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Quran Android

Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:17:23 +0000

Quran Android is a free, open source Quran application for Android devices. There are many features under development. Please send us your feedback and feature requests and keep us in your prayers!

Quran Android provides the following features:
- Updated Index
- Gapless audio playback
- Ayah bookmarking
- Ayah share
- Ibn Katheer and Saady Tafsir
- Audio recitations are available for streaming and downloading with highlighting support (tap the screen for to get the audio toolbar).
- search
- beta: night mode
- beta: audio repeat
- crystal clear Madani compliant images.
- translations in many different languages (currently, Arabic Tafseer, English Sahih International Translation, French, German, Indonesian, Malay, Spanish, Turkish, Transliteration, Bosnian, Russian, Bengali, Kurdish, Somali, Dutch, Swahili, Malayalam, Azerbaijani, Tamil, and Urdu) with more coming soon.

*Please Note* - we need phone state permissions so we can stop the audio playback when a phone call comes in (otherwise, it would continue playing). also, we need internet to download data due to the limitation on non-sdcard memory on most android phones.

Because Quran Android is an open source project, it makes it easy for anyone to contribute and help improve the project. we are also open to hearing your suggestions to make Quran Android the best Quran application on the market.

Recitations available:
Abd El Basit - Abdul Basit Mujawwad - Abdullah Basfar - Abdurrahmaan As-Sudais - Abu Bakr Ash-Shaatree - Alafasy - Ghamadi - Hani Rifai - Husary - Husary Mujawwad - Hudhaify - Maher Al Muaiqly - Minshawy - Minshawy Mujawwad - Mohammad al Tablaway - Muhammad Ayyoub - Muhammad Jibreel - Saood Ash-Shuraym - Ibrahim Walk (English)

Tags: Quran, Qur'an, Koran, Coran, Islam, Quran.com

Recent changes:
2.3.1
- re-add the ability to copy translation text on 3.0+ devices.
- bugfixes and crash fixes

2.3.0
- batch delete/tag and other tagging improvements
- translation text now highlights while audio is playing
- added gapless audio for sheikh sudais
- can now share ayah links via quranapp.com
- overlay text should look better on older devices
- translations in chinese, german, and french
- many bugfixes and improvements

(stay tuned for tablet support insha'Allah!)

Aldiko Book Reader

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:03:56 +0000

Download one of the best Android eBook Readers now!

★The leading eBook application for the Android platform
★Pre-installed in 20+ different Smartphones and Tablets
★10+ million users from over 200 countries

Differences between the Aldiko Book Reader Premium and the Aldiko Book Reader Free are: the Aldiko Book Reader Premium has highlights, notes and home widget features, gets faster update and does not contain advertisements.

Features of the Aldiko Book Reader Free:

✔ Support EPUB, PDF formats as well as Adobe DRM encrypted eBooks.

✔ Support eBooks from public libraries.

✔ Fully-customizable reading experience: adjust font size, font type, font and background colors, margin, alignment, line spacing as well as brightness to best suit your preference. The Aldiko Book Reader also supports night-time reading.

✔ User-friendly interface: the Aldiko Book Reader supports both Android phones and tablets. You can create your own bookmarks anywhere in the book, rapidly jump to a different section of the book through the table of content.

✔ Advanced library management system: import your own EPUB and PDF files into the app to read them on the go; organize your eBooks by tags and collections. Aldiko will also remember your reading position automatically, bring you back to where you left off.

✔ In-app shopping experience: browse huge catalogs of eBooks, including best-sellers, new releases and classics (lots of them are FREE)

✔ Other cool features not to miss: global-text search in a book, dictionary, add your own favorite catalogs and many more

✔ Language localization: Aldiko Book Reader app supports English, 中文(简体) 中文(繁體), Deutsch, Française, Español, Italiano, 한국의, Nederlands, Danske, ελληνικά, Bahasa Indonesia, Polski, Português, Finnish, Hungarian and Svenska.

Aldiko Book Reader works on Android phones and tablets with Android version 2.2 or above.

