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Cogitas Task List For Android

Filed under: google android — Tags: , , , — July 28, 2010

Update: Cogitas Task List is now available on Android Market.

I’m working on a new Task List app for Android that evolves around a simple principle: its sole purpose is to encourage you to actually do the tasks.

To achieve this, there will be a limit to the number of tasks you can add and if you try to add more, you will be nicely told to do some before adding more… As well, when you click on “done” for a task, you will have a friendly surprise :-)

The app will also include a widget so you can always see the top task from your home screen.

I started coding it this morning and I’m hoping to release v1.0 next week (look for Cogitas Task List in the market).

Speaking of Android apps, I published an upgrade to Big Words and Big Words Plus yesterday.

Other Android apps coming up:

  • The previously announced RSS Reader app will be published in August.
  • VocabuLab French will see a complete overhaul. I’ve pulled out the current version from the market because it was my first published app and there are so many things I want to change about it, I don’t think it deserves to be in the market at the moment. The new version will feature complete sentences and audio recordings as well as carrying on being a French basic vocabulary learning tool. I hope to publish it in late August or early September.
  • I’m also working on an app that will simplify certain basic functions some users may use while driving (skip to next audio track etc) to make the use of Android at the wheel safer. I’m hoping to release this in late September or October.

Big Words Plus now available

Filed under: google android — Tags: , — June 29, 2010

One day ahead of my self-imposed deadline, I have released Big Words Plus, an enhanced version of my English vocabulary training app for Google Android.

The difference between this app and most dictionaries/vocabulary apps out there is that each word comes with a sentence using the word – not only, it helps you understand the meaning of the word correctly but it will also help you remember the actual word.
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Big Words Plus to be released soon

Filed under: google android — Tags: , — June 25, 2010

One of my most popular app is Big Words, an app to help you increase your vocabulary. It not only features definitions of words (as you would expect) but also example sentences with the words.

The most requested feature is phonetics/pronunciation, and I am pleased to say that I have been working on this and I am only a few days away from releasing Big Words Plus. So if you’re one of the 10,000 active users of Big Words, check the Android Store for Big Words Plus on Wednesday 30th June!

As well as phonetics, Big Words Plus also now works in Landscape mode and has the ability to go back to the previous word(s) by hitting the back button (another frequently requested feature), along with a few other smaller improvements.