Monday, December 3, 2012

Best Todo List Program for Android

GTasks is the best and free Todo list application that I have been using since I baught my Android phone, Samsung Galaxy S3. I use this to organize my daily activities and sometimes I used this applicaiton to take notes too. It is pretty flexible and user friendly!



There are few good things about this application and I think this is good to share with you. Some are it I didn't aware of them until after I use it for certain period.


Few Good Things
  • Able to synch with Google tasks. So you won't lose all your todo information because you can always synch back later.
  • Has categories but you need to create them. When you create your task, it defaults to "All" categories. You can go to Menu->Move to List, then choose the List/Category that you want this task to be categorized too. If the List/Category doesn't exist, you can click on the "New List.." to create them.
  • Has other normal todo list features such as due date, reminder, set recurring task, and setting prioriy. For priority, it only allows you to set urgent or not urgent. 2 levels of prioritization only. :) It allows you to do sorting too either by date, name or priority.
  • Very user friendly. You can put it in widget to show All or specific category/list tasks at your home screen without even open the application. When you are in the application, you can swipe right or left to switch to different task category which I find this is extremely handy.

There is only one bad thing I would like to comment for this Gtask applicaition is when you try to delete multiple tasks at the same time, it doesn't work. The software itself allows you to do that but it seems like has bugs. It lags very badly and after that you check on those tasks, there are still there.

So to workaround with it,  you need to delete one by one which I find it is not every effective and time consuming. Thus, I try to delete the task rather than keep the list growing! Something to improve...


You can download this application here or just search for Gtask in your GooglePlay store.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Best Watching Movie Online Application for Android and IOS - PPS.TV

One of the best things you can do with your mobile tablet is to watch movie online on your bed or where ever the place that you will comfortable with. So I have been searching around and trying out different applications for my Android phone and iPad and it turns out the best movie streaming applications is PPS.tv. No other application is as good as or as stable as PPS.tv. For example, "PPTV" which I downloaded lately, it drained up my battery overnight eventhough I"m not using it. So I will definately not recommended for it.

Just do a search with "PPS" or "PPS.TV" in your GooglePlay Store and iTunes, you should able to find it. To know more about this company, you can visit the official page here. According to them, it is the world largest online video service provider but wikipedia says it is still behind Youku and Tudou in China Market. :D



There are mobile and HD version and I think either one is fine. But for my Android phone, somehow the mobile version is only working for me but not the HD version. For HD version, it works fine with my iPad.

Pros
  • Watch Movies or TV shows for free.
  • Contains most updated TV programs especially for Chinese TV shows.
  • Has ability to resume movie after you close or exit the application.
Cons
  • Is only written in Chinese. You need to undrestand Chinese in order to use this application.
  • Need high-speed internet connection for smooth video streaming.
  • Most movies are outdated. If you're looking for the latest movie, it may not have it.
  • Some western movies are translated to Mandarin which I find it is not original

Is It Legal?

Most people will ask this quesiton whether PPS.TV is legal or not? I honestly do not know the answer. If I"m not mistaken, the streaming technology is using P2P protocol which means technically we cannot tell whether it is "illegal" or not. If it is not "illegal", is it legal? I wouldn't sure and the discussion goes beyond of this scope. So I suggest you use this applicaiton for your educational purpose only.


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