The app’s beautifully laid out interface makes navigation to various sections extremely convenient. In fact, if you had a chance to play around with the team’s previously released Sports Republic, you’ll instantly learn that Appy Gamer uses almost the same engine as has already been seen with the former, with the only difference being in the subject being addressed: Games (instead of sports).

There are thousands of news articles aggregated from a plethora of sources to keep you updated with whatever is ongoing and upcoming in the world of games. Customization and content exploration lies at the core of Appy Gamer, as it puts you in complete control over almost every single facet of the app, including the home screen items, news sources, notifications and whatnot.

It all begins with the Flipboard-like tile-oriented homescreen that can be self-curated by adding only the news topics/channels of interest. As ever, there are plenty of means to explore new topics and news sources. You may select from the trending topics, featured ones or anything that you may have searched for manually. Also included within the package is MobileRepublic’s signature interactive TagNav Explorer feature that helps users easily pluck a topic of choice from a tag cloud-oriented interface.

As with Appy Geek and Sports Republic, the tag cloud UI is available in three different styles (Classic, 3D Sphere & 3D Wheel). While exploring stories under a specific topic, you may sort content by date, mood or videos. You have the option to set any channel as a featured homescreen item, activate notifications for the required topics, and/or disable all notifications during the night hours.

As of now the app fetches all its gaming-related news and multimedia content from the following sources:

• CVG
• Edge
• Eurogamer
• Gamerzines
• gamrReview
• Golden Joysticks
• imediamonkey
• iPhone Gamer Blog
• KJBcast
• Nintendo Insider
• Now Gamer
• PC Gamer
• Pocket-lint
• Ready Up
• Slide To Play
• VG24/7
• VGChartz
• and plenty of others

Each story is supplemented with ample informative, interactive and multimedia content. That having said, there is an entirely different multimedia section within the app that lets you filter out the latest Photos and Videos from the gaming domains. The Videos section comes in handy particularly if you’re looking for your favorite games’ reviews, previews, video walkthroughs, expert analysis and more.

Just like any other story, there is the option to rate videos by selecting the relevant mood for it. A mood is the depiction of your response/reaction to a particular story. Based upon the type of the news, your mood may fluctuate anywhere from LOL (liked very much) to Game Over (not too satisfied).

Any article can be saved, shared and/or rated from within the news reader screen. Plus, you can set the font size, toggle between day/night reading mode or jump to the tag cloud interface to explore other topics relevant to the selected one.

The app is available in eight different editions, including French, German, English (International, UK & USA version), Italian, and Spanish (Spain & International version). Each edition is readily available, meaning that you don’t have to download the required edition separately.

Last but not the least, Appy Gamer sports a couple of different styles of widgets that let you keep an eye on all the latest news stories as well as only the images relevant to the selected topic right from your Android’s homescreen. A fully tablet-optimized version of Appy Gamer is also available in the Google Play Store, as well as the iTunes App Store.

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The apps installed on your Android devices can be broadly categorized as system apps or user apps, based on their installation location. The user apps are just all your normal app installations through the Google Play Store, Amazon Appstore or sideloading. These go into the /data partition of your Android phone, which is the part of the internal memory made available for user data and apps.

System apps are basically the apps that come pre-installed with your ROM. In a standard Android user environment, the user doesn’t have write access to the /system partition and thus, installing or uninstalling system apps directly isn’t possible. The process isn’t as hard as it may sound. However, there is a catch.

In order to install an app as a system app on your Android device, your device must either be rooted, or have a custom recovery installed (or both). Usually pretty much everyone who has a custom recovery installed uses a rooted ROM, so we’ll just be using the method for rooted phones.

Root Access File Manager Method

Requirements

• Your Android device must be rooted. If it isn’t already, check out our guide on rooting Android.
• A root access file manager of your choice. We will be using ES File Explorer for the purpose.
• The APK file for the app you want to install as system app. If you have the app installed as a normal user app, don’t worry; we’ll show you how to grab its APK.

