No, BlindType is not a typing app for the blind but, it could very well be as it claims that accuracy is not required to type. In fact, you don’t even need a visible keyboard on your phone to type. BlindType actually recognizes where people often touch on a screen and provides a corresponding letter! More »

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Today, Google released a Google Voice app update to Android and Blackberry users. The update promises faster calls. Prior to the update, Google Voice users would call a Google Voice server that would connect the call via a Google access number. Now, with the update, each person you call is assigned their own unique phone number. The update leaves the data network to access the Google Voice server obsolete — you no longer need a ‘middle man’ … or in this case a server, to connect to a call. More »

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Today’s app of the day is Vlingo’s Words to Action app. Like the app’s title suggests, Vlingo allows you to speak many different commands and actions, even text messages to your phone. To use Vlingo, all you need to do is tap the home screen widget and speak to send texts & emails, update Twitter, dial & much more. If you’re on the road a lot, it will even speak your incoming emails and text messages to you. More »

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If you’ve run into the problem of cluttered app space, Ghostify is your solution. Ghostify is an app that keeps your most frequently used apps visible and puts the ‘once-in-a-blue-moon’ apps in ghost mode making only the most used apps visible on your phone. Ghost mode simply means that Ghostify will uninstall the apps you don’t use often and leave a link to the Android Marketplace listing for you if you feel like using the app again. It can also leave a link to a live folder that holds the apps you don’t use. More »

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Bump makes sharing apps, contacts, pictures and music as easy as bumping phones. To use it, both users making an exchange need only to open Bump, then select the item to be exchanged and then…bump your phones. It sounds violent, but it’s not so crazy. Here’s a video on how it works: More »

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Ratio a new Android app is quite possibily a god-send for those who don’t claim to be Wolfgang Puck or Martha Stewart. If you’re the kind of person who doesn’t accurately follow recipe directions, Ratio can assist you in providing correct ingredient and proportion ratios if you’re in the mood to alter a recipe. It also helps determine how many servings can be yielded with what ingredients you have on hand and vice versa. Check out the video demo: More »

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If you’re a Samsung Galaxy S owner who is also accident prone, you’ll want to get in on the Samsung Road SMS app that will soon be available in the Samsung app store. The app prevents you from walking into things while texting because it uses the camera to display whatever is in front your phone as the backdrop for a texting app. It also in a way promotes texting and driving at the same time. (Don’t do it!) Here it is in action: More »

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