My Samsung Confuse, errr..Infuse, died the other day without so much as a
whimper or a cough. That was fine because I was ready for an upgrade
anyway. I wanted the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, but settled for the Note
2 because it was much cheaper. Anyway, while I'm still in the trial
period of the phone, I thought I'd try out some new (for me) apps
from Google Play Store. For my reviews of child-related apps, please
visit
www.thegeekparent.com.
Note: one of the ways I choose my apps is based on what
permissions the manufacturers ask the user to give. For more
information on why you MUST care, visit
http://thegeekparent.com/is-installing-that-app-compromising-your-privacy.
Here we go:
94 Seconds – In this category
word game, you are given one category and one letter to use to
discover a word. For example, you're asked to find a mammal
that starts with the letter C or a car company that starts with the
letter T. Four different jokers are available to aid in finding the
right answer or set higher scores. It's a fun game that certainly
taught me a few things (who knew that zouk was a fast tempo
carnival style of music originating from the Caribbean islands – 94
Seconds gave me the word and then I looked it up). I like the fact
that I can race against the clock or play in a more relaxed mode. If
you're tired of the standard Boggle and Scrabble-types of word games,
this is certainly worth a try.
LifeHacker Reader – For some reason, my beloved news feeder,
Newshog, no longer carries one of my favorite websites, LifeHacker
(
www.lifehacker.com). I was dissatisfied by the permissions required of the direct LifeHacker app, so
I found this wonderful fan-made, unofficial app for the tech and
lifestyle blog I enjoy so much. Thank goodness, because I was really
missing those valuable life hacks!
Paper Artist – This was already installed on the phone, but it
is available from the Play Store and Diva and I are having oodles of
fun with it. Turn any photo into a work of art using different
styles of paper and various techniques including pen and pencil,
markers, newsprint, pastels, etc. which you can save or share with
friends. Above is a photo that Diva took of our cat and which my
daughter altered in a matter of seconds; I then uploaded it to the
cloud and emailed it to some friends. Paper Artist is amazingly easy
to do and a nice diversion when you don't feel like playing a game.
Plus, it does things I could NEVER do (i.e. pencil sketch a portrait
of Cosy). This is a great app!
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Please check back in with me in a day or so for some tips on how
to beat those damn ATM fees which are absolutely disgusting. Pardon
me while I calm down....
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