Procedure

1. Configuring ES File Explorer for root read/write access (required only once):
   1. Launch ES File Explorer, press Menu and tap ‘Settings’.
   2. In the settings, enable the ‘Up to root’ check box.
   3. Further down in the settings, enable ‘Root Explorer’ check box. You will get a warning that you should confirm.
   4. You will then get the Superuser permissions request that you must allow.
   5. Finally, enable the ‘Mount File System’ check box, and press the back key to get back to the explorer interface. ES File Explorer is now configured to work as a root explorer. You do not need to do this again on the same device now, unless you uninstall ES File Explorer, perform a factory reset or install another ROM.
2. Finding the APK of an already-installed normal app (skip to step 3 if you already have the APK):
   1. First of all, install the app from Play Store, if you haven’t already done that.
   2. Launch ES File Explorer and go to /data/app. (You may have to press the back button to get to / first).
   3. If you know the icon of the app, you can easily find it here. If you are having trouble finding the app here due to the confusing names or because of having a lot of apps installed, just search for the app in Google Play Store in a web browser and look at its Play Store link for the name. The file name will basically be the part after ?id= in its market link (and before any other question mark that may or may not appear in the link). For example, the market link for ES File Explorer is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop and its APK file in /data/app is com.estrongs.android.pop-1.apk.
3. If you already have the APK of the file that you want to install as a system app, make sure you have transferred it to your device’s SD card if you haven’t done that already. Also make sure you know the path where you have copied it on the SD card.
4. Once you have located the required APK on the SD card from ES File Explorer, tap-and-hold on its icon till you get a menu, and tap ‘Cut’. You should see a little blue arrow on the bottom of the screen now. (You may select ‘Copy’ instead of ‘Cut’ if you are copying a file over from the SD card and want to keep a copy there. In case of copying an APK from /data/app, always use ‘Cut’.)
5. Now press the back button till you reach / and then browse to /system/app/
6. Tap the little arrow that you see on the bottom of the screen. It will bring up a pane with the icon of the copied file.
7. Tap on the file’s icon, and it will be transferred to /system/app/.
8. Now find the app’s icon in the list of files there and tap-and-hold on it till you get the menu.
9. Scroll down in the menu till you see ‘Properties’ and tap on it. You will now see the properties dialog.
10. Tap the ‘Change’ button in front of the Permissions to bring up the permissions dialog.
11. Make sure everything under ‘Read’ is checked, only ‘User’ is checked under ‘Write’ and nothing is checked under ‘Execute’ Your screen should look like the following:
12. Tap OK on this screen and then on the Properties screen. Your app’s permissions are now set correctly.
13. Reboot your device. Your app is now ready to be used as a system app.

Terminal Emulator Method

If you don’t want to configure and use a file browser for the purpose and would rather just quickly issue a few commands to do the job, we’ve got you covered.

Requirements

• Your Android device must be rooted. If it isn’t already, check out our guide on rooting Android.
• Android Terminal Emulator
• Mount /system (rw / ro)
• The APK file for the app you want to install as system app. If you have the app installed as a normal user app, don’t worry; we’ll show you how to grab its APK.

Important: Make sure to allow any SuperUser permission requests that you may get during these steps..

If you have the app installed on your phone as a normal user app:

1. Launch the ‘mount /system (rw / ro)’ app on your phone.
2. Tap ‘Mount r/w’ to mount your /system partition as writable.
3. Search for the app in Google Play Store in a web browser (on any device), and open its Play Store web page.
4. Look at the Play Store link of the app for a string that starts with ?id= and ends before any further question mark in the link. That will be part of the APK’s name on your phone. For example, the market link for ES File Explorer is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop and its APK file in /data/app is com.estrongs.android.pop-1.apk. If you see another question mark after such a name in the link, ignore everything after that.
5. Launch Android Terminal Emulator and enter the following commands one by one:

   su
   cd /data/app/

6. Now enter this command, making sure you replace ‘file_name_part_comes_here’ with the partial file name for your app that you found out from the link in step B. Don’t forget the asterisk ( * ) in the end.

