or instant waking up up the phone screen.  Recording can also happen when paused during a phone call.  There is also an optional PIN to set in case you do get caught.  This makes it so no one can pull the information off unless they know the pin.  Obviously there are some legalities with this app, so make sure you check your local laws about voice recording that will help you to stay out of trouble recording.

This is perfect for the wife or husband that is worried about cheating as they can just set the phone to record during times when they are gone.  This is also great for a company meeting that you know where they are going to talk about you but not to your face.  This is also great for friends if you are worried is someone talking behind your back.  If you really want to catch them in the act, this Informant app is a great way to catch them in the act.

Features:

• you can set the recording to happen instantly with the touch of the button
• the phone will look like its off or asleep and have no visual indicators showing that it is recording anything
• you can even schedule the recording of the app so it happens at a certain time when you know someone will be talking
• you can protect the information with a PIN number to make sure that no one can access the information unless they type int he pin number in case you get caught

now of course, there are legalities associated with this app, so make sure you look into your local laws before you just start recording people, but it can be a fun way to be a spy.

Conclusion:

This app costs $2.49 and has been given a 5 out of 5 rating by users.

Description:

Blockx 3d Pro for the Androi app is a very fun game to play.  The app offers a very 3d, classic game with a new twist.  The ultimate 3d brain teaser type of game to keep you interested while sitting to wait for an appointment, or to play on a very long car ride.  The game offers a customizable pit, 3 block sets, and customizable controls.  Autosave and global high scores are also accessible and it offer landscape mode support for you android phone so you can see the most on the screen.

If you are a tetris lover, this is the game for you.  This game follows the classic Tetris gameplay in that it is exactly the same, except that the difference is the angle and perspective that you are playing the game.  The perspective of Blockx is that of looking down in a 3d world as the blocks get lower to the bottom of the other pieces.  This is a huge twist on the game and really makes you think in a totally different way as you play.  you now have to thing about 3d layers and how they fit instead of the 2d game play of the original tetris.

The game is like thinking about Tetris, but to the next dimension.  The game is fun, challenging, and a very addictive type of game.  The only con to the game is that the controls are a little bit confusing and it takes a moment to kind of understand how the game has to be played.  Once you kind of figure this out, the controls are not such a big deal because you can customize them to the way that you like them.

Features:

• This is the classic tetris game but in a 3d dimension
• allows for landscape mode for those that like to play games that way
• gives a totally different feel and perspective on the classic tetris game
• allows you to post your high score online so that your friends and others can see what you have accomplished
• you know the layers are correctly filled by seeing the different colors of the blocks as they will match.
• allows for tackpad control or touch control on touch screen phones.

This is a fantastic game with a really fun twist which you really will enjoy.

Conclusion:

Blockx 3d pro costs $.99 cents and has been given a 4 out of 5 star rating so far by other Android Users.

Description:

This is one of the best phone security apps we have seen in a long time.  The app is called WaveSecure Mobile Security and is made for the Android phone platform.  This app is not only an anti-theft app, but it is a security app that protects your phone data and privacy in the event that you lose or have your phone stolen.  How does the app work?

The app tracks SIM changes, locks, backups, wipes, and restores data on your phone.  You can also find you r lost phone via a secure website as the site will show you the exact GPS location of your lost phone.  The app can offer you remote fuctions once you have already lost the phone such as being able to lock, locate, and wipe the phones sensitive data.  You can also remotely backup your contacts, SMS, and call logs as well as protect your media uploads and uninstall protection on the phone.  The only con to this app that we can see at this time is that it costs $19.90 a year.

Features:

• If you forget your phone this is the app that you need as you can secure the phone from a remote source to make sure people don’t steal sensitive information
• you can set the app to do daily backups of your information
• app is battery sensitive and does not drain battery
• backup your media
• backup pictures
• backup ring tones
• even after you wipe your phone remotely, you can easily restore all of the information once you get the phone back into your possession
• you can log onto a secure website and find the coordinates of your phone as well as lock the screen and wipe it remotely
• if someone tries to change the SIM card, it tells you the number and locks the phone automatically so no one else can use it.

This app is by far the best android security app we have seen hit the shelves as it has so much to offer the user.  If you are the type of person that loses their phone alot or that has extremely sensitive information on your phone, this app is definitely for you as you can rest with ease knowing that you phone is safe as well as the information on it.

Conclusion:

This app costs $19.90 a year and has been given a perfect 5 out of 5 star rating by Android phone users everywhere.

Description:

When owning an Android type of phone, you probably spent some good money on it as it has tons of features and has processing power to do many different things.  The last thing you want to do is lose it and not be able to find it.  Well there is an easy solution in finding your phone and that solution can be downloaded as the iTag Android phone app.  iTag is a simple app as it offers a very easy to use interface.  The interface has the ability to send your phones location, get anyone location, tell your friends where your phone it, and send feedback to the developers to make the app even better.

This app essentially tells your friends or youself via iTag’s website where you phone it.  The app is great because it sends the exact GPS location of your phone so you could find it on a park bench or in a vehicle.  This is great because the app can also send the location to friends that are near you lost phone so they can go get it and save you the embarrassing trip.

