17 November 2011 18:00 GMT / By Dan Sung Every now and then an app comes along that really makes a difference and today’s App of the Day on Pocket-lint is one of those apps. The bad news for lots of you out there is that it’s only on Android. The good news for those of you that can get it is that you get some bragging rights over your iOS mates. If you like music and you’re looking to get out a bit more, if you’re always jealous when your friends boast on Facebook that they’ve just got some tickets to go to a sold out gig, then today we’ve got a no-brainer for you. It’s clever, it’s well executed, it works and it’s free. It’s... Gigbeat is a superb app. It’s seriously easy to use and you don’t have to spend any time whatsoever setting it up, giving it Read More

GigBeat is an app that hasn’t been around for a while, but has developed very quickly since its introduction. This app lets you quickly and easily find concerts from your favorite artists in your area. It lets you see when they’re on tour, where they’ll be performing, and all sorts of information about each individual event. This is a must-try for concert-goers. If you aren’t already a big concerts person, you may discover you first few gigs through this application. When you first open it, it scans through your local music library and pulls artist names and shows which ones are on tour and where. Very neat! Read More

If you’re the groupie type, and by that I only mean that you like to keep up with your favorite artists’ happenings, then we’ve got the app for you.  Want to know when U2 is playing next?  Need to know if Kanye is going to be in your area?  Then check out Gigbeat for Android.  With a contemporary and streamlined UI, the application offers the ability to do all the work for you by scanning your device’s music library.  If your library is empty the application also supports functionality to scan your favorite music app like Last.fm.  After scanning your library, you’ll instantly know when and where your favorite artists are playing.  The application is completely self sufficient and can even remind you when a concert date and time is approaching.  Get quick updates and notifications when new tour dates approach for your area.  Stalking is not included.  The app requires Read More

Welcome to the weekly roundup of the best new Android applications, games, and live wallpapers that went live in the Market or were spotted by us in the previous 3 weeks or so (as opposed to the usual 2 - sorry, my work schedule has been kicking my ass in the last 2 weeks). This is PART 2 of the app roundup. You can find PART 1 here. The game roundup from this week can be found here and the tablet app roundup here. Please wait for this page to load in full in order to see the AppBrain widgets, which include ratings and pricing info. Looking for the previous roundup editions? Find them here. I got quite excited about this app when I saw it but quickly realized there's no backup scheduler. Hopefully, they can add scheduled sync in the future. -- The no cloud sync solution for files. Cheetah Read More