   ls file_name_part_comes_here*

   In case of our example from step B, the command would be

   ls com.estrongs.android.pop*

7. As a result of the command in step D, you will see the complete file name of the app. In case of our example, the result would be com.estrongs.android.pop-1.apk. It is usually the same partial app name that we got from the link in step B, followed by a hyphen ( – ), a number (usually but not always 1), and the .apk extension. Viola, we have located the file name of the required APK.
8. Now enter this command, replacing full_file_name_comes_here with the full file name including the extension:

   mv full_file_name_comes_here.apk /system/app/full_file_name_comes_here.apk

   In case of our example, the command would be

   mv com.estrongs.android.pop-1.apk /system/app/com.estrongs.android.pop-1.apk

9. Your app has been moved to the system partition, making it a system app from a user app. You may now close the Terminal Emulator window and reboot your device for the changes to take effect.

If you have the APK of the file available on your computer:

1. Copy the APK to your phone’s sd card from your computer.
2. Launch Android Terminal Emulator on your phone.
3. Enter these commands, replacing file_name_comes_here with the full name of the APK file including the extension:

   cp /sdcard/file_name_comes_here /system/app/file_name_comes_here.apk
   chmod 644 /system/app/file_name_comes_here.apk

   For example if the file name is FileManager.apk, the commands would be like:

   cp /sdcard/FileManager.apk /system/app/FileManager.apk
   chmod 644 /system/app/FileManager.apk

   And you’re done! Just reboot the phone now for the changes to take effect.

ADB Method

Requirements

• Your Android device must be rooted. If it isn’t already, check out our guide on rooting Android.
• ADB installed and configured on your computer. See our guide for the complete method.
• The APK file for the app you want to install as system app. If you have the app installed as a normal user app, don’t worry; we’ll show you how to grab its APK.

Procedure

If you have the app installed on your phone as a normal user app:

1. Search for the app in Google Play Store on your computer in a web browser, and open its Play Store page.
2. Look at the Play Store link of the app for a string that starts with ?id= and ends before any further question mark in the link. That will be part of the APK’s name on your phone. For example, the market link for ES File Explorer is https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.estrongs.android.pop and its APK file in /data/app is com.estrongs.android.pop-1.apk. If you see another question mark after such a name in the link, ignore everything after that.
3. Launch a command prompt window and enter the following commands one by one:

   adb remount
   adb shell
   su
   cd /data/app/

4. Now enter this command, making sure you replace ‘file_name_part_comes_here’ with the partial file name for your app that you found out from the link in step B. Don’t forget the asterisk ( * ) in the end.

   ls file_name_part_comes_here*

   In case of our example from step B, the command would be

   ls com.estrongs.android.pop*

5. As a result of the command in step D, you will see the complete file name of the app. In case of our example, the result would be com.estrongs.android.pop-1.apk. It is usually the same partial app name that we got from the link in step B, followed by a hyphen ( – ), a number (usually but not always 1), and the .apk extension. Viola, we have located the file name of the required APK.
6. Now enter this command, replacing full_file_name_comes_here with the full file name including the extension:

   mv full_file_name_comes_here.apk /system/app/full_file_name_comes_here.apk
   exit
   exit
   adb reboot

   In case of our example, the command would be

   mv com.estrongs.android.pop-1.apk /system/app/com.estrongs.android.pop-1.apk

   And you’re done.

7. Your app has been moved to the system partition, making it a system app from a user app. You may now close the command prompt window. The phone will now reboot for the changes to take effect.

If you have the APK of the file available on your computer:

1. Open a command prompt window and navigate to the location of the APK file on your computer.
2. Enter these commands, replacing file_name_comes_here with the full name of the APK file including the extension:

   adb remount
   adb push file_name_comes.apk_here /system/app/
   adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/file_name_comes_here.apk
   adb reboot

   For example if the file name is FileManager.apk, the commands would be like:

   adb push FileManager.apk /system/app/
   adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/FileManager.apk

   And you’re done!

Your phone will reboot and your app will be ready to be used as a system app.

