One of the most frustrating things about Google Maps is that for many parts of the world, there’s no download for offline use option. If starting a route while online, normally Google Maps will cache that route. However, (more…)
Category: Top Apps
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The Other Map App – Maps With Me!
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Download Google Keyboard!
One of the most frustrating errors you can get is “item isn’t supported in your country”. Recently, Google made their excellent keyboard available on Google Play, however users in certain countries weren’t supported. That included me. So now that we’ve obtained it, we’d like to make it available to anyone who needs Google Keyboard. (more…) -
8tracks Free Internet Radio Bringing The Mix Tape Back!
8tracks brings back the mixtape, but makes it easier to create and share than the painstaking process people in the 80’s and 90’s took. Though it’s become simpler, it’s still a labor of love and even more so because you know your blend has the potential to reach thousands or maybe even 10’s of thousands. (more…) -
The Final 4 – Why Isn’t My Phone Deep Sleeping (AKA – Battery Apps Every Android Power User Should Have)
One of the first things you ask yourself (or should be if you didn’t) when you’re looking to buy a new phone is “how about battery life?”. In Gizbeat’s opinion this is in the top 5 most important things when deciding on a new phone. It’s also what some users obsess over after buying their phone. (more…)
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Unified Remote! Top App Of The Week!
When searching for a remote to control my movies from afar, I tested no less than 5 similar apps. All of them except Unified Remote had some issue or lacked some critical feature I required – from choppy mouse movement to slow file system navigation, or no remote file navigation feature at all. (more…)
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Cool Reader – A GizBeat Top-Choice App
Cool Reader– GizBeat’s free Ebook reader app of choice is Cool Reader. Another great piece of free appware which supports reading of epub (non-DRM), fb2, doc, txt, rtf, html, chm, tcr, pdb, prc, mobi (non-DRM), pml formats. (more…) -
BS Player Free – A GizBeat Top-Choice App
BS Player Free – An outstanding video / movie player and streamer for Android. While ES File Explorer has it’s own built in video player, it doesn’t have the functionality of BS Player which supports subtitles and excellent onscreen controls – (more…) -
Kingsoft Office – A GizBeat Top-Choice App
Kingsoft Office – Need something for editing Word and Excel documents, and viewing PDFs on your Android? Kingsoft Office supports 23 file formats, including DOC/DOCX/TXT/XLS/XLSX/PPT/PPTX/PDF. (more…) -
ES File Explorer Manager – A GizBeat Top-Choice App
ES File Explorer – For Android root exploring, navigating your Android’s file system and LAN PC access, ES File Explorer is GizBeat’s Top-Choice app. It’ (more…)
