Buddy Runner Android app Review

Description:

The Buddy Runner app is a great way to stay on top of your fitness and health goals.  Keeps track of time, distance, calories, and route.

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Features:

  • The Buddy Runner app is a great way for you to be able to keep track of all of your fitness goals.  You will be able to record all of your distances, your times, your pace, and much more.
  • The app also has a dashboard that can be used for personal use to be able to help you see what your recorded history is
  • You will be able to see results that have been visualized by the app and you can rest assured that all of your information is secure and private and not being shared by everyone on the network
  • You can also use this app in connection with social networking sites like Twitter and Facebook to be able to share your progress with friends and family that might be interested
  • While you are working out you can listen to your own music library so you don’t have to worry about the app providing music and it not being stuff that you like
  • There is also an audio feedback option that you can use to have your results read to you while you are working out
  • See how many calories you are burning and set some great fitness and weight loss goals for yourself

Conclusion:

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have one of those super expensive GPS trainers for personal fitness?  Well you don’t have to worry about that anymore because this does the exact same thing and it is actually completely free to download.  You will be able to record all kinds of information, including the routes that you run, the distance of each of your runs, the time it takes to complete all of your runs, and also the kind of pace that you set as you went.  This is the perfect app for anyone that loves to go running or walking outside.  This is a way that you can keep track of all of your times and calories burned so that you can hold yourself accountable and achieve your weight loss and fitness goals.  One of the other really nice things about the app is that you can actually listen to your own music as you workout.  You can also save all of your runs and walks and look at the progress you’ve made at a later time.  You can also sync the app up with Google Maps to see exactly where you all went.  You can even have the statistics read out loud to you.

This app has been given a rating of 4.3 stars out of 5 stars by users that have already downloaded the app and have had a chance to use it.  You can download this app off of the Android app marketplace for free.

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Sherpa – Discover Your World Android app Review

Description:

The Sherpa – Discover Your World Android app is extremely helpful in showing you local attractions that you might be interested in.  The app uses adaptive technology to be able to find out the things that you like and then it will automatically display them for you.

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Features:

  • With the Sherpa app you will be able to have all kinds of helpful information about whatever place you are in.
  • This app allows you to see local restaurants, shopping malls, or other concerts, attractions, or events, that you might like based off of your likes and dislikes
  • This app uses adaptive technology to help it learn as you go so that it will pattern it’s suggestions around that
  • It will automatically display any restaurants, or retailers that might be in line with what you really want
  • You can use the user interface to get more details on the location or even just to look it up on Google maps.  You can also get information on contacts and also reveiws
  • This is an all in one guide that you will love to have on you

Conclusion:

The Sherpa app is a pretty cool thing because it is actually really useful.  This app will allow you to find a lot of information about you environment and other surroundings.    The app will actually start to learn the things that you like or dislike so that it can give you helpful suggestions.  You will be able to get displays of your favorite locations including restaurants, shopping outlets, and any other attractions or events that might be related to the things that you like.  Overall the app is actually really useful and it is even backed by T-Mobile.  It is extremely nice for the app to actually show you a bunch of different things that you can pick from.  You can spin the attractions around and pick which one you would like to do.  You can also see them on Google Maps as well.  The app continues to learn your likes and dislikes and uses adaptive learning technology to be able to help you have legitimate suggestions.

This app has been given a rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars by Android app users and reviewers that have already checked it out and messed with it on their phones.  This app is also free for you to download onto your Android phone if you get it off of the app marketplace.

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YouMail Visual Voicemail Android app Review

Description:

The YouMail Visual Voicemail allows you to see exactly who is calling you, and also lets you read your voicemails rather than listen to them.

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Features:

  • When you use the YouMail visual voicemail you will be able to manage your voicemail with all kinds of different options.  You will be able to either read, play, or just see what your voicemails are
  • You will need to register your voicemail with YouMail in order for it to be effective but it is free and easy to do
  • This app supports most of the US carriers so you shouldn’t run into too many network problems as you are using the app
  • You will essentially be forwarding all of your missed calls to your account with YouMail where you can then manage all of them
  • You will be able to see who is calling you at all times, even if the number is not actually in your address book
  • You can read your vociemails so you don’t have to go through all of the work to listen to the entire message, you can just go through it on  your own time
  • The voicemail can also be saved on the account for forever

