Photo Effects Pro
Dress up your photos with unique
effects in seconds
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Price: Free
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Designed for: Phone and tablet
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Requires Android: 2.1 and up
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Ratings: 4/5
Photo
Effects Pro - Dress up your photos with unique effects
in seconds
Let’s face it, there are a slew of photo
editing apps already available I on the market. What sets this one apart from
the pack? Not only is Photo Effects Pro free, it has a host of easy-to-use
effects at your disposal. With over 50 free space effects, you’ll transform
your photos from average to amazing in seconds. These unique effects include
Pencil Sketch, rounded corners, Tint image, shaded image and many more. The app
includes all the basic abilities you’d expect like cropping, rotating and adjusting
contrast, plus you can dress up your photos with unique frames.
You watch the effects transform your photos
and then, best of all, you can instantly share them with the world via
Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, or dress up your phone’s home screen by using
them as wallpaper.
Uber
Hail a limo straight from your
smartphone
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Price: Free
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Designed for: Phone
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Requires Android: 2.1 and up
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Ratings: 4/5
Uber
- Hail a limo straight from your smartphone
Why hail a cab the old fashioned way when
you don’t need to? Limos have finally moved into the 21st Century with the
introduction of Uber. Touted as everyone’s private drive, Uber lets you request
a private car all from your Android device. You’ll never whistle for a cab
again.
Not only can you request a cab, the driver
will know your exact location. Paying for your ride couldn’t be easier - the
fare is charged directly to your credit card and you’ll even receive an
electronic receipt in-app and via email. Uber is only available in a select few
major cities across the world, including New York, San Francisco and Toronto,
but the service is quickly expanding. The only downside about the app is the
GPS can be finicky - it could take the driver a couple minutes to figure out
your exact location.
Opera browser beta
Opera’s new rendering puts it back
among the web giants
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Price: Free
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Designed for: Phone and tablet
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Requires Android: Varies with device
Opera
browser beta - Opera’s new rendering puts it back among
the web giants
Opera browser beta is a first look at the
future of the Opera Mobile web browser. It’s a major change for the software,
moving to the WebKit rendering engine for the first time, putting it alongside
the likes of Chrome in terms of its speed, accuracy and functionality. For
existing users of Opera Mobile this move takes some getting used to. The entire
UI of the app has been redesigned, with some of the elements that made Opera
Mobile so successful in the past being reworked - there’s a nice tab switching feature,
for instance, while the Speed Dial page now also includes additional panes for
your browsing history, as well as a Flipboard-style highlights screen.
It is fast, and for the most part creates
the pages as you would expect, although like with Chrome you will occasionally
see fonts being displayed at different sizes where you would expect them to be
the same. As a beta app, Opera Browser is still very much a work in progress,
with features like the bookmark-syncing service Opera Link yet to be fully implemented
(at the time of writing). However, it is fast and stable enough to use as your
main browser, and with improvements delivered regularly, gets better all the
time.
Getto know the Opera browser
If you’re a fan of Opera browser on your
PC, you’re going to love bringing this powerful, yet simple browser to your
Android device
Discover
Get the news relevant to you delivered
directly to your browser. The unique Discover features send recommendations for
news, entertainment and other popular content tailored to your likes.
Get
the news relevant to you delivered directly to your browser.
Speed dial
Opera’s unique Speed Dial feature saves you
time by displaying your favorites, bookmarks and saved web pages for your
pleasure. Customize by adding folders or reorganizing with a finger swipe.
Opera’s
unique Speed Dial feature saves you time by displaying your favorites,
bookmarks and saved web pages for your pleasure.
Off-road
Suffering from a slow Wi-Fi connection?
Looking for a much-needed speed boost? Select Off-Road mode to save your
precious data and browse the internet at lightning-fast speeds.
Select
Off-Road mode to save your precious data and browse the internet at
lightning-fast speeds.
Speed dial
View your most frequently visited websites
with Speed Dial. Add links to your favorite sites here for quick access. This
page works alongside the more traditional bookmarks page
Tabbed browsing
The tabbed browsing UI has been redesigned.
Your tabs still appear on their own screen rather than at the top of the window
as on some other browsers, but they are much larger and more accessible than
they were on the older versions of Opera
Fast search
Opera browser beta has done away with the
dedicated search box, and instead you can simply type whatever you want to
search for into the address bar
History view
A quick swipe to the left reveals your
browsing history for easy access. Well organized and laid out, the pane makes
your history more readily available than on any other browser, and quickly
becomes a feature you will start to use more often
Verdict
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If you’re looking for a quick, reliable browser
you can’t go wrong with Opera
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Performance: 5/5
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Design: 4/5
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Value: 5/5
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Overall: 5/5
Sky Movies
Enjoy your favorite movies while
you’re on the go
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Price: Free
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Designed for: Phone and tablet
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Requires Android: 2.2 and up
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Ratings: 4/5
Sky
Movies - Enjoy your favorite movies while you’re on the
go
Netflix isn’t the only movie streaming app
in town. Sky Movies has recently launched its movie app for Android devices.
The Sky Movies app is supported on all Android devices, but you’ll only be able
to enjoy movies with Sky Go-compatible devices, including the Samsung Galaxy
devices, FITC devices and LG Nexus 4.
This app is a must-have for movie fans.
With over 600 movies on demand at your fingertips you’ll be able to stream and
enjoy your favorite movies while you’re on the go. All you need to enjoy films
is Wi-Fi access or a mobile data connection. These movies are going to cost you
- not only do you have to pay for movies, they’ll also use a ton of your data,
something to be aware of if you’re on a data-capped plan. The movie selection
is very impressive, especially compared to Netflix’s offering in the UK.
Traxsource
Enjoy underground music from your
Android device
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Price: Free
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Designed for: Phone and tablet
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Requires Android: 2.2 and up
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Ratings: 4/5
Traxsource
- Enjoy underground music from your Android device
The internet is all about the ubiquity of
content. Unlike TV or radio, anyone can post content about almost anything. Traxsource
is similar to YouTube, but instead of videos it allows music sharing.
Traxsource is the ultimate underground music store. It lets you discover music
outside the mainstream and features sweet-sounding content from DJs, clubbers
and aspiring artists.
Downloading and enjoying music couldn’t be
any easier. Browse, listen and add music to your cart in seconds. Your account
is synced up to your Traxsource account online and you can transfer your tracks
to your wish list in an instant to save for later. Browsing for music is easy.
You can browse by your favorite music genre, listen to the top DJs on charts
and even search top sales charts. Best of all you can try before you buy and
keep a playlist of your favorite tunes in-app.
