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 App Reviews by Stewart Wolpin

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 For the Budget Conscious
Figure discounts and shop smart.

CUrrenCy GUide
The facts I Convert any of 160
currencies using up-to-the-
minute exchange rates. Also included
are daily Forex rankings, trend charts
with real-time streaming for select pairs
of currencies, a pocket travel guide, a tip
calculator, market news, and a currency
game.
The review I Don’t worry about weeding
through a list of 160 currencies—the 19
most popular are segregated under one
tab, gold and several defunct
currencies under another.
A free version includes just
the converter, which may be
enough for the casual international traveler. Price: $0.99

eVernOTe
The facts I Collect and record
all the digital flotsam of your
life—notes and ideas, photos, audio,
web URLs, documents, emails, social
networking messages—and this app
stores them all online, syncs them to
a number of devices and makes them
searchable and shareable.
The review I You have to register and
install plug-ins on your PC and web
browser to take full advantage of this
sophisticated and useful
digital filing cabinet app. You
can search anything saved—it
even renders text in a
searchable image. Price: free

PerCenT Off—PriCe
CAlCUlATOr
MY FAVORITe APP The facts I Tap out a
percentage discount and a price in
ShopSavvy™ one field and the sales price pops up
in another field. Equations are typed in
Macenzie Hadley like “18% of $19.95.” It also will figure
T-Mobile Retail double discounts for those “take-an-
additional-X%-off” sales.
Merchandising
The review I This is a godsend for
a math-challenged shopaholic. You’ll
“ShopSavvy gets need to figure out the calculation
me the best prices— equation syntax, but once you do, sales
whether I’m making calculation headaches
a quick stop at the grocery disappear. If only the
numeric keyboard popped
store or buying up instead of the alpha.
CHARLIE SCHUCK

appliances. And Price: $0.99

it’s very easy to
use.” Price: free Taxes and fees additional. Apps may be no longer available and prices may have changed.
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 App Reviews by Stewart wolpin
For the Casual Gamer
There are countless opportunities for entertainment.

SOliTAire free
The facts I You get seven-
stack Solitaire as well as
versions of Spider and Freecell, all
played in landscape mode. Play
normal or Vegas style, and draw one or
three cards. You can set cards to auto
move or you can move them yourself.
The review I Here’s the best Solitaire
game for Android. Cards slide to the
correct stack at the swipe
of a finger. Best feature is
auto move, which stacks
up cards on aces, saving
needless swipes.
Price: free

TiC TAC TOe (POSiMOTiOn

VerSiOn)
The facts I Don’t confuse this
with other Tic Tac Toe versions,
including the older version of the same
app. You can choose who’s X and who’s
O, set the difficulty level, play against the
phone or another player, or watch the
phone play against itself.
The review I Deceptively simple, touch
a square, place a mark, but take care,
you won’t always tie, especially on the
highest difficulty level. A
great and mindless way to
kill stand-around-and-wait
time without becoming
heavily involved. Price: free

wiXel
The facts I Identify words by
finger-swiping across a board
of 4x4 or 5x5 letter tiles. Words aren’t
MY FAVORITe APP in a row or read left-to-right, however—
usually you have to trace diagonal lines
Texas hold ’em 2! at odd angles. The longer the word, the
Brent Camalich more points.
The review I You’ll need four-
T-Mobile Retail Marketing dimensional spatial acuity to locate
words pretzeled in these puzzles, and
“Tunes and Texas Hold ‘Em many of the words won’t be familiar. It’ll
2!—the perfect make you feel stupid, but
way to get you’ll be addicted. The paid
($1.49) version lets you play
loosened up for work!”
against others online.
Price: free Price: free
CHARLIE SCHUCK

