Asus Google Nexus 7 review, one of the best $199 tablets

 I have been using the Google Nexus 7 tablet by Asus for a few weeks now, and it works great. I like how fast it turns on in under a minute. It also opens and runs apps very quickly, and there is no slow down. The 16GB of built-in storage also is big enough to install a lot of apps on it.

Turning on the Google Nexus 7 is also incredibly fast even when I have a lot of apps and games installed on it. The Nexus 7 takes less then a minute to turn on after pressing the power button, and it wakes from sleep in a few seconds when I press the power button. To make the Nexus 7 sleep to save power, I just quickly tap on the power button. To turn it off, I hold on the power button for a few seconds, and tap on the turn off device option and agree.

The battery life of the Nexus 7 is also pretty good, and last over 6-10+ hours with Wi-Fi on and the screen at medium brightness in my experience. It can stay charged for a very long time in sleep and off mode.

The Nexus 7 charges its battery in only a few hours or less from 10 percent charge to fully charge, so I don't need to wait overnight for it to be fully charge. The battery and tablet also stays cool when it is charging.

The tablets back also does not get very hot when playing games, or using it for a long time.

It uses the Google Android 4.2.1 Jellybean operating system which run pretty smoothly, and is easy to use. The Google Play store also has a lot of paid and free apps and games, movies, music, ebooks, and magazine which are easy to download and install onto the Nexus 7. I found hundreds of fun games, and useful apps on the Google Play store, and most of the apps are free, or cheap at only a dollar or more. Installing apps are easy since I just need to hit the install, and agree buttons. Plus, it is also easy to uninstall apps in Settings>App, and press uninstall. The Nexus 7 also lets you clear the app cache temporary files all at once in the storage settings, so you can easily empty your temporary cache files with one click of a button instead of using an App cache cleaner app like in older versions of Android like 2.3 Gingerbread.

By using an official Google Nexus tablet, Google will most likely release the latest operating system for your device instead of waiting extra weeks, months, or years for an update to the latest version of Android from your tablet company which does not have the Nexus name in it.

The Nexus 7 is  light and easy to hold with one hand, and comfortable to hold with its curve corners, and soft back with dotted texture to make it less slippery. I like the position of the power, volume, USB and headphone port which are all easy to reach. It is also very thin, so it does not take up much space in your bag.

The 7 inch 1280×800 resolution Touchscreen on the Nexus 7 is very sharp, bright, and the colors look very realistic. I can also easily read it in brighter rooms because it uses a IPS screen which is better for outdoor reading. Reading on the Nexus 7 at night is also pretty easy to do. The touchscreen is also very responsive, and smooth. Using the onscreen Back, Home, and menu buttons are easy, and switching between apps by hitting the menu buttons is pretty simple by tapping on the Menu button. The Touchscreen also supports multi-touch, so you can use 5 fingers to play games like Fruit Ninja.

I also notice the screen is very smooth/non-sticky, so it is easy to wipe off fingerprints, oils, and other things on the screen with a clean soft clothe.

The speaker on the Nexus 7 is also pretty load, and I can hear it in a louder room. The webcam and microphone on the tablet, are both pretty good for video chatting, taking photos for the internet, voice to text, voice search, and other video, picture and voice tasks.

The wireless 802.11N internet on the Nexus 7 is also fast, and reliable with 3 to 4 bars out of 4 bars on the signal strength indicator on the Nexus 7 system tray icon when I connect my Nexus 7 to my Medialink 802.11N 150Mbps wireless router. I also get a strong signal all over my home with my Nexus 7, and my wireless internet on the Nexus 7 rarely disconnects from the router, and only takes a few seconds to connect to my router after it wakes up from sleep, and power on.

I can stream High Quality/HD YouTube videos without any slow downs and buffering. The Google Chrome Web browser also works great, and it is very fast at opening websites. It also downloads and installs big apps and games from the Google Play market place very quickly.

News Reader apps like Google Currents, and Flipboard also run very fast on the Nexus 7.

Games like Temple Run, Angry Birds Star Wars, Fruit Ninja, Pacman racing, and many more run great on the Nexus 7.

I can have a lot of Apps open and the tablet still performs pretty fast because the Nexus 7 has a 1.3 GHz Quad Core CPU, 1GB of RAM, and Nvidia Tegra 3 Graphics.

The Asus Google Nexus 7 is probably one of the best $199 tablets for playing games on because it is fast, and has Bluetooth, so you can wirelessly connect a Bluetooth gamepad controller like the Moga Controller by Power A with Bluetooth connectivity for playing games with a controller if you prefer playing games which supports Bluetooth controller instead of touch screen controls. The Bluetooth connectivity can also be used to connect a Bluetooth keyboard to the Nexus 7 for faster typing. You can also use a wired Micro USB keyboard to plug into the Nexus 7 USB port to type on.

There are also Micro to Full size USB adapters, so you can access your USB flash drive, keyboards, and USB external drives on, so you can use the Nexus 7 like a laptop computer with Full size USB ports.

It is also possible to use Bluetooth to connect a keyboard, mouse, and speakers to your tablet, so you can use it like a laptop.

The Asus Nexus 7 also has GPS and location access services which is useful if you use apps like Map Apps, FoureSquare, etc. There is also NFC which let you transfer data and files between other NFC devices without complicated steps like installing an App or typing in an address in a web browser like Wi-Fi file explorers.

The Nexus 7 also has a gyroscope, and accelerometer  which is useful for using apps, and games.

I recommend the Asus Nexus 7 for people looking for an affordable 7 inch tablet which has full access to the Google Play App store for downloading apps, games, magazines, ebooks, music, or to use for just browsing the web, and social networking.

Social Networking Apps for Google Android makes posting online faster

Social networking is one of the main ways many people find, share, and post about their lives, news, and other content online where friends and followers can easily find and help promote content you posted online. Using an app would make it easier and faster for you to post content online from a phone or tablet.

