mobiputing » widget http://mobiputing.com Tue, 22 May 2012 18:09:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Elixir 2 for Android gives you more control over your phone or tablet http://mobiputing.com/2011/08/elixir-2-for-android-gives-you-more-control-over-your-phone-or-tablet/ http://mobiputing.com/2011/08/elixir-2-for-android-gives-you-more-control-over-your-phone-or-tablet/#comments Mon, 29 Aug 2011 11:38:39 +0000 Brad Linder http://mobiputing.com/?p=11370 Elixir 2Elixir is a system utility for Android that displays information about your device. You can use it to view battery and storage info, view a list of installed apps, move apps to an SD card, see which processes are using your system resources, and do much, much more. Elixir also offers a number of configurable home screen widgets for launching apps or accessing system settings.... Read more »

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]]> http://mobiputing.com/2011/08/elixir-2-for-android-gives-you-more-control-over-your-phone-or-tablet/feed/ 0 WeatherBug Elite free today from the Amazon Appstore http://mobiputing.com/2011/04/weatherbug-elite-free-today-from-the-amazon-appstore/ http://mobiputing.com/2011/04/weatherbug-elite-free-today-from-the-amazon-appstore/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:59:50 +0000 Brad Linder http://mobiputing.com/?p=8795 WeatherBug provides several weather apps for Android, with WeatherBug Elite sitting at the top of the heap. This version of the app is ad-free and includes some premium features including radar animations. Normally the app costs $1.99, but Amazon is offering WeatherBug Elite for free today only. I took the app for a spin, and while I'm not exactly a weather junkie (I don't see... Read more »

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]]> http://mobiputing.com/2011/04/weatherbug-elite-free-today-from-the-amazon-appstore/feed/ 0 Beautiful Widgets beta adds support for Android tablets http://mobiputing.com/2011/04/beautiful-widgets-beta-adds-support-for-android-tablets/ http://mobiputing.com/2011/04/beautiful-widgets-beta-adds-support-for-android-tablets/#comments Fri, 01 Apr 2011 17:18:37 +0000 Brad Linder http://mobiputing.com/?p=8792 Beautiful Widgets is a popular Android suite of widgets which let you dress up your phone's home screen with customizable clock and weather widgets. Tapping on a widget also brings up a forecast view with attractive animations. So far Beautiful Widgets has only really been optimized for smartphones, but the developer has released a public beta of a new version which supports the Motorola XOOM... Read more »

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]]> http://mobiputing.com/2011/04/beautiful-widgets-beta-adds-support-for-android-tablets/feed/ 1 MIUI Weather beta for rooted Android phones is gorgeous http://mobiputing.com/2011/03/miui-weather-beta-for-rooted-android-phones-is-gorgeous/ http://mobiputing.com/2011/03/miui-weather-beta-for-rooted-android-phones-is-gorgeous/#comments Fri, 11 Mar 2011 12:05:25 +0000 Brad Linder http://mobiputing.com/?p=8206 MIUI Developers have released a free weather app for Android. It's still just a beta, but it's already one of the best looking weather apps I've seen with attractive high resolution graphics for full screen views and home screen widgets. The app also has a few unusual features such as the ability to share your weather info with friends. Unfortunately, the app is fairly large... Read more »

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]]> http://mobiputing.com/2011/03/miui-weather-beta-for-rooted-android-phones-is-gorgeous/feed/ 0 Fancy Widget relaunches: Now with less HTC Sense cloning http://mobiputing.com/2010/10/fancy-widget-relaunches-now-with-less-htc-sense-cloning/ http://mobiputing.com/2010/10/fancy-widget-relaunches-now-with-less-htc-sense-cloning/#comments Mon, 25 Oct 2010 21:35:44 +0000 Brad Linder http://mobiputing.com/?p=5164 The developer of Fancy Widget earned a bit of fame a while back by launching a Home Screen widget for Google Android that looked almost exactly like the default time and weather widget from HTC Sense. Unfortunately (and predictably) he was asked to stop offering that app, which he did. Now he's back with a new app, also called Fancy Widget. It offers the same... Read more »

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]]> http://mobiputing.com/2010/10/fancy-widget-relaunches-now-with-less-htc-sense-cloning/feed/ 0 New Google Voice Android widgets extracted from HTC G2 ROM http://mobiputing.com/2010/08/new-google-voice-android-widgets-extracted-from-htc-g2-rom/ http://mobiputing.com/2010/08/new-google-voice-android-widgets-extracted-from-htc-g2-rom/#comments Sun, 29 Aug 2010 14:35:02 +0000 Brad Linder http://mobiputing.com/?p=3811 The HTC G2 smartphone hasn't hit the streets yet, but a leaked copy of the phone's firmware has. And among other things, the Android phone appears to have a new version of the Google Voice application, which doesn't just let you make and receive calls and text messages by opening the app -- you can also access some features through a new Home Screen widget.... Read more »

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]]> http://mobiputing.com/2010/08/new-google-voice-android-widgets-extracted-from-htc-g2-rom/feed/ 4 Fancy Widget to be revamped: Get the HTC Sense clone while you can http://mobiputing.com/2010/06/fancy-widget-to-be-revamped-get-the-htc-sense-clone-while-you-can/ http://mobiputing.com/2010/06/fancy-widget-to-be-revamped-get-the-htc-sense-clone-while-you-can/#comments Tue, 22 Jun 2010 16:05:20 +0000 Brad Linder http://mobiputing.com/?p=2380 Fancy Widget is a home screen widget for Google Android that pretty much duplicates the time and weather widget that ships with HTC Sense UI. So it probably shouldn't come as any surprise that HTC has complained to the developer. In response, Fancy Widget 1.2.2 will be the last version of the widget that looks like the HTC Sense widget. It's still available in the... Read more »

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]]> http://mobiputing.com/2010/06/fancy-widget-to-be-revamped-get-the-htc-sense-clone-while-you-can/feed/ 2 Google Buzz Widget for Android http://mobiputing.com/2010/03/google-buzz-widget-for-android/ http://mobiputing.com/2010/03/google-buzz-widget-for-android/#comments Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:29:52 +0000 Brad Linder http://mobiputing.com/?p=304 Google has released a Google Buzz widget for Android. In a nutshell, this means you can update your Google Buzz status from your Android home screen. You can also take a photo with your camera or upload images from your gallery using the widget. And since you're using a mobile Buzz client, you can tag your updates with the location where you were when you... Read more »

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