Android Paid Apps Reviews

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

SMSC Record

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• .setRecord – enables recording.
• .endRecord – disables recording.
  

Tether WiFi

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The Tether WiFi Android application allows one to tether their G1 phone with their PC or laptop over Wifi through an ad hoc connection.  Once a connection is established, full internet capability is available through the G1 phone’s 3G connection.  Users should make sure they have the unlimited data plan to use this feature.  To use this application the user must have super user (aka root, su) access on their phone.  For more information on getting root access, please visit http://allshadow.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=5229

Some additional notes on this application:

• To start the tethering just click on the start tether button.
• To stop the tethering just click on the stop tether button.
• Your Wifi will be turned off for this application. If your wifi is on, this app will turn it off when you hit start and then turn it back on when you hit stop. Your wifi will actually be on when this service is running, but in ad hoc mode as opposed to the normal mode, so you will not see the wifi symbol, you may notice your battery drain faster.
• After the wifi tethering service starts, you can connect to your phone from your pc. There will be an ad hoc network with a SSID (wireless network name) of Android, this can be changed in the settings. Connect to this ad hoc network (you may have to enable connections to ad hoc networks).
• As your PC(s) connect you will see them come up in a DHCP clients list below the start and stop buttons.
• You can also enable MAC filtering, so that you can limit what can connect through your phone. To do so, add MAC addresses to the MAC filter list and then select Enable MAC Filtering from the Options Menu
• To add/remove MAC addresses to the filter list, you can either long click an item from the DHCP clients list or you can select the View MAC Filter List from the Options Menu
• This program makes your phone act as an ad hoc Wifi NAT router with an IP of 10.0.1.2 and will give your PC a DHCP lease of 10.0.1.x, you can change these settings

Version Log: 1.0.8 – update which helps latency

Website: http://www.androidactivity.com/tetherWifi.html

Mileage Ledger Full

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Website: http://mileageledger.com

Mileage Ledger is a GPS powered mileage logging application designed for Android enabled smart phones. The paid version of Mileage Ledger allows for file export into CSV format for record keeping. The application keeps track of your location via GPS and even suggests possible predefined destinations based on proximity. Mileage Ledger is perfect for any independent contractor, business owner or employee who has to track their automobile mileage to take advantage of the IRS mileage reimbursement; real estate agents, graphic designers, programmers, accounts and lawyers will all receive great benefits from utilizing this time saving technology.

A sample CSV exported file is shown below:

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