The main advantage of using social networking apps to post online is it is faster then opening a web browser, typing in the address, or going into your bookmarks to go to a social network, and signing in.

With an app, all you need to do is launch it from your homescreen on Google Android, type your message, upload your photo or video, and hit the post button.

Social networking apps also notify you of new messages, and post from your friends when they post new posts.

The user interface on the app might also be better on the app then the mobile website if the site have one, so you don't have to zoom in to read text, and view photos in an app.

In my experience, social networking apps seem to crash, and slow down less then web browsers with a lot of windows and tabs open. Plus, there are fewer buttons, ads, tabs, address and tool bars on a social networking app then some web browser and website using up a lot of screen space when open. Some apps like Hootsuite, let you login to multiple social networking apps at once, so you can save time by not manually logging into a lot of sites to post, and stay updated and active on most or all your social networking profile accounts.

List of great social networking apps for Google Android


Facebook official app for Android let you keep up with friends, Pages, Groups, reply to posts, search for friends, update your status update, upload photos and videos, and like comments on Facebook. You can also play games and use apps on Facebook. The latest version of Facebook for Android is more smooth, and fast compared to older versions which seem slower. I also like the user interface in Facebook app because it is similar to the website.



I like using Friendcaster Facebook app because it is fast even on slower phones and tablets, and easy to use for keeping up with friends on Facebook. It is easy to navigate, and read on a mobile smartphone and tablet. It is easy to post messages, and upload photos to Facebook in Friendcaster with a few taps of the screen.

Hootsuite is a pretty good Twitter Client for Android. It is fast, and easy to use to follow people, and reply to people's tweet, and post tweets. You can also login to your Facebook, LinkedIn, and Foursquare accounts, and let you upload photos, receive notifications, view click stats, and schedule updates.

Pinterest is a new social network which let you upload images, post images from websites, search for images, search for pin boards related to a topic like sports, and search for people with similar interest. You can use the Pinterest app to comment on images, and videos which people posted on Pinterest.




Tumblr is a blog style social networking site which let you share photos, text links, articles, and video. It also let you save drafts to post latter, and schedule posts to posts at certain times on your Tumblr account. You can also find people to follow, and reply to people messages from within the app, and manage all your Tumblr blogs from the Tumblr app.

Flipboard also has built-in social networking sharing on popular social networks like Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, Google+, YouTube, Google Reader, LinkedIn, Flickr, 500px, Sina Weibo, and Renren which let you connect your social accounts to Flipboard to read posts, and reply to your posts with social accounts.

Flipboard is also a news reader app which let you read articles from blogs on a magazine smartphone and tablet friendly view which is easy to read on a tablet and smartphone because of bigger font, and better touch navigation like swiping your finger to the left of the screen to change a page like a ebook.



The Google Android operating system for tablets like the Nexus 7, and smartphones like the Nexus 4 also come with a few social networking apps bundled with Android. The YouTube app lets you subscribe to members channel, comment on  videos, like and favorite videos, and also upload your own videos from your mobile phone or tablet. Google Plus is another social networking app which let you do video chat via Talk or hangout, text chat, post videos, text, links, and share content on Google Plus. You can also use Google Play to install the Blogspot/blogger app, and third-party apps like Instagram which is a photo sharing social network which can be used to add special effects to your photos which you taken with your phone or tablet's camera.

Fluent News Reader App, deliver the latest news links for you to read on Google Android

Fluent News Reader is an App for Google Android which delivers the latest news in Full articles format from websites like Fox, BBC, MSNBC, Wall Street Journal, ESPN, and Washington Post on different categories like Business, World, Science and Technology, Lifestyle, Entertainment, and more.

Fluent has a built in browser for displaying the mobile versions of News websites instead of the desktop version because the mobile version loads faster, and is easier to read on a phone or tablet without zooming in and out.

You can also share articles on Twitter, Facebook, e-mail, Google+, and view articles offline from the app without leaving the app.

Fluent news is easy to use since you don't have to set up a subscription to Google Reader, make an account, or pick categories and websites to subscribe to like other News Reader apps and websites. You just install Fluent News, and you are ready to read from different news sources on different categories.

To change categories/topics like Business, World News, and Life style, you just tap on the menu button on Fluent, or your phone or tablet if it has a physical menu button. After you tap on the menu button, Fluent will show you a list of categories you can read. You just tap on the category which you want to read and Fluent will display links to articles which you can read on the category you picked.

You click on the article link on Fluent to launch the article. When you are reading an Article, you can tap on the menu button to share the article by e-mail, and social network like Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter.

The App runs pretty fast on a Google Android Tablet, and the news is updated regularly. I like that Fluent News Reader uses less then 1 MB of space to install it. It also rarely crashes in my experience.

The best feature of Fluent News is everything is automatic, so there is no syncing with accounts like Google Reader, or loging in required like other news readers, and all articles being linked to on Fluent are full articles displayed on a mobile website template making it easier for people on tablets and smartphones to read the news.

gReader, Great third party Google Reader for reading your news on Google Android

  I have been using gReader (Google Reader / RSS) which is a free third party news reader app which let me log-in to my Google Reader account from the app, and quickly downloads and sync articles from my favorite blogs with a RSS news feed which let people subscribe with news readers.

I can also use my Google Reader/Gmail account to manage my subscriptions google.com/reader on a desktop computer, so I can easily subscribe to blogs and news sites I want to follow on gReader installed on my mobile devices like Tablets and Smartphones. Plus, I don't lose my subscriptions even if I lost my phone or tablet because all my subscriptions are saved on my Gmail account which I can access from almost any internet connected device.

