Android Paid Apps Reviews

Phantom Caller

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Phantom Caller is an Android application that changes the caller ID and phone number to a user specified one.
Features include:
- A user specified countdown timer to initiate the call.
- User specified caller ID and phone number.
- Record own custom voice.

Website: http://www.androidlet.com/PhantomCaller/PhantomCaller.html

Livo Recorder Pro

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Livo Recorder Pro is a versatile audio/voice recorder with great looks and many unique features:

- Pause/Resume Recording
- Run in Background
- Tivo-style “monitor”
- Playback controls (seek-FF-RW)
- Send to Email, RingDr

New features in current release include:
- Stealth Record ode
- Scheduled/Timed recording

Upcoming features:
- Sound-detect auto record
- Scheduled playback

Website: http://www.machplusone.com

IM Friendly!

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IM Friendly! is a Google Talk compatible Instant Messenger Android application. It allows users to interact with contacts through text or location messages, as well as receive notifications of GMail and see when contacts are on-line through audio alerts such as custom ringtones. Notifications can also be customized to enable vibrate as well as LED colors.

Website: http://www.multiplefacets.com/application_gtalk.htm

Snap Photo Pro

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Snap Photo Pro is an Android application that uses the accelerometer to detect stability and take photos.  The stability feature can be turned on or off.  There is also a photobooth mode where successive snapshots are taken (up to 6) and stored in the SD card.  A timer mode allows the user to define the amount of time to wait until a photo is taken, with the last 3 seconds producing a beeping sound before taking the picture.  Other features include: adding custom borders to the pictures taken, lightening and darkening picture, changing RGB levels, and the ability for the user to draw graphics on pictures.

Version Log: 1.0.8 – Copy protection re-enabled Should fix force close.

Website: http://thecrayonbox.org/files/SnapPhotoProFAQ.html

RingControl

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RingControl is an Android application that sets the user’s ringer mode based on phone position and orientation.  It uses the G1 phone’s sensor to obtain the orientation information.  This version adds the options to shake the screen awake during calls (using the accelerometer), and set specific phone numbers to always ring normally no matter what the setting is.

Version Log: 1.0.2 – Fix occasional force-close when a call ends.

SciencePal

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SciencePal is an Android application for scientists or students that provides science information, equations, and formulas.

Current tools include:

• Periodic Table
• Constants
• Polyatomic Ions
• Solar System
• Nuclides and acids/bases

Version Log: 2.2.0

Advanced Task Manager

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Advanced Task Manager provides a number of additional functionality:

1) View running apps, services, and processes
2) View memory footprint of everything
3) Ability to switch to running apps
4) Terminate apps if **ROOT Access is enabled**

Note: Need Root Access in order to terminate applications!

Version Log: 1.1 – Bugs fixes

Website: www.arronla.com

MyBuzzDroid Premier

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MyBuzzDroid is an Android application that allows users to receive reminders on different events defined by the user.  When any of the events take place, the user gets a notification through the notification alert bar.  In addition, the user can define the vibration pattern on the G1 phone, pick the color the LED will flash, and what pattern it flashes in.
Users can be notified when:
- There is a WootOff
- Sports scores.  Follow favorite MLB, NHL, NBA and NFL teams.
- Smoking hot deals from slickdeals.com
- The weather tomorrow will be hot, cold, sunny, raining, cloudy, etc.
- The temperature tomorrow will be above or below what user sets.
- News Feeds with keywords
- Stock prices reach a certain dollar amount, or change by a certain percentage
- Fedex or UPS package delivery status changes
- Receive new SMS (Create a different LED/Vibration pattern for each contact!)
- Low battery
- New voicemail

Version Log: 0.6.5 – Custom vibrate patterns, sports html fixed.

Website: http://www.mybuzzdroid.com/smf/index.php/topic,2.0.html

WiFi Awake

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Version Log: 1.0.4 – Allows Android to gracefully kill/restart when phone memory is low (no force closes ever).

Website: http://www.cyrket.com/package/com.nuttzy.wifiAwake

HideNSeek

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HideNSeek is an Android application that allows users to hide media files like images, audio, and video from the Pictures, Music and Video Player default directories automatically.  The application is hidden and accessed through the applications pull-up menu.  Once it is open, pressing the menu bar 3 times opens the application.  A password allows only the user to access the application.  Once open, a media browser allows users to scroll and select which files they want to hide from the folders.  Once the files are hidden, they cannot be viewed by opening the picture, music player or video player applications.

Version Log: 0.91 BETA

Website: http://andrewoid.blogspot.com/2009/02/hidenseek-changelog.html