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Ubuntu One Files – Synchronize Your Android With Ubuntu One

Umair — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 11:00:27 +0000

Ubuntu One is a cloud storage service for Ubuntu users, much like the critically acclaimed Dropbox. Ubuntu one comes integrated with the Ubuntu operating system upon installation, but that does not limit its functionality to Ubuntu users only. It is accessible to anyone via the cloud. Now you can get the same freedom to carry your files, photos and pretty much everything else on your Android device. Canonical has released an Ubuntu One client for Android known as Ubuntu One Files. It’s main function is to sync your cloud files with your Android device using your Ubuntu One account and furthermore, publish your files on your favorite social networks.

Ubuntu One gives registered users 2GB of free online space. Very nice indeed. You can also upgrade that for more space depending upon your needs.

As soon as you open it up for the first time, it offers to upload your device’s images to Ubuntu One and shall do so automatically every time you snap a new one. Other than that, you’re free to upload any file manually, access select files from the cloud or download any file and access it offline.

Got you going, right? Well that’s not all. Just press & hold the files in the app and you can select them to be published to social networks like Twitter and Facebook or just share them privately among family members or small groups of friends. It gives you the accessibility to easily upload files on the go and the option to edit them on your phone.

Whether or not you’re looking to switch cloud services, Android users should give this one a try. The app is available for free on the Android Market so nothing to lose here.

You can download the app from the Market via the provided link or QR code.

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Official WebMD Client For Android – Your Very Own Portable Doctor

Umair — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:40:57 +0000

For more than 6 years, medical news and information web service, WebMD, has faithfully served users with a comprehensive online medical database meant to aid users in identifying and tackling diseases and injuries. With technology moving at a fast pace, they took it to the next level by developing a detailed client specifically for Android. With a lustrous yet convenient UI, it is rapidly gaining popularity as the most elaborate medical app for Android. If you think that the app is meant to help people belonging to just the medical fraternity, think again! The immensely easy to interpret language, coupled with a highly intuitive UI and graphical demonstration of some of the most sought-after topics, make WebMD a must-have tool for anyone seeking aid from a wide array of medical topics.

First is the Symptom Checker feature which requires an access to your personal information regarding age, postal address along with the respective gender followed by a very interactive model of the human body. You can either click on any organ to reveal all the possible symptoms or directly open the symptoms list arranged according to the parts of the body. The symptoms are then compiled to your conditions catalogue, allowing the app to better assess your condition regarding the symptoms displayed. It answers your queries with the possible causes of the disease together with an array of related articles and a simplified overview about the disease including cause-effect estimations, the methods of diagnoses and the possible treatments available.

The Drugs & Treatments screen efficiently describes an array of drugs arranged in an alphabetic order. You can also crosscheck your desired medication by IDing the drugs according to their shape, color and imprints.

This Android doctor has it all, with an integrated First Aid Information feature and the ability to search locations of your choice for physicians, pharmacies or hospitals.

Like a doctor in your pocket, its impeccable preciseness and broad spectrum functionality is more than impressive. I would definitely recommend this app to everyone as it is just not an app designated for diagnosing but an archive, full of helpful information covering every possible matter of health in complete detail. While accessing the information requires no internet connection, this application can turn out to be a life save making it a necessity for you and your family.

You can download this app for free from the Android Market via the provided link provided below.

Download WebMD For Andorid

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App Backup & Restore For Android – Auto-Backup Apps At Installation

Umair — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 11:00:34 +0000

To have a backup of your mobile device’s contents is of great importance these days. Android devices are capable of fully synchronizing and providing a backup for all your contacts and settings but with the growing utilization of device memory and the flooding of alluring apps in the Android Market, one can easily lose track of all the apps one has installed and that can be a hassle upon resetting your phone or switching to a different ROM etc. That’s why it is of great importance to have a backup of all your favorite applications securely stored on your SD card for restoring in such cases. App Backup & Restore makes backups of all apps installed on your phone and stores them in a directory of your choice on your SD card.