I like using gReader because it let me easily keep up to date on my favorite blogs without opening a web browser, going into my bookmarks folder, looking for the link to go to blogs, browsing the website to look for articles to read, and zooming in and out of websites to read the text if the website is not a mobile website.

With gReader, new articles from blogs are automatically downloaded to my Tablet when it is on, so once I launch gReader all my subscriptions from Google Reader are ready for me to read even if I don't have internet on.

Plus, gReader have offline reading support, so I can still read while I am offline. Setting up gReader to get news from my Google Reader account is easy. All I need to do is login to my Google reader account from gReader to sync gReader with Google Reader. I can also use gReader to search for new blogs, and websites to add to my Google Reader/gReader profile from within the app.

I can also search for text within subscriptions, and articles to make finding articles easier from within gReader.

The reading experience from within gReader is great for tablets, and smartphones. I can easily adjust the font size, and theme to Dark or Black for better night reading, and back to bright for daytime reading.

Some blogs only send you a few sentences for you to read on Reader apps to make you visit the full website. When you open the full website where the article is hosted, gReader will format the article to display in Reader mode to make the article look like articles saved to gReader. Articles in Reader mode won't have banners, sidebars, and comments like the full website, but if you prefer the full website layout, you can click on the web button, or change the setting to web in the display settings for gReader.

It is also possible to show a thumbnail image of images within articles, and read the first few sentences of an article before opening it to see what it is about.

Articles which you read are mark as read, mark article as favorite, and there are options to save articles to read offline on your devices memory. It is also possible to use gReader to share articles by email, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, and other social networks.

Once you are done reading an Article in gReader, you can swipe your finger to the left on your tablet, or phone which will tell gReader to load to the next article. You can also hit the back button on your mobile device to go back to the article list from the news source. There are also navigational buttons for scrolling and going back to the home screen on gReader sidebar.

gReader also has Widgets, Text-To-Speech, Podcast support (streaming), Mark read on scroll.

In my experience, gReader runs pretty well on my Asus Google Nexus 7 tablet. Articles load almost instantly, and gReader never freezes and crashes. The user interface is easy to use because it has the back, up and down scroll bar buttons, and toolbar buttons for doing common tasks, so I so not need to change the settings much.

gReader is one of the best third party Google Reader apps for Google Android, and it is also available in the Amazon App store, so Kindle Fire users can read their website and blog subscription from the gReader app instead of on a web browser which can be slow, and time consuming compared to using an app .

News Hog Google Android App delivers you news automatically from different topics from Google News to your Google Android phone or tablet

NewsHog (Google News Reader) finds news from different articles which are listed on Google News, and displays them in an easy to read news reading app designed for reading comfortably and quickly on Smartphones and Tablets.

You can pick from 100+ different topics like food, music, technology to subscribe to, or make your own topics like The Olympics, or regional news based on a city's name or zip code and News Hog will automatically find and deliver stories for you to read online when you open the app, and offline when you are not connected to the internet.

News Hog also have a built-in browser for reading news directly on its web browser if you prefer reading news on a browser, or to visit the website to make a comment on the article.

It is also to use the share button to share articles with friends on Facebook, Twitter, e-mail, and other places. You can also filter article as read, or save articles to read latter because News hog downloads articles while you are reading them.

News Hog has a text to speech feature which let you listen to the article, and you can set it's built-in alarm clock, so you can wake up to the latest news headlines instead of an annoying buzzer or alarm clock.

You can also change the size of the images in News hog to large, and adjust the font size to small or big to make reading more comfortable for you.

Changing topics to read is easy with the topic bar on the top of the app. You just tap on the topic, or slide your finger to the left on the right to see more topics which you picked, or made. It is also possible to search within topics and category, save, and like/favorite your favorite articles for latter reading.

To read an article, you click on the article title which will launches the article, and article pictures on your mobile phone or tablet. Some articles on News hog only show part of the article, and require you to press the "open full article in browser" button to launch the full article's on the owner's website to read. If you find the article hard to read, you can press a button which looks like a piece of lined paper to reload the article in News Hog. Once you are done reading the article, you can swipe your finger to the left to read a older article, or swipe your finger to the right to read a newer article. You can also hit the back button to see the list of articles related to the topic.

The swiping finger gesture to the left or right is one of the main advantages of News Hog over a web browser, and other news reader since switching articles is like a book where you turn the page which is more natural compared to pressing a back or forward button like a browser.

The best part of News Hog is it is not subscription base, so you do not need to manually enter in each link for a website, or add websites manually to News hog since News Hog uses  Google News to find you the most important articles on a certain topic/category on Google News.

News Hog app runs pretty fast in Android, and it is very easy to use, and uses most of your screen space to display articles, so you can read your news faster, or listen to it with the text to speech feature which you can use by just clicking the speaker button.

I like that News Hog is a lot easier then opening up a web browser, typing in a link, or looking through my bookmarks for websites to read which are not always formatted to be easy to read on a mobile phone or tablet, so I need to zoom in and out just to read the articles. With News Hog, I can just click on the app, and browse through the topics which I am interested in, and click on articles I want to read.

The Pink pig icon for News Hog is also pretty easy to find on my home screen because it stands out more then generic app icons.

Pulse News, lets you follow all your online news from one Google Android app

Pulse News is an online news reader which lets you easily read all your news from one simple news reader app installed on Google Android.

Searching for websites to subscribe to is easy with Pulse's built-in category, and search engine in Pulse. You can also connect your Google Reader account, and add your own RSS news feeds to add sites which you are already subscribe to.

Browsing your subscriptions, and reading articles is easy because Pulse is like a magazine style website where you click on an article's thumbnail/title which you are interested in, and reading the article in an eBook and magazine style format. You can also bookmark articles for latter reading on pulse.me which is Pulse's website where you can read your news feeds on a  desktop web browser like Google Chrome or Internet Explorer. You can also sync your News Feeds with your other Google Android and Apple iOS phones and tablets with the Pulse News app installed on it by logging into your Pulse account, so you can read your news from all your devices.

