Thursday 7 March 2013

20 fun and useful new mobile apps


(CNN) -- With a flood of new mobile apps seemingly hitting the market every day, it's sometimes hard to keep up with everything that's out there.
For your consideration, here's my latest list of 20 new (or newly revamped) apps that have caught my eye in recent months.
It's unlikely that anyone will want to rush to their phone or tablet and download all 20. But from productivity, to photography, to social discovery to news, I'm hoping you'll be intrigued by more than a few.
Do you have thoughts on any of the apps listed here, or your own suggestions for great new apps that launched recently? Share in the comments.
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Neatly bills itself as the smart Twitter client for the iPhone. It dramatically changes up the Twitter formula: Instead of displaying your timeline, tweets are grouped by interests.
Price: $1.99
iPhone, Android (in beta), BlackBerry
Put some color in your weather forecast with Haze. It's a fun weather app with fluid animations and an audiovisual interface that is both simple and addictive.
Price: $.99
iPhone
Ready to go hands free? With this camera app you never have to worry about fussing with the timer setting again. Just wave and smile -- boom, there it is.
Price: Free
iPhone
Touchscreen typing takes some getting used to, some screens faster than others. The newest Swiftkey update provides more accurate corrections and better predictions than other keyboard apps.
Price: $3.99
Android
If you prefer listening to reading, Winston may be the ideal news app for you. Users can have their Twitter and Facebook feeds, or areas of the news that interest them, read aloud in a really fancy-pants voice. My favorite feature is that users can wirelessly connect to Apple TV via AirPlay to watch/listen on a bigger screen.

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