Today we take a quick look at one of the sillier apps on my phone, Tricorder. It seems fitting on this holiday Monday to have a simple and fun app. I’ve had a Tricorder app for every PDA I’ve owned, though this is the first one that actually does any Scanning. All it does is visual some of the phones sensors with a feel of a Star Trek inspired interface. Overall they have limited value. Though I find the Acoustic sensor is kind of neat and the EM Spectrum scan gives you an interest view of the different Networks around you.
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Today I start a new series of posts, Mobile Mondays. It’s a expansion of my earlier post about mobile apps. I plan on posting once a week something to do with mobile. There will be app reviews, Hardware Reviews, my thoughts on the mobile space and more. I have tried to get into a roll with this kind of posts for a while. I had hopped to when I posted my review of WordPress for android a few weeks back(link). It didn’t happen but today I am confident that this time it will work out. With today’s post you will see the addition of Mobile Mondays tot the Data Points. This will be a central place to see the different posts that make up this series. You will also find a link to AppBrain and a list of applications that I have installed on my Milestone. It seemed fitting to start the series with a review of AppBrain.
AppBrain is an application manager for android. Its web interface makes it easy to find and install applications from any web browser. The Android Application makes it easy to manage and find applications from your phone. When you launch the app on your device you are given 4 choices.
