Category: Productivity

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Business Productivity

Be Square – Accept Credit Cards with Ease

 

App Name: Square

Description: Square allows you to accept credit cards and cash on your Android device. After signing up, you will receive a free Square Card Reader, that hooks up to your device via the headphone jack. There is a 2.75% per swipe for Visa, American Express, MasterCard and Discover. No contracts, monthly fees or merchant accounts. Funds are deposited into your bank account the next day. They also have a new app: Square Card Case, which allows you to pay with your name at local merchants that have the Square system.

Cost: Free

Developer:  Square, Inc.

Reviews:

Square Android App, Accept Credit Cards Anywhere – Bestandroidappsreview.com

Square Android App – A Simple Mobile Payment Solution – Techstuffs4u.com

Square Mobile now available for Android – Androidcommunity.com

Square Mobile Payments for Android and iPad  (video) JordanTheCheapGeek

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Productivity

New Android App – QRPal QR and Barcode Scanner

New App: QR Pal

Description:  QR Code and Barcode scanner launched in August 2011, but has just announced the release of a new and improved version of the app (1.0.8).

“Although we have received some excellent reviews from the initial launch of the App, there were a number of points raised by our users and we have taken all feedback on-board and have implemented a large number of improvements and changes to address these items and to further improve the user experience.” said Adam Leese, Chief Marketing Officer, QR Pay Ltd.

QR Pal has been developed to be the one of the most useful and advanced QR Code and Barcode scanner available on the market enabling users to Scan, Store and Share their codes. The App also features a Payment facility and includes “Safe Browsing” making it the first security focused QR Code App of its kind.  The new version of the QR Pal App (1.0.8) includes the following changes:

  •  New start-up wizard to make it easier to register and set-up for new QR Pal users.
  •  Android navigation improvements allowing users to navigate the application using the standard Android menu.
  •  Updated scanner to allow users to scan QR Codes and standard barcodes without adjusting the phone’s orientation.
  •  Improved product scanning feature introducing locale based shopping results from Google, Amazon and Best Buy (US only) plus more on the way…
  •  Duplicate scan checking feature
  •  New in-built web browser so that users don’t have to leave the application for shopping results and following web links. This option can be turned off in the settings menu if required.
  •  Short-cut generation feature allowing users to create short-cuts from the Android short-cuts menu.
  •  New option to disable the splash screen in settings to improve the application start-up speed.
  •  Social network post improvements
  •  Improved account registration validation
  • Updated SafeScan to fix an issue related to internet connectivity
  •  View scan detail page updated to remove map button if location was not detected when scan took place.

Cost: Free

Developer: QRPal Ltd

Market: Android Market

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Business Productivity Tools

Manage Your Files with Ease

 

App Name: Astro File Manager

Description: Astro File Manager is one of the main file management tools available for Android devices. The main program is free. There is also a bluetooth module and a smb module that can be downloaded. With this app one can work with file management, file and/or app backup, image and text viewers, SFTP, Zip Tar, downloader, thumbnails, search files, application manager, task manager, attachments. A new version is currently being worked on.

Cost: Free / $3.99 for Pro (ad removal)

Developer: Metago

Reviews:
ASTRO File Manager – AndroidTapp.com (a bit old but good overview)

Astro File Manager For Android : Review And How-To -AbcTrick

Android App Review: Astro File Manager  (video)- Droidcell

ASTRO File Manager Reaches 15 Million Downloads as Version 3.0 is Prepared – Phandroid (press release on app)

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Business Productivity

Having An Office In Your Pocket-QuickOffice Pro

 

App Name: Quickoffice Pro

Description: Mobile office suite which allows you to work with Microsoft Word documents, Excel spreadsheets, and PowerPoint presentations. You can access files remotely from Google Docs, Dropbox, Box.net, Huddle, SugarSync, and MobileMe accounts or from your SD card. A pdf viewer is also available. Pro HD version is optimized for Android Honeycomb tablets.

Cost: $14.99 / $19.99 Pro HD (tablet version)

Developer: Quickoffice

Reviews:
Quickoffice brings cloud document access and editing to Google Android – ZDNet

App Review: QuickOffice Pro HD – DroidNerds.com

QuickOffice HD: Can You Really Detach Yourself From The Office? – AppStorm

Quickoffice for Honeycomb (video) – LaptopMag

App Review: OfficeSuite Pro 5.0 – Productivity Power Unleashed for Android Tablets and Phones [Video] – AndroidAuthority.com

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Business Productivity Tools

Evernote – Never Forget Again

 

 App Name: Evernote

Description: Evernote is a cross platform notetaking and archiving app. With Evernote you can quickly save photos, web pages, urls, notes-written or audio, organize them into notebooks, or tags, share them with others. A huge feature is that you can sync you account from your phone to your laptop or desktop, thus having easy access to your notes.

Cost: Free  for basic account/ $5/month for premium account

Developer:  Evernote

Reviews:

Evernote for Android, Hands-on (video) – Pocketnow.com

Evernote – PC World

Evernote For Android Updated, Tons Of New Features Included – Android Police

Evernote review -KnowYourMobile.com

Evernote – Androidzoom.com

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Communication Productivity

K-9 Email With A Bite

App Name: K-9mail

Description: “K-9 Mail is an open source email client focused on making it easy to chew through large volumes of email” (from their wiki page). K-9 is one of numerous email clients for Android. It contains numerous features such as POP3, IMAP, Exchange 2003/2007, new mail notifications, signatures, multi-accounts.  You can save emails to SD and manage your various email accounts via your Android device.

Cost:  Free, open source

Developer: K-9 Dog Walkers

Reviews:
Excellent K-9 mail app for Android keeps your messages on a leash – ARS Technica

K9 Mail – Android Tapp

MKB Reviews: K-9 Mail  (video) -DroidDog

K9 Mail Android App Review  (video) – Hemorrdroidsnet