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FolderOrganizer – Amazon Appstore Free App for 7/19/11

Everyone likes an organized phone. Even someone as scatterbrained as me. With FolderOrganizer you can organize all the stuff that matters so you can make yourself more efficient. Efficiency at it’s best – best price that is. Get it today only for the low low price of FREE!

	Name: FolderOrganizer
	Description: Want more control over the file structure of your smartphone, or would you love to be able to organize your apps, bookmarks, contacts and shortcuts the way you want? Group items according to labels and create fully customizable folders and widgets with FolderOrganizer. You can organize apps, bookmarks, contacts and shortcuts, change folder icons, sort folder items any way you like, and make app shortcuts with custom icons and names. FolderOrganizer Features With hierarchical labels, easily categorize all items. You can create and edit folders, manually sort items in a label, create scrollable widgets with five items in a row, change label icons, and rename apps and change app icons. Make sense of all the stuff on your smartphone. Get FolderOrganizer.


	Download Link: http://goo.gl/zSXHP

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JogTracker Pro – Free Amazon Appstore App of the Day

I am actually excite to try this app out. I want to do a comparison verses the Nike+ watch and chip in the shoe thing. I know that the Nike+ thing isn’t very accurate compared to the treadmill, or actually on a path that has the distance marked.

I will do the comparison test and keep you all posted.

	Name: JogTracker Pro
	Description: Keep track of your distance in miles or kilometers. Use GPS and Google Maps to help you find your way. View your jog history on the Web. Share your progress on Facebook and Twitter. Listen for voice prompts at intervals.


	Download Link: http://goo.gl/vMQxU

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Sinister Planet – Free Amazon Appstore App of the Day 7/16/11

	Name: Sinister Planet
	Description: You have worlds to conquer Blast your way through wave after wave of relentless alien hordes and destroy increasingly challenging planets in this action-filled app for Android. Beautifully rendered meteors and retro-style graphics transport you back to the heyday of arcade classics in Sinister Planet. Mission Objective Your objective is to attack and destroy a series of alien worlds, progressing toward the ultimate challenge: Planet Sinister. To destroy each world you have to attack the surface and take out the power grid protecting the planet’s core. To aid you in your quest, you have the opportunity to upgrade your ship’s weapon systems by collecting power-ups (in Arcade mode) or amassing gold (in Battle mode). As you progress through the waves, you will find yourself needing those upgrades as more deadly enemies are introduced. Upgrades available include extra laser pods to double or triple your firepower, ECM attacks (aka Smart Bombs), turrets for 360-degree shooting, and more. Make little ones out of big ones Collect the Gems To make it through each wave, collect the gems produced as you blast the asteroids out of the sky. Don’t worry, the asteroids won’t hurt you, but you will face a different challenge–your enemy just loves to grab those gems too. Make sure you reach them first, and shoot them quickly, or they will be transformed into much more dangerous foes. As a welcome respite from the hard-core destruction, you get the chance to gain bonus points by completing the challenge waves. Aliens will fly in formation around your ship while you attempt to execute a complete wipe-out. It’s not easy, but getting the right upgrades will greatly aid your mission. During the challenges your ship gains temporary indestructibility.


	Download Link: http://goo.gl/5fS2R

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Top 10 Home Replacements (Top 5) – Easy Android Facelift

As promised, here are the Top 5 of the Top 10 Android Home Replacements/Launchers that we will be reviewing. As with any sort of "Top" list, don’t take it as the definitive list because new apps come out all the time, and I am probably missing some great launchers – I am an old robot after all… So here is my list of the top 5:

	Name: 5. Zeam
	Description: Zeam is a minimalistic launcher alternative for phones running Android 2.2 and above. It has a lot of the cool functions available to the larger launchers, but it will run great on just about any hardware.


	Download Link: http://goo.gl/IayVN

	Name: 4. ADW Launcher
	Description: ADW.Launcher, beyond tweaking your android desktop Opensource home replacement app -Customizable application drawer (old one or iphone/galaxy one) -Customizable drag&drop action buttons -Unveil the Dockbar flicking-up the app-drawer button and drop UNLIMITED shortcuts/folders! -Themes


	Download Link: http://goo.gl/V3Pnb

	Name: 3. Launcher Pro
	Description: – Super-smooth scrolling – Animated screen previews (like Exposé or HTC Sense) – Up to 7 home screens – App drawer (2D and 3D!) with a fly-in effect and smooth scrolling – Scrollable shortcut dock


	Download Link: http://goo.gl/QmCit

	Name: 2. Home++
	Description: New home, new lifestyle Branching from the stock home app, Home++ offers more * 3rd party animated widgets & scrollable widgets support * Drag&drop uninstall * Bookmarks * Workspace looping * 3~7 screens and a screen switcher * lazy load app drawer by default


	Download Link: http://goo.gl/xH9KC

	Name: 1. Go Launcher EX
	Description: vLauncher has a clean look to it that reminds a lot of people of the iPhone interface. One of the main pros to this launcher is that all of your icons are on your home screen, you don’t have to open a tray to see them, plus without all the widgets and extras it runs very fast, even on an older device, like me…


	Download Link: http://goo.gl/LBpRp

So if you like these and want to try them, follow the links and download them to you phone. After they are installed the next time you press the home key it will ask you if you want to load the current launcher or the new one. You can also set one as a default by checking the check box.

