Mobile Apps
TouchDocs for iPhone and iPad: Google Docs given a sweet graphical overhaul
9 hours ago | POSTED IN Apps
Today seems to be the day for cloud-based work apps; first OneNote Mobile for Android and now TouchDocs for iPhone and iPad. Though you can access Google Docs through Safari on your iOS device, we’ve been after something that’s on par with the dedicated experience that you get with the Google Docs Android app. TouchDocs does this and then some. Boasting a fresh, new easy on the eye layout, TouchDocs makes for easier searching and sorting of docs and spreadsheets. Documents...
Touching from a distance
Microsoft launches OneNote Mobile for Android, watch your back Google Docs
11 hours ago | POSTED IN Android
We love Google Docs on our Android phones and tablets but can’t help but admire the way in which Microsoft has integrated OneNote into the Windows Phone OS. We also appreciate that not all of our colleagues and friends are wise to the ways of Google Docs, preferring to use OneNote on their PCs. So we’re pleased to learn that Microsoft has rolled out its OneNote Mobile app for Android phones, meaning note taking and sharing between PCs, iPhones, iPads and (natch) Windows Phone phones...
One Love
Instagram for Android demo screenshot leaked?
yesterday | POSTED IN Apps
Instagram for Android - we know it’s coming and we know it’s coming soon. Still, that won’t stop us champing at the bit for some morsels ‘til that day arrives. A screenshot of the forthcoming app (in demo mode) has been leaked, showing off sample pics taken from around the world, rendered with various fun filters. Strange how a vintage-themed filter can make a bottle of ketchup and some chips oh so avant garde and interesting... Snark aside, this is a sign that...
Is it Insta?
Samsung giving Modern Combat 3 away free on the Galaxy S2 on Samsung Apps
2 days ago | POSTED IN Android
Samsung seems keen on reminding us that its Samsung Apps portal exists by giving away Gameloft’s Modern Combat 3: Fallen Nation free for Galaxy S2 owners. Sammy Hub spotted that mobile edition of FPS shooter can be downloaded now for your Samsung Galaxy S2 via the Samsung Apps site (hit up the big app link below). Note that Modern Combat 3 isn’t currently showing on the Samsung Apps app on your phone. Meaning you’ll need to log in with your Samsung account via your desktop. If...
Phone Wars
Vimeo app launches on Windows Phone Marketplace
3 days ago | POSTED IN Windows Phone
Online video service for the cool kids Vimeo, has officially launched an app for Windows Phone. The app allows users to upload, including in HD, and manage their videos via their phone, whilst of course also watching videos uploaded to the service. The app is set out to allow users to search for videos and view a list of featured videos to promote new discoveries. Fans can also cue up videos to watch later, check out their inbox and show appreciation for your fellow Vimeo users by liking and...
Sorry YouTube
Live Rugby Six Nations scores a try on iOS
4 days ago | POSTED IN iPhone
Just in time for the start of rugby’s RBS Six Nations, Puntofisso has released an app to accompany the tournament that promises to be better then watching the games on TV. Fans can follow the games in real-time via the app with both text and graphical updates. These graphical features visualise all the kicks, rucks, try, conversion, line-out, pass, breaks and scrums on the pitch. Powered via data from Opta Sports, the app also includes team profiles and player bios, stats on personal...
Six Nations in your pocket
Get revenge in the office with Griffin's HELO TC Assault app-controlled helicopter
4 days ago | POSTED IN iPhone
Taking office pranks to the next level, Griffin technology last year released HELO TC, an app controlled helicopter that is sure to wake up your sleepy colleagues well into the afternoon lull. News announced at CES revealed new HELO TC Assault features for the new year on iOS and now on Android too. The app remote-controlled helicopter now comes with twin missile launchers and a new sleek design. The twin missile launchers can store an even six missiles, which means even the worst shooter...
AppPower!!
