tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5500854142556199292012-06-23T08:44:36.078-07:00Android ActivityOne stop point for the most useful Android App News & ReviewsAdarsh k lnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-550085414255619929.post-40285825789570161522012-06-16T22:11:00.000-07:002012-06-23T08:42:33.877-07:002012-06-23T08:42:33.877-07:00Earbits Radio - Know your music.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace; font-size: x-large;"><i>E</i></span>arbits is something I first came across in <a href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/mgkjffcdjblaipglnmhanakilfbniihj?hl=en-US&utm_source=chrome-ntp-launcher">chrome store</a> and in no time I am in love with the service. Earbits radio is a personalized streaming radio with a well managed catalog and a huge database of music. A free app <span style="background-color: white;">in android </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store" style="background-color: white;">play store</a><span style="background-color: white;">; the best part being with no ads..no subscription..just great music.</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span style="background-color: white;">You may not find your daily dose of Rihana or Shakira here, but if you are a person who love to discover new artists and hear new things</span><br />
..Earbits is the most wonderful app you can get. This is what they say :<br />
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<span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">"</span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: pre-wrap;">We’ve</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-family: 'Open Sans', arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: -webkit-auto; white-space: pre-wrap;"> got killer artists like Weezer, Talib Kweli, KRS-One, Alkaline Trio, and double Grammy winners like Arrested Development, Dave Samuels and Mads Tolling, and a bunch of others who you may or may not have heard before. But we know you’ll love them, because we don’t approve music that sucks"</span></blockquote>
The music is fresh, new and an exhaustive list of music genres available. Though the app is an eye candy with the HD album art spread out over 90% of your screen, I had few unpleasant experiences while using the app. First of all, the IOS style facebook page, asking you to grant permission to the app to post those music you 'like'. Secondly, the app force closes while being multi tasked.<br />
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1. Well cataloged collection of music.<br />
2. Beautiful & minimal app interface.<br />
3. No subscription required and ad free.<br />
4. Hours of fresh music.<br />
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1. The start up screen is an ios themed facebook page, which maybe a turn off for some.<br />
2. Can't survive multi tasking with heavy apps running in the background.<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">S</span>core</u> : <span style="font-size: large;">7.5/10</span><br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">V</span>erdict:</u><br />
This is my favourite online radio for the time being. If you're primarily looking for a different streaming radio service and can forgive some minor glitches in the app, you can get this beautiful app <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.earbits.android&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5lYXJiaXRzLmFuZHJvaWQiXQ.." target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-size: large;"><i>O</i></span><span style="background-color: white;">ne of the default apps of android, since the Nexus One days that have undergone no or minimal changes is the default gallery app. Though with the advent of android ICS, the gallery app also underwent a face lift. But to those little less lucky people who were forced to stay with 2.3 or less have to still live with the laggy and not so fun looking gallery, let me introduce you to QuickPic; my favorite gallery app from my</span><br />
<a name='more'></a>gingerbread days to present.<br />
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QuickPic is a really cool looking, snappy, butter smooth and does good justification to its name. More over it is available for free in the play store and is ad free. So dont worry of those annoying ads poping up while you are enjoying your favorite albums. The animations are smooth, zoom in/out is really quick, myriad of sharing options make this app a clear winner in this category.<br />
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">P</span>ros:</u><br />
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<li>Smooth animations and responsive scrolling</li>
<li>Clean and neat interface following the ICS style guidelines</li>
<li>Customizable gallery layouts</li>
<li>Quick to render the full image compared to the default gallery app</li>
<li>Ability to hide private pics</li>
<li>Free of cost and ad-free</li>
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<li> Video player is very basic</li>
<li>No syncing with Facebook or Picasa at the moment.</li>
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">S</span>core :</u><span style="font-size: large;"> 8/10</span></div>
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<u><span style="font-size: large;">V</span>erdict :</u> The overall experience is excellent, especially if you are coming from the default gallery app. So my first suggestion would be QuickPic if you are looking for a simple replacement for you stock gallery app.Get QuickPic for free <i><b><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.alensw.PicFolder&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImNvbS5hbGVuc3cuUGljRm9sZGVyIl0.">here</a>.
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