Click on the Android Market icon on your myTouch 3G

or use the QR code to download these and more than
16,000 other great Android apps.
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 MY FAVORITe APP
keeper™ Password
& data Vault
Josh Lonn
T-Mobile Product
development
“Keeper is so secure,
it’s actually endorsed
by the U.S. govern-
ment. But with all of the
passwords I juggle on a
day-to-day basis, all I care
about is that they
are securely at
CHARLIE SCHUCK

my fingertips.”
Price: free

For the Security MybACkUP PrO

The facts I Make copies of
Minded apps, contacts, bookmarks,
text and multimedia messages, settings,
Manage files and protect shortcuts, alarms, dictionaries, playlists,
etc., all of which can be restored to
your data. either an existing or new myTouch 3G.
The free version is a 30-day trial.
ASTrO The review I More insurance than
file peace of mind, this easy-to-use back-up
app lets you choose what to back up
MAnAGer and where—either online
The facts I Get or to an SD card. If your
control of copying myTouch 3G is gone, this
and pasting, app transfers backed-up
moving, deleting, data to a new phone.
and creating new Price: $4.99
files and folders.
You can perform
the same task on
wAVeSeCUre MObile
multiple files, save
SeCUriTy
memory-hogging
The facts I Remotely lock,
apps to an SD card
wipe and/or locate your lost or stolen
to free up memory,
myTouch 3G with this app by registering
and back up and restore data.
at the company’s website. You also
The review I Designed for the sophisticated can back up and restore your contacts,
user, this sometimes daunting toolkit can be media (photos, etc.) and call logs.
useful for intricate file management functions,
The review I A simple way to achieve
especially for freeing up precious
peace of mind where your phone and
internal memory. Just be sure you
valuable data are concerned. Being able
know what you’re doing before
to lock, wipe data, locate
attempting to use this app.
and track your phone on
Price: free
the website—for free (for
now)—is reassuring. Price:
free until March 31.

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 App Reviews by leticia barr

MY FAVORITe APP
kids Paint
desmond Smith
T-Mobile Product
development
“Chandler’s very
creative—and really
loves Kids
Paint; it entertains
him for hours.”
Price: free

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 For the Kids
A place for constructive distractions – not just fingerprints.

AbCs
The facts I ABCs is designed
to teach the alphabet to young
children. Kids navigate through the
letters by tapping on a large arrow. Each
letter appears in a large, easy-to-read
font as it is pronounced.
The review I This simple application
is easy for the youngest kids to use.
While this app may seem oversimplified,
seeing a letter and hearing it pronounced
reinforces the alphabet
through visual and auditory
learning to young children.
ABCs is ideal for ages 18
months-3 years. Price: free

AniMAl SOUndS
The facts I Animal Sounds puts
a virtual zoo on your myTouch
3G. Kids can tap on a thumbnail photo,
which enlarges, while the animal makes
a sound and its name is superimposed
over the bottom of the picture.
The review I This app is great for animal
lovers and beginning readers. It also can
help readers who are more advanced
by exposing them to more
words, which they will start to
recognize on their own. Animal
Sounds is well-suited for ages
2½-5 years. Price: free

hAPPy flASh CArdS

The facts I Happy Flash Cards
provides flash cards of foods,
animals, numbers, shapes and colors for
kids to learn. Kids scroll as fast as their
fingers will go, but if the child’s scrolling
slows, the word appears under the
picture after a couple of seconds.
The review I Toddlers will like the brightly
colored images and using their fingers
to change the cards. Kindergartners
and first-graders can use the
application to improve reading
skills. Happy Flash Cards is
perfect for ages 2-6 years.
Price: free
CHARLIE SCHUCK

Taxes and fees additional. Apps may be no longer available and prices Click on the Android Market icon on your myTouch 3G
may have changed. Data charges are additional. All app trademarks,
trade names, logos/icons and images are the property of their respective
or use the QR code to download these and more than
owners. Some app screenshots may be simulated. 16,000 other great Android apps.
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 App Reviews by Stewart wolpin
For My World
Find sushi, weather, even cheap gas while on the go.

