Samsung Galaxy

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News and magazines
Get the news you want, when you want
Press
Price: £1.93/$2.99
RSS feeds are
commonplace on many
of the web’s most popular sites, so
having an RSS reader app is pretty
essential. Press is the best of the
bunch, offering users a simple way
to pull together content from their
favourite websites into one place,
without having to trawl through
individual sites. Feeds are saved by
specific and targeted keywords,
so no matter what sort of content
you’re looking for, you’ll find exactly
what you’re after. Ideal for use on
the go, you can also save articles for
offline reading.
Flipboard
Price: Free
This app was built into the Galaxy
S3 and is ideal for the S4’s AirView
feature, Flipboard takes the best
bits of print and digital media and
combines them. A slick interface
showcases image-driven content
like a glossy magazine would, while
a quick swipe of your finger, like the
flicking of pages in a book, allows
you to move between stories.
All content is drawn in from your
social networks and favourite sites,
ensuring you get breaking news
your interested in, as it happens.
Pocket
Casts
Price: £2.70/$3.99
If you love listening to
podcasts, Pocket Casts is a
great way to manage your
library, with clean up features
and auto-download to
make sure you don’t miss a
shows. There’s also a series
of social features which lend
themselves well to people
who want to see what others
are listening to.
Bacon
Reader
Premium Price: £1.23/$1.99
Above all else, what makes
BaconReader by far the
best Reddit feed you can
download, is just how simple
it’s to navigate through the
multitude of content available
on Reddit’s various boards. You
can use your account to leave
comments on different threads
and also start your own topic of
conversation too.
Instapaper
Price: £1.93/$2.99
This stripped-back app’s sole
aim is to provide a simple
way to store and read any
webpages you earmark for
later while browsing the web.
Each story is formatted to fit
into Instapaper’s design and
users can also customise the
text to make it easier to view.
Download up to 500 articles on
your device, or store as many as
you like in the cloud.
Zite
Price: Free
Despite being a
fairly overlooked
app, this free download is
one of the most intelligent
reader apps on the Google
Play store. For the most part,
Zite is an interactive magazine,
filled with content you’ve
handpicked to be included
within it, but the app soon
begins to predict headlines
you’ll like, analysing millions of
articles to select those that fit
your previous search history.
Apps for hackers
Got a rooted device Then you need to download these essential apps
Titanium
Backup
Price: Free
Titanium Backup
is the one-stop
download to back up,
restore and freeze any apps
and external data stored
on your phone or SD card.
If you’re into the hacking
scene, this is a must-have.
ROM
Manager
Price: Free
For many, ROM
Manager is the
staple application for their
rooted Android device. Not
only can you use it to install
various ROMs, but also use it
to flash to the ever-popular
ClockworkMod recovery.
ROM
Toolbox
Pro
Price: £3.50/$4.99
Avid hackers will
want to explore
ROM Toolbox Pro’s range of
apps and services it includes
in-app to help manage and
tinker with any ROMs and
their installations.
Greenify
Price: £1.99/$2.99
Greenify can
extend your rooted
phone’s battery
life to save you reaching
for your charger by identify
juice-draining apps. It
targets and block apps that
run in the background and
hog your memory.
Voltage
Control
Extreme
Price: £2.07/$3.36
If you’re keen to
overvolt your
device, then download
this simple tool. Voltage
Control Extreme allows you
to get the voltage you want
quickly using sliders.
10 Samsung Galaxy Tips, Tricks, Apps & Hacks