Tag Archives: App & Software Reviews

[Android] Best free video player

One of the best features on my Samsung Galaxy S was that it supported most, if not all, video codecs and could play almost any type of video. My Nexus S, on the other hand, does not have this extensive codec support; and I am sure...

[Android] Best free Internet firewall

You (probably) have a firewall on your PC, but you don’t think you need a firewall for your phone. I will give you two reasons why you may want to reconsider: Every app and its grandmother wants to be able to access the Inte...

[Android] Best free app manager

Originally posted May 28, 2011. Updated May 29, 2011 to include AntTek App Manager. Updated on June 7, 2011 to clarify a point about Gemini App Manager. You have a zillion apps installed on your shiny Android; but now you need a w...

[Android] Best free image viewer

All Android handsets come with an image viewer, typically the stock image gallery app provided by Google. The problem is many times these image viewers are slow and buggy. For example, on my Nexus S the stock image gallery takes a...

[Android] Best free clipboard manager

Having a clipboard manager on your Windows PC is very handy because it makes it easy and convenient to retrieve previously copied content. Wouldn’t it be nice to be able to do the same on your phone? Sure, for most people cl...

[Android] Best free PDF reader

What is the point of having a smartphone if it cannot read your super-duper-important PDF documents? In this article we take a look at all the free PDF readers/viewers available on Android Market and recommend the PDF reader/viewe...

[Android] Best free app referrer

You have really cool apps on your phone and would like your friends or family to get them too. What do you do? You can, of course, tell people the name of the app you want them to download; then they can open Android Market and ma...

Best Free Android Apps

Our purpose here on dotTech is to make your tech life easier; that includes your smartphone. As part of our “make-your-tech-life-easier” theme, we have created an Android apps repository. We have reviewed, selected, an...

[Android] Best free privacy cleaner

I have nothing (much) to hide, but the idea of someone invading my privacy by looking at my activity history (such as my browser history) makes my skin crawl. I am sure many other people feel the same way. Thus, we have looked for...

[Android] Best free files protector

Originally written on May 23, 2011. Updated on May 28, 2011 and June 4, 2011 to make some clarifications about File Locker. Not to be confused with application locking, protecting files is a way to prevent access to specific files...

[Android] Best free application locker

While we tend to keep our phones to ourselves (at least, I do), there are times when we are forced to lend our devices to others. Our smartphones are precious; many times we just don’t want anyone and everyone snooping aroun...