Despite the title, I don’t plan on making this a monthly series. Not yet at least, who knows if I’ll be able to keep it constant. That said, I found 3 cool new applications in the past couple days, so I thought I’d make a single post for all.
Sticky Notes, about time!
Starting with something simple, but really well executed. Sticky Notes was something I was surprised nobody else had thought about doing before. Sure, there was an old Maemo 4 Yellow Notes port, but it was stylus driven and er, not very good looking, to be polite.
Sticky Notes is great looking, easy and logic to control (tap and type to edit a note, no unnecessary dialogs!) and it even runs independently from hildon-home, so no slowdowns and you launch it from the main menu, avoiding dealing with the weird widget placing menu. It’s rare to find something that gets so many things right on the first release!
ApMeFo, funny name
The second one is ApMeFo, a godsend for someone as obsessed with folders like me. This application allows you to make and edit menu folders, simple no? Well, it automates this. Yeah. :P It doesn’t have all features I’d like to see yet, but it’s definitely a welcome improvement.
N900FTP, not the best name around either
And finally, N900FTP, which as the name implies, is an FTP client for the N900. :P What makes it notable is: It;s finger friendly, unlike *shiver* gFTP, and it’s an example of why the community is awesome, if you read the t.m.o thread. Feature requests and questions being thrown around, while the app kept on getting better. It even supports SFTP, which seals the deal for me.
All in all, a good month for Maemo 5 applications, innit?
Oh, and in other news, Google Voice is now open for everybody (in the USA.) Notable because I got the best number ever (it ends in 565, LOL in an alphanum keypad.) I’m still kinda overwhelmed with so many features, but I’ll get around it setting it perfectly with time. (yes, I just wanted to flaunt the LOL phone number. :P)
Select new Maemo 5 applications for June
Despite the title, I don’t plan on making this a monthly series. Not yet at least, who knows if I’ll be able to keep it constant. That said, I found 3 cool new applications in the past couple days, so I thought I’d make a single post for all.
Sticky Notes, about time!
Starting with something simple, but really well executed. Sticky Notes was something I was surprised nobody else had thought about doing before. Sure, there was an old Maemo 4 Yellow Notes port, but it was stylus driven and er, not very good looking, to be polite.
Sticky Notes is great looking, easy and logic to control (tap and type to edit a note, no unnecessary dialogs!) and it even runs independently from hildon-home, so no slowdowns and you launch it from the main menu, avoiding dealing with the weird widget placing menu. It’s rare to find something that gets so many things right on the first release!
ApMeFo, funny name
The second one is ApMeFo, a godsend for someone as obsessed with folders like me. This application allows you to make and edit menu folders, simple no? Well, it automates this. Yeah. :P It doesn’t have all features I’d like to see yet, but it’s definitely a welcome improvement.
N900FTP, not the best name around either
And finally, N900FTP, which as the name implies, is an FTP client for the N900. :P What makes it notable is: It;s finger friendly, unlike *shiver* gFTP, and it’s an example of why the community is awesome, if you read the t.m.o thread. Feature requests and questions being thrown around, while the app kept on getting better. It even supports SFTP, which seals the deal for me.
All in all, a good month for Maemo 5 applications, innit?
Oh, and in other news, Google Voice is now open for everybody (in the USA.) Notable because I got the best number ever (it ends in 565, LOL in an alphanum keypad.) I’m still kinda overwhelmed with so many features, but I’ll get around it setting it perfectly with time. (yes, I just wanted to flaunt the LOL phone number. :P)