So you want to install some widgets on your Android smartphone but are not sure which ones will help you out and which ones will, well, just occupy the precious screen estate. I’ve been testing so many options and here’s my definite list of must have widgets followed by the “optional stuff,” which I don’t use but know some people who love ‘em. Without further ado, let’s roll… One of the reasons I’m using an Android smartphone rather than the iPhone is that the latter doesn’t allow me to see my tasks without starting some app. With GTasks, you get to see all of your upcoming tasks at glance, right on the homescreen. Tasks are, as expected, synchronized with Google Tasks, allowing you to manage them from your computer. I also use GTasks as my shopping list. This tiny widget shows few of your upcoming calendar entries. You can choose which Read More

Android has a ton of really, really great calendar apps. Business Calendar's ease of use, however, blows the pants off every other app, so it's what we recommend to most users. Platform: AndroidPrice: $5.75 (Or Free)Download Page Business Calendar is not the most advanced calendar on the Market, though it should be enough for almost everybody, and its incredible interface is worth losing one or two features to the competition. Instead of having views for "week", "4-day", "month", and so on, you start with a month view and can tap and drag on a certain set of days to shrink the view to those days. It's really well done. Tapping on a specific day brings up a small pop-up of that day's events, and you can swipe to an agenda view if you'd rather see your month that way. It has a list of calendars at the bottom from which you Read More

The way I see it, smartphones are productivity enhancing devices. Sure there are games — quite a few of them actually, some of which could literally eat your time — but there is also a number of apps that will help you better organize your work and life, while at the same time improving your productivity. The way I see it, if some device doesn’t help me be at least a bit more productive then I don’t buy it. Actually it’s the software rather than hardware that makes all the difference. That said today I want to present you 3 Android apps that I think make me more productive. I know there are other applications out there that can do same thing, it’s just that I’ve found these 3 to work for me. Here they are: I could also include Browser and GMail on the list — since I use them Read More

Touch Calendar is a new (and useful) Android application that shows your entire calendar on a single screen with the ability to zoom in and out, and search for your events. Touted as the “new way to view calendars on a mobile phone,” the application is designed to make browsing events as easy as using Google Maps. Instead of having many different screens to switch between, Touch Calendar displays everything in a single zoomable, scrollable view with support for pinch-zoom. Also included in the mix is support for recurring events like those that (for instance) repeat on a biweekly basis. Touch Calendar is available in two versions, one of which is offered as a free download. The paid one, which I suggest you to download, costs 1 GBP and it comes with the ever useful homescreen widget that provides all of the benefits listed above without the need to actually open Read More