Monday, April 30, 2012

Heart rate app

Instant Heart Rate: Pretty crafty app that turns your phone into a heart rate monitor. One of the most accurate apps to monitor your heart rate. All you have to do is place the tip of your index finger on phone’s camera and in a couple of seconds your Heart Rate will be shown.It uses your phones built-in camera to track color changes on the fingertip that are directly linked to your pulse. This is the same technique that medical pulse oximeters use.A real-time chart will show your every heart beat. You can use it for optimizing your exercise and to track your progress. Here's the link. From the phone search for "instant heart rate" and install. Here's to your health!

Storage app

Google Drive: This is a service offered by Google and it allows you to save your pictures, videos, documents and other files on the Google cloud. Then you'll be able to access these documents from anywhere and share them with your friends. You can make any file available offline, so you can access it even if you don't have Internet access. Also, create and edit Google documents with rich text formatting.  Edits to your Google documents appear to collaborators in seconds. Another feature allows you to take a photo of printed text and convert it to a Google document. Here's the link. From the phone search for "google drive" and install.

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Weight Watchers app

Weight Watchers Mobile: If you are using Weight Watchers or want to find out what it is about, try this mobile version of it. With it you can get the latest recipes, health news, exercise ideas, and more right from your phone. This app is fully compatible with their Points Plus program so you can keep track of your weight loss anywhere, anytime. Other features include: a new recipe daily, and save 10 favorites, create shopping lists from recipes, make smarter food choices with interactive Cheat Sheets, get inspired by Success Stories, find tips and helpful articles and also find Weight Watchers meetings in your area. If you subscribe to Weight Watchers Online or eTools you get extra features through your subscription. Very nice. Here's the link. From the phone search for "weight watchers mobile" and install.

Tuesday, April 24, 2012

Game

Six Guns: If you're a fan of the Wild West and like games, give this one a try. A very nice shooting game that will take you on 40 different missions, where you'll ride horses, take out robbers,  fend off waves of enemies and more. You’ll need to unlock all 8 different horses, 19 weapons and a wide selection of clothes, ammo and other items to help you on your adventure. Here's the link. From the phone search for "six guns" and install.

Coupon app

Groupon-Daily deals: This app gives you daily coupons to use locally. You can get deals on the best stuff to do, see, eat, and buy in more than 500 cities around the world. The coupons get you 50-90% discount from normal prices. The categories are many and include: dancing lessons, hot air balloon rides, pizza and more. You get a new deal every morning and you can search for other deals available any time. You can redeem the deals from your phone and also keep track of your purchased Groupons by location and expiration date. Here's the link. From your phone search for "groupon" and install. Good luck!

Friday, April 20, 2012

Game

Tiki Kart 3D: Pretty nice and easy game with very good graphics. Tiki Bobby challenges his friends and his enemies to a kart race. The choice of cars is very vast and also very funny (a fruit with wheels, a turtle shell with wheels, or a fruity tropical drink, umbrella and all). The game has 15 different tracks and many levels. You can also collect different weapons, mines, fireballs, rockets that will be used to slow down or destroy your competition. Pretty cool. Here's the link. From the phone search for "tiki kart 3d" and install.

First aid app

First aid: This is a good app to have in an emergency situation. The app is designed to help you provide first aid to people in need or to identify different medical problems. It provides pictures, videos and short texts that show you how to take the necessary action step by step and in the right order. Very nice and it will help you in a pinch. Remember always check with your doctor for serious issues. They always know better. Here's the link. From the phone search for "first aid" and install.