1 Android newbies 10 new apps worth checking out

Every day there are thousands of new entries on the Google Play store, but many go unnoticed and never receive the attention they deserve. So, I will bring weekly column Android newbies that highlights new apps with less than 100k installs. Browse my new app picks and let me know which ones you enjoy.

1.Dreamboard

Cannot remember your dreams? Want to analyze them? Lucid dreaming? Use Dreamboard Mobile on your Android smartphone and on the web. Create, annotate and browse your private personal dream journal. Past dreams are saved for you to read, rediscover and update at any time. Observe trends in their dreaming activity. Dreamboard finds similarities between past dreams, aggregates dream data in a private dashboard and gives users feedback about their dreams.

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2.ImGame

 ImGame is a new video game social network connecting you with your friends across social channels and consoles. Check-in to games, and other ImGamers connected to you automatically get push notifications letting others know that you’re online and gaming. Collect custom tokens for checking into games, and PWN the titles you check in to more than other ImGamers. Now you can focus on playing your favorite titles instead of trying to figure out which friends are signed into which platforms/titles and when.

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3.Homesnap

 Snap a photo of any home to identify it and find out the value, the price it last sold for, how many bedrooms, how many baths, local schools, and much more! Explore homes for sale, open houses, recent sales, and check values for 90+ million homes in the USA from the comfort of your couch! Search by address, customize your search, drag the map or flick the list.

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4.CookWizMe

CookWizMe is the best Android App for people who love to cook. With CookWizMe cooking becomes easy, fun, and social! All recipes on CookWizMe have step-by-step photo instructions that leave you no chance to fail. Whenever you need a cooking inspiration, browse the recipe feed and hit the kitchen!

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5.Flayvr

With Flayvr, all your photos and videos are magically sorted into exciting fun albums to keep or share with friends. Flayvr puts an end to endless scrolling in your photo gallery or photo browser in search of your favorite life moments. Flayvr is the easiest way to re-experience your most precious memories. Simply keep on shooting with any Android camera and let Flayvr do its magic!

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6.XonoMail

XonoMail is the first mail app that automatically categorizes your email. In the inbox, our smart app adds a category icon next to your email so at a quick glance, you see what the email is about.

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7.Loss of the Night

Take part in a world-wide citizen science project that measures star visibility and light pollution. Help create a database for research on health, environment and society by telling scientists which stars you can see at your location.

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8.ArcNote

The easiest way to take perfect notes with your Android phone camera. Whether grabbing content from a whiteboard, slide projection, poster or brochure, ArcNote will automatically crop and correct skewed presentations into nice visual notes. No more jotting down messy notes. No more missing important details. Save your time. Free up your hands. All you need to do is take a snapshot and let the app do the rest. Instantly share your notes with colleagues and friends.

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9.Fixya

Have a product question? Ask almost anything by using your device’s video camera to easily communicate your problem instead of trying to describe it with just text. Helpful Fixya community members will watch your video problem and will try their best to provide you a solution. As a part of the Fixya community, you can help other members with their video questions too. It’s fun and helpful!

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10.Splay Launcher

Welcome to the Beta version of the Splay, a unique home launcher for Android devices that puts your own activity preferences at the heart of your mobile experience. Set the Splay as your default home screen and start enjoying a single hand operation with a fast, smooth and efficient access to your most essential activity using just one finger.

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3 Android Newbies 10 new apps worth checking out

Evey day there are thousents of new entries on the Google play store, but many go unnoticed and  never recieve the attention they deserve. So, I am bringing this weekly column Android Newbies that highlights new apps with less than 100k installs. Browse new Android app picks below and let me know which ones you enjoy.

1. Tapatalk 4

Celebrating our 4 years anniversary – This is the public beta release of Tapatalk 4. Discover great internet communities or stay connected with your favourites community on-the-go with this award-winning mobile app. Tapatalk is the only mobile app combing over 50,000+ internet communities with a streamlined mobile experience, allowing you to share and follow thoughts, photos, opinions to all your communities within a single mobile app.

