Facebook app is one of the most popular app for android Smartphone.But users are not satisfied with this app because of the slow speed , heaviness and crashing issue.This make users to use the Facebook mobile site in the browser which is very bad thing in my eyes atleast.
But in this article I’m going to share with you an amazing android app for Facebook called “Fast for Facebook” using which you can experience real Facebook with great speed with Low battery and memory usage.But i won’t tell you that this app is great because it’s still in beta but i feel this app good for many features of Facebook.So it will be great if we consider this app as Best Alternative to Facebook for android.
Fast for Facebook is a free Facebook client which is developed by teamtosoft.Using this app you can enjoy Facebook with fast speed with Low battery and memory usage. It is active only when you want with No hidden service or annoying notifications.
Basically Official Facebook app takes about 20 to 30 seconds to load the timeline, Fast Facebook took about 6 to 8 seconds which give positive karma to this android app.One thing which i found not good in this app is that thumbnails are often displayed in very low quality but the app is still in beta and we can expect this to fix in upcoming updates by developers.
Features of Fast for Facebook which you can access are listed below :
- You can easily Comment, share and like
- Provides you real-time Home feeds with cached images (low bandwidth utilization!)
- Able to write new status ,read notifications
- You can also chat with your friends.
- Share contents from other android apps
- Access to news, status, photos, links, videos,
- Searching friends, people, pages and everything else is very easy
- Simply write on friends’ wall
- Access to Groups and Pages
- You can also add and take Photos.Also continuous photo upload trough camera
- Add locations (check-in)
- Widget and quick link
- View Albums and Galleries
- Optional Security pin against snoopy
- You can use different Background themes (grey, app theme or photo loaded from your Device)
- High security level: Facebook takes care of your user and password, we don’t store anything!
- Android 4.0 Design and more
Features Coming Soon to this app according to developers
- View Events
- Notifications
So if you want to give try to this amazing alternative to official Facebook App for Android.Then you can follow below link to download it from Google Play.
1. WidgetLocker Lockscreen
WidgetLocker is a lock screen replacement that puts you in control of the look, feel and layout of your lock screen. It has Drag and Drop placement of Sliders, Android Widgets and App Shortcuts, Sliders look selectable from built-in styles, Resizable widgets and custom grid size and more.
Price : Approx 2.99 USD
2. Lock 2.0 – Full
Lock 2.0 is amazing iPhone like lock screen app for android Smartphone. It has lock screenwith 3.4 locks Home button, music control now works with more phones, fixed a few bugs. Some more features like skin download console, music controls on the lockscreen, themeunlock sound, password lock option and battery reflection effect.
Price : $1.98 USD
3. WP7Lock Lite
WP7Lock Pro is a simple, elegant, and fast custom lockscreen done WP7 style. It is the next-generation custom Lockscreen which is designed to look like the real thing in Windows Phone 7. It has some features which are listed below :
- True Windows phone 7 experience.
- Zero-second delay! Works for non-root and rooted users!
- Integration with ZPlayer (Album Art) and Status Bar+.
- Fast and easy to use inter-phase.
Price : $1.55 USD
4. LockMenu Pro
LockMenu Pro is amazing lock screen app which Launch apps and shortcuts directly from your lock screen. LockMenu Pro (this version) does not have ads. Basically LockMenu is a replacement lock screen that gives you the ability to launch applications and shortcuts directly from your lock screen. Some of the key features of this app are listed below ;
- Configure up to 9 sliders
- Launch applications or shortcuts from sliders
- Launch direct dial or direct text from sliders
- Go to the Home screen from sliders
- Configure whether each slider unlocks device
- Wallpaper or custom background
- Easy access to phone controls (WiFi, Bluetooth, airplane mode)
Price : $ 1.98 USD
5. Screen Suite Lockscreen
Screen Suite Lockscreen is amazing android Smartphone using which you can expand your phone screen functionality by customizing your lockscreen, keep your phone screen on with stay awake mode, or allow the phone screen to sleep and disable the lock screen entirely.
