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MobileGo

MobileGo is a fantastic application, designed to interact with many aspects of your Android phone. The big difference to other applications for Android is that it does not run on your phone it runs on your Windows computer and offers up several tools, all of them beneficial and enhancing. In this review I will be explaining and critiquing these features.

How It Works

First off, you need to know that MobileGo can work either through a USB connection or over a local WiFi connection. You must have USB debugging enabled in Settings > Applications > Development. Having this option toggled as On opens up several software APIs and ports on your phone for external applications to use. These accessways into your phone must be open for MobileGo to do its stuff.

MobileGo

Upon connecting via your USB cable, MobileGo automatically remotely installs its daemon program on your phone. If you wish to operate over WiFi, then during your first startup of the computer application you should see a choice of connection displayed on the left hand side of the Home pane. Click on "WiFi Connection Guide" to be given instructions of how to install this daemon seperately so MobileGo can access your phone over the air; it only takes around five minutes.

Interface

The interface is minimalistic for most functions, and sports a crisp and clean layout which could not be better for a productivity- and convenience-oriented application. The primary functions of MobileGo are listed along the top of the application window as large clickable icons. Clicking one of them modifies the main pane of the window to reflect the function chosen. I will review these functions pane-by-pane.

Home

As you can see in the screenshot below, the first thing you are presented with upon successfully connecting to your phone is the Home pane, which is predominantly a break-down of its storage usage, along with a formal model name and Android operating system version.

The memory representations resembles how iTunes displays its memory analysis of an iPod. If you are not familiar with this information layout, then look for the colour keys underneath the bars; in my screenshot, green represents music, and orange represents movies. Next to the key is the exact amount of space each media category is taking up on your phone, although the visual representation helps you better understand the scale of your usage. You can see here that I am a far bigger fan of listening to music on my phone than watching movies.

MobileGo

Since I am not using even half of my SD card memory yet, this visual guide really serves only as a convenient reminder of my usage patterns. If people start to run out of space, however, they could use this to decide what they need to cut back on. The internal phone capacity is also listed below the SD card capacity handy, if you want to keep track of how much space is left.


 

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Back Up Your Phone to Your PC

This is not a button across the top of the screen; instead, this feature is placed underneath the Phone Storage Information in the Home pane. There are many Android-based applications which offer you safekeeping of your contacts and applications, but most slow down your phone whilst doing it and only back up to your SD card, meaning that if you lose your phone your contacts still go with it, even though they are "backed up". Some alternatives, like Lookout Mobile Security, do genuinely backup your contacts remotely on their servers, but it is still a time-consuming activity that involves a load of complications when you come around to restoring them.

MobileGo is different. Since it has a whole computer at its disposal, it offers you the opportunity to back up all of your contacts, SMS messages, and applications to your computer in one fell swoop. I cannot emphasise how convenient this is. People always forget the importance of keeping their data safe, assuming that modern hardware is unbreakable or the software is so finely made that it will not crash. That is not true. Your phone can be damaged and software canmess up. Even if it is only once a month, leave for your phone plugged in for about fifteen minutes, and get that data sent over your contacts especially, since they are more awkward to get back than you may think. It potentially saves you a lot of time and hassle in the long run, believe me.

The file that MobileGo exports to is a custom filetype, meaning that only MobileGo can restore it again if it becomes necessary. The downside is that this does bind you to using MobileGo, which some people may not be so happy about.

Contacts

This pane displays all the contacts you have stored in your phone, including those pulled in from other resources like Google Mail. In this pane, you can choose to send a message , assign groups to your contacts, or import and export them. The Groups feature helps you keep track of who is who in your life; for instance, you know that if you are at work, the people in Coworkers need to be focused on more than those in Friends.

Of course you can also add and delete contacts in this window too. Clicking "Add Contact" in the top left corner of the pane gives you a detailed selection of various data fields you may want to fill in about somebody. Once confirmed, the contact is automatically synchronised to your phone.

SMS

One of the things I love most about MobileGo is the ability to manage your phone text messages from your computer. Not only can you sort through and view them, but you can actually compose and send them too excellent if you have a job that frowns on texting at your desk! The phone can be in your pocket, and you can send and receive texts over WiFi from your computer. Fantastic. Naturally, messages are sorted however you like, by contact, time, etc, and are exportable for being saved and viewed elsewhere, perhaps if they contained important data.

MobileGo

Music

Adding music is simple enough, just click on the big "Add Music" button on the left. You can select multiple tracks or folders to be imported at the same time. To my understanding, iTunes formatted files, MP3s, WAVs, AACs, and FLACs are all supported for automated conversion to allow for playback on your phone.

