Application Name: Geo Eraser Free Description: Creates a copy of a photo with geotagging coordinates removed Publisher’s website: Sakaneya Cost: Free (ad-supported) Version/date reviewed: v. 0.22 / 10-17-10 Phone/OS: Droid X / Android 2.2 Android Market link (mobile app only)Android Market link (browser) A recent NY Times article told the story of how Mythbuster Adam Savage posted an iPhone […]
Application Name: Bluetooth GPS Provider Description: Replaces internal GPS coordinate signal with one from an external Bluetooth GPS receiver. Publisher’s website: mobile-j.de Cost: Free Version/date reviewed: v. 1.2.5c / 10-20-10 Phone/OS: Droid X / Android 2.2 Android Market link (mobile app only)Android Market link (browser) Note: Before using this app, you will need to pair your external […]
Application Name: SolidSync Network/Bluetooth GPS Description: Transmits GPS position data over Bluetooth or over a network using TCP/IP from your Android unit to a compatible receiver Publisher’s website: SolidSync Cost: $1.99 Version/date reviewed: v. 2.0.0 / 10-21-10 Phone/OS: Droid X / Android 2.2 Android Market link (mobile app only)Android Market link (browser) This SolidSync Network/Bluetooth GPS app, like the Bluetooth […]
Application Name: Bluetooth GPS Output Description: Transmits GPS position data over Bluetooth from your Android unit to a compatible receiver Publisher’s website: Bluetooth GPS Cost: Free 10-minute limited demo version; $1.52 unlimited version Version/date reviewed: v. 1.05c / 10-20-10 Phone/OS: Droid X / Android 2.2 Android Market link (mobile app only)Android Market link (browser) This is a pretty […]
Engadget posts about the Motorola Defy, coming to Europe Q4 2010. Dust, scratch and impact-resistant, and conforms to the IP67 water spec, meaning half-an-hour at 1-meter water depth without leakage. Good size screen (3.7″ diagonal) and decent processor (800 MHz OMap, just a bit slower than the 1 GHz typical […]
Application Name: Smart Measure Description: Measure object distance, height and direction. Publisher’s website: Android Boy Cost: Free Version/date reviewed: v.1.1.1 / 9-6-10 Phone/OS: Droid X / Android 2.1 Android market link (mobile app only)Android Market (browser) Smart Measure uses your Android’s orientation sensor, camera view and some simple trigonometry to figure out how far away and […]
Compasses don’t point towards true north, the geographic north pole. Instead, they roughly point towards the magnetic north pole, which is well south of the geographic north pole in Canada. But since the lines of magnetic force aren’t uniform, the actual direction a magnetic compass points (“magnetic north”) can be […]
Application Name: Topo Maps (aka Gaia GPS) Description: Topographic maps, OSM maps, GPS navigation. Publisher’s website: Gaia GPS Cost: $7.99; Free limited Lite version available (with ads) Version/date reviewed: v. 1.4 / 8-17-10 Phone/OS: Droid X / Android 2.2 Topo Maps (paid)Android market linkAndroid Market (browser) Topo Maps LiteAndroid market linkAndroid Market (browser)This is a port of […]
