The world is now available in a pocketsize wonder called as mobile phone. If there is one thing 90% of the people cannot live without, that’s their cell phones! We sleep, eat, travel, work and even holiday with our phones. From being just a device to enable connectivity with people, mobile phones today pack in the dynamite of a world in them. With advancement in technology, handsets today have the ability to host some of the most refined applications out there. There are a host of innovative, fun and user-friendly applications that will leave you gaping and wanting for more!
Here's a look at some of the apps for Smartphones that are set to make a mark on the mobile space:
PairShare is meant for iOS platform. Its coolness quotient lies in the fact that it helps you share your favourite music with other iphone users using Bluetooth technology on your phone. Though it does defy copyright law, it takes sharing music to the next level for enthusiasts.
Fring is a free app that works on the iOS and Android. Fring is one app to watch out for since it’s the first to promise to allow group video chatting with up to four people in one go. Though great in terms of user-friendliness, video chatting is dependent on Wi-Fi. With 4G in the picture, this app should make video calling really slick.
DriveSafe.ly is an award-winning app authored by iSpeech for Android, Blackberry, iPhone and Windows Mobile. Its breakthrough concept allows you to listen to your text messages and e-mail through its real-time text-to-speech feature. While driving, if you choose so, it also auto-responds on your behalf indicating that you are busy.
Twonky Mobile, as the name suggests, is a super fun mobile app for Andriod phones. Authored by PacketVideo Corp., Twonky mobile provides a free media streamer that allows users to share all of their personal media – music, photos, and videos – with any supported device. It app beams movies and music from the users’ phone to their PS3, Xbox or any DLNA device for that matter!
Flixster is a Blackberry-only app, which is a boon for movie buffs! It lets you do everything – find the closest nearby theatres, mark them for easy access in the future, view show times, trailers and reviews AND buy movie tickets via your Blackberry. Fun, isn’t it?
Zite is one of the handiest mobile applications out there. It scours the user’s Facebook and Twitter feeds for latest news and provides the content customized to your preferences. The brilliance of the app lies in the fact that over a period of time, it learns to identify your reading habits and populates the content accordingly. Nice, we think!
Line 2 is another award-winning application that helps you add second line to your regular mobile number. Developed by Toktumi, this user-friendly app allows you to set granular controls on your work as well as personal numbers and also allows you to switch between regular voice, Wi-Fi and 3G connections without the call being dropped! It even offers a conference call feature if you so require.
Amazon Cloud Player is a free Android application that gives you a mammoth 5GB of online storage for your music. This music can be streamed on demand anywhere from an Android phone making it easier to access your files. It also allows you to buy extra storage if required
The Daily is a simple application created for iPad, which delivers your daily news and videos on your favourite iPad! It is great since the app is actually created by some of the top journalists and designers so you can rest assured about the quality of content delivered to you.
TWCable TV App on the iOS platform enables Time Warner Cable video subscribers to watch selected cable TV channels on their iPads over their home Wi-Fi connection. And all of this for free!
Tango Voice and Video Calls is the genie of all free phone and video calls on your mobile phone. It allows you to use whatever network you wish – Wi-Fi, 3G or 4G – as well as connects you another Tango user both visually as well as aurally. Great use for your phone’s camera!
As you can see, with these superlative apps, the world is an oyster. You wish it and you will get is; you just need to have the right app for it!