Conclusion:

This app is great for those people who hate having to go to all of the work to open up their voicemail, type in their access code, and have to sit through all of their voicemails.  With this app you will be able to get your voicemails, read through them, and decide if you want to respond back or not.  You will also be able to download the WAV file or the MP3 and playback the voicemail.  The reading part is still the best since the app will actually create a transcript of your voicemail and then allow you read it.  You have to register for the free service and then actually forward your voicemail to YouMail in order for it to work.  You can keep the default greeting since it sounds like you have a secretary or something, or you can go in there and personally change it again.  There are a lot of other services that are provided by YouMail which are great to work with.  The only cons to this app is that the initial adjustment to the phone orientation can be pretty quirky since the audio stops if the orientation is changed at all.  Also, if you want to read the emails there is usually a small fee.

This app has been given a rating of 4.1 out of 5 stars by Android app users that have downloaded the app and tried it out.  The app can be downloaded for free off of the Android app marketplace.

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SoundHound Android app Review

Description:

The SoundHound app is one of the best music recognition apps out for the Android.

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Features:

  • The SoundHound app is an upgrade from Shazam technology that will let you recognize and tag any song that you would like to
  • It only takes about four or five seconds for the app to recognize songs that are playing, which makes it one of the fastest music recognition apps out there
  • You can get the lyrics for all of the songs that you love so you can sing along, and you can also buy songs from right off of the app with the link to the Amazon music store
  • You can use the sharing options that are on Facebook and Twitter to also spread the love amongst friends and family
  • The user interface for the app has been really enhanced and is easy to use, and you can also use the email option for all of your bookmarks
  • You can even just hum or sing the songs that you want tagged and the app can recognize it most of the time

Conclusion:

This is a music recognizing app that is very similar to that of Shazam. The main purpose of the app is to recognize any song that is played through a set of speakers.  The thing that really sets this app apart is that it also has the ability to recognize songs that you either sing or hum into it!  You will actually get access to a ton of other information after you tag the song including bios for the artist, songs that are similar or are related, and also some videos that you can watch on there.  If you really like the song then you can just use the app to purchase it right there off of the Amazon store.  This app also allows you to share a lot of information with people through social networks, and also has lyrics so you can sing along to the songs you love.  The only downside to this app is that the free trial version of the app doesn’t have a lot to it.  You can only tag 5 songs through either singing or listening before you have to pay the 5 bucks to download the complete app.  But other than that it’s not bad at all.

This app has been given a pretty stellar rating of 4.5 out of 5 stars by Android app users and you will be able to use this app even when you hum or sing something to yourself.  This app has a free trial but after that it is a one time fee of $4.99 to be able to download the app.

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Gmail Popup Android app Review

Description:

The Gmail Popup Android app is a great way to preview your emails before you actually read them.

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Features:

  • With the Gmail Popup app you will be able to view new announcements and notifications that have come into your Gmail inbox
  • The nice thing about this app is that you will be able to see a little bit about the email before you even open it up which is a nice feature
  • You will also be able to preview the message from the email sender as well as view a snippet of the information and also the subject that was included
  • This way you can actually decide if you want to go in and read the email or you can dismiss it and ignore it until a later time when you would rather go and read it
  • This widget will connect you right the the Gmail app so that you can access your inbox and read the pertinent emails
  • You can mess with the preferences and settings to get the app exactly how you want it

Conclusion:

The Gmail Popup Android app is a great way for you to be able to preview your emails just at a glance.  Rather than having to open up the email to see what it says you can get the first line or two, know what it is about and then decide if you want to open it up or not.  This is just a super convenient way for you to screen your emails without having to go through all of them.   You will be able to get quite a bit of information from the popup including the sender of the email, the basic subject, a little snippet of the content that is inside of the email, and you will also have the option to either dismiss the email or open it up.  You can go to the preferences setting on the app to be able to change actions when deciding if you want to select an email.  The basic settings and preferences will have it automatically open up in the Gmail inbox.  There are a few downsides to this app though because the popup does not come up past the locked screen and also once the popup is on there you can’t actually use it to open the email, it just takes it to your Gmail inbox.  They could have done more with this app.

This app has been given a rating of 3.6 stars out of a 5 star rating.  Maybe not the most useful email, but isn’t a bad one to have either.  The bonus to the app is that it has a free trial for Android app users.

