App Review: Dropwords
by Sonya, 1 CommentGame Type: Puzzle, Casual Price: Free; $0.99 for ad-free version Get It: If you enjoy word games and casual puzzle games like Bejeweled I have to admit that when I think about Android games, I tend to focus on the ones that keep my kids entertained. But lately I’ve been hogging the phone for myself so I can play Dropwords. This game is sort of a cross between Bejeweled, Scrabble, and a word search. You start with a grid of letter blocks and find as many words as you can before the clock runs out. The...
Women Use Technology, Too
by Renee, 3 CommentsI have been mulling over the idea of writing this post for a while now. It was mostly triggered by a video I saw on Android Central. I was excited that they finally had an (apparently) female-centric podcast with female hosts, called “Girls Gone Gadgets”, with hosts Georgia and Ashley. Now maybe the play on “Girls Gone Wild” in the title should’ve tipped me off, or even their logo, (which I think is supposed to be a pink heart with Android antennae and an Apple bite, but now...
App Review: Sleepy Jack
by Tiara, 3 CommentsNote from Renee – I am pleased to introduce Tiara, who has agreed to do some app reviews for us! Her first review is for the game “Sleepy Jack“, which is getting excellent ratings in the Android Market. Let’s see what she thinks of it. Take it away, Tiara! Game Type: Arcade, Casual Price: $1.99 Get It: If you’re a casual or serious gamer who enjoys visually pleasing, arcade style games with whimsical themes The game’s objective is...
Invisible Shield & Decal Girl Skin Review (plus Giveaway!)
by Renee, 4 CommentsCLICK TO SKIP REVIEWS AND JUMP TO GIVEAWAY INFO I was finally fed up enough with the hard case I originally purchased from Verizon (see my gripes here) and made the move to buy a full-coverage Invisible Shield and a pretty Decal Girl skin to use instead. Of course, these are just stick-on skins and don’t protect it from big drops, but I keep my phone in my outer purse pocket and probably dropped it more often with the slippery hard case on it, anyway! First,...
“Women With Android Apps” Series: Silicon Sisters
by Renee, 2 CommentsIn the last post in this series, we met Mélanie of Second Gear Games. Now, we will meet the ladies with “the first female owned and run video game studio in Canada” – Silicon Sisters Interactive! They have developed a game for young teens called School26, which you can learn more about in this interview. What is School26 and how did you come up with the idea for it? Brenda Gershkovitch, CEO, Silicon Sisters: May 6 2010. I was at the Vancouver...
“Women With Android Apps” Series: Mélanie
by Renee, 1 CommentIn our last post in this series, we met Jennifer Wong of Alt-12 games. Today, we meet another game developer, Mélanie Dompierre of Second Gear Games, makers of “Bubble Defense Free”, “Tropical Fish Shop”, and “Shopper’s Paradise”, to name a few. Hi Mélanie! I see you have many successful apps in the Android Market, but for this interview, let’s focus on one you just updated in the market in November of this year,...
“Women With Android Apps” Series: Jennifer
by Renee, 0 CommentsEarlier this week, we published an interview with Dora, creator of the JellyPlanner app. Today, we introduce Jennifer Wong from Alt-12 Apps. I thought it was interesting to learn from her website that Alt-12 was named after the keystrokes (Alt+1,2) used to create the female symbol: ♀ Alt-12 has been publishing apps for women since 2009, and now you can learn all about the creation of their app Pink Pad from Jennifer, who designed it! Hi, Jennifer! Can you tell...
“Women With Android Apps” Series: Dora
by Renee, 1 CommentYou may remember back when we featured Diana Luckevich, developer of TextDooDad as one of the few female Android developers at the time. Well, luckily since the Android Market has grown, so have the number of women that develop apps for our devices. We have a special series this week in which we’ll introduce you to several of them. First up is Dora, a European developer who started CheerApps and just released her first app, “Jelly Planner” to the...
We’re back!
by Renee, 0 CommentsWe plan to be back to regular posting on WomenWithDroids starting this week, when we’ll be featuring several female app developers and the great apps they have to offer! If you know a female developer that we should feature, let us know and we’ll set up an e-interview! In the meantime, I’ve started doing news updates via our Google+ Page (circle us!) and Paper.Li online newspaper (subscribe!), which gets auto-tweeted to our Twitter account (follow...
Accessory Review: Auto AirVent Mount by Accessory Power
by Sonya, 0 CommentsTwo of my favorite Android apps are Google Maps Navigation and Pandora. Both are ideal for driving, but less so when my phone is sliding around on the passenger’s seat or muffled by the center cup holder. Enter the Auto AirVent Mount, which promises to keep Android handy, visible and in one place. You simply push the device into the air vent on your car, put your phone into it, and suddenly all those car-friendly Android apps are nearly as accessible as if they...
