Android Apps
We currently have seven applications for android-based phones, such as the Droid, Evo, and Backflip. These include 2 home-screen widgets; a wallpaper (screen background) changer; two utilities for managing ringtones; a genealogy program; and a specialized shopping program for knitters.
Family Bee is a full-featured robust family tree browser. It allows you
to view information about families and individuals stored in GEDCOM genealogy
files.
Whether you family is large or small, you can carry it with you on your
phone. Your GEDCOM files are stored on your SD card, and the system has been
tested to provide solid performance on files up to 12 megabytes (32,000
names). Our reader fully understands the industry standard GEDCOM 5.5 format,
and supports all official character encodings: ANSEL, ASCII, UTF-8,
and UNICODE.
Family Bee lets you store an unlimited number of trees; supports fast searches over the individuals in the trees; and provides specialized views of families, individuals, "pedigree" trees, and descendents. All facts, events, notes, and sources are at your fingertips.
Documentation is available on-line.
To purchase it (US $10.00), go directly to the Android Market or scan the attached QR-code with a bar-code scanner. (If you are unable to purchase software from the Android Market, you can instead go to AndAppStore. Note that you will have to install the AndAppStore client from the store's website before you will be able to install your purchased App.)
Ring Commander is designed to let you take control of all of the (non-DRM) sounds
on your phone. It will let you
- hide unwanted ringtones and alarms (including system ringtones)
- use the same sounds as notifications and alarms
- outright delete unwanted sounds from your phone
- ...and more
It isn't a ringtone creator or downloader. There are already lots of those out
there. Ring Commander is here to clean up the mess they've left all over your
phone.
To purchase it (US $0.99), go directly to the Android Market or scan the attached QR-code with a bar-code scanner.
The Wee Week Widget lets you see your whole week at a glance with a complete
view of your weekly calendar in a 2x2 widget. Wee Week gives you a colorful
graphical display of your schedule, with rich configuration of which events
you want to see and how you want to see them.
Wee Week lets you create an unlimited number of "display rules" which specify
that matching events should be displayed in specific colors (or, if they are
uninteresting, not be displayed at all). Display rules can match specific
calendars, or words and phrases in the events themselves.
To purchase it (US $0.99), go directly to the Android Market or scan the attached QR-code with a bar-code scanner.
There is also a free trial
version available. It provides the same general
experience, but limits the amount of configurability by limiting the number
of "display rules" that you can create.
Bee Widgets is a single
app providing a matched set of single-cell widgets with the following
capabilities:
- Clock
- Battery status
- Local weather (USA only)
This app is free, and has been tested to place a minimal load on your phone --
it won't place an undue burden on your battery, your bandwidth, or your
memory.
To download it, go directly to the Android Market or scan the attached QR-code with a bar-code scanner.
Yarn Shopper: for knit and crochet fanatics only. This app helps you see how many skeins of yarn you'll need and how much you'll pay for your project.
Ships with a built-in list of top yarns in each weight category, but lets you add and edit your own yarn descriptions as well.
To download it, go directly to the Android Market or scan the attached QR-code with a bar-code scanner.
An "elite key"
may also be purchased (US $1.50). This extends the functionality of your
existing Yarn Shopper by disabling all ads and
adding a bit of yarn-theming to your display.
Window Paper is a simple App which runs in the background and loads a new wallpaper (home page background) at intervals you specify (typically every 20-60 minutes). Images are loaded from a webcam that you specify. If you see an image you particularly like, you can save it for posterity.
This App should be considered to be a "hobbyist" app. Because of legal issues
with deep linking, it does not ship with a built-in list of webcams, and thus
you will have to find a good one on your own. (We do, of course, include some
handy hints on finding some, and very precise instructions on how to set
things up once you get a good one.)
To download it, go directly to the Android Market or scan the attached QR-code with a bar-code scanner.
Ring Remover: This is a very simple application that does one simple thing. If you've ever hit "Use as phone ringtone" in the music player by accident (or intentionally) you probably had trouble removing the tune from the ringtone list.
This app lets you do that, safely and easily. No more, no less. It is, in
brief, a fix for missing functionality in the operating system.
Note that this is not a general ringtone manager. (That would be "Ring Commander", described above.) If you have custom downloaded ringtones, they will not appear as "deleteable". Only music files which have been turned into ringtones via the music player will appear in the deleteable list.
To download it, go directly to the Android Market or scan the attached QR-code with a bar-code scanner.