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Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Shazam by Shazam Ent Ltd.


Although I had this app on my phone for a while, it is by far one of my favorites. If you are a music junkie, this is a must! Shazam is an app that identifies music from anywhere! From the TV, radio, or wherever! Simply click on th App and on the homescreen click on the Shazam button. Once the button is clicked, it starts to capture the music so that it can be identified. Ever wonder what the name of that one song was or who was singing it? Use Shazam! After aprox. 15 seconds of waiting, Shazam will have the artist and the song title for you all at the touch of your finger! It's called tagging music, and the app keeps a list of all the songs you "tag." It even provides the album (with a picture of the album cover), and the genre of music it falls under. After a song is tagged, you are allowed to
1. Search for it on the Ovi Music store where it can be purchased
2. Click on more info, which leads you to Youtube, Biography, Discography and Tour Info.
3. Get Reccomendations for more songs.
4. Share the tagged song via SMS or Email.
Although Shazam may have difficulty finding some songs, I would say it works the majority of the time. It is also user friendly!

App Rating 5/5

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Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Sticky Notes Touch by Offscreen


This app looks simple at first. However, using it was not as easy as I thought. I kept clicking on the sticky note waiting for my keyboard to appear, so that I could write something. However, all the sticky note did was change colors. There were no instructions to let me know how to use this app. I finally discovered that I could drag the sticky note across the screen, and that is when the sticky note enlarged. This is when I realized that I could only write on the sticky note with my finger, hence the word "Touch" in the app title. Although I cannot type with my keyboard, I still like the handwriting effect. I think the app could be improved by allowing the user to post the sticky notes on the home screen, instead of having to go into the menu screen, and clicking on the app just to use it. Nonetheless, the app does what it says, which is create sticky notes. However, I realized my app would not let me share my sticky note via text, as the description says. Is it because I downloaded it for free?

App Rating: 4/5

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