Since the Moto X launched last year we’ve all been looking for the same sort of functionality as the Active Display from Motorola. While these results can be achieved with some tomfoolery and with the help of root, not everyone wants to go that far. Not to mention the battery impact that using the display like that has on most devices. This is where AcDisplay comes in, and gives you similar functionality, by simply popping up these notifications on your display for a moment or two for you to action them. It’s simple and easy to use, while not blaringly obvious like that of the iPhone.
Brand loyalty is incredibly powerful these days and if you don’t have it, building it in today’s market is extremely difficult. Samsung have maintained good bran loyalty with their customers through perks and freebies, but when they launched Milk Music, they offered something only to their users that everyone else has been offering for a lot longer. Milk Music is nothing special, but it’s nice to be able to get something that other users can’t, and we’re sure this has made a lot of Samsung fans very happy, it’s just a shame Samsung didn’t try all that hard. It’s also only available in the US, which is a bit of a downer.
Just recently, we’ve seen a slew of new devices hit the market and now, we’re beginning to see those based on Android 4.4’s launcher hit the store. Inspire Launcher is yet another one of them, and I’ve been using it for a little while now. With the same sort of feel as the KitKat launcher, Inspire throws in some extras and allows for far more customization, including the ability to use icon packs. It’s free to try out and play around with, but most of the features are only available in a “prime” version.
These days our data allowance is far more precious than we first realize. Much of what we do on our smartphones is online, so getting the most out of the data we pay a premium for is important. Opera Max is a new app from the same folks behind the great browser that aims to drastically reduce the amount of data used when browsing the web, or apps that are accessing the web. An innovative idea that can hold some very real savings for a lot of users, Opera Max is well worth a try if you keep going over your limit before the month is up.
Nexus 5 owners and enterprising folk all over the internet have been running what used to be called the Google Experience Launcher for some time now, but now it’s available to all. As a genuine download from the Play Store, the Google Now Launcher gives your device a more “Googley” look and feel and puts Google Now itself just a homescreen page away. A good-looking launcher that I’d been suing for many months, Google Now Launcher is one of the better ones out there. However, don’t go looking for extra features or anything noteworthy, this is purely for the Google fans out there.
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