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Skies of Glory Android app Review

Description:

In the Skies of Glory Android app you will go back to WWII era and destroy enemy compounds and prove you are the king of the sky!

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Features:

  • This game takes place in the midst of WWII so you will be able to control aircraft and guns from that time period.  The environments are really detailed and they look super realistic
  • You will be able to see some of the terrain of Europe as well as the Pacific ocean as you fly your aircraft around and team up with people in order to defend your base
  • You will have to go out and destroy enemy compounds as you show off all of your piloting skills out in the open skies
  • The graphics are all in 3D and the visual effects in the game are actually very stunning
  • There is also a multiplayer mode where you can play online against your friends or other strangers
  • You will have three phases of ship targets and also ground targets and they are Kanalkampf, Adlerangriff, and Blitzkrieg
  • You will be able to pick from a few different planes that all have different strengths and weaknesses.  There are three planes to choose from total
  • You have a radar on the top right of the screen or you can use arrows that are placed right on the screen
  • You can also choose your viewpoint

Conclusion:

There are so many good things about this app it is hard to know where to start off.  This is a great first person flight game where you can take down enemy aircraft.  This game combines 3D graphics, great gameplay using the accelerometer, and also a slew of visual effects to create a masterpiece on the Android.  As you start to play the game you will see that you progress mission by mission through the game.  You can pick from a few different planes depending on what strengths and weaknesses that you want and then you can take on increasingly more difficult levels to be able to get through it.  There are a lot of features you will be able to access including the enemy radar in the top right of the screen as well as being able to toggle through different camera angles and viewpoints.  The only real cons to this game are that it takes a little while in order for you to get used to the mode of flight as well as using the controls for firing.  If you invest a little time into it, however, you should be able to figure it out fairly quickly.

This app has been given a rating of 4.4 stars out of 5 stars and is considered one of the best Android apps when it comes to using the accelerometer.  You can download this app onto your Android phone for only $4.99 at the Android app market place.

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G4TV Android app Review

Description:

If you love video games then you will love the new G4TV Android app because you will be able to get reviews and news on your favorite systems.

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Features:

  • This app is a great way to stay up-to-date on all of your favorite video game news.  G4 has been on the iPhone for a while so it is about time that they decided to develop it for Android
  • You can get gaming reviews for insiders to be able to get through any game, no matter how hard.  These step by step reviews will help you to get past that part that you just can’t beat
  • You can also get cheats for games that you love to be able to accomplish all of the the challenges that are presented to you
  • One of the other really great things about the app is that you can see a ton of videos that all stem from your favorite shows on G4
  • There is a search function that is built right into the app so you can find whatever game you are looking for fairly easily
  • You will be able to find out about the next latest and greatest game to come out for the system of your choice
  • There have been some updates so a lot of the functionality problems have been fixed

Conclusion:

If you like to play video games then you need an app like the G4TV Android app.  This is a great way for you to be able to see game reviews and be up on the latest game news that is coming out.  You get to find out the top news stories, watch some video clips from different shows that you like, and also find out how to cheat on the parts in the game that are just too tough for any human soul to possibly pass.  The best part about this app is the ability you have to get reviews straight to your phone and know that they are from a reputable source.  There are a few cons with this app however, and they include the fact the you can’t text message any of the news to your friends.  The only way to share info is to actually put it on Facebook or email someone with it.  Also, there is no auto rotate feature so you can only look at the app one way.  Lastly, the videos that are on the app can only be accessed if you have a WiFi connection on your phone at the time.

This app has been given a rating of 4.5 stars out of 5 stars by Android app reviewers and can currently be downloaded for free off of the Android marketplace.

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Contacts Blast Android app Review

Description:

The Contacts Blast Android app is a great way to spice up your contact and dialing app.

