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WhatsApp Messenger

| FREE | WhatsApp Inc.

WhatsApp Messenger: Great Cross-Platform IMs, Free For a Whole Year | Android.AppStorm - Android.AppStorm | Android App Reviews, Roundups & How-Tos

WhatsApp Messenger is a cross platform messaging application available for Android, Blackberry, iPhone and Nokia phones. The app works using the internet connection (3G, WiFi or mobile data plan) of your phone. Android, Blackberry and iPhone users can send and receive pictures, audio notes, and video messages too. WhatsApp's main screen Installing the app is a really simple procedure. (Note that both sender and receiver need to have the WhatsApp app installed on their phones.) That’s all. Now the app will look for contacts in your address book and will add them to your WhatsApp contacts list if any of those numbers have WhatsApp installed on their phones. WhatsApp is now ready to be used. When you open the app, the screen will display the summary of the most recent chats sorted by time. Chats from a contact are grouped together. The Facebook picture of the contact is displayed on the left and the time stamp on the right. All conversations are displayed in bubbles, like the stock display of the iPhone. whatsapp chat interface You will notice that there are two ticks before every message sent; the first tick indicates the message has been successfully sent, while the second one indicates the message has been successfully received. To enhance the chatting experience, WhatsApp comes with a lot of smileys. Also, when you are chatting with any contact, you can see the status of the person on the top left below the contact name, which also shows when the contact is typing something. You can update your current status to Available, Busy, At School, or whatever you like. The app is available as free for use for a period of one full year, and then $1.99 per year after that. All the features of the app are available even during the Read More

INRIX Traffic

| FREE | INRIX, Inc.

30 Apps to Digitize Your Car Journey | Android.AppStorm - Android.AppStorm | Android App Reviews, Roundups & How-Tos

Cars have come a long way since their inception and have become full of technology. From built-in GPS to iPod integration to in-car Android, your car has become a computer in itself, but you still have that powerful phone in your pocket. Well, take it out, mount it on your dashboard and kick start your newly-digital car journey! In today’s extended roundup, we’ll be taking a look at all sorts of applications for use within your car such as travel news, navigation and radio. Be sure to grab yourself a cup of tea or something, because this is going to be a long drive! Before you even get in the car, you might want to plan out where you’ll be driving by checking out the travel news. These applications do just that. UK readers will be aware of RAC, the breakdown company based in Norwich. Their application, available for free in the Android Market, places their live traffic information for the United Kingdom onto a map. RAC will also point out the nearest traffic problem to your current location so you can adequately plan your route. RAC Traffic INRIX traffic is a single purpose application, much like the RAC app, that puts live traffic information on a map. Plus, INRIX is somewhat crowd sourced: you can report the application’s findings to be wrong. If you’re planning a longer journey, INRIX will generate an estimated departure time with traffic in mind. INRIX Not liking the love of the RAC or INRIX? Beat the Traffic is an attractive traffic application that puts live data onto a map for your car journey, speeding up and lowering costs of your commute. Beat the Traffic also features live traffic webcams; unique to this app, these display live images of what’s happening at various points on your Read More