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2. Duolingo

Learn Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Italian, and English. It’s free, for real. No fees, no ads, no gimmicks. A college-quality education without the price tag. It’s fun. Lose hearts for answering incorrectly, advance by completing bite-sized lessons, and track your progress with shiny achievements.

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3. ArtFlow

Convert your tablet into digital sketchbook with more than 50 brushes, smudge, file and eraser tool. This fast and intuitive paint application will unlock full power of your imagination. With support for pressure sensitive pens (like Samsung’s SPen) you device will be changed into real canvas.

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4. Boxfish

Boxfish Live Guide – the new TV guide. See whats happening live across your favorite channels. Find what’s trending on TV right now with our live feeds from every word spoken on TV. Use our unique ‘live windows’ to keep track of what is happening on all of your favorite channels and shows, all in real time.

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5. NodeBeat

Make music with NodeBeat, the intuitive and fun visual music app for all ages. Whether you’re 2 or 92, NodeBeat will make you sound like a pro. Create your own music in a matter of minutes or listen to NodeBeat generate its own. Easily record and share your creations with your friends.

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4. Next Browser

From the makers of GO Launcher, Next Browser provides you fast and smooth web surfing experience. It’s a totally free app. Download for free and try it now, and you will love it. I ve tried it and after 3 days it become my first browser.

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6. Buycott

Buycott helps you organize your everyday consumer spending to support causes you care about. Join a campaign to help a cause you care about and commit to actively supporting the companies on your side of the issue, while avoiding those that oppose your position. Lookup the ownership structure of any product and trace it all the way back to its parent company with our interactive family tree diagram.

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7. Wink!

Wink is a fun and private photo chat. Everything you love about Snapchat and Instagram in one app. Say Hello to Friends with a Photo! You don’t need to add your friends like on Snapchat, Kik, Line, or MessageMe. Start a photo chat with any of your contacts. You can immediately message any of your phone contacts.

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8. Jamstar

Learn to play the guitar with Jamstar Acoustics…it’s fun, fast, and free! Jamstar Acoustics comes with over 100 exciting lessons including basics, soloing, chords, scales, rock riffs and much more! Plus, learn songs from the biggest names in rock including Led Zeppelin, Green Day, Evanescence and R.E.M. (to name just a few).

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9. SickSky Launcher

SickSky is an extremely minimalistic launcher for phones. Designed to be clean and simple.

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10. How to make Origami

Remember making paper airplanes at school? And remember how someone, instead of an airplane, made a flower, a jumping frog, or a parrot? That was like magic. And they only had their two hands and a plain piece of paper. How did they do it? We’ll show you how. The “How to Make Origami” app is simple and easy to use. Follow the step-by-step instructions and watch the 3D animation carefully. And don’t worry, you’d have to try really hard to get confused.

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UMPC sold out really!

Ive often been quoted as saying "the market will determine the success of a company, not the product!" In this case the market, Australia and New Zealand, has been given a voice and the resonating fallout is nothing less than LOUD!

So for all of you that are wondering if Ultra Mobile PC will have a place in the market, hear this: Tegatech Australia has just announced a UMPC sellout. Thier first allocation of units is now sold out and sales have now been opened up for the second round of allocations - due 19th May 2006.

So does UMPC have a marketplace? Australia and New Zealand tend to think so!

[from their site]

rrp: $1,499 AUD incl gst
Authorised Resellers minimum order of 5 units required

ETA in Australia is end of April 2006. Units will be allocated on a priority basis to orders placed, and paid for, as of now 29th March 2006.

[UPDATE 13th April 2006 10:30am] First allocation of eo is sold out (in black) and we have 7 only left (in white). Second allocation is now ON SALE and due for delivery in Australia on the 19th of May 2006.

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