In one sentence, Bento app for iPhone is a handy and inexpensive application for collecting, searching and displaying information. While it is not the ultimate database management app for iPhone, it still got enough features to make your life a lot easier. Bento has been designed as a standalone application, even though it does a favor by efficiently syncing with Bento’s desktop Mac version. Bento iPhone app is priced at a slightly higher $4.99, even though many argue that given its features, it is not so high a price tag.

Features of Bento App

As expected of a decent database management application, Bento iPhone application packs a large number of options and different types of libraries, in which you can save/store different types of data. The available options include Projects, Contacts, Recipes, To-Do Items, Diet Log, Files, Events, Inventory, Event Planning, Home Inventory, Expenses, Time Billing, Exercise Log, Classes, Digital Media, Student List, Membership List, Products for Sale, Equipment, Vehicle Maintenance, Items Sold, Issue Tracking, Customers, Donations and Notes. You can make blank and custom libraries for those items that don’t figure in the default templates. The default templates are easy to use and incredibly functional.

Further, Bento app for iPhone supports 15 field types include dates, numbers, time, text, email, URL, address etc. Certainly noteworthy amongst the various fields is the location data field that uses the GPS/ Wi-Fi in your iPhone to record your location, even though you have to enter it manually. Bento also comes with an option that lets you create related data fields right on the Apple device, not to mention the iTunes-style searching and instant sorting feature that helps you to find things a lot quicker.

On the downside, even though it is compatible with most other iPhone apps, it support for AirPrint is very much limited in scope. Also, there is no way to capture video in the medial fields using iPhone’s camera, even though it works for photos and audio. Another noticeable bug (if it can be called so) is that Bento recognizes ‘tab’ as a text tab, while using the Bluetooth keyboard. In such a situation, the user has no choice but to use his/her finger to move from one field to another.

Conclusion

Bento iPhone application proves extremely useful to individual users who use their iPhone regularly to store important information. It offers professional and fast solution as far as central information organization is concerned. And it works wonders when paired with its desktop version. Verdict: One of the best standalone personal database applications for iPhone that you can get for a modest $4.99.

The iPhone has brought people many great features, but it is ultimately apps that have the ability to make use of those features to make things great. This is certainly true of Project 365, an iPhone mobile app that does not really do anything special but puts a unique twist on a regular thing that makes you wonder why it never occurred to you before.

Take a picture every single day

The whole point of Project 365 app for iPhone is to get you to use the camera on your iPhone more often. Just about every cell phone released these days comes with some sort of digital camera in the phone and as long as you have a decent level of skill as a photographer, you can take advantage of that fact by taking a picture every single day.

Document the passing of a year in your life

The whole point of Project 365 iPhone app is to get you to appreciate everything that happens in your life. Is there a day where something normal happened? That’s just about every day but we tend not to remember such things. Take a picture of something you want to remember a year late and Project 365 mobile application will save that picture for you so that you can indeed remember. In a world where it is difficult to remember the last 24 hours in any amount of detail, being able to remember something from a year ago that you might not otherwise remember can be a very rewarding experience if you give it a chance.

Final Score

Evaluating an iPhone app like Project 365 is a little difficult because this app is little more than a fancy photo album with a little bit of verbal spin thrown into the mix. It certainly deserves extra points for the unique approach, but how many extra points is really the question. If you are someone that really got a kick out of the idea of documenting one picture per day for the next year of your life, Project 365 is a great app for you. If it seems somewhat unnecessary as an idea, this app is basically just a lower feature photo album.

In the end, we decided to give Project 365 iPhone app a final score of 8 out of 10. It gets a bump because of the nice idea that comes with the app, but that is not enough to put it up there with the best photo album apps the iPhone has to offer.

Express News Android App Review

There’s nothing better than finding out what’s going on in your community … your city or state … your country … or anywhere around the world – when you want the information. And now, you can get it with Express News. This is an outstanding application, available through Android that gives you “instant access” to news and current events almost as quickly as they happen.

Application Name:

Express News App is made available by Handmark, Inc and enables users, like you, to find out, fast, what’s going on in the world around you.

Summary:

This remarkable application actually gives you the very best, most up-to-date and relevant news on the mobile web without a browser. It’s easy-to-use and very effective. All you have to do is open Express News App and get instant access to more than 150 news feeds from major news organizations all over the world.

For example: you can retrieve the latest news from the Associated Press … for the Canadian Press … from Agence France-Presse … and from many, many more ,major and legitimate news organizations – over 150 in all! Who needs a newspaper … or a television network to find out the latest news in politics … world affairs … show business … sports … and anything else that you find interesting.

The news you want – all of it – is available inside your mobile phone. It just doesn’t get any easier than that. Better yet, this application is free.

User Interaction:

This is a great idea if you enjoy staying well-informed. You can access information and news almost as quickly as it happens.

User Interface: There are no special technical skills needed to use this application. All you have to do is “open the application” on the mobile web and – instantly – access news and information from 150 or more prominent world-class news sources. It makes newspapers virtually obsolete. And you won’t have to rush home to watch the network news on television at 6:00 P.M.

Utility and Productivity:

Express News is the one application that puts an experienced reporter “in your pocket” … gives you easy access to news throughout the day … helps you stay informed and knowledgeable. It’s a terrific application … and it’s available in 8 languages.

Rating

People who use Express News app really like it. People who use Express News app really like it. The price is right – its’ Free!  It is also so easy-to-use. You’ll find it, conveniently, right on the mobile web – 24 hours a day, seven days a week. And, of course, you’ll find whatever news interests you – local, statewide, national … even international. Enjoy using it.