Method for unrooted devices with custom recovery installed

If you have a custom recovery and haven’t rooted your phone, you already know what you’re doing, and know that you just have to flash the zip file of the apps you need to install as system apps.

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AROMA File Manager is a skinnable, touch-enabled and immensely user-friendly file explorer lets you gain control over your Android’s local storage and the underlying data right from within the recovery mode without requiring you to completely boot into your Android OS.

AROMA File Manager is available on the XDA-Developers forum (link provided below) as a ZIP file that can be simply flashed in the same way as you’re used to flashing any custom Android ROM/flashable zip package. However, if you’re a neophyte in the Android world, all you need to do is reboot your device into recovery mode. Once you’ve stepped into to the recovery mode, select install ZIP from SD card > choose Zip from SD card > navigate to the directory that contains the ZIP file of AROMA File Manager. Next, install/flash the ZIP file to launch the file manager, and you’re good to go.

The developer has ensured that not only does AROMA File Manager cater to the basic file management needs of Android users right from within the recovery mode but also offers plenty of customization options to alter the looks of the app according to their personal preference. For instance, from the app’s main settings screen (Menu > Settings), you can set the toolbar style to show just the icons or icon and text, modify the font size, font style, the icon set, general theme, the default transition animation speed, the default language (English or Indonesian), and the option to automatically mount all installed storage paths on app launch. Here’s a brief list of various sought-after UI tweaks that AROMA File Manager has on offer:

• Font Family: Droid Sans Serif, Droid Sans, HTC Hand, Helvetica Neue Cn, Roboto
• Iconset: Generic, Holo, Sense
• Themes: Generic (the app’s own skin), ICS, MIUI, Sense 4

All the various aforementioned UI modifications, when coupled with the touch-enabled controls and an intuitive root-level file manager interface, make AROMA File Manager a handy prospect. Once you’re into the app’s main interface, it’s hard to tell whether you’re using a file manager from within the OS itself or the custom recovery, as is the case with AROMA File Manager. Upon launch, the app prompts you to calibrate the screen to test the effectiveness of the touch controls. Your device’s hardware keys can also be used as an alternative means to navigate to and control various facets of the file manager.

As with most file managers that we’ve already seen, batch-select mode in AROMA File Manager is also automatically enabled upon tapping the icon of the required file/folder. Tapping the folder title reveals all the underlying contents. Once the required data is selected, you can pick from the various controls on the toolbar at the bottom to manipulate the data accordingly. Needless to say, various file management options offered by AROMA File Manager for your selected content include copy/paste, cut, delete, add to favorites, check details, create new folder, and de/select all etc..

AROMA File Manager has been successfully tested on HTC Desire Z running ClockworkMod recovery (v5.0.2.7). While the app works almost flawlessly with most of its features, it does not always let you take a glance at the selected folder’s Details. What this means is that we’re unable to tell whether the app lets you modify the R/W privileges for the required folders or not. Hopefully, said bug will be removed by the time the app debuts in the Google Play Store, officially.

Other than that, AROMA File Manager can be cited as a well-finished product that can suffice adequately to your pre-boot file management needs on an Android device. Hit the link provided below to head over to the app’s XDA-Developers forum page from where you can check out the app’s features list in detail, and download its flashable ZIP to your Android device.

[via XDA-Developers]

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In order to hop onto the network’s file sharing bandwagon, you must be a registered SoShare user. Registering for a new account is free, and can be done from within the app.

Once you and you’re contacts have joined the network, file sharing via SoShare becomes a three-step affair. All you need to do after launching the app is hit the share icon at the top-right of the screen, pick the desired recipient(s) and the file(s), compose a brief message (optional), and hit the share button to instantly share the file. What’s even better about SoShare is that it supports resuming file upload and download tasks. In addition, the app integrates with Android’s native share menu so that you can share files even while navigating outside of the app’s interface.

All your file-sharing activities on the network can be monitored from the app’s homescreen, which lists the shared content in a chronological order. Alongside each shared file, you can view the user(s) with whom the file has been shared, the type of file, and the number of comments that it has received (if any). To comment on an activity by yourself, hit the + button.