newSrOOM rSS
MY FAVORITe APP The facts I Choose from 30
RSS news feeds, including
weatherbug seven Android news sites plus The New
Bonita Inza York Times, Wired, Gizmodo, Engadget,
Ars Technica, Yahoo! News and the
T-Mobile Concept BBC. When you add a source, RSS
development feeds are automatically updated and
can be read offline.
“I love walking, but The review I This app is a boon for
out here, the rain subway commuters or frequent fliers, who
can move in at a moment’s can read stories even without a signal.
View the first paragraph or
notice. But I don’t worry— two of a story, then either
WeatherBug always lets slide right for the next story
me know when summary or slide up to view
to keep the the entire article. Price: $4.99
umbrella handy.”
Price: free SherPA™—diSCOVer yOUr
wOrld
The facts I Easily find any
business or restaurant culled from 12
million points-of-interests, parsed into
categories and proximity using GPS.
Sherpa also tracks and ranks interests to
make sure the appropriate choices rise
to the top.
The review I Possibly the greatest travel
aid ever, Sherpa is aptly named—a
guide to unfamiliar places. Its interface
is clever, intuitive, smart
and fun. Practice browsing
at your home or office, so
you’ll know how to use it
in unfamiliar surroundings.
Price: free

where®
The facts I An ad-
supported local products/services app
that locates people, places and things
in your area. Read user reviews or post
your own. There are 14 categories on two
screens, including a messaging “Where
Wall” to chat with folks using the app.
The review I Comprehensive and easy
to understand. Categories, including
local news and movie times, are laid
out in a grid. With local gas prices and
speech search, it’s great for
drivers. Oddly, there’s no
icon for “restaurants”—you
have to type it out.
Price: free
CHARLIE SCHUCK

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or use the QR code to download these and more than
16,000 other great Android apps.
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 For the Always Connected
Blog, Tweet and post photos on the move.

fOUrSQUAre
The facts I “Check in” with
Foursquare friends in more
than 100 cities worldwide. Earn points
and badges by text-messaging via the
app, Twitter or Facebook when visiting
Foursquare member-specified venues.
The most frequent visitor can be named
“mayor” of a specific venue.
The review I Joining with friends to visit
cool places is the aim of this location-
based travel social-networking app. Earn
bragging rights and badges
of honor for frequent visits.
With more than 200,000
Foursquarers, there are plenty
of places to connect.
Price: free

MySPACe MObile
The facts I All necessary
MySpace® functions are cleanly
arranged in this front-end app, including
a menu of your status and mood, friend
status and mood, activities, friend
requests, comments, bulletins and
blogs, plus four tabs (Home, Inbox,
People, Photos), and menu options.
The review I The entire MySpace
experience is neatly encapsulated in this
clean, fun and easy-to-navigate app.
It’s almost too simple to search the site,
view and answer email, post
pictures from a myTouch
3G album, or add a bulletin,
comment or blog post.
Price: free MY FAVORITe APP
bloo—native
TwidrOid
The facts I Android’s leading
facebook App
Twitter™ interface, which also Rolando Jimenez
comes in a paid version (€3.39), can
be customized for your myTouch 3G.
T-Mobile Retail Sales
Make direct posts and mentions, follow Representative
and unfollow, show threads for direct
messages, and other Twitter necessities. “With Bloo, I’m
The review I The only features you always up to the
won’t get with the freebie are fully second with
featured Twitter lists, colored themes, a
everyone’s Facebook®
buzz viewer and native bit.
ly support, which lets you pages—even
condense a URL, none of while I’m waiting
which the average Twitterer in line for coffee.
CHARLIE SCHUCK

is likely to miss. Price: free

I love it.”
Price: free
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 App Reviews by Stewart wolpin

MY FAVORITe APP
Zagat To Go ’10
derek Compton
T-Mobile engineering
“With Zagat To
Go, I always have
a nice range of
choices—
right on my
myTouch 3G.”
Price: $9.99

