This week’s App Smart was about apps you may like to try out on your new Android tablet — a class of device that is really making a splash in the mobile computing market to rival the iPad.
But of course there are thousands upon thousands of apps, and only limited space in the column, so here are a few more suggestions.
I suggested the News360 app, and by all means try it out free. But if it does not appeal to you, then you may have more luck with the Flipboard app, also free. This is another highly popular news aggregator that has a graphics-centric interface controlled by gestures. The app is now optimized for the bigger screen real estate that tablets offer compared with Android phones.
If gaming is your thing, then you may be pleased to hear that there is a free, tablet-friendly version of an EA Games classic, The Sims, in the Google Play store. The Sims FreePlay has all the charm of the original game, with tap controls that worked very well on my Nexus 7’s screen. It also has very impressive visuals including detailed character animations, which make the most of the graphical power of an Android tablet.
For live wallpaper, check out Exodus Live Wallpaper, which is free (or $1 for a Pro edition) and will display a rain of cubes gently tumbling and rolling across a tablet’s desktop background. You can adjust many of the parameters and it adds a suitably high-tech flavor to your tablet’s screen. If high tech isn’t your thing, I’ve found Sakura Live Wallpaper to be very eye-catching (free or $1.29 for a Pro version with more controls). Leaves gently tumble from the trees in its Japanese-esque images and they even react to your screen taps.
Of course Android tablets are also great for productivity, and Google’s own stable of apps serve many useful work-related purposes. But if your workplace is resolutely Microsoft-oriented, you may find the free CloudOn app handy. It lets you get to your Excel, Word and PowerPoint documents on your tablet; you can even edit them and share them with colleagues over Dropbox. The app has been freshly updated this month, which means its developers are keeping it current.
Also for productivity, the free Pocket app is highly regarded as a way to store text, images and video from Web sites you like so you can read them later, perhaps at a moment when you have no Internet connection.
Extra Quick Call
Activision’s new free Skylanders Lost Islands app has just hit iOS devices. It’s more like playing The Sims than the role-playing console version of the game, but it does let players of the original import their own personal characters.
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But of course there are thousands upon thousands of apps, and only limited space in the column, so here are a few more suggestions.
I suggested the News360 app, and by all means try it out free. But if it does not appeal to you, then you may have more luck with the Flipboard app, also free. This is another highly popular news aggregator that has a graphics-centric interface controlled by gestures. The app is now optimized for the bigger screen real estate that tablets offer compared with Android phones.
If gaming is your thing, then you may be pleased to hear that there is a free, tablet-friendly version of an EA Games classic, The Sims, in the Google Play store. The Sims FreePlay has all the charm of the original game, with tap controls that worked very well on my Nexus 7’s screen. It also has very impressive visuals including detailed character animations, which make the most of the graphical power of an Android tablet.
For live wallpaper, check out Exodus Live Wallpaper, which is free (or $1 for a Pro edition) and will display a rain of cubes gently tumbling and rolling across a tablet’s desktop background. You can adjust many of the parameters and it adds a suitably high-tech flavor to your tablet’s screen. If high tech isn’t your thing, I’ve found Sakura Live Wallpaper to be very eye-catching (free or $1.29 for a Pro version with more controls). Leaves gently tumble from the trees in its Japanese-esque images and they even react to your screen taps.
Of course Android tablets are also great for productivity, and Google’s own stable of apps serve many useful work-related purposes. But if your workplace is resolutely Microsoft-oriented, you may find the free CloudOn app handy. It lets you get to your Excel, Word and PowerPoint documents on your tablet; you can even edit them and share them with colleagues over Dropbox. The app has been freshly updated this month, which means its developers are keeping it current.
Also for productivity, the free Pocket app is highly regarded as a way to store text, images and video from Web sites you like so you can read them later, perhaps at a moment when you have no Internet connection.
Extra Quick Call
Activision’s new free Skylanders Lost Islands app has just hit iOS devices. It’s more like playing The Sims than the role-playing console version of the game, but it does let players of the original import their own personal characters.
Source gadgetwise
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