Author: yazdi

This is one of my latest and cutest additions. When you want to share photos, videos and files from one phone to the other, you either need cables or have to configure Bluetooth on each of the phones, which is not so easy. Why not just Bump it ?
Use Bump to share contact information, photos, videos, and files by simply bumping two phones together. Just open Bump, hold your phones, and gently bump your hands together — Bump will magically do all the rest.
Now you can sync with your computer too !  Visit http://bu.mp on your computer and bump your space bar to transfer photos, videos, and files. You can share your contact info; connect on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. You can even share app recommendations
With more than 100 million downloads all over the world, you can use Bump with all of your friends!
Bump works cross-platform on iPhone, iPod, iPad, and most other modern mobile phones. So remember, when you want to transfer your photos – just Bump them !

This is one of my favorite task managers. You can enter the tasks by date and time, give priority to each task by assigning colors and best of all, you can manage your tasks from anywhere – your phone (there is a version each for android, ipad & blackberry phones) or your computer.
You can manage your tasks offline, integrate them with Google Calendar. Sharing of tasks is easy and so is getting reminders – by Email, by Instant Messenger or by SMS
In short, it is the best way to manage tasks – Never Forget the Milk or anything else again !

This nifty app, helps you learn more than 100 management, business and personal productivity skills from the MindTools.com toolkit. Build useful skills whenever you have a spare moment.
Skill types include leadership, team management, strategy, problem solving, decision-making, project management, time management and personal productivity, stress management, communication, creativity and career development.
With more than 100,000 downloads, this is a useful resource for all those who want to move up the management ladder – on the move !

This one is extremely useful when one is in a new place and would like to withdraw cash.

This application can be used to locate nearest ATM centers of all available banks in India.
It works without using GPS. You can get a list of Public ATM centers available within 1000 meters in a sorted order from nearest to farthest. You also have an option to get a quick map view which is integrated in the application.

You can also get address, phone number (if available) of the nearest ATM center. Keeping in mind Indian customers optimized in such a way that it works great even in 2G internet connection.

Very good for emergencies and late nights !

Many costly phones have this feature – in a single click, you take many shots (as many as 30 per second) and then select the best one – maybe where the smile is best or the eyes are not closed.
This simple app, allows you to do just that. It takes upto 30 shots per second. Just hold the shoot button for continuous burst. There is no lag. The full, paid version also supports flash, focus and zoom.
The app is great for sports shots, pictures of kids or pets or even analyse your cricketing action, frame by frame !
It is a must-have for those who want great photos with no second-chances

This one is just for making noise ! It has a variety of Sirens and Horns which you can play at will, for fun, entertainment or just to irritate a friend !
What you will find here are ambulance sirens, police sirens, different types of bugles, Air Raid, Air Horns, etc. etc. Each of them is an actual, high quality, loud sound which is fully realistic. The sounds are updated often for your hearing pleasure, with new ones being added periodically.
If you press and hold a particular link, you can set a unique horn/siren ringtone to a contact, set it as the default ringtone or create a unique sound for notification or an alarm.
Have some fun and let nobody accuse you of being the silent type !

For phone and tablet, this application includes Currency Converter, Loan, Loan Comparison and Refinance Calculator, Compound Interest Calculator, Credit Card Pay Off Calculator, Regular Calculator, Return on Investment (ROI) Calculator, IRR NPV Calculator and Percentage Calculator. It is like an all-in-one for Calculators.
It also allows you to edit and prioritize the list of calculators for easy access.
So forget the complex, old-fashioned Calculators – you have a winner here for all types of Financial Calculations. Available free on the Google Play Store.

Download the Magnifier app for free on your phone. And what does it do ? It just magnifies !  This simple app uses the in-built camera of your phone to magnify the material to which you point and displays it on your screen  – pretty cool for older people and also reading the fine print for the not-so-old !  You can adjust the zoom with the help of the on-screen slider or with the Volume Control buttons on your phone. It also has a built-in sensor, which senses low light – if you are trying to read something in poor light, it will also activate the flash of your phone, so you can read it like normal.

Many times, one needs to make simple unit conversions without wading through a complex calculator. The Simple Unit Converter does just that ! Once you download and run the app, you are presented with a simple screen with the following options : Length, Volume, Weight, Temperature, Speed and Others. Just tap on any one, based on your need and choose the units to and from. Voila ! You get the conversions instantly. A must have for those who have children abroad, who quote the temperatures in Fahrenheit and go crazy trying to figure them in Centigrades !

Everyone has heard of the Amazon Kindle – a book reader which costs about Rs. 17,500 on which you can read a zillion books by downloading them, some free and some paid for. Your smartphone can double up as a Kindle Book Reader. Just download the app and you are ready to use your Smartphone as a book reader ! Apart from reading a variety of books, you can bookmark the pages, increase / decrease the fonts, highlight portions of text and add your personalised notes to any section ! Further, if you want to know the meaning of a word, you can look up the dictionary right there. You can Search for words or phrases within the book, in Wikipedia or on the Web, right from your reading page.
As I said earlier, the books can be free or paid for. So how does one reach out for free books available on Kindle ? Head straight to http://www.hundredzeros.com and you will get a list of hundreds of books at zero price ! So go ahead – HAPPY READING FOR FREE !