Recent changes:
-Support for 7" tablet support, e.g. Nexus 7
-Faster PDF zooming and remember zoom level
-Support importing .acsm files directly right inside the app
-Faster book cover loading in library and in store
-Enhanced security to protect your database in the app
-Fixed issues downloading books from local libraries
-Fixed issues importing DRM-protected books
-Fixed crashing issues on some tablet devices
-Performance improvement
-Other miscellaneous bug fixes

Audible for Android

Thu, 12 Aug 2010 20:58:51 +0000

Not enough time for all the books you want to enjoy? Download the app by Audible.com, an Amazon company, to listen to books on the go.

Immerse yourself in a great story anytime, anywhere, by downloading from a breathtaking range of 100,000+ titles to your Android device—from best sellers to classics, and everything in-between.

Now you can turn on and listen to a good book even when you can’t pick one up—on your way to work, at the gym, while folding laundry, or any other time your eyes and
hands are busy.

Features:
• Transfer books to your device over wi-fi
• Audiobook chapter navigation, bookmarking, sleep mode, variable narration speed, button-free mode
• Multitasking for background downloading and listening
• NEW! Switch between reading and listening with Whispersync for Voice (compatible Kindle device required)
• Access the Audible mobile store to purchase more audiobooks
• Earn badges and keep track of your listening habits and audiobook achievements
• Connect to Facebook and Twitter to let your friends know what audiobook you’re listening to
• Get insider information about author events and more with the Audible Newsfeed

Supports Audible.com, Audible.co.uk, and Audible.de

Listening with Audible is always time well spent. Download the free audiobook app now and discover a smarter way to use your smartphone.

Visit us at www.audible.com or get in touch on Twitter @audible_com

If you're in the UK, visit us at www.audible.co.uk or get in touch on Twitter @audibleuk

Recent changes:
Version 1.4.6
• Bug fixes and stability improvements

Version 1.4.5
• Performance and stability fixes
• Pausing and resuming playback when audio notifications occur
• DE library loading bug fix for certain users
• Ability to move Audible storage location when SD card is available

Version 1.4.0
• Switch between reading and listening with Whispersync for Voice (compatible Kindle device required)

Dictionary - Merriam-Webster

Fri, 24 Jun 2011 23:28:06 +0000

In addition to all the definitions from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, this app offers voice search – to let you look up a word without having to spell it – along with synonyms, antonyms, example sentences, Word of the Day, and more. It’s a great tool for reference, education, and vocabulary building.

The app is free, and supported by ads.

No internet connection is required to view the definitions or thesaurus (although you do need a connection to view illustrations, hear audio pronunciations, and use voice search).

Features:
* Synonyms & Antonyms
* Voice Search
* Example Sentences
* Audio Pronunciations
* Word of the Day
* Favorites - lets you keep a list of words that are particularly interesting to you
* For Tablets: Scrolling Index - lets you browse the entire dictionary
* For Phones: Reader View - lets you hide navigation buttons to see text in full screen
* Recent History - lets you keep track of the words you've looked up

Recent changes:
* Over 800 new and enhanced entries, including definitions for recent terms like "bucket list," "gastropub," and "cloud computing"
* Optimized for tablets, with Scrolling Index for browsing the dictionary
* Fixed content, display, and audio playback errors

* 2.1: Resolved update and permissions issues

WhitePages

Wed, 07 Dec 2011 23:10:08 +0000

WhitePages is the #1 and most trusted source for finding people & businesses, with over 200 million U.S. households & businesses at your fingertips.

With WhitePages you can:
- Find People using the #1 phone directory
- Find Stores and Restaurants using our yellow pages business search
- ID Unknown Callers with reverse phone look ups
- ID phone numbers from your call log
- View Menus from restaurants, salons, spas and more
- Add Contacts to your Android
- Maps & Driving Directions
- Add WhitePages to the Android Quick Search Box to make searching even quicker
- Canadian people search

Recent changes:
With the latest WhitePages, you can:

- Connect with your neighbors using Nearby People
- Find stores where you are with Nearby Businesses
- View Restaurant Menus
- Identify numbers from your call log
- Find people in Canada
- Get Unlimited premium phone lookups
- Share destinations and invite your friends using Facebook, Twitter, email or text

We hope you enjoy it!