CHARLIE SCHUCK
For the Business hOTelSbyMe
The facts I Like Hotels.com
Traveler or Expedia in an app, you
can locate, check rates, read or write
A virtual assistant is right in reviews and securely book rooms at
hotels worldwide from your myTouch
your hand. 3G. You get star ratings, descriptions,
room amenities, maps, property photos
and nearby sites.
ASTrid
TASk/ The review I A great traveler’s aid, this
TOdO app works just like any online hotel-
liST booking website. Unfortunately, you can’t
The facts I search by ZIP code, and it’s
This to-do list misnamed—after all, wouldn’t
app provides you look and book a hotel
options to sort, room before you get to your
set reminders, destination? Price: free
and more for
your busy
life. Do things TAlk TO Me
as simple as The facts I Tap the microphone
creating a list icon, speak a word or phrase,
or as complex and this app translates English into
as plotting your Spanish, French, German and Italian,
life either by minute or task. or vice versa. You also can type in a
desired phrase. Talk To Me displays
The review I While it’s easy to create a
both a text translation and/or speaks it.
list, this sophisticated app’s value lies in
its powerful and flexible list-sorting and The review I A remarkably accurate
notification options, such as educational tool, you can vary the
specifying times you don’t want speech rate and pitch to
an alarm to sound. You also speed up or slow down the
can synchronize tasks with your translation and create either
Gmail™ desktop client. Price: free a man’s or woman’s voice.
Adding Asian languages
would be nice. Price: free

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 App News
new Apps,
new innovators
As one T-Mobile® employee witnessed firsthand, Google’s
recent Android Developer Challenge 2 showcased talent
from all over the world. Here are the new apps from a new generation.
As an early adopter of the latest innovations in technology, I’ve been following the Android™ space since
well before the launch of our first T-Mobile® G1® with Google™. That’s why I feel incredibly honored to have
been one of the two T-Mobile judges in the second Android Developer Challenge that Google held last fall.
The challenge is an opportunity for Android developers to shine by pulling out all the stops to show their
innovation chops with unique and compelling Android applications. Entries were judged on four criteria:
originality of concept, effective use of the Android platform, polish and appeal and, finally, indispensability.
Beth Goza Featured here are the three overall winners. For more information about both these overall winners and
those in 10 individual categories, visit http://code.google.com/android/adc/gallery_winners.html. — Beth
Goza, T-Mobile senior manager

1st place 2nd place 3rd place

Sweetdreams what the waveSecure

Described by Google
as “a revolutionary
tool that will finally allow you to go
to sleep without worrying about
changing your phone settings in
order to avoid unwelcome late
night calls,” SweetDreams won the
challenge’s first-place $150,000
purse. The app is a great aid for
lethargy, and the device dormancy
that results from the app running
will mean extended battery power
too. What’s more, Google says,
“forget about enabling Wi-Fi,
Bluetooth or ringtones volume
every morning again.”
“Forget about enabling
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth® or
ringtones volume
every morning again.”
—Google
doodle!?
‘WTD!?’ is a real-time
online multiplayer game developed
by an unemployed recent graduate
of London’s Imperial College who
had no prior
experience
producing
this kind of
online game,
much less
developing
a mobile
phone app.
Che Jami
“I’ve always had a love for fast-
paced responsive multiplayer
games,” says Che Jami, who earned
$50,000 with his second-place
innovation. “When Android started
picking up, I spotted the niche
in the market and my ‘Why not?’
phase progressed to the creation of
What the Doodle!? Jami says he’s
considering becoming a developer
full-time and that “it won’t be long
’til I move on to my next application
for Android.”
Data-protection app
WaveSecure, which can
remotely lock down and track lost
phones, was envisioned in late 2005
and was initially developed for highly
security-
conscious
early
adopters
such as the
Singapore
police and
military,
says its lead
Prashast Khandelwal
developer
Prashast Khandelwal. The idea
started when one of the founders of
his company, tenCube in Singapore,
lost his mobile phone.
“The most compelling feature of
WaveSecure is undoubtedly its
ability to track the phone number
of a newly inserted SIM into your
phone,” says Khandelwal, whose
company earned the third-place
$25,000 prize. “Once you have the
phone number of the person who
has your phone,” it is much easier
to get [it] back. You can either
try calling the person yourself or
you can go to the authorities with
this information.”

