Android Tips & Tricks

Convert your phone into a $500 camera

droid — Wed, 02 May 2012 03:39:50 +0000

Afterfocus brings DSLR camera like effects to your phone.

Touch to select foreground and background areas of the photo “after” you capture it and the app automatically recognizes the elements in the picture.

Multiple foreground and background filters are available to create your masterpiece.

Look out for the Pro version (not out yet) that lets you take two pictures to separate the foreground and background automatically.

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Have Time Warner cable?

droid — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 23:54:44 +0000

TWC lets their users watch cable on android. Turn any room into a TV room, they say.

* 7 days of TV listings with search and favorites

Even if you don’t have TWC, don’t fret, this should “encourage” your service provider to let you access what you pay for on your phone.

Meanwhile try Youtube Remote, its way better than any other TV offering out there.

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Get cash back on stuff you bought online

droid — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 03:01:11 +0000

Slice connects to your Gmail and Yahoo mail accounts and watches for retailer emails about stuff you bought online.

It’s a single dashboard for all the stuff you bought from amazon, apple, ebay, and a hundred others.

The best part? It notifies you of price drops after you made a purchase, so you can get a refund.

Video: Slice

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Android for your Glasses, it’s real.

droid — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 17:23:33 +0000

Google unveiled “Project Glass”, the secret project kept in wraps until now.

The video: Project Glass

The goal of the project: “Putting you back in the moment”

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Better than Google Voice

droid — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 14:48:50 +0000

PhoneDeck is better than Google Voice (at what it does), period.

Here’s why:

A better designed interface
Meaningful insight into your phone communication behavior
Sync your LinkedIn contacts into your phone book

Give it a spin.

Watch this video first: PhoneDeck.

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Pop the colors and make it a square

droid — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:58:57 +0000

Instagram is now on Google Play.

A popular app on iOS, that lets you apply filters to your images similar to Picplz.

Pop’s the colors to bring out details you couldn’t see before
Turn photos into a square and share on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Foursquare

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Type faster with the new app from Google, Gmail Tap

droid — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 14:22:41 +0000

The simplest way to type. Doubles your speed by doubling the keyboards.

Gmail Tap is an improvement over speech. You can say two things with your fingers that your mouth can say one of.

You can tap in the morning, you can tap it at night, you can tap it in the bathroom.

Go here to download: Gmail Tap

P.S: Look at this too.

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Space: The final frontier

droid — Thu, 29 Mar 2012 15:57:38 +0000

Here’s an announcement from NASA: SPACE

Boldly go where no man has gone before.

Features:

60 interstellar levels!
Brand new characters!
Brand new superpowers!
Zero-gravity space adventures!
Trick shots using gravity!
Hidden bonus levels!
Beautifully detailed backgrounds!

Join the global phenomenon as it goes galactic, if you haven’t already.

You’re too late if you don’t have it on your phone by now.

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Run for your life

droid — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 15:08:49 +0000

Temple Run, the addictive running game, is now available on android.

I’m sure you’ve seen others run for their lives, now you can run too.

Here’s the plot:

You’ve stolen the cursed idol from the temple
Now you have to run for your life to escape the Evil Demon Monkeys
Evil Demon Monkeys are nipping at your heels.

That’s it!

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3. Best Camera Apps Screen – Best android ICS apps + widgets

droid — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 02:31:11 +0000

This post is a part of the Best Android ICS home screens series.

Just email your best to droid@android-tips.com to get featured.

Best Camera Apps Screen:

Socialcam: Upload video while you are recording and share with your friends.

Retro Camera: Take delicious pictures, the old-school way, complete with authentic camera skins. Try the Pudding Camera too.

Pixlr-o-matic: Apply effects to you pictures, the awesome way. ~~Tons~~ Truck loads of effects to choose from.

Paper Camera: See ... read tip.