Mobile Apps!

The first Mobile Apps to come to AppADD!
First off the Google Mobile App for your phone.
The Google Mobile app is useful for anyone who uses any Google service.
What impressed me the most was the Voice search feature. What this does is allow you to search Google without having to use any text input. Just say your search term and it'll go search for it! Even more impressive is how it recognizes non dictionary terms!
The Google Mobile App works on many phones, go to http://m.google.com

App 7: Dropbox

Nowadays I move between several computers. From Home to School, I use computers all day.

I'm also way too lazy to keep all my files on a usb stick. The best option for me is to store in the cloud.

Dropbox is the best way to do that. It works on all platforms as well as on iPhone.

After installing Dropbox you will be able to drag and drop files into a folder, that saves itself on the Dropbox site. you can then access that info on any computer that has access to the internet just by visiting the Dropbox website.

I'll post about some other cool things you can do with Dropbox, like remote access to Torrents.

App 6: DVD Flick (Windows)

I don't have a complete Media Center PC hookup in my house, so in order to watch a file that I have on my PC, on my TV, I would have to burn it to disc using a DVD authoring tool like iDVD.

However for those without Macs DVD Flick is a free Windows alternative. It's simple to use and offers incredible a huge list of compatible video formats. According to DVD Flick's website it features:

• Burn near any video file to DVD
• Support for over 45 file formats
• Support for over 60 video codecs
• Support for over 40 audio codecs
• Easily add a menu
• Add your own subtitles
• Easy to use interface
• Burn your project to disc after encoding
• Completely free without any adware, spyware or limitations

The program is very easy to use, and you can begin making a DVD in seconds!
I particularly like how drop-dead easy it is. Combined with HandBrake, I can make copies of my favourite movies, or episodes from a DVD, that I can play on my own computer, or media device, then burn to DVD to watch on my TV. Great!

App 5: 3RVX

One thing I love on Ubuntu and Mac OS X is the on screen display (OSD) for volume. Its a shame that Windows doesn't have this built in. I always wanted the functionality to know exactly how high my volume is without having to hover the mouse over on my taskbar.
3RVX is a great application which is similar to OS X's OSD, but is skinable and customizable.

Its a great option for Windows users, and lightweight, and easy to use. It also comes with a hotkey editor and the ability to launch your mixer application.
3RVX is available here

App 4: ImgBurn

ImgBurn is one of the best lightweight CD burning applications for Windows.
It allows you to read, create an image file and write image files to CDs, DVDs or Blu-Ray discs.

It supports plenty of image file formats including .bin, .cue, .img, and .dvd and many more.
Additionally it can burn Audio and Video CDs/DVDs.
ImgBurn is very easy and simple to use, and I highly recommend it for your burning needs.

App 3: HandBrake

In order to watch videos on your iPod or other multimedia devices, you have to jump through many hoops and hurdles. There are so many shoddy transcoders for iPods that all want your money, or come with spyware.
But I bring salvation AADD sufferers, and its called HandBrake.

HandBrake allows you to convert movie files, and DVDs to another format, so you can watch it on another device.

It can output as .mkv or .mp4 video formats, which are supported by many devices including iPods, PS3s PSPs and Xbox 360's.
It also supports multi-threading for quick conversions of files.
One of the best features of HandBrake is its ability to rip a DVD video to whatever format you need. This is much quicker than using one application to rip the DVD, then another to transcode it.

Have a lot of files to transcode? HandBrake allows you to queue them up, so you can just click and go.
HandBrake is available for Windows, Mac and Linux Operating Systems and comes in GUI (Graphical User Interface, show as above) and CLI (Command Line Interface) versions.

AppADD: Google Chrome for Mac

The Developer version of Google Chrome for Mac has enabled Extension Support.
See here for information about the Dev Channel

App(s) 2: Gnome-Do and Docky (Linux)

On my laptop, I find having to run though several menus a bit tiring.
However, thanks to Gnome-Do, I don't have to mess around with menus anymore!

Gnome-Do does... everything! It's a launcher for your applications.

All you do is press Super+Space and you'll be presented with the main interface of Gnome-Do.  From there you type something. Gnome-Do will search your computer (thats your installed applications as well as files and folders) for what you are looking for.

For example, you typed the name of an application and press enter, and it will launch that application. However, if it was a file you searched for, you can open that file.

Gnome-Do doesn't end there however. A bunch of plugins allow you to do much more. Wanna search google? With Gnome-Do you can search Google, Youtube, even Torrents without having to open up your browser first.

But wait.
Gnome-Do also includes a dock, called Docky. You can use this by going to Gnome-Do's appearance preferences menu and changing the theme to Docky.

Docky will show your open applications as well as frequently used applications, and pressting the Gnome-Do shortcut will allow you to make searches.

Docky is also available available without Gnome-Do.

Running it without Gnome-Do allows you to have multiple docks (for example, I have one on the bottom of my screen to show running applications, and one on the left of my screen with shortcuts to my folders.)
Docky also has additional plugins that aren't included in Gnome-Do.

You can find Gnome-Do here and the separate Docky application here. Both are ONLY available for Linux.

App 1: Google Chrome

Google Chrome is my current Web browsing application across all computers I own.

Even though there are plenty of great browsers out there for all platforms, I can't help but stick to Chrome.

Developed by Google, this web browser boasts incredible speed, extension, pop-up blocker, bookmark synchronization and a multi-process architecture.

This makes for a thoroughly enjoyable browsing experience.

As you can see in the image above, it's got a simple, minimalistic interface.
I've added a few Extensions such as: AdThwart(For AdBlocking), Gmail Checker and Sender and a Google Reader Checker.

I love the amount of screen estate that is dedicated to the web-page as opposed to multiple toolbars, that is found in Firefox and Internet Explorer.

Chrome is available here for Windows, Linux and Mac (However Extension support is not available for the Mac version yet.)

App ADD

I suffer from App ADD.

I have to see as many applications as much as possible.

Its a very serious issue!

I know I can't possibly be the ONLY person suffering from this.

I will update this blog every time I find a new application. I use Linux and Windows at home, as well as have access to a Mac OS X computer, an iPhone and Android phone.

Follow me as I find as many great apps that will satisfy my App Appetite!