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MIUI Launcher Clone Brings The MIUI Home Screen To All Android Devices

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The iOS-inspired MIUI custom ROM for Android is known for its cosmetic flexibility and an impressive assortment of native apps. Android users with root access on their devices are often found yearning for said apps when an unstable build of the ROM (or a certain preference) forces them to shift to another one. Apparently, once you get used to the ROM, it’s hard to let go. Roughly a day ago, MIUI's native music player was extracted from the ROM and made available for all Android devices. And now, users without rooted / MIUI-supported devices or those using other custom ROMs can enjoy the ROM’s native launcher – well, actually, the next best thing – a clone of the launcher. XDA-Devleopers member Vipitus has modified the free home screen replacement app QQLauncher (AKA TencentDesktop) to a remarkably accurate replica of the MIUI native launcher. Read More

Desk Migrate Copies Other Launchers’ Home Screens To GO Launcher EX [Android]

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Home screen replacement apps are available in the Android Market in abundance, and you're bound to stumble upon a few that look promising enough to be staying on your device for a rather prolonged time period. While checking out various launchers is perfectly normal in the Android ecosystem, the problem, however arises when you contemplate making a switch to a newer alternative, but just do not want to go through the tedious process of embellishing the new home screen with the same set of goodies that you had on your abandoned launcher. How about an app that supports copying content from one launcher to another? Desk Migrate is an Android app that allows users to import/copy home screens from other launchers to everyone's favorite GO Launcher EX. By importing home screens to GO Launcher, you can always enjoy your most cherished home screen replacement app without modifying its original layout while at the same time, making extensive use of home screens elements from other launchers. Read More

DXHome Android Launcher – Downloadable Themes, Efficient Home Screen Editing

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New to the Android Market, DXHome might look like a run-of-the-mill home screen replacement app at first glance but it packs quite a few handy features and perks that might get you interested. The launcher comes packed with its very own theme store, clock & weather widget, ten slick home screen transitions and a zippy, efficient home screen editing interface, all of which remind one of MIUI’s native launcher. The default theme that comes with the launcher doesn’t really look like much, but users can fix that easily according to their tastes courtesy of the launcher’s online theme store. What users can’t fix is the launcher’s drop in performance while within the app drawer. But we’ll leave that to the developers and future updates. For now, let’s explore what else DXHome has in store for us. Read More

Nemus Launcher For Android Brings New App Drawer & Folder Widget Concepts

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From the developer of Regina Launcher for Android comes yet another innovative home screen replacement application. Nemus Launcher for Android boasts a simple yet attractive interface and quite a few handy new features, including a unique, customizable folder widget for organizing app shortcuts on your home screen and a couple of amazing new app drawer features that make browsing through scores of apps a lot less frustrating. The launcher runs a little slow while switching between home screens and entering/exiting the app drawer. However, this (hopefully temporary) disadvantage is easily overshadowed by its enhanced functionality and ease of use. Itching to know more? Join us after the break. Read More

Alt Drawer – A Customizable App Drawer Replacement For Android

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We all are quite familiar with the fact that of all the mobile platforms, it is Android that offers the greatest degree of customization. One thing, however, that few of you may know is that there are numerous apps out there that let you alter and personalize each individual facet of your device's layout. Be it the lock screen or just the app drawer, Android users can control them all with ease.  Alt Drawer is a launcher-independent app drawer for Android users who prefer customization of their phones at a moderate level rather than replacing the entire native launcher with home screen replacement apps the likes of LauncherPro, ADW Launcher and GO Launcher EX. Alt Drawer is subtle, its simple and provides the most basic app drawer options to users so that they may manage and view their apps in a better and  simpler way. Read More

JumpPad Is A Mac Style Launchpad For Windows

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JumpPad is a Mac OS X style Launchpad clone for Windows. It uses features like hot corners, adds start menu shortcuts to the launcher by default, has configuration options for icon size, folder paths to add shortcuts from and a reasonable memory footprint of 25 MB. It scans for specified folders and lists the available shortcuts to the launcher. Read More

10 Awesome Go Launcher EX Themes [Android]

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The launchers, also referred to as home screen replacement apps, have played a vital part in helping Android succeed as a crowd-favorite mobile operating system. Laced with plenty of colorful and feature-rich alternatives, the Android Market is home to some of the most beautiful home screen replacement apps, and no wonder, there are certain names that have managed to earn great repute in a short span of time, courtesy their relentless hard work and variety of offerings. The GO dev team’s iOS-inpired home replacement app, GO Launcher EX took the Android Market by storm when it was released and continues to have an upper hand in the launcher race; so much so, that you'll not need strive too hard to find out which launcher a large contingent of Android users prefer over all others to embellish their Android home screens. In addition to being feature rich, flexible and extensively customizable, the launcher boasts a sizeable assortment of free downloadable themes. The number of GO Launcher EX themes on the Market has begun to grow at quite a rate, the theme development charge being led by the GO Dev team itself. It seems it won’t be long before the abundance of the launcher’s themes eclipses that of the current launcher theme head honcho, ADW Launcher. Below, we have compiled a list of ten best GO Launcher EX themes on the Market. Read More

Calendar GOWidget For GO Launcher EX Released [Android]

