How to send SMS text in Urdu on Android Phones

Sometime back I did a post on how to read Urdu SMS on an Android mobile phone. Actually at that time Android smartphones did not support Urdu fonts and reading an Urdu/Arabic SMS was a nightmare. One of my cousins had found a solution to this problem. By keeping two cellphones, an Android and a […]

How to Factory reset your (Android) Q Mobile if touch-screen is broken or not working

Here’s the worst situation one can come across. Your Q Mobile screen is broken, it isn’t working and you have to get it to the repair shop for a new touch-screen. But you need to reset the phone and wipe out all data. What to do? Even the front screen buttons aren’t working. The only […]

Have you tried out the Official PTI Android app?

“Just what the doctor ordered”, I say to myself as I install this app on my Andorid phone. Phew! All things Pakistan Tehreek-i- Insaf (PTI) on your Android device now. Works with devices running Android 2.2 and later versions. It’s amazing, simply amazing. Please read on for more info.

Pakistan Elections 2013 an amazing Android app

Pakistan Elections 2013 is an amazing Android app for keeping yourself abreast with the Pakistan Elections 2013 details. It has been developed by Suave Solutions to work with Android devices running version 2.1 and above.

Islamic Prayer Times for Android

Islamic Prayer Times is an Android app for keeping track of prayer times. The app works worldwide. You just have to set your location (once) after installing it. After that it shows you prayer times of that location. You can also set alarms to ring before prayer times. The app also has a built-in […]

The Weather Channel app for Android

Weather Channel for Android is a very useful app for getting weather updates from around the world. It is free to download and use. I have been using it for a year now. It works with Android version 2.2 and up.

Life Reminders for Android…

I just don’t like the default Android app for setting reminders. Its not very user friendly and does not give many options. Life Reminders is a free app for setting reminders of any nature, personal, business or general. You can snooze the reminders from 5 minutes to even a week. In the free version you […]

How to increase font size on your Android device

Big Font is a very useful app for increasing font size on your Android device. It is designed to work with Android 2.3.3 and up. The app itself is very easy to use. Download it, install it, and run it. Slide your finger to the desired percentage of font size from 100 % to 115% […]

Wordweb for Android

I started using WordWeb about ten years back. It is a small nifty app for Windows which has a built in Thesaurus/Dictionary. Over the years I have considered it a must have application on my PC. It helps me when I am writing. The choice of words presented is impressive. Now it is even available […]

Have you tried Firefox on Android?

Firefox for Android is free to download and use. Before this I have been using Opera Mini for Android and found it to be very user friendly. Firefox lets you have tabbed browsing on your Android device. It takes a whopping 17 MB so you better have enough space on your smartphone or tablet before […]