Hitting the menu button in the top-left corner reveals a side pane that houses your SoShare Profile, option to specify your preferred Network (Wi-Fi/cellular) to share data on, and Logout.

Now, here’s an interesting fact: from within the app’s interface, you can only capture, import and share media files (photos and videos). However, when using the SoShare option integrated with the native Android share menu, you can upload files of any format (from within a file explorer of choice).

SoShare is free in both the Google Play Store and iOS App Store.

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Setting up Dashboard X’s widgets is easy. As already discussed, the tweak has two modes. You can add permanent, translucent widgets to the Springboard of your device, or configure the Dashboard X dock mode to hide widgets until they are made temporarily visible via an Activator gesture. To get started, just tap and hold your finger over any empty area of the Springboard, and as soon as you enter wiggle mode, the option to add new widgets to the Home screen will appear. The freshly-displayed list will contain all the installed widgets supported by Dashboard X, and you can enable them simply by hitting the Add Widget button.

From the stock Settings app, you can change the way Dashboard X behaves overall. The option to enable or disable widgets is present here, in case the gestures didn’t work for some reason. From this menu, users can also choose the Activation Method. The tweak is compatible with all Activator gestures, and the chosen gesture will take you into dock mode (double tap on the status bar is the default gesture). To get out of dock mode, just double tap any area of the screen. The best thing about dock mode is the fact that it keeps your screen uncluttered, and the widgets only appear when the users performs the specified gesture. Another advantage, and perhaps the bigger one, is the mode’s lockscreen compatibility.

Many of the existing Notification Center widgets are compatible with Dashboard X, and a lot of new widgets are expected to be released soon. Dashboard X will cost you $1.99, but the new functionality it offers is certainly worth the money. You can grab the tweak from the ModMyi repo in the Cydia store.

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The app starts off with a view of all the ongoing and recent matches from around the world. This matches page is divided into three subsections, including Live, Fixtures and Results. Each match’s icon shows a summary of the game, and you can go to its dedicated page by tapping the thumbnail. Depending upon the match’s status, users can view the result, scorecard, preview and other related info. Although most sections of ESPNcricinfo can be accessed via swiping across screens, the menu is still pretty useful, as it displays links to all sections in one place, including scores, fixtures, records, rankings and a bunch of others.

The magazine menu of the app displays articles (both informational and humorous) posted on the Cricinfo blog. The news presented in ESPNcricinfo can consist of videos, photos and audio clips, but it is also possible to browse through these media files by going to their respective sections. The Settings menu of the app allows users to choose their favorite team, so that updates are provided accordingly.

All the features we have discussed so far are the same as the web version of Cricinfo, but there are a couple of things that take ESPNcricinfo to a whole new level of awesomeness. One of these features is the app’s landscape mode that brings up extra information if you are in one of the supported screens. For example, while viewing a match’s summary, it is possible to take a look at the detailed scorecard of the game by tilting the phone horizontally. Another similar feature is the Lean Back mode, which displays the live score from any ongoing game in full screen. This means your device can be used as a score indicator in dock mode.

ESPNcricinfo is a free app, and a must-have if you are Cricket fan using WP7.

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Whether you wish to become an entrepreneur in the coming years, want to serve humanity by offering basic necessities of life to the poor people of your village, or aim to eradicate a deadly disease from your region by setting up your own medical center, you can begin your mission by joining the ididit! club. Signing up for a new account is absolutely free, and once registered, you can access the network from your mobile device or any web browser.

Being relatively newer to the scene, the activities on the ididit! network are currently a tad on the lighter side. That said, the service has already managed to attract an impressive 866 members (as of this writing) who are sharing their goals and progress with the entire world. Apart from connecting you to the ididit! Blog, the mobile app lets you specify and keep track of your own goals. For this, tap Menu > Goal to head over to the new goal screen.

Next, define your goal, set the goal date, specify the notification settings (along with repeat interval), and select whether you’re looking to share the progress of an ongoing activity/goal or want to inform others of a goal that you’ve achieved. In either case, the app prompts you to select the social network on which you want to share the news. In addition, it also lets you supplement the news with an image of choice.

