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Android App Showcase: DealsDroid

January 23rd, 2009

This is a little handy app that will search hot internet deals for you.

You can specify the keywords to search for, as well as choose the deal sources.

You can also enter your own deal source RSS feed to be included in the search.

Current version is a very beta version.  It does its job well but there are improvements I’d like to make but just simply lack of time.

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Android App Showcase: NPR Podcasts

January 23rd, 2009

NPR Podcasts is a simple yet highly useful applications on the Android Market.

It has quite many features,

Search for NPR local stations near your current location.  The list will return the stations call letters, frequency, city and state information.

It can also show you approximately where the stations are in Google map.

You can either save the podcasts to listen later or listen to streamed podcasts.

Save your favorite programs and channels for quick access.

The downloaded podcasts are also available in the built-in Music app.

The server keeps a list of all podcast RSS feeds and station signs with latitude and longitude information.  The data transported to Android app is via PHP/JSON.  Very lightweight and efficient.

Current install base as of Jan 23, 2009 is 6139 active users.  ^_^

I just got an email from Google that “Your application, NPR Podcasts, is currently one of the top apps in its individual category, and we would like to showcase it on the Android Market website at http://market.android.com.”

Pretty nice I guess!

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