Adjusting the font size, and style is very easy when you click on the font button in pulse. You can also switch to the Dark theme for better reading in low light because your background will be black, and font will be white, and if you want to go back to the daylight theme with a white background, and black font, you just click the light theme.

Pulse can be used to share articles on e-mail, Facebook, Twitter, and more from within the app to help promote good articles to your followers to read. You can also like, share, and comment on articles on social networks like Facebook, and browse content from content based social networks like YouTube, Vimeo, Digg, Reddit, and more in Pulse.

You can read your articles offline with Pulse because articles are automatically downloaded to your tablet or smartphone as you open Pulse, so if you lose your internet connection, you can still read on Pulse.You can also save battery power by turning off Wi-Fi and 3G/4G mobile data after Pulse has downloaded all your articles.

You can add up to 60 News sources on 5 different News pages/tabs.

In my experience Pulse runs pretty well when all your feeds are loaded on Pulse. But, it can be slow if other apps like a web browser, media player, etc.

TapTu, Follow your news blogs in a news feed style Google Android App

Taptu is a free Newsreader RSS Feed Reader App which is used for reading news feeds from blogs, websites, online magazines, and your Google Reader account if you have one.

It can also be used to post, reply, and read status updates, and posts on social networks like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIN, and other social networks to read articles which friends posted to their social network profiles.

It is very easy to add new news sources to Taptu by searching for topics, website names, and feeds on Taptu built-in search engine to search for websites, websites on a specific category, or you can manually add websites your find in Taptu's categories . If you already have a Google Reader account, you can easily add   blogs, websites, etc which you saved to Google Reader, and add them to the TapTu app.

Connecting your Taptu app to its website is easy. You just need to use Taptu to login to your Facebook, Twitter, Linkedin or Google account to sync Taptu to Taptu's online website, so you can use multiple devices running iOS, Android, Nook Color, Playbook, Kindle & Samsung Bada operating systems.

You can also use your account which you link to Taptu to read articles on Taptu.com on a computer with a web browser, and internet connection.

Taptu lets you merge multiple feeds into one feed to save screen space on phones and tablets.

You can also change the background color of the website or feed title to make finding them easier.

Browsing articles on a feed is also easy all you do is swipe your finger right to left, and Taptu automatically show you older articles in the feed. It is also very easy to change the font size and style, reading template like Bright, or Dark page, and picture size in articles, or hide articles to save bandwidth, and make article downloads faster.

I like that reading Articles in Taptu is like reading a Magazine

If you like the article, you can bookmark it to read at a latter time, or save it to Instapaper, and Pocket which are offline article readers which you can use to read your articles offline anytime you want even when there is no internet connection once you save the article to Instapaper, or Pocket.

Tatu also seems to freeze up less, and crash less then other newsreader apps which I used for Android, and it also runs faster, and seems easier to use then other news apps while looking attractive for a news reader app.

Flipboard a Google Android news and social network magazine style reader app

Flipboard is a news blog and social networking reader app which let you read your favorite blogs like TechCrunch, Gigaom, Readwrite, Google Reader and your social accounts like Facebook, Twitter, Google Plus, and more from the convenience of an app installed on your Google Android phone or tablet.

Flipboard is also available for Apple's iOS devices like iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch, so you can follow your same feeds by logging into your Flipboard account on the Flipboard App for iOS.

Flipboard is also a good discovery tool for finding new blogs, and articles to read because Flipboard also suggest blogs by topic to you, and there is a search engine in Flipboard to search for new blogs to read.

The social reading feature of Facebook, Twitter, etc is good for quickly reading status updates from your friends.

It is also easy to share articles with Flipboard on social networks by clicking the share button on Flipboard to share articles on Facebook, Twitter, etc.

If you want to read the article later, you can save articles to Pocket, Instapaper, and Readability which let you save articles for offline reading when you are not connected to the internet.

Using Flipboard is pretty easy since it is like a book. You swipe your finger to the left to flip a page, and you click on the title to read the article. When you are done reading an Article you click the back button.

I like the clean magazine style layout with a picture on the side of each article. The text and font in Flipboard is also easy to read.

You can also read Twitter comments on the articles, see the number of retweets, retweet the article, favorite the article in article, and share the article online, or with other apps like Pocket, Instapaper, and Readability to read at a latter time offline.

At the bottom of the article, you can view the article on the original website by opening it on a web browser like Android Browser, Opera Mini, ect by pressing on the view original article button

Flipboard runs smooth and fast even on slower Google Android tablets like the Kobo Vox. Flipboard app has a full screen mode, so you can use your entire screen to read your news, and social feeds on Flipboard without distractions from the Android Status bar, and notifications.

Flipboard is a good app for quickly following your favorite news blogs without opening a mobile web browser, typing in the address, and reading the news on a mobile site, or worse a desktop website which is not optimized for phones and tablets which require you to zoom in and out to just read a little bit of text.

Flipboard is also great for following your friends on social networks like YouTube, Facebook, and Twitter, and to share websites with them you found on Flipboard from within the Facebook App.

Pocket Offline reader app, saves articles, web video, and online images to view in Google Android while Offline

Pocket formerly known as "Read it Later" is a free offline reader app which lets you easily copy articles, web video, and online images from other reading apps like Google Currents Reader, Pulse, Flipboard, Feedly, Twitter, and web browsers like Dolphin Browser for Google Android to your Google Android Tablet and Smartphone internal storage to read on Pocket.

You can also create a Pocket account on its website, so you can sync articles which you save from Pocket to your web browser, e-mail PC, and other Android, iOS, Windows Phone, WebOS, and s60  Tablets and phones which you own, and have Pocket installed on.