In a nutshell, ididit! not only helps you with tracking the progress of your own personal goals, but also serves as a handy information source that keeps you apprised of various achievements made by worldwide app users. The official mobile app of ididit! is free in the iTunes App Store and the Google Play Store.

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The main section of the app lists the Latest News from around the world. Each story displayed in this menu has a thumbnail associated with it, and you can view more than just the featured articles by hitting the more button at the end of the list. Once you open an article from this page, it comes with some pretty good sharing and navigation options. Each story is properly tagged, and source links are provided where necessary. From the bottom menu, users can add comments and navigate to the next or previous article in the list. If you want to make a page available for offline viewing, just hit the save button from the bottom menu.

The Gallery section in TIME Mobile showcases all the popular images featured in the publication. Some of these galleries can provide you with a few pretty awesome wallpapers for your phone, as downloading the photos requires nothing more than hitting the save photo button in the bottom bar. Like the articles in the app, photos can be shared with other users as well, using email and/or social networks set up on your device.

Much like the Gallery, the TIME Mobile app also has a Videos section, where users can browse the latest addition to the TIME video collection. The page marked Most Popular displays the stories that have attracted most views, and acts as a TOP 10 for popular news items. If you are interested in reading the articles related to one genre or category only, go to the sections tab and hit the desired button. On this page, there is also the Settings menu that allows users to enable push notifications and live tile.

TIME Mobile is a free app, and you can download it from the following link.

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HomeSpringPage is available in the BigBoss repo of the Cydia store, and you can download it for free if you have a jailbroken iDevice. After its installation, the tweak adds no new Springboard icons or options in the Settings app. You don’t have to configure HomeSpringPage in any way, as the tweak will give you a blank screen on your Springboard automatically. Now that you have a blank screen, it is possible to neatly arrange your favorite Dashboard X widgets here, and use it as an area exclusively for these widgets, so that none of the existing app icons will be obscured.

Some might argue that no such tweak is essential to optimally use Dashboard X, since you can use the widgets on the lock screen any way, or maybe you would like to overlay some widgets with existing icons. Still, if you think this is something that looks better on the Home screen, with no extraneous icons underneath, then HomeSpringPage is just about perfect for you. If you are a fan of Dashboard X, HomeSpringPage is a must-have. However if you are not using the widgets platform, skip installing this tweak, although it won’t cost you anything even if you do. HomeSpringPage can become even better if the developer adds an option that allows users to choose the location of the blank page, rather than placing it on the first screen straight away without any verification.

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The welcome page of the app offers the options to login or create a new LinkedIn account. The app has the blue theme generally associated with this social network for professionals, and even the icons in the phone’s status bar are dyed in the same tone. The first section that shows up after you have logged in to your LinkedIn account, is the Updates page, displaying a feed of all the latest activities of your contacts and followed groups. You can add a new update of your own using the ‘+’ button in the bottom bar. Next to that is the search option, using which you can look for any LinkedIn user or group. Swiping to the right when you are on the Updates screen will bring you to the app’s main menu.

The page lists the following 5 tiles:

• LinkedIn Today: The latest updates from the LinkedIn team, and other featured articles on the network.
• Groups: Manage and view all the activities from the groups you might have joined.
• Jobs: This section suggests suitable available jobs depending upon your inclinations and experience.
• Inbox: Send/ receive messages and invitations.
• Companies: All the organizations you are following show up here.

If you want to manage your own LinkedIn profile using the app, just go to the You page, and the app shows the list of people who have recently visited your profile, along with suggestions regarding People you may know. On other people’s profiles, you can view their experience and other relevant information.

The app is available as a free download, and you can grab it by heading to the following link.

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There isn’t a lot of hassle involved in the app’s usage. The menu is simple enough, and has just two important functions. From the Playlists menu, users can manage all their past downloads and arrange them in any order. However, the real fun begins in the Search area of the app. From this menu, it is possible to look for any track or artist. The search result limit for each keyword is 200, and that means you can find a lot of good stuff as a result of each search.

