by Johnson Yip
on October 19, 2014
Hide System Bar by Dreamori is a free App for Google Android which hides Google Android’s top notification bar, and bottom navigation bar without the need to root Google Android. Hiding the system in Android frees up almost 1 inch of space on my 7 inch tablet, and not having the notification bar and system bar showing makes reading, playing games, web browsing, and watching videos better because I can have a bigger picture, or view more of a website or text on an eBook. It is also less distracting because there are no notifications, and system bar icon distracting me. Using Hide System Bar makes my screen look bigger because there are no black system bar using up my screen space, so this is a good app for smaller smartphones and tablets.
Hide System Bar is useful for playing games like Angry Birds and video where you do not need the notification, or navigational bar to play a game, or watch a video. For games like Fruit Ninja where you need to swipe the top or bottom of the screen a lot will show the navigational system bar, and notification bar which would interfere with your gaming. [continue reading…]
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google android,
google android fullscreen,
google android homescreen app,
hide system bar,
user interface
by Johnson Yip
on October 18, 2014
Well File Manager is a File Manager App for browsing Google Android’s storage, SD cards, and external drives. It can copy, cut, paste, rename and delete a file or multiple files and folder easily. It can also compress, and uncompress files and folders in Zip files. It also can show and hide hidden files in its file manager. You can also long press on a file, and pick details to see the properties like size, type, location, etc of the file or folder.
I like the simple flat 2D design of Well File Manager. It is easy to select multiple files at once with the Check boxes or select all buttons, so I can easily copy, cut, paste, or delete more than one file at once in Well File Manager. There are also thumbnail images of video, pictures, and App APK files for more easily finding files by looking at the thumbnail image. [continue reading…]
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File manager,
file manager app,
google android,
mobile,
mobile app,
well file manager
by Johnson Yip
on October 14, 2014
Now Browser is the fastest, and lightest tab web browser for Google Android. I use it as my main web browser on my 2012 Asus Nexus 7 tablet, and it is one of the fastest and most reliable browsers I ever used compared to bigger browsers which sometimes freeze when loading a simple blog article, or scrolling a large website. Now Browser is only 117 KB/0.11MB in size which is smaller than some picture files on websites. Now Browser and Now Browser Pro is the best full featured web browsers for older and slower smartphones, and tablets with a slower single to dual-core CPU and RAM like 1GB and less. It works on Google Android 2.2-4.4 and up.
It even runs fast right after I turn on my tablet, and unlock my screen, or have other apps and games open in the background because it does not slow down even when I open it to load a big website like a blog with many stories on the front page or forum website. It is also fast after I unlock my screen when Google Android has fully started up after I powered it on. Other more heavy web browsers I used generally slow down, or even crash and restart when I launch them too quickly right after the Android start-up and unlock tasks. [continue reading…]
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google android,
mobile browser,
mobile web browser,
now browseer,
now browser pro