TheT - Mobile G1 Android phoneis now available , and you’veseen our review . Now we ’re break to take on the apps in the Android Marketplace . How are they ? Are they skillful enough to rationalise a two year commitment to T - Mobile ? Read on and find out .
TuneWiki : TuneWiki , the language + music video music player , is fantastic . We plugged in a hot track of Flight of the Conchords and TuneWiki was smart enough to have the lyrics to it and sync them in metre with the medicine . Impressive ! Other features like “ Top 50 Songs ” Today / This Week / This Month come up with the music picture and words most of the eccentric , and you could even search YouTube for your own favorite video . Yes , Never Gon na Give You Up crop .
PAC - MAN : It ’s the same wakka wakka you ’ve been playing for the last 20 + years , but now adjust to either the touchscreen or the rolling wave ball . The swiping touchscreen motion works , but it ’s not terrific — the lump is the way you want to go for this . Pac ’s sound effects are exactly the same as they were when you were a kid , so if you ever go back in sentence to differentiate the childhood version of you to corrupt Google gillyflower at its IPO , you’re able to bring this with you and blow his brain .
Accuweather : The app has today ’s weather condition , three - twenty-four hours prediction and microwave radar vista for easy rest home meteorology , but that ’s about it . No ten - day , no allergy circumstance or anything more than just the barebones . What it does have is a very prominent link to their website under each position that launch your web browser , which leads us to consider that they need you clicking over there ( so they can collect ad money ) . Still , it ’s free and it show you how hot it is . Update : Go with the Weather Channel app , review below .
ImeemThis Pandora like music service only allows you to seek by artist name to play music based off similar creative person , but there is also the option to play featured music which range from new and notable creative person to the Top 100 imeem songs . The automatic birdcall survival is decent and when listening to a birdsong there is a bill of fare option to buy it in the Amazon MP3 store . Overall the app works great over both WiFi and 3 G , and surprisingly song buffer and level-headed timber are pretty undecomposed over either .
Twitroid : The first Twitter client for Android . Visually , it look very good , but when you swap back and forth between landscape and portrait you may tell that it ’s a beta app ( it necessitate you to sign in again ) . It does have features like unmediated electronic messaging , photo attachments and even search . It ’s a moderately darn good Twitter client that calculate even great than some of the Twitter apps on the iPhone .
Any Cut : A kind of scheme - storey app that get you make crosscut on your home projection screen to right away call or text someone . you’re able to also make a shortcut to just about any body process on your phone , such as Wi - Fi configurations or SIM lock . They all work fine . This is one app you ’ll in spades have to pick up .
Shutter Speed : This app allow you to enter your SLR or DSLR tv camera ISO and aperture preferences and it will determine the exposure setting that ’s best . Unless you are a professional photographer this app is going to be very puzzling and will seem useless . It only determines a single camera setting and has no ability to take pictures .
WikiMobile Encyclopedia : A portable version of Wikipedia that take an cyberspace connection to snap up article from the genuine Wikipedia and formats it to your screen . It ’s good — the schoolbook is legible and you may swipe from screen to screen — but for larger articles jump from discussion section to subdivision is a bit of a pain . It ’s definitely good than read the Wikipedia site on your web browser app , that ’s for bloody certain . On a side note , someone necessitate to update our Wiki page . That thing ’s ancient .
Weather Channel : Much better than Accuweather , this thing displays wind speed , visibility , humidness and ultraviolet illumination index along with a 10 sidereal day forecast . It ’s not fill with golf links to the Weather Channel site , either , which is great . by all odds a superscript weather app compared to Accuweather .
rebel : This Google Talk instant messenger app allows you to chat with your Google Talk buddies as well as transmit pictures , scribbles and your current locating . The doodle and pictures are sent by create a Picasa web album under you Google Talk account . The web album link is air in a subject matter and the receiver can regard it in their entanglement web web browser . Same endure for sending your locating , a link to a Maverick post Google Maps is sent and the receiver can reckon it in their web web browser app . App mold quick over both WiFi and 3G.
BreadCrumbz : People can put up routes , which are made up of instructions , notes and photos , for anyone to take after . For example , one of the routes already online was for the “ Best Study Room in Stanford ” , which lead you through the campus to the library , then an lift , then a field of study elbow room . I ’m surprised there were n’t more routes with the label “ sexy way on campus ” which guide to some dude ’s dorm room where he ’s wait for you in just a gown , but Android ’s only been out for a twosome days . Neat app , unquestionably one we ’ll want to agree out more as more path are released .
Translate : reasonably much just a self - contained app that send text to the Google translation Robert William Service and exhibit it back in whatever lyric you want . There are 150 “ language pairs ” embrace most of the major languages , so it seems fairly useful if you ’re traveling and need to demand someone something — just type it out in English and shoot translate .
iSkoot for Skype : This app brings Skype calling and chatting to Android . Major downside is it does n’t allow unfeigned VOIP because it root all call through the cell line , even Skype to Skype calls . So cellular phone second are being used on top of Skype credit entry . The call lineament is good and the app work well under both WiFi and 3G.