Features:

• find your phone if its lost or stolen with direct GPS coordinates
• backup and restore phone data
• remotely lock keys
• send and request friends location
• you can optionally be alerted when friends are near the phone and send a message to your friends nearest your phone

There are a few bugs with this app as the app force closes alot.  The app also seems to drain your battery fairly quickly and that can be very annoying.  The pros outweigh the cons as you can find your phone if it is stolen or lost.  This saving of your phone can save you a lot of money in the long run and can really help you out.  The ability to lock the keys remotely is really cool so you can stop a user from using your phone and wasting your minutes.  you can also send your friends the location of the phone so they can help you get it if they are nearby.

Overall this is a very useful app with a very useful application.  Finding your lost phone has never been easier and if you forget things, get this app so you can find the phone again!

Conclusion:

This app is FREE and has been given a perfect 5 out of 5 star rating by other phone users.

Description:

We all pick up our phones when we have to sit down and wait for something.  We either play a game, surf the web, or check our facebook updates.  Why not play a classic game that is always fun?  Chess has made it to the Android platform and has  made a splash with this new app.

Chess for Android features: Fischer random chess, 50 puzzles, 2000 practice positions, set up the board, and use as a chess board.  You can easily save and edit games with this app and navigate through your history to analyze the previous games you have played.  You can use the integrated database to import and export games via your e-mail or clipboard.  The interface s touchscreen based and very easy to use.  The also really nice thing about his app is that there are no ads that show and the professional version offers extra levels, 500 puzzles, larger opening database, unlimited saving of games, and you can go right tot he developers website for support and questions to be answered.

Features:

• 50 puzzles
• 2000 practice positions
• extra levels
• touchscreen interface
• import and export games
• different difficulty levels of play
• import and export with the PGN tool
• unlimited saving of games
• large opening database

As you can see, this app made by jwtc is a classic board game that anyone can enjoy.  There are several different difficulty levels and the game play is customizable within the app.  Another very cool feature that we found ourselves using all the time was the play by play step through mode in which the phone will show you what moves to take to get out of a sticky situation.  This training part of the app is great for when you play with your friends and get in hard situations in which you normally wouldn’t know what to do.

The game play is very simple as you pick the piece you want to move and the app shows you where you can move the piece according to the movement rules of each chess piece.  This game is very challenging and is a great way to keep you interested and able to pass the time while keeping you mentally awake and alert.  If you like chess, you should really give this app a try.

Conclusion:

The Chess app for Android costs $.99 cents and has been given a  3 out of 5 star rating by other android phone users everywhere.

Description:

For those of you who are news junkies out there, there is something that that has been made for Android that will be able to keep you up to date with all of your local, national, and global news. The app is called NewsRoom RSS and is one of the fastest and easiest ways to stay in touch with the web on the go.  You can find your favorite news quickly with the built in search.  NewsRoom stays up to date without affecting your battery life, and this alone is one of the neatest things about this app.

The user interface is extremely easy to use and has a very nice intuitive icon look.  You simply set up the feeds you want to show up, or you can search and add new feeds that you haven’t thought about before. You can quickly skim article summaries and use what the app calls a swiping interface to go from summary to summary.  Once you find a summary that you like, you can view the entire article with the tap of your finger.  The server that runs this app does all the work for you to save battery life and optimizes data transmissions that com to your Android phone.

The only con that  we can see with this app is that you can’t sync it with Google Reader, but that’s minuscule to the things the app can do.  If you love news, and check feeds all day on the net, then this is definitely the app for you.  Everyone loves having the ability to check news right out of the gate when they are mobile.  The phone app allows you to be in the loop in the car, at an appointment, or when you have a leisure moment to relax.

Features:

• Easy to use interface
• all the feeds come up as icons to make selection very easy
• search feeds and add them with the tap of your finger
• manually enter feeds that you are already interested to your feed list
• automatic notifications when the feeds are updated
• easy to navigate article summary swiping

As you can see this app has tons of features to make getting the most current news an easy process.  If you are a news lover it is impossible not to live without this app for the Android Phone.

Conclusion:

This app costs $4.99 and has been given a perfect 5 out of 5 star rating.

Description:

Do you love music and like apps like Pandora and grooveshark?  Well if you wnat to bring even more music technology to your Android phone, you need the new UMusic Android App.  This app allows you to have free unlimited access to millions of songs in many different languages.  It is able to pull streaming songs from youtube and plays just the audio to save you some internet bandwidth.  This also helps saver your battery life to just play the music instead of streaming the videos as well.  UMusic also allows you play music on the background and even allows you to play the music with your screen turned off.

Some of the pros to this app are first of all that the idea is genius.  You can stream high quality audio or videos off of YouTube and you can play music in the background even while the screen is asleep.  You can also stop when a call comes in and then resume when the call is over.

There are a few cons, but that is true of any app that you use these days.  The first is that you have to manually create and manage play lists instead of having a more automatic function.  You also don’t get artist or song information which is retarded, but that’s Youtube for ya.  There is also no icon in notification window.

This app essentially creates a free music player using the vast numbers of videos on Youtube that are specific to artists and music.  You can search for your favorite artist or song title and this app will find the correct song and play a high quality version of it if it s available.  The app can automatically create playlists or shuffle the music or play the music at a completely random level.

Features:

• stream high quality video or audio
• automatically make playlists
• randomly play songs in playlists
• see what videos or songs are popular
• essentially creates a free music player for you phone
• stops when a call comes in and resumes when the call is over.

As you can see this music app is very useful for the person that is sick of Pandora, Slacker, or Last FM.  This is a great replacement app for those apps and allows you to see the music videos if you wish.

Conclusion:

This app costs $1.99 and has been given a 4 out of 5 star rating.