A Pain in the Whatchamacallit
By Tiny Ruisch
I recently read an article on Android Police – My Talking Tom squeaks and tickles its way to over 500 Million downloads on the Play Store. The app My Talking Tom brought back some great memories. It was one of the first apps I installed on my tablet many years ago. I never played with the virtual pet, but I sure remember a much younger grandson manipulating it for hours on end.
That got me to thinking about other apps that I’ve installed over the years. There are many like Nova Launcher that I’ve installed on every Android device I’ve ever had. As I look through the list on my Play Store account, I see there are many others that I don’t use anymore. Some of them evoke special memories just like that cat did. Here are a few good (and some not so good) apps that I don’t use anymore.
The Dolphin Browser is a highly rated web browser that I used as default for many years. I’ve not installed it in several years.
Clipper Plus is a clipboard manager for Android that automatically saves everything you copy. It is another excellent program that I quit using. I no longer do much writing on any of my mobile devices. Type Machine is a similar app that I’ve outgrown.
When App Volume Control Pro was first released, I downloaded it almost immediately. It supposedly changes the volume control on your Android device depending on what application is currently running. I could never get it to work for me.
Pedometer is a highly rated step counting program. I used it for about a week but found that it wasn’t very accurate. I’ll keep wearing my OMRON pedometer on my belt.
SD Maid – System Cleaning Tool, Battery Widget, Avast Mobile Security & Antivirus, BatON and many other similar security apps no longer find their way to my mobile world. I’ve found that the services they provide are usually not worth the resources that they use.
Sometimes a trip down memory lane can be a fun digression from the modern world.
Thanks for reading.