This feature rich and aptly named app backup and restoration app comes with a straightforward no-frills interface making it extremely easy for anyone to use it for backing up and restoring the apps on their Android phones and tablets. To perform a manual backup anytime after installing this app, simply open the app and start selecting your desired applications to be backed up. The archives are automatically created in the /App_Backup_Restore directory on your SD card but this path can be changed in the app settings through Settings > Backup path.

While manual backups can be useful and should do it for many of us, that’s not all there is to App Backup & Restore. One of the key features of this app is that it can also be customized to automatically backup apps right after installation. Yes, you read that right; you install an app and App Backup & Restore backs it up for you right away so that you don’t even have to worry about manually taking backups every now and then. This feature is what makes this free tool stand out compared to the likes of Titanium Backup. You can specify the maximum number of backups per app that you want to keep and it will automatically discard the oldest ones when it reaches the limit, making sure the latest versions stay in your backup.

One limitation of App Backup & Restore is that it does not allow you to backup or restore app data. That means only the APK files will be backed up, and all your settings and app data will be lost. Still, it will save you the hassle of reinstalling all your favorite apps all over again from Market. With frequent updates and a low space requirement, it deserves to have a place in your list of essential apps.

You can install App Backup & Restore for free from Android Market using the link given below.

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Remote Lock Phone & Tracker – Remote Wipe via SMS Commands [Android]

Umair — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:17:08 +0000

Installation of numerous apps to track and protect the contents of your phone proving to be too much of a hassle? Free Remote Phone Lock & Tracker for Android is a free (ad-supported) application that allows you to track your misplaced/stolen phone and protect the private data contained within via SMS commands. With the availability of similar apps like Cellphone Tracker, Lookout and Find my Phone in the Android Market, what makes this app stand out is its considerable simplicity. Keep in mind that this app is developed by a non-native English speaker, you will find quite some English mistakes in the app.

Upon following a one click procedure to input the password, it opens a screen which allows you to enable the phone locking mechanism. The app requires administrator privileges to function. Remember, once you’ve granted said privileges to the app, you must remove it from the list of device administrators from Location & Security Settings > Select device administrators.

We can set the SMS commands to to find the location of the phone, either wipe all the data from the phone or just from the SD card.

The apps automatically wipes the data from the SD card and internal memory after a user-defined number of times an incorrect password or unlock pattern is entered. You can even set what message should be displayed upon the insertion of an incorrect password. This can prove to be very useful if your phone lands into hands of an honest individual. You can set the message to contain an alternate phone number.

This application is a simple yet effective privacy protection and anti-theft solution. It does not just track your misplaced phone for you but also ensures that the sensitive data on your device does not land into the wrong hands.
You can download this app from the Android Market for free via this link or the QR code provided.

~~Download Free Remote Phone Lock & Tracker~~ (Not available on Play Store anymore)

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My Playlist Maker For Android – Create Playlists For Any Music Player

Umair — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 11:12:36 +0000

Having problems managing music on your Android device? Creating and managing playlists within the stock Music application far too inconvenient for you? Well, the answer to all your troubles lies in My Playlist Maker for Android, a free, handy app that lets you create M3U playlists for music-containing directories on your SD card in just a few taps. Courtesy of a simple interface and recently added support for the WMA media format, the app seems to be doing as good as similar apps (the likes of PlayListGenerator and Playlist Maker) on the Android Market, if not better.

There are many specific formats to choose from, ranging from .mp3 to .wma coupled with an easy-to-use interface. Simply select the music and playlist directory followed by the file types to search for and it gives a preview of all the possible playlists that can be generated. There are further settings that can be implemented to scrutinize the playlists generated, allowing the results to appear according to your wishes.

This is a must-have application for all you troublesome souls out there having problems managing your music directories. The M3U playlists that the app generates are, as mentioned on the app’s Market page, incompatible with the stock music player that comes with Android-powered Samsung devices. You should not, however, have trouble using them with the stock player or most third-party music players (such as Power AMP).

You can catch this app for free via the provided link or QR code.

Download My Playlist Maker

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