Official Target App Makes Shopping Simple
The official Target app offers you the tools (and inventory) to make shopping simple.
- Version: 1.0.1
- Size: 1.73MB
- Category: Shopping
- Price: Free
Main features & tools:
- Target Weekly Ad – See the week’s deals based on your location
- Clearance items – Find some of the best deals (up to 75% off), many of which are online only
- College essentials – “Stuff you need. Prices you love”
- Search Target.com with text or a scanned barcode
- Find nearby store – Including all pertinent information like hours, phone #, pharmacy, etc.
- Set your store – Provides availability and aisle location of searched items for the store of your choice!
- Extensive product reviews from other customers
Pros:
- Beautiful, fast, fully functional UI
- Access to weekly ads and online clearance prices
- Quickly purchase the items you find
Areas for improvement:
- GPS constantly searches for location (I entered zipcode manually and turned GPS off to avoid this)
Conclusion: For you Target aficionados in search of the next great deal, this app is for you!
Top Android Game: Bink
Challenge your short-term memory with Bink, the color-blasting pattern game.
- Version: 1.7
- Size: 163KB
- Category: Games
- Price: Free
Like many other Android games, Bink is simple and entertaining. The concept is very straight-forward: tap the colored block that was most recently added to the screen. Each time you tap the newest block, another one will appear. Choose the wrong block and you lose. The time required to solve the puzzle is recorded, so speed counts! This taxes your memory even further and makes mistakes more frequent.
The game comes with 20 original levels that vary in size from 4×4 to 7×7 layouts. However, you have the ability to be creative and design your own levels as well. Just tap the different blocks to change their colors after choosing the custom level size. Save levels with a specific name and then find them added to the list of levels! The max size for a custom level is 10×10, and I’d be scared to even try it. An excellent design feature of the game is that even though the blocks might be located in the same spots for each level, they will come up in a random order each time, so you can continue to retry levels and improve your time.
Pros:
- Crisp and colorful UI
- Simple level editor
- Record time-tracking and randomized block appearances enhances replay value
Areas for improvement:
- Global scoreboard
- Ability to share (download/upload) levels with other players
Conclusion: A unique, well-developed Android game that will test your awareness and memory!
VR Tunnel Live Wallpaper
VR Tunnel Live Wallpaper is a motion-sensitive, holographic-effect of flying colorful cubes!
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 99.89KB
- Category: Themes
- Price: Free (Max Version: $0.99)
Note: The prerequisite for all live wallpapers is that your phone must be running Android version 2.1+.
The lite version of this app is limited to 3 colors and has fewer options than the Max version. After applying VR Tunnel as your live wallpaper, you can tap the cubes to make them rotate. If you’d like to re-center the holographic effect (which readjusts itself as your phone’s orientation changes), just double-tap the screen.
This live wallpaper is another fun app to add to the collection of the 5 Must-Have Android Live Wallpapers. You’ll definitely have all non-Android users envious of your phone with live wallpapers like this one.
Pros:
- Unique 3D holographic feel
- Options and settings galore
Areas for improvement:
- Additional shapes?
Conclusion: A definite addition to the list of must-have Android Live Wallpapers!
Lite: Max:
Save Money with GasBuddy Android App
GasBuddy is here to save you money by displaying real-time gas prices in your area.
- Version: 1.0
- Size: 1.70MB
- Category: Travel
- Price: Free
GasBuddy is another very simple but extremely useful app that you’ll use on a weekly basis. Pair this app up with Gas Log for complete gas pricing/usage tracking.
First, you’ll want to search for gas prices by your zip code or GPS location (the prices that are displayed are posted by users of the Android app and GasBuddy.com). Then, search the tab for the type of fuel you need (regular, mid-grade, premium, diesel). You can sort the results by price or by distance. If you want more information on a specific station, tap it. You’ll see photos, address, phone number, prices, station features (convenience store, service station, restrooms, air hose, etc.). Additionally, you can search for stations in the map view if you want to find the cheapest station that is nearest your current route.
Final note: make sure to “pay it forward” and report prices as you see them so you can help others save too!
Pros:
- A truly fast and easy way to save money
- Full information provided for each station
- Search results by zip code or GPS
Areas for improvement:
- Directions to stations after mapping (in Google Maps/Navigation)
- Less populated areas may not have price information (due to dependence on user-submitted values)
Conclusion: If you’ve got a desire to save a few bucks on that next big fill-up, GasBuddy is a must-have!
Poll: Stock Android or Custom UI (Sense, TouchWiz)?
With more and more phones coming out with their own custom UI’s, the question is, what do you prefer?
