{"id":1180,"date":"2012-07-29T23:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T05:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/29\/more-on-droids\/"},"modified":"2012-07-29T23:07:00","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T05:07:00","slug":"more-on-droids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/2012\/07\/29\/more-on-droids\/","title":{"rendered":"More on &#8216;Droids"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ask anyone who&#8217;s talked with me lately and they&#8217;ll tell you this &#8211; Trina loves her new phone!<\/p>\n<p> I loved my AT&#038;T Tilt &#8211; it did what I needed it to do until only recently when it couldn&#8217;t keep up with the Joneses. But my Galaxy S III has been able to do what I wanted and then some.<\/p>\n<p> And I understand why people get so excited about &#8220;apps.&#8221; I&#8217;ve had far too much fun at Google Play finding and trying out apps for my phone. <\/p>\n<p> <lj-cut text=\"A list of Apps that I&#39;ve got on my phone thus far - but not all of them, thankfully!\">In addition to the software I mentioned in <a href=\"http:\/\/pagefillers.com\/blog\/301826\/\">my previous entry<\/a>, I have installed the following wonderful apps: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=uk.co.nickfines.RealCalcPlus\">RealCalc<\/a> A scientific calculator, like you do.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.socialnmobile.colordict\">ColorDict<\/a> It&#8217;s nice having a dictionary on one&#8217;s phone. Also got the thesaurus and spelling app.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.media1908.lightningbug\">Lightning Bug<\/a> As recommended by a friend &#8211; I think I&#8217;m going to try sleeping with this ambient\/white noise maker. First night with it a success.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.alarmclock.xtreme.free\">Alarm Clock Extreme<\/a> I&#8217;m going to try and use my phone as my daily alarm and this program looks like it will fit the bill. Will probably buy it.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.eleybourn.bookcatalogue\">Book Catalogue<\/a> I really wish there was an app that synced with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.librarything.com\/home\/trinalin\">LibraryThing<\/a>, but this at least can pull info from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/list\/3298064\">Goodreads<\/a>. (So now I have to keep that database up to date too. I prefer LT, however.)<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.melodis.midomiMusicIdentifier.freemium\">SoundHound<\/a> Recommended by the friend who recommended Lightning Bug. That I can catch songs when I&#8217;m offline is fab. Now I just have to remember that I have this program when I hear a song that I want to ID.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=kr.aboy.tools\">Smart Tools<\/a> THIS is why they made Smartphones! I love all of the tools from this program: compass, flashlight, decibel meter, etc. Brilliant.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=hu.distinction.cflow\">Cocktail Flow<\/a> Dad had this ad-supported app on his MP3 player and it looked fun. And best of all, the ads don&#8217;t show up when you&#8217;re offline.<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.whatbird.pro\">iBird Pro<\/a> Many&#8217;s the time I wondered what that birdsong was. Perhaps this program will help&#8230;<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.icandiapps.thenightsky\">The Night Sky<\/a> Many&#8217;s the time I wondered what that celestial object was. Perhaps this program will help&#8230;<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.socratica.mobile.chemistry\">Periodic Table<\/a> Well, duh, I&#8217;m a chemistry teacher!<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=org.openintents.shopping\">OI Shopping List<\/a> Going to see if I can switch from paper lists to using my phone. So far, so good!<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=me.zed_0xff.android.alchemy.premium\">Alchemy<\/a> Not the Popcap game of the same name &#8211; this interesting thing has you mix &#8220;elements&#8221; together to make new stuff. More interesting than it sounds. I made a whale!<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.rovio.angrybirds\">Angry Birds<\/a> Like you do&#8230; (They only have the ad-supported version, but once again, offline = no ads.)<\/li>\n<p> <\/p>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Natenai-Ariyatrakool-Glow-Hockey-Pro\/dp\/B004MNO0BQ\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1343616355&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=glow+hockey\">Glow Hockey 2 Pro<\/a> With Bejeweled 2 not yet available for my version of Android, I think this will be my &#8220;go to game.&#8221; Quite fun.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/lj-cut><\/p>\n<p> This isn&#8217;t all of the apps I&#8217;ve got on my phone, but they are some of the niftiest ones. I&#8217;ve got a couple of Text-To-Speech programs\/voices that I&#8217;m trying out as well. CoPilot needs a decent voice. If any of you have nifty Android apps that you love, share the love &#8211; I&#8217;m always looking for more ideas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ask anyone who&#8217;s talked with me lately and they&#8217;ll tell you this &#8211; Trina loves her new phone! I loved my AT&#038;T Tilt &#8211; it did what I needed it to do until only recently when it couldn&#8217;t keep up with the Joneses. 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