Using The Web App and Extension on Google Chrome is also very easy to save articles to Pocket by pressing the pocket button on the toolbar, or using the right click menu to pick save to Pocket on the Google Chrome Right Click Menu.

Reading articles with the Web app on Pocket's website with my Pocket online account is simple, and clean like reading an online magazine, and you can tag, categorize, and delete articles within the web app easily.

You do not need to have a Pocket account to use Pocket, but you can't use the syncing features to sync and backup articles, pictures and video to your other devices which you own. Your articles wll also get lost if your phone or tablet gets stolen or lost, but with a Pocket account, you can still read your articles on your other devices, or a web browser like Google Chrome, and sync your previously saved articles to your new replacement phone or tablet after you sign-in to your Pocket account on your new Tablet or phone.

Pocket is very easy to use since you just use the share button on Apps like Feedly, and pick Pocket from the share menu, and the article, picture, and video are automatically stored in Pocket to read at a latter time while you are offline. The fonts in Pocket are easy to read, and reading from Pocket full screen app is like reading an eBook or Magazine because you just read the article and see pictures instead of also seeing a sidebar, widgets, etc like on a desktop website.

There is also a night mode theme in Pocket which turns Pocket background color to black, and the font to white to make it easier to read at night, and low light conditions. It is pretty to search for articles which you previously saved, and tag them to categorize them for easy searching.

You can also mark articles with a star, and delete articles you already read to free up room for new articles.

Pocket is also very fast. It launches in seconds, and articles load almost instantly. It is also easy to use to read, archive, favorite, tag and delete read articles.

You can also share articles from within the Pocket app to share interesting articles via Bluetooth, e-mail, Facebook, or SMS links with friends.

I also find that Pocket is very stable, and rarely crashes, and freezes like other reader apps I used.

Pocket is good for saving money on cell phone data plans, and battery life because you can download all your articles, pictures, and video in Pocket while at home with your home WiFi, or use free Wi-Fi available at schools, and other public places to download articles, so you do not need to use your cell phone's data plan to download articles and video. You can also turn off Wi-Fi and your 3G or 4G data service on your phone to save battery life because Pocket does not need Internet for you to read articles offline. Plus, you have articles to read while there is a power or internet outage as long as your phone's or tablet's battery is charged with power.

I think reading from an App like Pocket would be one of the main ways people discover, read and share articles from the web because Reader apps are clean, simple, and fast while backing up articles for safe keeping unlike a website where articles are gone if a site goes down, delete the article, or sells or close the site like Yahoo's Geocities which is gone forever because Yahoo shut it down a few years a go.

Feedly, Magazine Style Google News Reader App for Google Android

Feedly is a free magazine style Google News Reader App which you can use on Google Android phones, and tablets.

I like Feedly because it is easier to read then desktop and many mobile sites on a small phone and tablet because it is like a magazine or ebook with larger font, and cleaner design. There is also a night mode which changes the color of the background to black, and the font to white to make it easier to read at night.

It is also faster then using a web browser because I just need to connect my Google Reader/Gmail account to Feedly to start following blogs, websites, and other sites with RSS news feeds on Feedly. Plus, Feedly just load the article and article images instead of the whole website, so there is less to load, and article load very fast. Feedly also have a built-in web browser to view the article from within Feedly web browser, or click the browser button to load an external web browser like Chrome, Firefox, or Opera, so you can read  and make comments on the article from the articles official website on the web.

The page turn animation., and scrolling up and down an article is pretty fast, and Feedly rarely crashes like other news readers.

What I like about Feedly is that I can easily add new subscriptions to Feedly by using my Google Reader account on Google at google.com/reader/view/ which has a easy to use website for adding new websites by just clicking the subscribe button, and pasting in a blog link into the textbox, and clicking add.

You can also use the Google Reader App for Google Android to add a website to subscribe to in Feedly, and to manage your subscription.

You can also add suggested or websites you like to read in Feedly's App, and star/save articles to read at a latter time, on Feedly or Google Reader. You can also save articles to Pocket, or Instapaper to read offline when you are not connected to the internet.

Feedly can also be used to share web links articles on Twitter, and Facebook from within the App, so your friends, family, and followers can more easily find and comment on articles on Facebook and Twitter.

Feedly is also available on popular web browsers like Google Chrome, Firefox, and Safari, so you can read the same article on multiple devices and browsers.

Apps for Google Android to help you improve troubleshoot your wireless wi-fi internet connection

Wi-Fi problems like disconnecting Wi-Fi, slow wireless internet, and short wireless range are problems which a lot of Wireless Wi-Fi users deal with in their home, or public Wi-Fi like at school.

However, there are apps for Google Android which make it easier for the common user to pick the right wi-fi channel which is less crowded, so your performance and reliability of the signal can be better.

Using your phone or tablet is more convenient then taking out your laptop, and starting it up since apps can easily tell you the signal strength of a wireless network, what channel the network is on, and what type of password protection like WEP, WPA, and WPA2 it is using with a few taps of the fingers on a touchscreen.

A tablet, and phone is also lighter, and have better battery life then a laptop, so you can leave your phone or tablet powered on longer without charging it while troubleshoot your wireless network.
There is an App for Google Android called Wi-Fi Analyzer which more accurately rate and measure your wireless internet's signal strength then the signal indicator on your phone or tablet's status bar or the default Wi-Fi connections manager for Android. The Wi-Fi Analyzer can help you find locations in your home where the signal is weak or no signal, so you can move your router or Wi-Fi repeaters to another location where it can reach the weak or no signal area of your house to make the signal stronger.
There is an app called WiFi Connection Manager which makes it easy for you to find out what channels what other networks are using, so you can find the least populated channel to set your wireless network to, or connect to the fastest public wi-fi network which is open. It can also find hidden network, and connect to networks from the connection manager.