Some of the features of this app are listed below :
- Custom lockscreen backgrounds
- Custom lockscreen widgets to display your contact information
- Also work with android pattern lock
- Lock Screen Caller ID
- Disable volume button controls exclusively on lockscreen
- Custom lockscreen force option
Price : $1.98 USD
6. GOTO Lockscreen
GOTO lockscreen is an ultimate Android lock screen which is very fast, Elegant and Uniquely for Android Smartphone. Some of the top 5 Lockscreen Features are listed below
• Save time with notification previews right on your lockscreen
• Jump to your Gmail and text messages (SMS)
• Quickly return missed calls with the call log shortcut
• Customize your lock screen background and other lockscreen settings
• Use the secure lock screen unlock feature
• Jump to your Gmail and text messages (SMS)
• Quickly return missed calls with the call log shortcut
• Customize your lock screen background and other lockscreen settings
• Use the secure lock screen unlock feature
Price : $1.49 USD
7. GO Locker
GO Locker is another amazing android lockscreen app which is appreciated by all users.Some of the features of this go locker screen are listed below :
- Cool Locker Screen that makes your phone outstanding
- Good compatibility with GO Launcher EX and it is stable
- Able to activate phone, SMS and Camera directly or you can change the slider shortcuts yourself
- Various of Locker Themes to match your style
- Support customize wallpaper with Security locker
- ‘Emergency unlocks enabled
Price : Free
8. Simply Lockscreen
Simply Lockscreen is a lock screen replacement that’s fast, functional and beautiful. It displays time, weather, location, battery, music player, current song, calendar events and volume settings, all in a futuristic and pretty interface.
Some new features of this lockscreen app are listed below
- Support custom backgrounds, themes & unblock using the jedi force
- Custom Background
- Player buttons now work with the original music app, DoubleTwist & on-build radio.
Price : Free
9.MiLocker
Milocker is amazing android lockscreen app with ultimate themes. There are no less than 150 themes available in the market and all of them are available for free which are easily accessible.
Note : If you want to use Milocker you have disable your default lockscreen app
Price : Free
10. 91 Locker
91 Locker can achieve functions like custom unlocking; one key to lock, battery display and other functions. Besides, it has exclusive and innovative unlocking modes.
Some of the cool features are listed below :
- Multiple operation modes, fast and practical
- Beautiful and fashionable themes.
- Fast take pictures; One key to switch; Quickly make settings
- Missed calls and Unread SMS can be informed without unlocking screen
Price : Free
Jelly Bean
Jelly-bean-flavoured name rumours have been swirling around Android 5.0 since last September. And in the clearest hint yet that this is indeed the name of choice, Google was dishing out jelly beans to conference goers at the exit of its Android-themed Mobile World Congress stand this February. Wink-wink-nudge-nudge.
We're yet to get an official, rubber stamped confirmation from Google that Jelly Bean is the name for Android 5.0 but don't bet your piggy bank on outlandish alternatives such as Jammy Dodger or Jam Roly Poly.
Release date
So when is Jelly Bean likely to land? Google hasn't made an official announcement -- but considering ICS arrived in autumn 2011, and is still the exception rather than the rule on Android devices, it seems pretty unlikely Jelly Bean will arrive sooner than this autumn -- despite Google previously keeping to a roughly six-monthly update schedule.
However, Jelly Bean could just get an airing at Google's annual I/O developer conference, which takes place at the end of June, so keep your eyes peeled for some potentially meaty news in about a month.
Features
What do we know about Jelly Bean's features? Once again, not much since nothing has been officially confirmed -- Google wasn't handing out feature lists with those MWC jelly beans. Of course, that hasn't stopped the rumour mill churning out a few sugar-coated nuggets of its own.
One juicy but perhaps unlikely rumour is that Jelly Bean will run Windows 8 -- in a dual-boot scenario that would allow Droid lovers to switch between Android and Windows. The theory behind this cake-and-eat-it-scenario is that it would give Android lovers the on-the-go versatility and simplicity of Droid, along with the power and depth of Windows for more involved tasks.
However, many Android fans would probably say the OS is just as powerful and deep as Windows. And mixing open source free-to-use software with a proprietary OS is definitely an unfortunate crossing of the streams that suggests if there is a dual-boot option, it may be just that -- an option, rather than an 'as standard' feature.
