Sunday, March 18, 2012

1Weather



This is a relatively new ad supported free weather app made by  OneLouder Apps developer of many famous apps like tweet caster , friend caster etc. As the name suggests it show weather of a particular location. Along with weather it also shows other parameters like 7 Day forecast, Severe weather alert, precipitation levels, radar maps (currently only for US) , sun and moon rise and set times and even tweets and pics about the temperature of the selected city. It also includes a weather widget showing latest weather for a selected city.

Performance :- Its a lightweight app having very fast load times. The temperature readings are off by a few degrees as compared to the weather channel , weather bug and other weather showing websites. 

User Interface :- Nice animated user interface, odd color combinations but all together not very flashy.  

Known Glitches and Bugs :- Does not include automatic location detection, temperature off by a few degrees.

Navigation and Usage :- Navigation is simple but the app contains a lot of unnecessary information like tweets about temperature(now who wants to reads tweets about temperatures),top weather pics.

Addiction level :- Well there are other better weather apps like The weather channel , Weather Bug  in market than this so addiction level is quite less.

You can download it from Here.

Saturday, March 17, 2012

Onavo


Its a new data usage monitor developed by Onavo . It tracks the mobile data (both edge and 3g) being used by your phone, stores the information ,processes and displays it in various formats. It has many useful features including app-wise data  tracking, monitoring apps for extensive data consumption, providing you graphical analysis of data used and even suggests better data plans based on your usage.You can define your plan (monthly,yearly or daily) and even set alerts on limit of data usage.It also provides 3 widgets for the home screen including live data widget,app widget and data plan widget. Sadly it only tracks mobile data and not Wifi.

Performance :- Its provides very accurate information compared to other apps and load times are not even significant. The only thing is that you can only set the start date of your plan and end date is calculated accordingly without giving user the choice to set it.

User Interface :- It has a very elegant and subtle user interface supporting color changes according to the data usage.

Known Glitches and Bugs :- None

Navigation and Usage :- Navigation in this app is very easy and with the added functionality of widgets its easy to use too.

Addiction level :- Depends on your usage . If your are a frequent mobile data user than this app will be hard to uninstall.

You can download and install it from Here

AirDroid


Air droid is a connectivity app developed by SAND STUDIO which lets you connect your mobile to your computer and do a whole lot of stuff on your mobile from your computer. Its basically a remote mobile management solution. You connect your mobile to the same network as of your computer and then open up the mobile file system in your browser using a web address that the app generates and displays on the main screen.To keep your connection protected the app generates a password (could be predefined from the settings) which is required at the time of login from the browser. Air droid provides a whole lot of features including managing files, viewing and composing text messages ,creating and managing contacts ,viewing call logs, setting wallpapers etc. on the device. By using the generated URL you can view your mobile contents on any device connected to the same network whether the connection is wireless or wired.

Performance:- It works like a charm on every device . Its fast intuitive and properly built.

User Interface :- It has one of the best user interface I have ever encountered in any app providing similar functionality (like Samsung Kies Air). Its neat and clean and has a very pleasant color theme.

Know Glitches or Bugs :- The file transfer speed have been found a bit slower than other apps of this caliber like Wifi Transfer Pro (but thats a paid app).

Navigation & Usage :- Its very easy to use and every person having the slightest knowledge of computers could use it.

Addiction Level :- Probably Infinite. Once you start using it you will not switch to any other app of the same type.

You can download and install it from Here

Bear Fishing

        



Its a "Catch and Slice" type of single player game developed by WuZla  similar to ninja fishing on iOS .Your goal here is to explore for new fishes controlling your fishing net via accelerometer and catch by  them in max amount. You receive gold coins for your catch with the help of which you can buy items and upgrade your inventory in terms of max depth reachable or max number of fishes etc.  Unfortunately there is a limit to the number of fishes you can catch at a time which is also upgradable. One of my favorite features is the drill in which whenever you touch the screen your rod goes on slicing everything in its way. Now coming on to the actual review. I have tested this app on Samsung Galaxy S2.

Performance :- Application is fast and non laggy on most of the phones but older and slower models could encounter slow loading times.

User Interface :- Nice minimalistic and colorful  Interface. Though option of restarting the game is missing from the pause menu.

Known Glitches  or bugs :- Some users report that they have to turn off sound every time they restart the application and some have also experienced Force Close issues but their numbers are very few.

GamePlay :- Nice interactive  gameplay with the slashing fish part being a bit less sensitive compared to other well known slicing games like Fruit Ninja.

Addicition Level :- Due to feature upgrade system you just want to earn more and more coins and keep upgrading your inventory for catching new fishes which makes it a highly addictive games. You can spend days on this game without getting bored.

You can download this game for free from Android Market from Here.