Paul Rowe

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I like to leave my phone on all night playing my shortwave radio. Frequently when I wake up in the morning, the battery on my phone is dead. I needed some sort of alerting mechanism so when my phone battery is near dead, it will wake me up so I can plug..

Rated 4.25(4) — Paul Rowe

My favorite Hong Kong AM Radio Stations, for your listening enjoyment:AM864AM567AM1044AM shall live forever!PS: The app that is distributed for AM864 is awful. This app is an attempt to improve on that awfulness.

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This is an Android application that checks your IMAP account(s) to see if there are new messages. It was created in response to the bugginess of the stock e-mail application that comes with Android. The stock application has a tendency to hang giving...

Rated 4.50(20) — Paul Rowe

Remember the Casio watches in the 1980s that would beep at the top of every hour? That beep was very useful because it was a way to indicate what time it was without looking at your watch.I no longer wear a watch or fashion from the 1980s. I now use...

Rated 5.00(2) — Paul Rowe

This is an application that will randomly play noises on your phone at random times of the day. This is a tool that allows you to play pranks on your friends. Your friends will wonder what is going on with their phones. It will be a good laugh.To use:...

Rated 3.83(12) — Paul Rowe

Nowadays there are zillions of apps that can automatically create maps for you. But the maps these apps create do not truly convey a sense of what a particular place is like. The maps these apps create are missing one helpful component: pictures. Pictures

Rated 3.00(2) — Paul Rowe

Sometimes the screens on our devices turn on and we don't want them to. Perhaps we are running and listening to music. Perhaps the device is in a bag or a pocket. If the screen turns on, then the battery will drain more quickly and strange things may...

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How many times have you tried to pull up a map only to find that you are unable to because you cannot get an internet connection? This application allows you to navigate using pre-downloaded maps. It is perfect for navigating in places where there is...

Rated 4.00(1) — Paul Rowe

This is a simple camera that will take a series of photos and then string them together into an animated GIF and MP4 movie. The resulting movie will appear as if time has sped up.

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This is a simple no-frills utility application that prints GPS debugging information. It displays the satellites overhead, current latitude, longitude, speed and bearing, and log information.

Rated 4.67(9) — Paul Rowe

Thunderstorms are common in certain times of the year in Hong Kong. While I am outside hiking or cycling I like to be able to predict when a rainstorm is going to hit so I can take shelter. I don't like to get rained on. To help me predict when rainstorms

Rated 4.63(59) — Paul Rowe

More often than not our devices become disconnected from the Internet resulting in missed communications. Our devices may say they are connected to the Internet when in reality they are not. This is a simple tester application that periodically reads...

Rated 4.21(24) — Paul Rowe

All of my life I have been an avid shortwave radio listener. I was always (and still am) mystified that radio messages can be transmitted over thousands of miles without a single wire. Shortwave is also interesting because there are many different types..

Rated 3.87(356) — Paul Rowe

Just what the world needs, yet another open wifi finder application. This one is different and better than all the rest. It is a simple activity that is designed with the UNIX philosophy in mind, do one thing, and do it well. Another reason why this...

Rated 4.20(5) — Paul Rowe

This is a very simple RSS reader that I developed for personal use. I wanted something simple that I could read/browse while commuting. It comes with a set of default URLs (which you can modify), an activity to view the news, and a widget that you can...

Rated 4.75(4) — Paul Rowe

The Android OS is not outwardly file based. There is no innate capabilty in Android to save files to a filesystem. Applications by themselves may optionally implement a file based solution, but some may not. Sometimes the only way to save files in an...

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One thing I like to do is watch the sunset. Usually when I am outside I try to find a place where I can watch the sunset. Since the time of the sunset varies day by day I sometimes have to check beforehand what time a sunset will be. Also sometimes while.