In any case, Google's Chrome OS is a more likely candidate for dual-booting action. Last year Google's then chairman Eric Schmidt told MWC delegates that Android and Chrome OS will converge -- when the time is right. So perhaps Jelly Bean netbooks could be on the cards.
Another mooted update to Android involves adding more gestures to the interface. Last year Google filed a patent that used a series of letter gestures to act as short-cuts -- drawing the letter W, for instance, could be used as a quick way to fire up Wikipedia.
But reading the runes in patent filing has about as much predictive power as telling fortunes via tea leaves. Companies frequently patent all manner of outlandish inventions just on the off-chance, or to stop other companies patenting similar inventions. Some patent filings are even decoys -- deliberately designed to put people off the true development scent. So while more gestures in Jelly Bean seems likely, exactly what these will be and do isn't yet clear.
A more widespread prediction for Jelly Bean is that Google's Chrome for Android browser -- available now to ICS users -- becomes the standard offering in the OS, rather than an additional download via Google Play.
Another best guess is that Google will seek to compete with Apple's Siri voice assistant with its own mouthy interface addition. And many Android users are also anticipating some kind of file manager application, to help manage what are becoming increasingly complex media machines, along with (hoped for) improvements on the battery and power management front, and a speedier way to get the latest version of Android (which may just be wishful thinking).
For now, Google is keeping its Jelly Bean coloured cards close to its chest -- at the time of publication the company had not responded to a request for comment -- so take all these rumoured features with a pinch of salt and stay tuned for more news as we get it.
Source - CNET.com
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5 Reasons To Try CyanogenMod 7
1. Themes
If you’re big on personalization, then you must look at the color of the Android status bar icons, selection boxes, highlight texts, and wonder why can’t you change any of them. After all, a new wallpaper can only go so far in refreshing the look of your handset. With Theme Chooser baked into CM7, you can pick by default one of three available themes, or download any of the CM7 themes available in the Android Market. I’m personally a fan of the work of UpwardSpiral, who provides several colored free themes. I can switch through them every week, and it’s almost like I have a brand new phone every time.
2. Lockscreen Gestures
CM7 comes with several tweaks for the lockscreen — including music controls, several lock styles, unlocking with the trackball if your phone has one — but the winning feature is the gesture support. Simply wake your phone and draw a gesture on your lockscreen, and a plethora of actions are accessible: opening an application, toggling the flashlight or sound, dialing or messaging a contact, getting maps directions… It’s brilliantly simple and it’s a huge time saver.
For example, if I draw a C on my lockscreen, it opens the Camera. No longer do I need to unlock my phone, look for the Camera icon, and then tap to launch it. A “G” opens the Gallery, an “S” opens SoundHound, a circle toggles the flashlight… Basically, the sky is the limit, and I have set it to the actions that I don’t necessarily use frequently (the homescreen is for that), but that I usually need super quickly.
3. Eye Candy
Other than themes, there are some cool animation effects in CM7. For example, you can set the screen to play the CRT animation available on the Nexus S when it’s switching off and on. You can also set the overscroll effect to glow or bounce, so when you scroll a bit too quickly and reach the end of a list, it signals that to you. Another neat trick is allowing you to rotate the screen 180 degrees, so you can even use your phone upside down.
4. Phone Goggles
Nothing to do with Google Goggles; this is for those who know they get drunk at times, or would really like to avoid dialing someone’s number or messaging them by mistake. Goggles is for that. It’s like a second check on your outgoing calls and messages to prevent you from doing something you might regret later on.
5. Speed
I wouldn’t be a fan of CM7 if not for its speed. For all its tweaks and options, it’s amazing how fast it runs. Even with over 115 applications installed right now, and several of them running, I have 192MB free RAM, and my phone doesn’t slow down, reboot or restart the home process when I open a new application. It sounds simple, but the Desire Z only has a 800MHz processor, and it crawled under Sense. For example, opening the Applications list under Settings used to take over a minute when I was running Sense; now it takes less than 5 seconds.