Andie Graph

A throw back from my undergraduate days. The TI-86 programmable calculator sure came in handy. Even had a swell time programming in Texas Instruments’ version of Quick Basic. Was pleasantly surprised when I stumbled on this app on Google Play.

It gave me back my TI-86, right there on my phones. Goes a step further by including other TI programmable calculators; TI-82, TI-83, TI-83+ and TI-85.

This is an emulator, you will still need to get their ROMS. Where to get the ROMs? Google is your friend. “Seek and you shall find”

Read more about these unbeatable range of calculators;

The TI-8X series of calculators work great as standalone calculators, showing 8 lines of history, using standard mathematical notation. Each model was designed with more specific purposes in mind:

• The TI-82 is designed for algebra and trigonometry. Graph and compare functions, perform variable substitution, and solve single variable equations.
• The TI-83 is designed for statistics and trigonometry. Graph and compare functions, and perform data plotting and analysis.
• The TI-85 is great for engineering and computer science. Graph and compare functions, perform bit manipulation and convert between numeric bases.
• The TI-86 is great for engineering and calculus. Graph and compare functions, perform bit manipulation and convert between numeric bases. Solve differential equations, plot vector fields.
• All models allow you to write programs in TI-BASIC and perform basic scientific calculator operations.

 

Agenda Widget for Android

Keep track of your To-do list, right from the desktop of your phone. Highly customizable homescreen widget which allows you to show calendars and tasks from various other Android applications. It comes with various preset themes and has 3 display modes (inline, icon and date row).

However, I strongly suggest you go for the plus version of this app for even more features. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.roflharrison.agenda.plus

Android Firewall

Prevent your installed apps from sapping your data plan in the background. This will probably come very handy for you cheap skates with pirated apps on your phones. It will prevent the apps from “ringing home”.

Note that you need to have your device rooted to use this app.

 

Backup message & call to Email

Backup and/or Synchronize the call log, MMS and SMS on ALL your phones using your Gmail accounts.

 

Expense Manager

Keep tab on every penny, cent or kobo you earn or spend. Have a good overview of your piggy bank before you shell out your hard earn cash on that new gadget!

Expense manager is great application for managing your expenses and incomes:

• Tracking expenses and incomes by week, month and year as well as by categories
• Multiple accounts in multiple currencies
• Schedule the payments and recurring payments
• Budget by day, week, month and year
• Import and export account activities in CSV for desktop software
• Dropbox and SD Card backup

And a whole lot more…

 

My Tracks

You are a geek not a Christopher Columbus! Though I was very good in Geography in high school, I soon realized that it didn’t help much when it came to finding my way around Lagos (Nigeria) network of roads and its very mad traffic.

My Tracks records your path, speed, distance, and elevation while you walk, run, bike, or do anything else outdoors. While recording, you can view your data live, annotate your path, and hear periodic voice announcements of your progress.

With My Tracks, you can store your tracks with Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Fusion Tables, or Google Spreadsheets, or export your tracks to external storage. With Google Drive, you can also sync your tracks, share tracks with friends, and see the tracks your friends have shared with you. With Google Maps, you can share the map url with friends via Google+, Facebook, Twitter, etc. With export to external storage, you can select GPX, KML, CSV, or TCX format.

My Tracks uses the GPS sensor in your device to record geographic and velocity statistics, but the app also syncs with third-party biometric sensors, including:

• Zephyr HxM Bluetooth heart rate monitor
• Polar WearLink Bluetooth heart rate monitor
• ANT+ heart rate and speed distance monitors (these require an ANT+ compatible phone)

 

Tasker

How can I describe this app? Okay, let’s put it this way. If you were given a choice of a single app on your phone, by all means, this should be your choice.

Tasker gives you the tools you need to turn your smartphone into a fully-automated superphone. It gives you the tools to automate nearly any task on your Android phone based on certain triggers, resulting in some really powerful options.  It even lets you export your customizations and share with your friends as standalone apps. (WOW FACTOR!!!!)

It is not a free app, however, there is an offer of a 14-day trial at the developer’s website.

Alternatives to this app abound, but this in my opinion is the best in its category.

Diary of a Geek

This is the official android app for this blog. Keep tab on the latest tips, trends, lifestyle and technology news right from your mobile phone. Articles, tweets and Facebook posts are pushed to you in real time.

Fing – Network Tools

Sniff out the leaches on your WiFi network. Identify every single device on your network. Keep track of the addresses allocated to devices on your LAN network .

Titanium Backup

Titanium Backup is a backup utility for Android that backs up your system and user applications along with their data on external storage of your choice. It is a leading Android application that uses root access to pull all your important applications and data from the system partition and stores them for future restoration. Whether your phone is corrupted or flashed with a custom ROM, Titanium Backup can save the hassle to get your phone loaded up just like it was before. Best of all, it is FREE! If you use it regularly, the PRO version will enhance the experience like never before! Get it today and protect your precious data before its too late!.

This app is especially recommenced to the custom ROM prostitutes who are continually jumping from one ROM to the other.