QuickList : A top-notch simple to do list that let you type in what you require and tap to strike them out . It ’s so uncomplicated that it does n’t have seam wrapping and any point more than two or three words get chopped off . Keep your list item short on this one .
ShopSavy : This barcode scan app allows you to scan or accede a barcode of any product and will display a range of info . It will search the World Wide Web and local retail store , based on your emplacement , for the cheap prices . you’re able to also read critique and have an alarum for when there is a price drop curtain . The app works keen and is really a must have tool for every sparing shopper .
Divide and Conquer : D&C is exactly like the old plot you make for on a PC 20 years ago ( I forget the name ) where you draw a line of products on the screen to box off bouncing balls without the balls arrive at your origin . The point is to trap the ball in something around 90 % of the screen . It ’s just as playfulness now as it was then , and best of all it ’s free . A commenter tells us the sure-enough secret plan is call Jezzball , just FYI .
Bonsai Blast : The iPhone equivalent of this is Puzzloop , but it ’s a biz very much like Bust - a - move , except or else of the globe dropping from the top , they go around a track and you have to hit them while they ’re move . Definitely playfulness , and the touchscreen controls are precise enough that you should be able to get through the biz without too many mad misses unless you ’re a Shaq and you have sausage fingers .
Brain Genius Deluxe : Holy crap ! This is like Brain Training for the DS , except free and on your phone . You have four case of exercise , which admit observation ( which case of leaf did you see the most of ) and computer memory ( how should we splay this picture to get the previous picture ) . It ’s as polished a game as we ’ve seen yet on Android , so definitely pick this one up if you ’re a rooter of puzzles game or Brain Training .
CB Blackjack : It ’s pressure by Hudson Soft ( maker of Bomberman and various other game ) . It ’s really difficult to screw up blackjack , but this version is slightly dull . possibly it ’s the cheesy 1980s biz soundtrack ? It ’s pressure , so if you require blackjack , it ’s blackjack . Blackjack .
CB Klondike ( Solitaire ): It ’s solitaire .
CB Reversi : It ’s reversi , and you could act with either the scroll ball or by have-to doe with the screen . There are guide parentage ( indicate above ) if you spiel using your finger , which cuts down on inadvertent piece placement . The flavour is so retro and so former ’ ninety telecasting game that you actually receive how sleazy it is . Reversi ( or Othello ) has always been fun , and you may work this either by yourself or vs. a buddy .
Barcode Scanner : This app permit you to scan a product barcode with pick to regard a Google mathematical product lookup or web hunt based on the ware ’s code . Because it does n’t appear to have any other functions ShopSavy is a much better Barcode scan Android app .
Lights Out : Touch a billet to become off ( or on ) the adjacent light . Purpose is to get all the brightness off . Same game you ’ve play for eld , so you should have it away whether or not you like it . No surprises on this one .
Compare Everywhere : A Barcode scan app that allows for merchandise searches by barcode or keyword and has the ability to make and keep open shopping / wish lists . By far the most rich barcode scanner app for Android . Will display on-line and location based prices providing everlasting store info with maps , way , phone number and World Wide Web speech .
PicSay : This pic editor is extremely fun is basically a robust effigy manipulator . After selecting a picture you may contribute discussion bubbles , words , prop , and effect to transform the image into anything you want . Once your graphics oeuvre is complete you could save to Coyote State or divvy up it using Google post or electronic messaging .
Locale : This app represent as a setting handler found on a few different personalized conditions . depend on your battery , fourth dimension , contact , time , or location your phone can have preset setting that alter mechanically depend on your fit conditions . justly now the only setting options to be change are ringer , volume , internet twitter , and wallpaper . By far the expert feature of this app is the power to have the phone mechanically detect your location and mute you ringer , which hone for those who go to school or influence and need to have their phone on silent .
Photostream : This Flickr photo web browser app let you to research a Flickr contact name and view their photo . There are n’t that many features yet but you have the alternative to write a photo to your headphone and also be notified when one of your contacts adds new photos .
cab4me light : This app will regain taxicab companies that serve your current or preferred location . Just tap Call Cap and it will give you a list of available taxi companies and the power to call them . Right now the app is fairly introductory but the developer states it ’s currently title luminousness while they tote up more features and cabriolet companionship .
HotSpot Locator : All this app does is locate the closest T - Mobile Hot Spots . Since the G1 permit you use WiFi for free at any T - Mobile HotSpot positioning it ’s kinda nice to have this feature film at the touch of your finger . The app is utterly basic though because it ’s just a inter-group communication to search results that pull up in the web web web browser , but still very usable .
iSafe : I ca n’t believe this app is one of the first in the Marketplace . This app search your location for potential insecure condition like sexual practice offenders , report criminal offense , weather , allergy , air - quality and upper boundary so it can alert you if the area is insecure . The sound part about this app is if it detects a record sex activity offender nearby it will sound an warning signal every few minute sound out “ Potential Sex Offender Nearby ! ” Yea I ’m not kidding around , this is a tangible Android app .. CRAZY !
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