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 Top Apps
Top 10 Paid Apps
The Android™ Market’s 10 most-
downloaded paid apps as of Feb. 3, 2010
JeTfliCkS! TV | Watch
your favorite TV shows on
the go with Jetflicks! TV. Price:
$1.99
2 beAUTifUl widGeTS |
Contains a variety of widgets—
including time and weather—to give your
home screen more pizzazz. Price: €0.99
3 TwidrOid PrO | The pro
Twidroid version for Android
phones offers extra functionality, like posting
videos and multiple accounts. Price: €3.39
4 MybACkUP PrO | Be ready the
next time your phone crashes. The
MyBackup Pro application allows you to
back up all of your data either securely online
or onto your phone’s SD card. Price: $4.99
5 AdVAnCed TASk MAnAGer |
Advanced Task Manager will help
you manage your apps for maximum battery
performance. Price: $0.99
6 weATher widGeT—dOnATe |
Weather Widget gives you a
customizable weather forecast right on your
home screen. Price: $1.49
7 weATherbUG eliTe | Take
weather forecasting—complete
with radar animation and contour maps—to
the next level with the paid version of the
popular WeatherBug app. Price: $1.99
8 POwer MAnAGer fUll |
Extend your battery charge with
Power Manager Full, which allows you
to change your phones settings for battery
optimization. Price: $0.99
9 TASkiller fUll | Many apps
lack a simple “quit” button and end
up staying on for hours, slowly sucking your
battery life. Taskiller shows you what
applications are running and gives you the
option to shut them down. Price: €0.70
10 COPilOT liVe | CoPilot Live is
a fully functioning GPS with
turn-by-turn directions, weather information
and forecasts, and a host of other helpful
tools. Price: $34.99
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Top 10 Free Apps
The Android™ Market’s 10 most-
downloaded free apps as of Feb. 3, 2010
GOOGle MAPS | Google
Maps includes GPS
navigation, street views, traffic and
business listings.
2 PAndOrA rAdiO | Customize
your own radio stations by liking
and disliking songs as they play, and
Pandora Radio will do the rest.
3 T-MObile® MyACCOUnT |
With this T-Mobile app you can
check your minutes, get hints and tips and
quickly change your phone’s settings to
minimize battery loss.
4 The weATher ChAnnel | This
app uses your phone’s GPS to
give you the most up-to-date forecasts and
severe weather warnings.
5 fACebOOk fOr AndrOid |
The official Android phone
Facebook app helps you stay connected
with friends and family.
6 MySPACe MObile | Check up
on your friends, listen to great new
bands or tweak your profile on the go with
the official MySpace app for Android phones.
7 US yellOw PAGeS SeArCh |
This app gives you access to your
local Yellow Pages database and comes
equipped with voice search capabilities.
8 bACkGrOUndS | Backgrounds
is a simple way to get new
wallpaper for your home screen—from over
10,000 designs.
9
drOidliGhT led flAShliGhT
| Power just went out? No
problem. With this app, your camera’s LED
can now function as a flashlight.
10
rinGTOneS | Turn your
favorite song into a ringtone or
record your own.
Click on the Android Market icon on your myTouch 3G
or use the QR code to download these and more than
16,000 other great Android apps.
Taxes and fees additional. Apps may be no longer available and prices may have changed.
Data charges are additional. All app trademarks, trade names, logos/icons and images are
the property of their respective owners. Some app screenshots may be simulated.
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