Android App Update

Friday, 21 September, 2012

String of recent app updates that are worth a mention:

Mapdroyd: my favourite offine maps. Yes, offline, on your device, using full street level data from OSM. They’ve now moved to version two, a complete re-write using a new data format that, amongst other things, allows street/place searches. Better than before - a must have.

k9 Email: fantastic email client for those in the know. Not on Play, but Google code. Very regularly updated and now with a swish new interface. Nothing else worth a look.

TouchPal: as a longtime Swype user I have been disappointed at the bloat (17mb) and, more recently, the extremely laggy keyboard. It has gone from great to broken. There are now a few alternatives around and TouchPal is particularly good. Lightweight (4mb), lightning fast and flexible.

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