Entries for month: August 2010

New Android App: MyReminders

Mobile devices , Android development , Android 9 Comments »

When I created my first Android app, NoteToSelf, I had always intended to release a "deluxe" version with additional features.  Even though this app is essentially that deluxe version, I felt it needed a new name to reflect its most notable new feature (reminder alarms).

So this incarnation of the app comes with the following features:

  • It allows you to dictate your reminder instead of typing it via Google's speech transcription service. All you need to dictate your reminder is a network connection (celluar or WiFi) and no concerns about talking to your phone in public.

  • It gives you the choice between three different home screen widgets that let you cycle through all of your reminders and add or edit reminders via the widget.

  • It lets you schedule an alarm for those reminders that are time-sensitive. You can use the settings in the app to determine how the alarms should notify you (by default, the alarm will cause the phone to vibrate and the notification light to blink).

You can read more about the app and view several screenshots at the following URL:

http://www.thoughtdelimited.org/android/myreminders/

Now...I did decide to charge $1 for this app in the Android Market, because I did put a lot of work into it and I think it's certainly worth that much given the functionality it provides.  However, if you're a contributing member of the ColdFusion/CFML programming community (someone who regularly shares their knowledge or their code to help others) and you have an Android phone that allows you to install non-Market applications, send me an e-mail and I'll send you the install file so you can have the app for free.