Many readers may already know about this program, use it and enjoy it. However, if you don’t, here’s a post about this small and very useful application – MySettings.

MeSettings is a full-screen application – it occupies an entire screen space. The essence of the application is very simple – quick access to the most popular and useful system options. Various settings are displayed as buttons, which are arranged in a grid. In total there are 12 buttons available to the user. There are buttons that simply turn certain functions on or off (e.g. Wi-Fi or Bluetooth), as well as buttons that provide access to more detailed settings.

For example, if you click on the “call mode” button, another menu will open, where you will be able to select the desired mode. The same applies to the brightness button, which allows you to select one of fixed values. I’m not going to describe all available options – just have a look at the screenshots.

Interestingly enough MySettings has a flashlight mode, which is available through the system bar. Additionally, the application is displaying battery level and available memory in the device and on the card.

I think that the developers have managed to create a very simple, user friendly and powerful application. Highly recommend.

There are a few programs available for Android that can properly remove installed applications or create data backups. However, for most of these programs application control is a secondary function (you will find that almost all file managers can do it). Therefore this functionality is either not that easy to use or doesn’t have all of the necessary options. AppControl is one of the first few programs  (and I’m sure that more will come in the future) that are specifically designed to control installed applications. It can monitor installed software, delete or archive it, and perform many other functions.

Program’s main window is a matrix of all installed applications (shown as icons). They are sorted alphabetically, which makes search much easier. If required, you can easily expand or contract the list by a click of a button.

For convenience, AppControl has a widgets tab, which only lists programs that have widgets.

In addition, AppControl has a built-in active application and service manager. It is a very convenient thing, that allows you to close the desired application or all programs at once with just one click, switch to the selected program or uninstall it.

In the settings menu you can change the size of the displayed icons, whether to show or hide program’s icon in the system bar, set default actions for clicks and set some other controls.

Conclusion – AppControl is a convenient and useful program for those who like to experiment with new software, installing and removing various programs.

Alternative review is available on Android Tapp.
Cost on Android Market: $2,95 USD

Not that long ago users did not care much about the amounts of mobile traffic, but since the iPhone was first released, constant communication with the network has become the norm. Smartphones based on the Android, as the iPhone, constantly access the network (for a reason or without one), if you keep automatic updates of various widgets and programs, as well as automatic synchronisation of your personal data enabled. Because of this, it would be useful to know how much traffic gets transmitted to and from the device, so you don’t get a nasty surprise from your mobile carrier at the end of the month (this is especially true if you are on a smaller data cap). There are many programs to monitor the traffic available for Android, but I liked the Data Counter.

The application allows for the data update time to be configured by a user (e.g. 1, 2, 5 minutes, etc.) and displays detailed statistics for a period of time (e.g. day, week, month). On the screen the program is displayed as a widget, a small gray window (about 1/8 of the screen), which shows the amounts of incoming and outgoing traffic for GSM / UMTS networks and for Wi-Fi.

If you click on the widget, a window with detailed statistics of data transferred over various periods of time will open. Here you can see what data volumes have been transferred and received within a day, week, month, or since the installation of the application. By the way, on top of showing the data transmission volumes for GSM / UMTS and Wi-Fi, the detailed statistics window shows the amount of data received via Bluetooth (not that relevant for Android 2.0).

The program can be set to open as a pop-up menu or a full-screen window with wireless interface switches, volume controls, and various other options. These options include:

• Brightness control
• Volume levels (call, message, alarm clock, and others)
• Enable / disable sound
• Enable / disable Wi-Fi
• Enable / disable Bluetooth
• Enable / disable GPS
• Enable / disable data transmission (2G/3G)
• Enable / disable flight mode
• Enable / disable automatic synchronization
• Enable / disable automatic screen rotation
• Enable / disable screen lock
• Sleep mode settings

User interface is simple and convenient – just switch the desired option on or off. Each button shows its state (whether this option is enabled or disabled). Unused buttons can be easily removed from the screen.

Additionally, you can change the program icon in the system tray (top of the screen) – make it black, white or remove it.

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