Alternatively you can drag and drop the music files into Mobile Go Music pane and it will synchronise them for you in the same was as if you had chosen to "Add Music". Both methods automatically maintain a good folder hierarchy and title convention.

A further handy feature is a "Set as ringtone" drop down box. This saves you the hassle of setting a ringtone through the moving files around on your SD card and then selecting them in Android. Now you can simply right-click a track, hover over "Set as ringtone", and choose whether it is your call, alarm, or notification tone.

Movies

In case you did not already know, I should explain that the movie file types your phone can play depends not only on your phone type, but also on its resolution, and the precise encoding style can vary too. You may have tried to copy a small clip to your SD card, only to find that the clip would not appear in your gallery, and if it did it was not playable. By choosing to "Add Movie", you can select several files and they will be automatically resized and formatted with respect to your phone. For example if I get bored I can watch Family Guy from a Wildfire friendly 320×240 mpeg-4(mp4) file.

Photos

For me, it used to be a pain to get photos off of my phone. Once I had taken them, I had to either plug my phone into the computer and browse through folders.

MobileGo quietly reaches into your phone and grabs all of your photos, then arranges them on a grid for you to enjoy. This is far better than most inbuilt galleries and definitely better than viewing them through a USB cable and Windows Explorer. If you see a photo that you want to export, right-click it, click Export, select a destiniation folder, and it is done. You can use Ctrl and Shift to select multiple photos, just as in Explorer.

The Photos Pane (I like Androidify)

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EA Dead Space

 

Samsung and EA are currently teaming up to offer the mobile version of EA Dead Space for free but only inside Samsung Apps store for Galaxy S II devices. If you rushed into your app drawer and then realize that Samsung forgot to include this free cool game on your GS2 device. While "Samsung Apps" comes preloaded in Galaxy S II devices in general.

 

Sadly, Many users in the United states, India and other places around the World have been left out. Don't Worry, YouMobile Offering you the SamsungApp (.apk) file that will enable you to download the Game on your Galaxy S II via the samsung App store. Once installed, perform a quick search inside Samsung Apps to find Dead Space and download your FREE Full Version.

 

Samsung Apps for Galaxy S II

 

 

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Photo Editing

If you took a photo with your Android phone camera and you feel it needs some Editing, you always make sure that you have an editing App on your device, But Which one is the best App to edit your photos with ?


If you want a FREE Excellent Photo Editing App for Android we have the Top 10 Here and they all are FREE, Market Download links included too.



photo art

Photo Art – Color Effects

Photo Art has a specific feature that makes it stand out from all other photo editors. This app lets you choose a number of effects and filters and allows you to either apply it to the whole image or to a certain part of the photo, using your fingers to specify that area. For an advanced function, this app makes it very simple  and the results are just as good.

Price: Free
Requires: Android 1.6 and up
Market Link:
 Photo Art – Color Effects

 

adobe express

Adobe Photoshop Express

This mobile version of the widely known Photoshop offers basic functionality proportionate to a smart phone user. You can store your images on their site, if you sign up and create an account. The app has a bit of everything – from image cropping to sepia rendering but do not expect all the advanced functions of the desktop version.

Price: Free
Requires: Android 1.5 and up
Market Link:
 Adobe Photoshop Express

 

mytubo

mytubo

Mytubo is a casual, fun app that lets you apply 14 toy camera effects to existing photos in the gallery or real time camera shots. You can then save the edited snap to your phone or to a mytubo account, and share it via Facebook, Twitter, Flickr, Tumblr, Email and SMS. The interface is fairly straightforward and the photo filters really do make your images eye-catching.

Price: Free
Requires: Android 2.1 and up
Market Link: 
mytubo

 

vignette demo

Vignette Demo

Vignette Demo is a free version of the app Vignette. The app has a huge number of effects  84 to be exact and 54 photo frames. The paid version has the same features, plus it supports the phone’s resolution while the free version does not. One notable feature is being able to “set” a photo filter before taking the picture with its built-in camera. Given so many of options for editing your photo, the process of choosing an effect can be sometimes tedious with its interface, but the quality of the filters are worth the effort.

Price: Free
Requires: 1.5 and up
Market Link:
 Vignette Demo

 

fotolr

Fotolr Photo Studio

The most impressive thing about Fotolr Photo Studio is its beautiful UI and presentation. The app lets you create photo folders as well as edit them. It has a diverse set of functions, from the basic (cut, resize, rotate) to the advanced (color isolation). One interesting feature is being able to add elements such as lipstick, wigs and hair color to an image. Fun and definitely functional, Fotolr is an app full of surprises.

