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So you're ready to be a parent. Pregnancy is an exciting, happy time for you and your family, but this life-changing event also marks the beginning of a lot of uncertainty. You're soon going to have a lot of questions and face all kinds of new challenges. Fortunately, there a few great Android apps out there designed to help you keep up with everything you need to know about fertility, health, pregnancy or infant care. Whether you or your partner is already pregnant, or you're just beginning to try and start a family, here are a few apps that you may find helpful as you make preparations to become a parent. Trying to figure out when you're ovulating? Toss out that thermometer and give WomanLog Pro Calendar a try, instead. Just type in a little bit of information (namely, the first date of your last period) and the app will forecast the dates when you're fertile, when your period will end and when the next one will start. If you'd prefer that your personal business remain that way, this app is protected with a password just in case your phone is lost or stolen. BabyBump Pregnancy Pro is kind of the mother of all pregnancy apps (see what we did there?). It's an all around comprehensive app that educates you on what's happening inside your body, allows you to log your experiences and then even share the most special moments of your pregnancy with friends and family. The app shows you what's developing inside your abdomen by the day or week and you can even check out what kind of side effects you might experience during these periods. BabyBump Pro also functions as a journal, allowing the user to track weight or waist measurements, track moods, energy, cravings or morning sickness. Later in your pregnancy, you can also use the app to count kicks, track contractions or create a birth plan. You can also use the app to come up with a name for your child, ask other moms to be questions on the forums or use the countdown widget to see how many days you have until your due date. Eating, nursing, pooping, bathing, sleeping. Ah, the day in the life of an infant. Baby ESP is designed to keep track of when baby last did any of the above listed activities (and more) so that you can begin developing behavior Read More

You may be a girl, but your Android is as necessary as a guy’s Swiss Army Knife.  The nerd factor surrounding smart phones and their apps makes it tricky to find those that are made just for girls, but they do exist! Here are some girlie apps that will help you stay updated on fashion and entertainment news, keep you healthy, and more. With the Android Market still lacking a presence from most major publications, Fashion News can give you your daily fix of the latest from the haute coture scene.  The free Android app brings you updates from several fashion sites and blogs, letting you add them to your favorites or share them with friends. The app is also a community, so you can leave comments of your own. FourSquare’s free Android app has turned the act of being out and about into a game. Stay up with your favorite stores and brands, as you check into various locations, view recommendations and visited spots from those you follow. Bravo TV, for instance, combines its shows and personalities with the app. Whether you’re looking for the best deal or simply want to share an item with your friend, the free Shopper app from Google can help. Scan bar codes or take photos of cover art to find other stores that carry the product. Voice search integration keeps you relatively hands-free, and a history tab keeps track of previous searches. Celebrity Gossip brings all your favorite news sources to your phone.  Read the latest from  OMG, Perez Hilton and more. View photos and popular stories, with options to read them in full via the original source site, all on the free Android app. When you’re tired of shopping and reading gossip news, relax with a quick game of America’s Next Top Model.  The Android game app takes you from a fledgling model to a catwalk super star. Try the free version first, as the full $2.99 version doesn’t offer much more. Women’s Health is a useful resource, and is always at your fingertips. From cervical cancer to breast reconstructions, this free Android app breaks down information in an easily-accessible and organized manner. Though the app is quite basic, lacking keyword search or sharing options, it’s a quick guide for women-related health topics. Yoga Trainer Pro is a handy companion to help keep you fit and toned. The free Android app provides information on various yoga methods and positions, ranging from Read More

By Leanna Lofte, Saturday, May 15, 2010 | BabyBump is a pregnancy tracking application for the iPhone, and excellent for both mothers- and dads-to-be or anyone interested in following someone’s pregnancy. The home screen of BabyBump displays your chosen avatar, name, how many weeks and days you are along in your pregnancy, what trimester you’re in, and how many days left until your due date. BabyBump is divided into 8 different sections: I have been using BabyBump since December and have seen multiple updates and improvements in the past months. BabyBump is an excellent iPhone companion for pregnancy; in fact, it’s a must-have app for anyone pregnant. Read More