Tip: You can use your Android phones or tablet web browser to open the control panel for your router's web-based control panel which address is usually 192.168.0.1 or 192.168.1.1 , and the default username is admin and password is admin.

Maxthon Mobile Browser for Google Android, Makes browsing the web easier and faster on phones+tablets

Maxthon Mobile Browser for Google Android is a mobile which uses cloud/internet computing to make it simple for users to sync their tabs, bookmarks, text, images, and other files to their Maxthon Cloud account.

Maxthon is one of the fastest, easiest to use, and most stable mobile web browsers which I use on Google Android. Pages load in seconds on my home's wireless internet. The user interface on Maxthon is also easy to use like desktop web browsers which I am used to with an address bar, bookmarks, back, forward, and other features. Maxthon browser also rarely crashes, or freezes in my experience.

Maxthon cloud sync makes it easy for you to pick up where you left off from your Google Android phone or tablet, on another Maxthon web browser running Windows, Mac, and iOS operating system by signing in with your Maxthon account.

You need a Maxthon account at Maxthon's website to use Cloud Sync feature, but you do not need to a Maxthon account to use the non-cloud features of Maxthon to browse the web.

With Maxthon, you can push  text, images, websites/links and tabs from your Maxthon account on Google Android to Mac, Android and Windows operating systems which also have Maxthon installed on it

Maxthon ha cloud download which let you upload files to your Maxthon "My Cloud" account to backup up to 10GB of data from any device with Maxthon web browser on it.

Maxthon also has a full screen mode which has a fan-menu which make it easy to switch tabs by using touch gestures. The full screen mode also uses all your screen's space to view a website in full screen mode.

The homepage for Maxthon is useful because you can add speed dial bookmarks to open up websites with a tap of a finger on an icon. You can also setup Maxthon to open web apps, apps, and add-ons from the new tabs, or homepage.

The add-ons like Task killer, RSS reader, screenshot, file manager for Maxthon are also useful when you installed them from Google Play.

App Center in Maxthon makes finding web apps and content online easy.

You can also use touch gestures in Maxthon to close, open, switch, and restore tabs, or create your own gestures.

Reading in Maxthon is faster because it preloads pages, so you do not have to wait for pages to load. There is also night mode in Maxthon which makes your web browser easier to read in low light rooms, and it is easy to adjust the brightness in Maxthon for more comfortable reading in bright rooms.

Reader Mode adjust the font, and remove objects like widgets on a website to make reading websites easier.

There is a mode in Maxthon called WAP mode which makes downloading websites faster by using the low bandwidth WAP version of the website. It is easy to switch between the regular version and WAP version of a website in Maxthon in Maxthon's settings.

The Maxthon community also is very active with a forum, a lot of Facebook fans, and blog, so finding help on how to use Maxthon browser, or just to talk about it is simple.

Pinterest App for Google Android, fun online Image pin board app

Pinterest for Android is a fun pin board app which lets you pin images, videos, and other visual content to Pinterest.com.

You can make boards/categories for pinning your images, so they are easier to organize your pinned content. You can also give category and descriptions to your boards, so viewers can more easily know what your board is about, and possibly, let Pinterest more easily make your photos and videos which you pinned easier for users to find. You can also add a short description to images and videos which you have pinned on Pinterest.

Pinterest App for Android let you pin images by uploading them from your Google Android phone or tablet's  storage and camera, or you typing in the link or using the pin button on websites to pin a image which you selected from the website with Pinterest.

Pinterest also let you search for images and video, Pinterest boards, and members on Pinterest's built-in search engine. You can also browse categories like Art, Kids, Humor, etc when you just want to browse pins related to categories. I like using Pinterest for searching for images because most images are more high quality, bigger size, and newer then most image search I tried. For example, if I search for Tablet PC, I would get fewer results with those old Windows XP Tablets with Stylus pens instead of the iPad.

You can also use Pinterest to search for friends you already know on Facebook or Twitter by signing-up to Pinterest with your Facebook or Twitter account, or linking your accounts to Pinterest.

My favorite feature about Pinterest is the social network part of Pinterest. I can re-pin other users pin, and reply to other pins which people posted. It is also easy to follow other people's boards, and pins by following them, or just a board they made. It is also a good place to share website pictures and links with other members on Pinterest.

Pinterest is good for collecting images from around the web for arts and craft, or to easily find at a latter time by organizing them on boards. You can also make private boards to hide your images from the public.

The Pinterest App is pretty easy to use because it is like Pinterest.com which has a simple to use website for pinning images, videos, and links. The App is also pretty fast and stable in Google Android.

Opera Mini and Opera Mobile, two mobile web browsers you can use to save data on your Google Android phone or Tablet

Opera Mini and Opera Mobile have a setting called Opera Turbo which you can use to save data while you browse the internet. Opera Turbo compresses images, and other website objects like HTML codes, etc which make downloading websites faster and more efficient on your phone or tablet running Google Android.

By using less data because you are using Opera Mini or Mobile with Turbo mode as your main web browser, you can subscribe to a cheaper data or internet plan which is cheaper because you don't need to subscribe to as much data. You can also subscribe to cheaper slower internet because Opera Turbo makes website load faster on slower connections because it compresses the data, so there is less to download.

Opera web browser are also pretty light weight, and easy to use in my experience like a desktop web browser. They both have tabs for multi-tab browsing navigational buttons like back, forward, stop, refresh, an address bar, bookmarks, and speed dial bookmarks which let you set your most used bookmarks in the new tabs or homepage.

Opera also has Opera links which let you sync your bookmarks, and settings from your desktop, other mobile devices, and laptop to multiple devices, so you can access your bookmarks on multiple devices.

The main difference between Opera Mini and Opera Mobile is Opera Mobile has HTML5  and flash support which lets you view HTML5 and flash animation and video while Opera Mini does not have HTML5 or flash support.

