Book Catalogue
Posted on 2010-10-06 by
F-Droid
It’s hard to know how to start a review of an application with a name so descriptive you know exactly what it is from the title. The standard...
Beem
Posted on 2010-10-05 by
F-Droid
Beem is an XMPP client which, as yet, offers a fairly basic range of options but is under active development. There are a few quirks...
MythMote
Posted on 2010-10-04 by
F-Droid
If you use MythTV (and if not, why not?) then you need MythMote. It’s a remote control that communicates with all your MythTV front ends over the...
LifeSaver 2
Posted on 2010-10-02 by
F-Droid
LifeSaver 2 is a simple but very useful app that backs up your call log and SMS messages to your SD card, and allows you to restore them later. This is useful for general everyday backups, as a means of exporting this data in an easy format for...
Permissions
Posted on 2010-10-01 by
F-Droid
Following on from yesterday’s article about app permissions, here’s some more practical help in the form of an app that lets you review the permissions you’ve granted to everything that’s currently installed.
I always think popping up a “Battery Low – Connect Your Charger” message is a very thoughtless thing to do, and with battery life being what it is it’s something I get to think about quite a lot. For one thing, if I was able to connect my...
Ars technica is reporting on a study that reveals that, unbeknownst to the user, some Android apps are sending personal information such as telephone numbers and GPS coordinates off to unknown recipients. The only surprising thing here is that anyone is surprised. When we talk about FOSS...
Connect Your Charger
Posted on 2010-10-01
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F-Droid
No such thing as a free beer?
Posted on 2010-09-30
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F-Droid
K-9 Mail
Posted on 2010-09-29
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F-Droid
Everyone needs an email client, and unfortunately the stock Android client is very poor indeed – presumably because most of the development focus was on the GMail app. Luckily for those that don’t use GMail, or use...