The Android Market is starting to get a nice influx of new apps. Keeping up with those apps is becoming harder with each passing day. That’s why Androinica.com highlights the latest apps shooting up the Android Market and a few apps that you may have missed each week. Want to recommend an app for an episode of Android Apps Alert? Name some of your favorite apps on Twitter with the #androidapps tag and you may see your recommendation included in future editions. Follow @androinica on Twitter and stay up with the latest Android app news. When Google Goggles meets Google Product search, they make sweet love and produce Google Shopper. The latest app from Mountain View can scan a CD, DVD, book, or barcode and search for stores carrying the product. Prices can be compared, products can be bookmarked for later use, and history can be stored to be revisited. Shopper should have been integrated into Goggles, but this ShopSavvy rival is worth testing. Baby Bump is an app for expecting mothers to track their pregnancy journey. Chances are you’ve already poured over at least a dozen baby books and listened to Aunt Ida offer plenty of unsolicited advice, but this app will help focus on your changing body and note your experience. Features include monitoring/charting weight gain, taking notes of moods/emotions, and a photo gallery that shows snapshots or stored images. The music app seen in the myTouch Fender commercials is RockOn. The creator of that app has a new version called 3 which navigates your music library based on a 3D cube or album cover wall. IT allows users to swipe and scroll through a visualization of their music library rather than a list view. The app also includes three options for a homescreen widget and information on concerts coming to your area. Dial2Do aims to be a personal assistant in a phone. The app ties into the paid Dial2Do service (Free 30-day trial available) that can read incoming texts and emails, or record your speech to send texts, emails, or reminders. It also taps into several web apps like Evernote and Remember the Milk. A full review and explanation is available here. EasyTether is an application that makes it possible to tether connect to the web using only a cell phone. When the phone is connected via USB to a Win-32bit computer, EasyTether will then make it possible Read More

By Rene Ritchie, Monday, Dec 14, 2009 | Every week a few of us from team TiPb, bloggers and forum crew alike, will bring you our current favorite, funnest, most useful App Store apps, WebApps, jailbreak apps, even the occasional accessory, web site, or desktop app if the mood strikes us. As long as they’re iPhone (or iPod touch) related, they’re fair game. So who’s on deck this week and what are our picks? Find out after the break! Dragon Dictation is one slick app. You can dictate then email, text or copy your text to the clipboard. I found the app to be accurate as long as there is no background noise. Oh, did I mention it’s free? [Free - iTunes link] Scenario: you are at a bar, loud music, a couple of beers, and you are hungry. How can the iphone help? Pizza Hut app! Set up an account, order your pizza through the app (no talking and not being able to hear on the phone), and in 30 minutes- fresh, hot pizza. Used it each of the past Fridays during the faculty bar night, and saved many a faculty from , well, being hungry. [Free - iTunes link] What’s On allows you to see what’s playing the not only on your TV but also what’s in the movies, Its one of my favorite apps and did I mention its free? This app is definitely a must have. [Free - iTunes link] The TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Talks application allows you watch their cutting-edge videos on your iphone. Each year TED hosts some of the most awe inspiring, fascinating people. No matter what I am interested in learning about there is a TED talk about it. Here are some of my favourite iphone related TED talks: Jeff Han – Multi-Touch Interaction, David Pogue – Simplicity sells, Sir Ken Robinson – Do schools kill creativity? (And is that why Steve Jobs dropped out?!) I would be really interested to hear which are your favourite TED Talks as well! [Free - iTunes link] If there is one thing I would like to see in iPhone 4.0, it would be widgets on the lockscreen or any one my my app pages. Android does and it really adds a nice customization touch. Luckily I don’t have to wait until 4.0 for widgets, as SmartScreen offers that functionality. Only a few widgets are Read More