But, Opera Mini lets you adjust the quality of the images to low, medium, or high, so by using Opera Mini, you can save even more data by downloading more compress images.

It is also very easy to turn off images in Opera if your data plan is very low, or you prefer not to see images while you browse online.

I been a user of Opera Mini and Mobile, and found it to be one of the fastest, easiest, and most stable mobile web browser for Google Android operating phones and tablets.

Friendcaster, Great 3rd party Facebook Client for Google Android

 Friendcaster for Facebook is one of my favorite third party Facebook clients for Google Android because it is fast, easy to use, looks nice, and stable.

Friendcaster lets me easily follow my friends, fanpages, notifications, messages, and timeline on Facebook easily, and it also let me reply to post, pictures, videos, and upload photos.

Friendcaster also is faster to use then the official Facebook Android app which feels slow on older phones and tablets. 

The user interface in Friendcaster is easy to use on touch screens, and viewing photos and video on Friendcaster is simple to use, and fast by just tapping on images and video.

Friendcaster is more convenient then logging into the Facebook mobile site with a mobile browser because typing in my user name and password is more difficult on a phone or tablet, and sometimes the web browser is slower then Friendcaster because there are a lot of tabs open on the browser which can slow down a phone or tablet.

Friendcaster also crashes and freezes less then web browsers and the official Facebook app in my experience.









There is also Friendcaster Facebook Chat App which let you easily chat with friends on Facebook with an App, and mark friends as favourite to chat with on Facebook. It also has themes to make your chat themes look better.

You also sav money by using Facebook chat if your cell phone service charges you money per text/sms message you send, or you have a limited amounts of text you can send per month before paying overage fees for texts.

Hootsuite, Best third party Twitter Client for Google Android

I have been using Hootsuite for Google Android, and I found it to be one of the best Twitter clients for reading from my Twitter timeline which has a lot of twets, looking at images in the timeline, and making tweets.

Hootsuite is fast, and easy to use on my older Google Android Gingerbread 2.3 Tablet. The scrolling is fast when I scroll down the timeline in Twitter.

Hootsuite also can be used to read and reply to direct messages, and regular twetts.

Hootsuite also can be used to log into your Facebook, Foursquare, and LinkedIn Account to post, follow, and keep in touch with friends around the web.

You can also upload photo, receive notifications, and schedule updates.

Hootsuite also can has a built-in browser for opening links within status updates in Twitter, Facebook, etc, so you do not have to open an external web browser to view a link you clicked on a status update in Hootsuite.

Hootsuite also is fast, and does not slow down Google Android on slower phones and tablets like other Twitter, and Facebook apps.

The user interface is easy to use, and read in Hootsuite like the official Twitter site, but without the sidebars at Twitter.com, so it looks good on mobile devices.

Boat Browser for Google Android, Fast Simple Web Browser

Boat Browser is a fast and light Mobile Web Browser for Android . Page loading, scrolling, zooming in and out, and going back and forward is fast and smooth in Boat Browser. It also does not slow down your device when it is running in the background because it is more light weight then other web browsers like Firefox for Android.

You can also export, save, and import bookmarks in and out of Boat Browser.

Boat Browser is also the most stable web browser which I ever use with very few force closes, freezes, and crashes compared to other web browsers I used in the past.

It has all the features which most mobile web users need like speed dial bookmarks in the new tabs page, back, forward, and address bar, autofill, Flash support, and multi-tab viewing.

If your tablet or phone has volume buttons, you can set your volume button to scroll up and down a page when you use them in Boat Browser to make browsing more convenient and fast. 

In my experience, Boat Browser is fast and easy to use, and it also supports voice commands by using Google Voice. It has multi-touch support like pinch to zoom to zoom into a page.

Boat Browser also comes with a few colored theme to personalize the color of the web browser, and you can install add-ons from Google Play to add more features to Boat Browser. Boat Browser also has a night mode which makes a website dark to make it easier to read at night, or in low light conditions.

You can also use Boat Browser to take screenshots of a website, and add add-ons to save sites as PDF and other file formats.

It is also easy to empty your web history and cache files in Boat Browser from the settings menu, or when you press exit in the menu.

Boat Browser is only 2MB in size, so it does not take up much space on your Android phone or tablet.

Duck Duck Go Search App for Google Android

Duck Duck Go is a website search engine app which you can use for Google Android phones and tablets. I like the search app because it is clean, fast, and easy to use.

Duck Duck Go have less spam, and cluttered websites because they ban undesirable sites, and it also does not collect information, and track its users.

I like that the homepage of the Duck Duck Go app is a newsreader RSS news feed from news sources from around the web like Yahoo News, Time, Reddit, NPR, and more, so once you open the DDG app you are greeted with news which got posted from around the web.

You can also use Duck Duck Go App as a simple web browser to browse, and save webpages. All links open in the DDG app also open in the DDG app, so you do not need to launch another web browser. The Duck Duck Go Web browser app is also pretty fast, and the settings are easy to adjust.

The app is also only 679 KB in size, so it loads fast, and does not take up much room on your Google Android phone or tablet.

The Duck Duck Go App is fast, and so is the web browser. The web results which Duck Duck Go provide are pretty good when I search DDG, and the web results don't have a lot of big ads, and links on it.

Learn more Abour Duck Duck Go at http://duckduckgo.com/

You can download the app at Amazon's Duck Duck Go page , Google Play's Duck Duck Go page, or at

http://help.duckduckgo.com/customer/portal/articles/216461-android

UC Web Browser slim, fast, simple web browser for Google Android

UC Web Browser is a free web browser for Google Android, and I have been very happy with UC because there are a lot of features, it is easy to use, and it is fast.