Price: Free
Requires: Android 2.1 and up
Market Link:
 Fotolr Photo Studio

 

picsart

PicsArt

PicsArt probably has more functions and photo effects than any other free app in the Market. In addition to the varied filters, it also allows the user to draw on an existing image. One great feature is letting the user edit the photo effect itself (depending on the filter). For a single app, it can do a lot to your photos and is a good choice for a go-to app for photo editing.

Price: Free
Requires: Android 1.6 and up
Market Link:
 PicsArt

 

pixlr-o-matic

Pixlr-o-matic

Pixlr-o-matic is an attractive app with a darkroom effect designed to generate vintage-style photos. Choose from the filters (they’re named after people) and apply professional quality effects in one easy tap. There’s also another tab for adding layers of lighting effects such as street lights and glitters. If you’re particular with design quality and artistic effects, this app is the one to try.

Price: Free
Requires: Android 2.1 and up
Market Link:
 Pixlr-o-matic

 

photofunia

PhotoFunia

PhotoFunia is a more playful app to integrate your photos specifically portraits  into other elements such as magazine covers, billboards, or famous paintings. Basic tools are given for making the finished image as precise as possible. There are loads of templates to choose from, all stored in the cloud so it doesn’t take any space on your phone, so an internet connection is required to use the effects.

Price: Free
Requires: Android 1.6 and up
Market Link: 
PhotoFunia

 

littlephoto

Little Photo

Little Photo is nifty app with a simple UI but a surprisingly large number of features over 70 effects and tools. Simply take a photo or open an image from the gallery and tap on it to see the list of effects and tools on the right side of the screen. A unique feature is "Half Apply", which lets you control the intensity of the photo filter you’ve selected.

Price: Free
Requires: Android 1.6 and up
Market Link:
 Little Photo

 

befunky

BeFunky

BeFunky was a free online editing tool that has since become available on Android. The app offers over 20 effects  such as LomoArt, Vintage and Tilt Shift  in addition to basic editing tools like cropping and rotating. The interface makes editing fun and simple and gives a big chunk of the screen for you to preview each photo effect before applying it.

Price: Free
Requires: Android 2.2 and up
Market Link:
 BeFunky

 



















































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Lumia 710


T-Mobile USA Nokia Lumia 710 is now available free in the US, It is Now Available for free with 2-years-contract by Walmart, as carrier and retailers attempt to get as many sales in as they can before the Lumia 900 goes on sale.


That deadline of sorts is expected to be in mid-March, with a Nokia Developers email newsletter tipping the end-of-Q1 date earlier this month. Officially unveiled last week, the Lumia 900 promises to be the most advanced Nokia Windows Phone yet, with LTE connectivity along and a 4.3-inch ClearBlack display and 8-megapixel camera


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iSyncr

 

Want to stop carrying both your phone and your iPod? Keep your iTunes music and smart playlists always synced with iSyncr for Android. Very Easy to use and can Sync your Music, Video, podcast, Smart-playlists, play Counts and Ratings, all wirelessly too with no need to connect your android device with any cables.


iSyncr


iSyncr has a lite version and a full version on the Android Market, we here will offer you the full version for FREE as the App of The Week, Download Below and Enjoy!


Full version Additional Features:

  • Work directly with your existing iTunes playlists and libraries for fast setup
  • Create smart playlists on your phone using the new Live Lists feature in your favorite music player
  • Include album art with your music to enjoy on your phone
  • Sync your ratings, play counts, skip counts, last played date, and last skipped date between iTunes and your phone to keep your smart playlists up to date
  • Sync your MP3 downloads on your phone back to your iTunes library.
  • Sync your video and podcasts for a complete iPod replacement
  • Sync Android playlists back to your computer
  • Wirelessly sync your music to your phone with the optional iSyncr WiFi Add-on


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Plex for Android


Instead of converting your movies to play on your phone or tablet, you can use Plex to stream them wirelessly directly from a PC or Mac with the free companion app. The app interface combines your own media (music, video, photos) with popular online content from various sources too, and you can spend your time watching video rather than waiting for it to convert. The App for all Android Tablets or Smartphones.



PLEX Android tablet


PLEX


Plex is not the flashiest brand new streaming media app in the Market but it certainly is one of the more reliable and flexible ones. There are few applications of this type that can handle as many formats for videos, music, and photos. With Plex, you can practically play anything you throw at it whether the source is online or local. And it presents all your streaming content in a well organized and easily navigable UI.


PLEX on Android


PLEX for PC


There are actually two parts to the whole process of using Plex. One on your Desktop Mac/PC Download From here (Choose your platform Mac or PC), the Other part is on your Android phone and we provide it today for FREE as the [App of the week] Download link Below. Enjoy!


Download PLEX for Android

 

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