Every MP3 song you come across while using Fildo can be streamed or downloaded. Of course, it is not possible to export the songs to the stock music player, but that isn’t too much of a problem, as the app’s own player is pretty good. To stream a track from among the search results, just tap it once and it will start playing. Fildo supports continuous play, and this means that after you begin streaming one song, the app will automatically start playing the next search result when the first one is over. It is possible to manually change the song as well, and the option to do that is available in the bottom bar.

To view the lyrics of the current song, users have to swipe to the right of the search screen. Songs can be downloaded if you press and hold your finger over a title, and then hit the save icon once it shows up. The downloads made via Fildo appear in the Playlists section of the app. You can create a new playlist by long pressing any track title and then hitting the ‘+’ button.

Unlike the stock WP7 music player, Fildo offers the option to reorder playlists from within the app. Fildo has got just about everything, and although the collection might not be absolutely perfect, you will still find most good numbers available in Fildo. And did we mention that, just like all the MP3s within it, the app is completely free?

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The app’s UI is really the hallmark of the entire package. Not only it offers plenty of eye candy, but also packs all the extensive features on offer under a total of six (6) main buttons. Starting from the left side (assuming that you’re holding your device in portrait orientation), the first button is from where you can check the current time and date, toggle day/night mode, and take a glance at the current battery status via a nifty battery indicator.

Tap the bell button, and you’re taken to the app’s all-important main alarm screen, from where you can manage your various alarms. Each individual alarm can be personalized in a virtually endless manner. For instance, you are presented with the option to specify the repeat interval of your alarm. You can set the app to play a random alarm tone, select one of the app’s own alarm sound presets, or define a custom MP3 file from your library for that purpose. Further options include labelling alarms and enabling vibration for each. From the same screen, you can check the Gradual Alarm Increase option, along with specifying the preferred time length for this increase, to wake up to a tranquil sound rather than an annoyingly shrill one.

Then comes the option to define various gestures for dismissing/snoozing the alarms. In this regard, you can opt for just giving your device a bit of shake, solving a Math problem or playing a puzzle game to achieve said purpose. From the snooze settings perspective, you can set the custom snooze duration, as well as the maximum number of snooze instances that can be availed.

From the Mathematical problems, the app lets you define the total number of problems that it must present you with in order to silence the alarm. The difficulty level of these problems can be set to easy, medium or hard. The last option on the Alarms screen is pretty important, too, as it lets you set the alarm behavior whilst you’re attending a call. Moreover, there is the option to toggle playing alarms whilst your device is in silent mode. All aforementioned settings must be enough to help you set up your alarms accordingly.

Want to take a quick nap without setting up all those extensive alarm settings? Hit the ZZzzz button on the app’s main interface, pick one of the four available alarm time presets (15, 30, 60 or 120 minutes), and hit the Quick Sleep button to enjoy a power nap. The fourth button on the app’s main interface lets you launch the built-in Stopwatch or Timer, whereas the fifth button is from where you can specify various timer and other miscellaneous settings to prepare your boiled eggs. In this regard, you can choose the desired size of the egg, the type of boiled egg that you’d like to have, and once everything is set, just hit the Start Timer button and wait till the alarm goes off.

The last button on the app’s main interface lets you specify various app preferences. You can select the background theme of the app, define the shake sensitivity to silence/snooze the alarm, enable Vacation Mode (to disable all alarms at once), and enable viewing the next alarm notification within the notification area, among other parameters.

Already feeling you got too much with an ‘alarm clock’ app? Well, the aforementioned are just the features that are available with the ad-supported free version of Alarm Clock Ultra. There’s a $3 paid variant available in the Google Play Store as well, which not only kills ads but also brings plenty of additional features, including integrated weather info and widgets, a sneak peek into your overnight social media feeds upon wakeup, the Ultra Sleep System feature that helps you sleep and wake up to a relaxed and sound environment, and lots of added melodious alarm tones to expand your pool of choice.

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