App Friday: Aviary for Android adds photo editing tools and retro grainy effects
5 days ago | POSTED IN Android
App Friday has been away from Recombu for a while. While we’ve still been testing, playing with and writing about apps like before we found that there were so many great apps out there that singling out one for special App Friday treatment didn’t seem fair to the other apps we’d written about in the week. Often it was the case that we’d get hold of or hear about an app or game long before it was Friday and we didn’t want to or simply couldn’t hold on to it...
A is for Aviary
New Gameloft Live! app for Android phones available now, iPhone version coming soon
6 days ago | POSTED IN Android
Fans of Gameloft’s ever-expanding line-up of high definition mobile games probably already know about Gameloft Live! the portal into the Gameloft community where you can compare scores and chat with fellow players. Now available as a standalone app for Android phones, the Gameloft Live! app allows you to purchase games through the app - instead of having to go through Gameloft’s mobile site - which is a real plus. You can also create a 3D avatar and keep in touch with other gamers by...
Live! and Kicking
Google Docs for Android now allows for offline access, Google Gears style
6 days ago | POSTED IN Android
Google has updated its Docs for Android app, allowing you to now mark documents for offline access. Selecting the ‘make available offline’ option from a long-press activated menu in your Docs list will do just that - allow you to carry on working away offline. So if you're tapping out some notes on your Android phone or tablet when you head into a no signal zone, (i.e. your train is heading underground) or 3G signal in your area intermittently drops (it happens), then you're...
Offline? We're fine.
Top ten free games on Android phones
last week | POSTED IN Android
Following on from last week’s top 10 free iPhone games, we’ve done the same for Android. There are plenty of games available in trial 'lite' versions, but we've tried to keep them to a minimum, especially when they are severely limited in their free guise. Any gems we’ve missed? Let us know in the comments below. We’ll be adding even more apps in the future. Here’s our pick of the best free games on Android; you’ll find download links at the bottom...
The price is right
The Simpsons Mr Burns and Marge join TomTom's GPS app
last week | POSTED IN iPhone
Mr Burns and Marge Simpson are the latest voices you’ll be able to hear providing directions through your TomTom sat nav app. They join the vocal talents of Homer Simpson, who is already adding his voice to the TomTom app. Mr Burns can be heard saying: ‘Take the third right. Do it, driving monkey!" and "Take the exit on the right. Trust me - I'm an evil billionaire." Marge is slightly less bossy: ‘"Exit right ahead. Hmm, it smells a little funky in...
Burning up
McAfee announces next-gen Mobile Security 2.0 for Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones
last week | POSTED IN iPhone, Android, Blackberry, Symbian
McAfee has taken the wraps off of its Mobile Security 2.0 suite, a comprehensive anti-virus and anti-phishing package that protects virtually all Android, BlackBerry and Symbian phones and tablets. Android phones and tabs running 2.1 Eclair through to 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich are covered, as are BlackBerry phones running OS 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 5.0, 6.0 and 7.0. We’re checking up about support for BlackBerry OS 7.1 - our guess is that as this is rolling out now, support for it will be included...
A hot cup of McAfee
BBC News app launches for Android tablets
last week | POSTED IN Android
BBC Worldwide has released a new version of it’s BBC News app, designed from the ground up for Android tablets. For many people, checking the BBC News website on a smartphone is part of the morning routine, well now owners of tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Asus EeePad Transformer Prime. In an announcement on the BBC Internet Blog Kate Milner, Mobile Product Manager confirmed the app’s availability for large tablet devices. Created by the BBC in-house team, the new...
Honey Beeb
Download Steam iOS and Android apps for free now (beta)
last week | POSTED IN iPhone, Android
Steam, aka ‘iTunes for Games’ is headed soon to a phone near you. Well, an iPhone or Android phone to be precise; beta versions of Valve’s forthcoming Steam apps have appeared in the iTunes App Store and Android Market. The main x-factor of these apps will be the ability to cash in on ‘unbeatable Steam sales’. So in an ideal world you’d be able to buy Left 4 Dead 2 or Battlefield 3 on offer while you should be doing some work or paying attention in class. As...
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