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Features:

  • There are a lot of different features that can be accessed from the contacts blast android app.  You will be able to organize your contacts in a way that you never thought possible
  • You will be able to integrate all of your Android contacts seamlessly and effectively.  You can also get your contacts that are in your Gmail account
  • Another really cool thing about the app is that you can use it to create your own contact groups and then you can manage all of them right from the app
  • If you want, you can use the search features that are included so that you can go through the photographs and names of all the contacts that are stored in there
  • You can use this app for all of your text messaging as well as for all of your email needs
  • This is just a great replacement for whatever default contact and dialer app that you already have on your phone at this time

Conclusion:

The contact blast app is great because it can replace your default dialing app.  You can use this app instead to be able to access all of your contacts and edit them.  You will  be able to search all of your contacts as well as change the images that are on the background of the phone.  If you would like then you can get into each individual contact and see their full contact details and also a photo of them.  You can do all of this from a single screen that will come up.  There are few gripes with this app, however.  One of these small gripes comes because the app can be pretty sluggish at times.  Most of the icons that it shows are for info and they are not actually stored.  So if you have a phone number for one of your contacts that is on there, it will show the email icon next to it.  But if you actually go over and tap on the email icon it will come up and say that the email is not stored on there.  Kind of annoying but you can get over it pretty quick if you look at all of the other good things that this app brings to the table.

This app has been given a rating of 4.2 out of 5 stars by the people who reviewed it and checked it out.  You can also download this app onto your Android phone for $2.99 if you get it off of the marketplace.

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iSkoot for Skype Android app Review

Description:

The iSkoot for Skype Android app is great because it puts all of the great features of Skype right into your hand.  You can use features such as the contact list, making and receiving calls, the chat, and so much more that is on there.

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Features:

  • This is a sweet app because it gives you most of the awesome features of Skype and puts them right onto your mobile phone so that you can use them whenever you feel it necessary
  • Skype is great because you can talk to people from all over the world without ever having to pay money or change up your mobile plans.  It is all free to use
  • Some of the cool features that come along with this app include the ability to make and get calls over Skype no matter where you are and without any kind of WiFi connection
  • You can also chat over skype with someone and even place out calls to phone numbers that are located all over the entire world
  • The call quality on the app is also pretty impressive and you won’t have to worry about it being all choppy and unanswerable

Conclusion:

If you are a frequent Skype user then you are probably spoiled.  There are so many cool features with Skype that make it such a great service.  The ability to video chat with friends and family is such a cool way to keep constant and effective communication.  This kind of technology goes much farther than just friendly upkeep, you can also use it for business meetings, trainings, and so much more.  There are seemingly endless opportunities for you when you are using Skype.  This is a little app that can help you bring the wonders of Skype onto your mobile phone.  You will be able to access all of your Skype contacts and also to make and receive skype calls for free.  You can also place SkypeOut calls to a bunch of different phone numbers from all over the world.  This little iSkoot app is awesome because the quality of the calls are amazing and you also don’t have to have a wifi connection in order for the call to still work and go out.

This app has been reviewed by multiple users and has been given a rating of 3.6 out of 5 stars. You can also download this app onto your phone for absolutely free.

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Runstar Android app Review

Description:

The runstar Android app is great because it allows you to track your running distance, speed, elevation, and time so that you can continually progress and reach all of your running goals.

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Features:

  • The runstar app is really great because it literally is the only running app you will ever have to download and try out on your phone.  You will never need another one until you get a new phone
  • There are a few different modes on here to help give you motivation and freedom in your workouts.  You will be able to participate in the Free Run and also the Power up modes
  • You can set your monthly goals on here so that you always know what you are trying to achieve and then you can go and check out your progress and see how you are doing with all of it
  • You can also share the results you get with any friends and family that might be interested.  Maybe it is a competition between friends to see who can do the most exercise and lose the most weight
  • You can also create a playlist of your favorite music to listen to as you are out there working hard and running your guts out


Conclusion:

If you love to run a lot and you are always curious about how long or far you are running then it is high time for you to get a running app that you can use on your phone.  The benefit to having this is that your phone already has a built in GPS so having an app like this will allow the phone to record your distance, your speed, your time, when you were slower, your elevation, and so much more.  The runstar Android app does all of this and more and you will love how it has a few different settings and coachings to help you get better at running and so you can start reaching the goals that you have set.  You can use the Free Run or Power Up modes to increase your workout and to start losing the weight that you are trying to keep off for good.  Another kind of fun thing that this running app will let you do is you can actually create your own music list so that you can run to songs that really pump you up and help you get into rhythm.  You can share all of your results with friends and family and you can track your progress as you go.

The runstar Android app has gotten favorable reviews from Android app users that have tried it out and it is currently sitting at a 4.1 out of 5 stars on the scale.  You can also download this app right onto your Android cellular phone for free.

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