The Startup times for UC web browser is quick. It only takes a few seconds to start up UC Browser in Android. UC Browser compresses your webpages, so images and websites load faster, and save you money by not going over your data cap for your cell phone plan if you have one. I notice even on slower Android devices like the Kobo Vox, websites load pretty fast, scroll, and zoom in and out pretty fast. It is also easy to change the default search engine to another search engine like Bing, Yahoo, or Duck Duck Go if you prefer to use a different search engine provider. The new tabs page let you set speed dial bookmarks to make visiting your favorite websites faster by clicking on a bookmark site in the new tabs page, or clicking on the popular button on new tabs. UC also comes with a lot of useful bookmarks like Facebook, Yahoo, Google, YouTube, Craigslist, and a lot more in the new tabs, and popular section of the web browser. I find the bundled bookmarks pretty helpful because it saves me time by not having to manually type them into the address bar to bookmark since it is already included. You can also set the brightness of the screen to be 5% or higher in UC's settings to save you battery life, and make it more convenient for you to change the brightness by just going to the US settings.

The User interface is similar to a desktop browser with an address bar, back, forward, bookmarks, new tabs, stop, Autofill, Download manager, RSS News Reader and other buttons, and features found on a traditional browser for desktops, so learning how to use it is simple. You can also use voice commands for Smartphones, and if your tablet has a microphone.

I also like that UC goes into full screen mode until I press the menu button, so the address bar, menu bar, and other things are not taking up screen space on my screen when I do not need to use them. Scrolling and zooming in in UC is also very fast and smooth in my experience.

Switching between, opening  and closing tabs is also easy in UC Web Browser by just clicking on the tabs buttons, or using finger swipe gestures.

There is also a night mode in UC Web browser for improve night reading in low light condition. The night mode dims the screen brightness, and change the background color of US Web browser to Black, and the font color to a light blue color to make night reading more easier.

It is also easy to exit the web browser by clicking the menu button, and clicking exit. You can also set UC Browser to clear your temporary internet files after you exit, or clear your temp. files in the settings.

If UC Web browser crash, or you turned off your phone or tablet, and did not exit UC browser,  UC browser ask you if you want to restore your previously open tabs/websites.

UC Web browser is one of the fastest, easiest, and feature rich third-party web browser for Google Android which I used on Android.

Iobit's Advance Mobile Care For Google Android - Protects, clean-up, and optimizes Google Android phones and Tablets

Iobit recently release Advance Mobile Care for Google Android smartphones and tablets. Advance Mobile Care is similar to Advance System Care, but for Google Android mobile devices.

Advance Mobile Care is an all-in-one Google Android system utility which scans your Android phones, and tablet for malware/viruses, background programs, cache files, and junk files. After Advance Mobile Care finds malware, background programs, cache files, and junk files, you can choose which files which you want to remove individual, or just hit repair to remove them all at once.

Advance Mobile Care scan takes only a few minutes to do, and clean up takes a few seconds. I think Advance Mobile Care is good for someone who just wants one app which does all their maintenance  tasks like temp file deleter, Mal-ware scan, real-time Mal-ware scans, automatic malware definition updates, and task killing for them instead of using multiple apps to do all the things Advance Mobile Care does. Plus, Iobit is a trusted company which has been making system utility software like Advance System Care, Smart Defrag, and anti-malware programs for Windows for many years, so it is safer then using some app from an unknown app company which might try to trick you into installing a virus, or signing up for something you don't want.

Iobit's Advance Mobile Care also comes with a Task Killer to kill background task which may be slowing down your phone or tablet, app manager to open, uninstall, and move apps to SD card, Game Speeder Launcher which speeds up and launches your game, and, Battery saver with 3 settings like Super Saver, Battery saver, and normal which disable programs like Bluetooth, 3G, Wi-Fi, Audio etc to save you battery life, and you can manually adjust the power modes like leaving Wi-Fi on when in Power Saving mode instead of Off, so you can use the internet.

There is also a privacy locker which is protected by a custom pin which you set to unlock files you have locked in the privacy locker to protect them from being viewed unless you know the pin. After you press in your pin, you can unlock your files to view it with the Gallery, document, and other types of apps for opening files.

You can also set ASM to automatically kill tasks when the screen is off, and every few hours, automatically updates its virus definitions, and protect your Android device in real-time like your anti-virus for your desktop and laptop computer.

Advance Mobile Care also has a battery monitor which tells you how much battery life you have left, and the percentage which your battery is charged. When the charger for your phone or tablet is charging your phone, there is a battery icon on the status bar with the percentage your phone is charged.

ASM battery monitor can also predict how long your battery will last based on which power saving mode you pick like normal, power saving, super power saving.

There is also a widget to perform Advance Mobile Care quick scans which scan and repair your Android device from your Homescreen desktop by clicking on the ASM widget labeled scan. While ASM is scanning, you can use your phone and tabley, and it will notify you when it is done scanning and repairing your phone or tablet.

I like that Advance Mobile Care is fast, and does not slow down Google Android on a noticeable level on my Kobo Vox eReader Tablet which uses Google Android Gingerbread. I been using it for a few weeks, and it works great as an Antimalware, disk cleanup, cache cleaner, app manager, and task killer all-in-one App for Android.

You can download Advance Mobile Care for Android at http://www.iobit.com/advanced-mobile-care.php

If you use also own a Windows Tablet, Laptop, Desktop, or Netbook, I recommend Advance System Care Pro since it is one of the easiest , and best system utility programs I used for Windows. Advance System Care has an Antivirus, AntiMalware, Disk Cleanup, Privacy Sweeper, Registry Cleaner, Registry Defrag, System and Internet Optimization, Disk Defrag, Disk Scan, Turbo mode, Shortcut fix, and a bunch of other tools for you to use to clean up, and optimize your Windows PC. Best of all, it is easy to use, and just requires a few clicks of the mouse to maintain your PC, and you can just let it run in the background to maintain your PC when your PC is idle, and doing nothing.