Free Books & Stories - Wattpad

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 14:06:06 +0000

★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wattpad

Join millions who love Wattpad - the world’s unlimited, ever growing library of FREE books and stories.

RANKED IN TOP 5 BOOKS APPS FOR 3 YEARS!

• Pick from over 10 million FREE books & stories: the best of sci-fi, fantasy, mystery, romance, fan fiction, thrillers, and so much more!
• Connect with your favorite writers, including Margaret Atwood, Paulo Coelho, and thousands of aspiring writers from across the globe.
• Get book and story updates directly from authors
• Read offline and customize your reading settings to personalize your experience
• Synchronize your Wattpad library between your phone, tablet and wattpad.com
• Write stories and publish them for others to read

Reviews:

Wattpad has been featured in publications like The New York Times, MacWorld, The Guardian and Washington Post. Here’s what people are saying:

★ "Wattpad opens the doors and enlarges the view in places where the doors are closed and the view is restricted." - Margaret Atwood
★ "Wattpad is exciting because there is the opportunity to create content with depth." - Vincent Lam
★ "I love Wattpad!!" - Thousands of user reviews

Already love Wattpad?

→ What are you waiting for? Download our app!
→ Connect with us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/wattpad) and Follow Wattpad on Twitter (www.twitter.com/wattpad).

Recent changes:
NEW IN VERSION 3.7.6:

✔ Update your status to 'what I'm reading'
✔ Share to multiple social networks while your reading
✔ Share when you comment or vote on a story

NEW IN VERSION 3.7.0:

✔ NEW LIBRARY: A faster, slicker, completely redesigned Wattpad library experience! (NOTE: You can swipe covers to reveal more story info and reading progress!)
✔ Bug fixes to improve stability and performance. If you have any issues, please submit a support ticket at support.wattpad.com.

Offline dictionaries

Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:05:56 +0000

Offline dictionaries allows you to browse dictionaries without a network connection, such as when you're on a plane, traveling abroad, out of cellular tower range or if you want to save battery!

You download the dictionaries to the SD card the first time you launch the app. Choose which dictionary or dictionaries you want to download.

Perform advance searches in the dictionaries, which come in handy when you're working on a crossword puzzle.

Definitions can be read by the device using a text to speech module (some devices don't support this and some languages may not be available).

Offline dictionaries is a free, ad-supported application. For the ad-free version, check out Offline dictionaries Pro.

There are more than 40 multi-lingual dictionaries to choose from, including:
* English dictionary
* English anagrams
* English word list
* English <-> French
* English <-> German
* English <-> Spanish
* English <-> Russian
* English <-> Portuguese
* English <-> Arabic
* English <-> Hebrew
* English <-> Korean
* English <-> Chinese
* English <-> Japanese
* English <-> Hindi
* French dictionary
* French anagrams
* French word list
* French <-> Spanish
* French <-> Czech
* French <-> German
* French <-> Italian
* French <-> Chinese
* French <-> Japanese
* French <-> Arabic
* French <-> Dutch
* French <-> Hindi
* French <- Walloon
* Russian <- Chinese
* Russian <-> French
* Russian <-> German
* Russian <-> Italian
* German <-> Russian
* Japanese -> German
* Spanish dictionary
* Korean (full / law Hanja / Hanzi)
* Synonyms for English, French, Spanish, German, Czech, Polish, Irish

Dictionaries are added or improved regularly (ask us if you want a particular one).
Follow us on Twitter to get informed : http://twitter.com/nghsfr

The application can be used through ebook readers such as Moon Reader+...

Note: first INSTALLATION of BIG DICTIONARIES can be SLOW. Just WAIT for the progress window to be closed. No action is required.

Keywords: Thesaurus, dictionary, off-line dictionaries, disconnected, dictionnaire, hors ligne

Recent changes:
Fixed a bug that installed dictionaries on internal storage by default for new users

ColorDict Dictionary Wikipedia

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 13:03:56 +0000

Universal Dictionary Color Dict.
Search a word and translate a sentence in Wikipedia, Wordnet, StarDict, It's the best all-in-one dictionary on the market

• Fast search in online & offline dictionaries at once
• Download free dictionaries on market & internet.
• Long click to share search result
• Long click for word jump feature.