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Dashboard Assist PRO: In-Car Dashboard, Hands-Free Answering, and Journey Logger – Free Amazon Appstore App of the Day

	Name: Dashboard Assist PRO: In-Car Dashboard, Hands-Free Answering, and Journey Logger
	Description: Share the details of your trip with the pre-prepared memo template This app isn’t just a dashboard assist, it’s a comprehensive co-pilot, chock-full of savvy features and logging capabilities. Use it to record (and improve) your carbon footprint, to refine your driving technique, or just as a journal, to log the minutiae of long trips. This app tracks your speed, time, mileage, and direction. It provides a comprehensive dashboard, and can also run in the background of other apps. Access the active app by tapping the icon in the notification bar of the phone. Pause the app between legs of a journey to conserve battery and halt the tracked time. Oodles of Features Dashboard Assist Pro acts as a speedometer, compass, and odometer with a variety of customizable style options. Track your speed visually or have it spoken to you. This PRO app has live graphing features for tracking your speed in real time. Graph your speed by recent or whole journey timeframes. The Eco light tracks your carbon footprint by analyzing your average speed, acceleration, and cornering. Flick the main screen to the left to see these averages in action, as well as all three eco views. Flick once more to see the double dials of the current time and speed (always use your automobile’s speedometer as the true reading). Taking Hands-Free to the Next Level Tap the settings button to confirm the automatic setting options. This application can be set to only answer calls from contacts and to automatically answer calls by putting them on speakerphone (after announcing who is calling first). Opt for the auto-text feature, and after the sending party is identified, the contents of your text can be read to you for a totally hands-free driving experience. Customize your auto answer options Dashboard Assist Pro also hosts an in-app music player. Play music or recorded books while you drive. The music shuttle controls appear in a slide-out panel on the main dashboard, easily accessible without journeying out of the application. A sharing option makes this app convenient for recording and sending mileage details and driving statistics while on business trips, or for personal use. The fourth screen contains both of these sharing options and keeps a prepared memo of your travel data for both corporate and performance-based messages. There is a free version of Dashboard Assist that is ad-supported. It does not support the auto-answer or auto-announce features, nor the speed graphs or chronometer.


	Download Link: http://goo.gl/EJa8I

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Amazon Appstore Free App of the Day – Paper Glider (7/10/11)

Although the ratings weren’t all that great I did give it a try this morning. It is really just a game where you glide a paper plane past various backgrounds. It does have some cool power ups and the graphics are nice, but I got bored of it after a few minutes. Definitely worth a try for the low low cost of FREE – But remember, it is only free today 7/10/11.

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Amazon App Store Free App 7/9/11 – Days Left Widget Pro

Have a big event planned and constantly end up counting days on your calendar? Fortunately for a robot, it’s a simple calculation, but unfortunately for a human things just don’t calculate that quick. Fortunately there is the “Days Left Widget Pro”, which you can get for free – today only – on the Amazon App Store.

Basically the app is a widget that allows you to set a date, of anything you want to remember, and have a countdown for that event anywhere on your phone’s screen. Seems kinda handy and you could use it for anything from a birthday, anniversary, vacation, oil change or whatever else you have going on. Whatever the reason you can’t go wrong with it for free, but remember that it’s only free today!

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Fieldrunners HD launches at midnight FREE for 24 Hours – 7/7/11

UPDATE! As seculated this is the free app of the day for July 7, 2011.

Top selling iPhone game Fieldrunners will be launched on Amazon App Store tonight at midnight and will be free for the first 24 hours. It is a tower defense sort of game that appears to be pretty promising… Will it be the free app of the day for tomorrow, or are we looking at a bonus free app? So remember to check it out 7/7/11.

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Installing Non-Market Apps

So you found a cool app you want to try out, but when you click on the download link it doesn’t take you to the familiar grounds of the Android Market. A great example of this is the Amazon App Store application. It makes sense that you wouldn’t find a link to this great application on the Android Market, because it is a direct competitor. Another great example is the large number of apps that are available on http://code.google.com.

The first thing you are going to need to know is that out-of-the-box the Android system won’t let you install anything non-market. BUT, there is an incredibly easy workaround to this problem. All you have to do is select the little “Settings” icon from your main menu, and choose the “Applications” menu. Once you are there you will see a little icon that looks like the below image. Along with a little checkbox labeled “Unknown Sources”. This would be that quick fix.

Just check the box and you are all set.

Next, simply load up your browser to one of the above mentioned sites and click download. You will notice that the file being downloaded ends in .APK. This is the standard format for an android application. If you find that it is a zip your best bet is to hook up to a computer and unzip the file. You can also do this with a few different programs, right on your phone. Just fire up Android Market and search for unzip. If you decide to go that route you will also want to look into a File Manager app, so you can view your memory card – especially the “Downloads” folder.

This is a great trick that doesn’t force you into hacking/rooting your phone at all, and a relatively safe trick too. Post up a comment if you have any questions.