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The GO Dev Team - developers of the popular GO Launcher EX for Android - seems to be on a roll here.For the third time in the same month, here we are, reporting yet another commendable addition to the already-quite-awesome GO Launcher EX. The Calendar GOWidget for GO Launcher EX has been released to the Android Market. Like all other GO products, this widget is also available for free and compliments your GO Launcher EX pretty well. More after the break. Read More

Android Theme Launcher Is A Unique Launcher-Style Live Wallpaper

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Generally, live wallpapers are only meant to add a certain amount of oomph to your homescreen. Though, there are quite a few out there that come with added functionality. Android Theme Launcher is one such live wallpaper. Interactive, feature-rich and extensively customizable, this one-of-a-kind live wallpaper turns your homescreen into a showcase of app shortcuts (each of which is an animated Android holding an app icon) and dynamic widgets. Read More

Enable Landscape View In TouchWiz Launcher For Android Gingerbread

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TouchWiz is Samsung’s proprietary UI for it’s Android devices and from being developed for the Samsung Galaxy S Series devices, it has now moved onto the Galaxy S II as well. Those of you running the TouchWiz launcher on their current Android devices would know how the launcher is pretty lacking in features and eye candy. XDA-Developers forum member pawitp has released a mod for Gingerbread based deodexed ROMs that fixes just about all that and as the title suggests, you get more then just a landscape view. Read on for the features and installation of this mod on your device. Read More

Regina 3D Launcher Is A Free Launcher For Android With 3D Graphics

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New to the Android Market, Regina 3D Launcher shows much promise with its opulent 3D interface and an assortment of new, handy features that takes homescreen customization to a new level, and while it might be more than a few laps behind SPB Shell 3D when it comes to 3D slickness, it does not, unlike the latter, come with a hefty price tag. In fact, it has no price tag at all. That’s right. Regina 3D Launcher, along with all its component apps (AOTW), is absolutely free. Join us after the jump for more. Read More

Set Any App On Your Android Device As Default Home App

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Does the concept of accessing your favorite apps from within your Android's app drawer or via home screen shortcuts sound too monotonous and mainstream to you? Then how about having the required app right before your eyes upon pressing the home key on your Android device? Perhaps the developer of the app that we are going to present to you today has conceived a rather unique idea for a custom Android home screen which does nothing but allow users open a favorite app of theirs upon getting selected as the preferred launcher. That's right; Target Home Launcher for Android is an ad-supported freeware that lets you assign an app of your choice as your default Home application (one that is launched at boot or when the Home button is pressed). The aspect that distinguished Target Home Launcher from the other names in business is that, while regular Home app switchers only allow users to switch between launchers, this freeware gives you the option to set any app as the Home default. Read More

Install Stock Gingerbread Launcher In CM7 On HTC Desire Z / T-Mobile G2

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CyanogenMod may be the best thing that ever happened to the world of custom Android ROMs but when it comes to CM7 in particular, which is based on Android 2.3 Gingerbread, many prefer the speed, look and feel of the stock Gingerbread launcher over the ADW Launcher used that it ships with. Well, HTC Desire Z / T-Mobile G2 users are in luck thanks to XDA-Developers forum member martonikaj, who has come up with the stock Gingerbread launcher for the G2 / Desire Z. To install this launcher on your device, read on! Read More

Change Android Dock Style With HeLauncher

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A new home app for Android has made it’s way into the marketplace. The app called HeLauncher is an attempt by the developer to keep things simple and productive. Device manufacturers tend to customize the home app for their devices to give a different feel to the user while standing out from the competition. HeLauncher is an attempt to throw that notion by the manufacturers right out the window by bringing together the proprietary home apps from various manufactures under one roof for you to choose the preferred one on the go. However there are a few other custom docks for you to choose as well. If you want change, read on! Read More

Install Windows Phone 7 Launcher on Android

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WP7 Android Launcher is a free replacement Windows Phone 7 style launcher for Android that turns the home screen of your Android phone to the Windows Phone 7 Metro layout with tiles, similar to our recently featured Windows Phone 7 Metro UI for iPhone. If you envy the Metro layout of Windows Phone 7 devices and want your Android phone to have the same look when it comes to the launcher, read on for our complete coverage. Read More

Schedule & Remotely Shutdown/Restart Your PC From Mobile Phone

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Downloading a large file that has an hour left to complete, and you don’t want to stay up just to shut down your PC? Stepped out in a rush and forgot to put your system to hibernate? Perhaps you want your VPN connection to terminate after a certain interval, or want a certain application to automatically launch at a certain time? For all these cases, Airytec Switch Off comes in handy. Read More

Namely Application Launcher For Mac [Quick Launch]

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Previously, we had reviewed a great application launcher tool for Windows, Launchy, that served not only as a replacement for Windows Start Menu and desktop icons, but also made launching applications a cakewalk due to its simplicity of use. Namely is a similar tool for Mac which makes launching applications fast and efficient, without adding any clutter to the desktop or any learning curve. Read More

Ease Your Windows PC Life With Launchy

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Launchy is a one-stop replacement for your start menu, desktop icons and shortcuts, file manager, and much more. It is a cross platform utility that can index almost everything and launch your files, programs, folders, websites with just a few key-presses. Read More