Feature
• Supports Quick Search Box
• Supports ColorNote App - ColorNote dictionary integration
• Supports StarDict compatible dictionaries
• Supports Wordnet dictionary
• Words suggestion
• Saves search history
• Change color of dictionary
• Select a word in a result
• Send a result to other apps
• Text-to-speech
• Voice recognition
• Use Volume Key to move between result

E-Book Reader that supports ColorDict
• FBReader
• Moon+ Reader
• Cool Reader
• ezPDF Reader

StarDict dictionary
• Download a file to your PC
• Copy compressed file(tar.bz2, *.tar.gz, *.zip) to sdcard /dictdata directory

or

• Dict - Menu - Direct Download - Enter URL

Offline dictionaries : (Download Add-On)
• English Wordnet offline dictionary
• English thesaurus offline dictionary (stardict)
• English-Japanese offline dictionary (stardict)
• English-Chinese offline dictionary (stardict)
• English-German offline dictionary (stardict)
• English-Spanish offline dictionary (stardict)
• Bible offline dictionary (stardict)

Online dictionary
• Wikipedia encyclopedia (included)

Wikipedia
• Wikipedia online encyclopedia
• English, Japanese, Czech, German, French, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Russian, Dutch, and many other languages.

Google Translate [This feature is removed]
• Google Translate, Google Dictionary.
• Google's online translation & dictionary Add-on
• Translate English, Japanese, Czech, German, French, Chinese, Italian, Spanish, Korean, Russian, Dutch, and many other languages.

Developer
• Supports Dictionary API for 3rd party developer

Keywords
• Dictionary, Translate, StarDict, Wordnet, Thesaurus, English Dictionary, English Thesaurus, FBReader, Cool Reader, Moon+ Reader, ezPDF Reader, Wikipedia, ColorNote, Color Note, encyclopedia

Recent changes:
3.7.1, 4.2.1
- Force close bug fixed

4.2.0
- Tap to select a word.
- ColorDict can receive share from other apps
- Supports samsung multi windows

3.7.0, 4.1.8
- Remove '.' and ',' automatically in ezPDF integration.
- Wordnet & Thesaurus dicts are included as default

3.6.6 & 4.1.6
- Save history order
- Send history
- Improved e-book reader integration

3.5.1 & 4.0.1
- Supports stardict uncompression : zip, tar.gz, tar.bz2
- Developer API updated

Wikipedia

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:12:59 +0000

Official Wikipedia App for Android. Wikipedia is the free encyclopedia containing more than 20 million articles in 280 languages, and is the most comprehensive and widely used reference work humans have ever compiled.

Features: Save article to read later or offline, Search articles nearby, Share articles using Android "Share" function, Read article in a different language, Full screen search

Send us your feedback on Twitter @WikimediaMobile.

The code is 100% open source and community built. If you are a developer and good at JS/HTML5, then come fork us! https://github.com/wikimedia/WikipediaMobile

Recent changes:
New in 1.3.4
* privacy policy & terms of use links in footer

New in 1.3.3
* fix for some Android 2.2 devices (fallback to HTTP on 2.2)

New in 1.3
* Much faster page loading on slower connections
* Styling fixes
* Fixes for right-to-left languages

New in 1.2
* New look and feel for sections
* Uses the API to load content, is faster
* References show up in easy to use overlay
* Pinch to zoom in the maps on ICS and Honeycomb
* Style fixes for ICS phones
* Better support for RTL languages

Google Play Books

Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:02:11 +0000

Choose from millions of titles on Google Play including new releases, New York Times best sellers, up-and-coming authors, and free books. Easily personalize your reading experience, pick up where you left off on your phone, tablet, or computer, and get reading today!

Recent changes:
Improved performance.
Fixed over 90 issues, including crashes.
Implemented a number of UI improvements, including an added drop-down menu in the library to filter books by type, and identifying place names on the current page when the reading controls are showing.