Nokia have listed top five favourite apps this week Check it out here
What is it: A music notification service
Why we love it: Again, this is updated rather than new, but we haven’t featured it before and we think it’s a fantastic addition to your app portfolio. Album Releases, powered by Xbox Music, sends you notifications when your favourite artists release new work. It uses the music in your phone’s Collection as a guide, and you can also follow bands through the app’s search screen. One of the new features in the latest update is the ability to unfollow artists in your Collection – particularly handy if you’ve got a large number of artists downloaded to your phone but aren’t interested in what they’re all up to these days.
Who it’s perfect for: music fans
What is it: a phone call-recording
app
Why we love it: Creepy or ingenious –
it’s up to you to decide! This app allows you to record all your phone calls,
and then email, transfer or upload the resulting mp3 file to OneDrive. As the
developer suggests, this would be pretty handy for phone interviews. It’s only
available for US customers at the moment, but that’s set to change in the
future.
Who it’s perfect for: record-keepers
and spies…
What is it: The official eBay app for
WP8
Why we love it: This isn’t a new
release, as many of you will know, but the brand-new update reveals an overhaul
of the WP8 version of everyone’s favourite auction site. The old dark layout
has been revamped: it’s now bright and white. Searching and filtering have been
improved enormously (it’s now closer to the web-version), as has the
notification function – though we haven’t bought anything to check this out, so
we’ll have to take their word for it. Along with a bunch of other refinements,
these all make the app considerably more useful and easy to use: get it, now!
Who it’s perfect for: bargain-hunters
What is it: A torch app for your WP8
phone
Why we love it: We know there are
tons of similar apps in the store, but we like this new release: as it says in
the blurb in the Store, it’s very minimalist, which means there’s no messing
about – there no ads and only two buttons on display: one/off and a link to the
Store’s app page to leave a review. You can even hide that latter option.
Clean, then, and free, and useful: perfect!
Who it’s perfect for: gadget fans
What is it: an infinite running game
Why we love it: Our hero, Joe, has
piled on the pounds thanks to a dodgy diet and no exercise, and he’s pretty
downbeat about the situation: now we’ve got to whip him into shape! It’s a
pretty basic infinite runner, at heart: Joe runs, clocking up a tally of
calories burned and accumulating coins which you can use to buy costumes for
him and more. Because he’s pounding the city streets, you’ve got to watch out
for cars and pavement obstacles like boxes and fences – dodge and leap your way
to fitness! It’s a fun twist on a common genre and not all that easy, either.
Let us know how you and Joe get along!
Who it’s perfect for: gamers of all
ages
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